Patents by Inventor Masanobu Hirota

Masanobu Hirota 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: 7765636
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber, a dust bag provided in the dust chamber, and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly attached to the dust and dirt. The deodorant has a granule or powder shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Hirota, Hiroyuki Kayama, Makoto Murakami, Koichi Nakano, Hidenori Kitamura, Tomomi Mitani, Takaaki Ogawa, Ryouhei Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090313783
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed, and this cleaner maintains sucking power at a high level while it resists lowering the suction force although it sucks dust. The vacuum cleaner includes a cylindrical dust collecting case which takes air in sucked by an electric air blower and including dust. The case includes a suction port through which the air including dust flows into the case along a tangent line, and a dust collector communicates with the port. A dust filter in the case is placed in an air-duct through which the case communicates with the electric air blower. This structure allows whirling airflow in the case to whirl continuously in the case, so that dust can be removed from the filter even if the dust attaches to the filter. As a result, sucking airflow can be always secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakano, Tetsuya Kouda, Masanobu Hirota, Makoto Murakami, Masami Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20060191416
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber; a dust bag provided in the dust chamber; and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly attached to the dust and dirt, the deodorant having a granule or powder shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Hirota, Hiroyuki Kayama, Makoto Murakami, Koichi Nakano, Hidenori Kitamura, Tomomi Mitani, Takaaki Ogawa, Ryouhei Yoshida