Patents by Inventor Masaharu Hongo

Masaharu Hongo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adjustable double-deck elevator
    Patent number: 5907136
    Abstract: A double deck elevator (1) includes a linking mechanism (14) disposed between the cars (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Masaharu Hongo, Shusaku Shibasaki, Masashi Kawarasaki, Mitsuo Soekawa, Yuzo Tada, Seiichi Hayashida
  • Motion buffer for a people moving device
    Patent number: 5370207
    Abstract: A motion buffer for stopping a car traveling along a guide rail is provided, having a wedge and a biasing apparatus for biasing against the wedge. If the car travels far enough along the guide rail to encounter the wedge, the biasing apparatus becomes biased against the wedge, thereby stopping the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventor: Masaharu Hongo
  • Desiccating agent
    Patent number: 4615823
    Abstract: A desiccating agent comprising a mixture of(A) a deliquescent salt(B) a hydrolyzed copolymer of 50 to 99.8% by mole of vinyl acetate and 50 to 0.2% by mole of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid in which a degree of hydrolysis of the vinyl acetate component is not less than 70% by mole, and(C) a short cut fibrous materialas main components. The desiccating agent can be reused at least 10 times and has a high hygroscopic power and capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Tokuyama, Masaharu Hongo, Hirokazu Iino