Patents by Inventor Masako HASHIMOTO

Masako HASHIMOTO 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).

  • Patent number: 9032746
    Abstract: An ice making device may include an ice tray, a water-supply part for supplying water to the ice tray, an electrostatic capacity sensor having two or more electrodes attached to the ice tray, a water quantity detecting section for detecting a water quantity in the ice tray on a basis of variation of an electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor, and an ice frozen detecting section for detecting water supplied to the ice tray having been frozen on the basis of the variation of the electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor. A control unit for the ice making device controls the water-supply part, an ice tray drive part and an ice detecting part on the basis of variation of the electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Masako Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120247130
    Abstract: An ice making device may include an ice tray, a water-supply part for supplying water to the ice tray, an electrostatic capacity sensor having two or more electrodes attached to the ice tray, a water quantity detecting section for detecting a water quantity in the ice tray on a basis of variation of an electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor, and an ice frozen detecting section for detecting water supplied to the ice tray having been frozen on the basis of the variation of the electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor. A control unit for the ice making device controls the water-supply part, an ice tray drive part and an ice detecting part on the basis of variation of the electrostatic capacity between the electrodes of the electrostatic capacity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro ITO, Masako HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100319385
    Abstract: A cam mechanism may include a rotation cam body, a first moved member which is urged so as to move along an inner side cam face formed on the rotation cam body, and a second moved member which is urged so as to move along an outer side cam face formed on the rotation cam body. An end face of the rotation cam body is formed with a surrounding wall part, a protruding part protruded from the end face on an inner peripheral side so as to face the surrounding wall part and, a part of which is formed as a discontinuity portion, and a recessed part formed so as to recess from the end face in an area sandwiched between the surrounding wall part and the discontinuity portion. The inner side cam face is structured of an inner wall face of the protruding part and an inner wall portion directing to an inner side in a radial direction of the recessed part. The cam mechanism may be effectively utilized in an ice making device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masako HASHIMOTO