Patents by Inventor Mikio Yoshihara

Mikio Yoshihara 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: 5176159
    Abstract: A lens case for a contact lens cleaning device comprises a receiving case including a pair of holding chambers for accommodates a pair of both contact lenses and a cover which is detachably coupled to said receiving chamber for opening/closing the holding chamber. The receiving case comprise a pair of first introductory conduits each of which include an entrance opening to a bottom of the receiving case and an exit opening to the holding chamber so as to confront to a center of one side surface of the contact lens which is accommodated in the holding chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikio Yoshihara, Tomio Oguma, Masasi Kai
  • Patent number: 5161559
    Abstract: A cleaning device for contact lens which includes a housing having a cleaning chamber which is provided with a container chamber, a container disposed in the container chamber and forming a lens receiving chamber which receives contact lenses therein and a stirring device for generating a rising liquid flow which rises toward to the container chamber and is disposed at a lower side of the container. The container has plural passage holes which communicate between an inside of the lens receiving chamber and outside of the lens receiving chamber. At least one of the passage holes opens diagonally and downwardly as regard to the lens receiving chamber so as to introduce the rising liquid flow into the lens receiving chamber. Since the rising liquid flow flows diagonally from below into the lens receiving chambers via the passage holes, the contact lenses are gently floated in the lens receiving chamber so as to separate from the wall surface of the lens receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikio Yoshihara, Masasi Kai, Tomio Oguma, Yasuhiro Aso
  • Patent number: 5105841
    Abstract: A cleaning device for contact lenses includes a housing having a cleaning chamber, a stirring device for generating a liquid flow within the cleaning chamber, a heating device for boiling a liquid in the cleaning chamber, a feeding device for feeding the liquid into the cleaning chamber, a discharging device, a feeding amount detecting device for detecting a feeding amount of the liquid which is fed into the cleaning chamber, an operation controlling device for giving a signal to the stirring device, the heating device, the feeding device and the discharging device in response to the feeding amount of the liquid detected by the feeding amount detecting device, respectively and for performing a cleaning process, plural rinsing processes and a boil process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Mikio Yoshihara, Masasi Kai, Yasuhiro Aso
  • Patent number: 4829606
    Abstract: A washing device for parts of human body for use in a flush toilet which includes essentially a cylinder, a shaft and a water tank. The cylinder has a water supplying orifice and incorporates the shaft in the bore formed therein. The shaft comprises a shaft body and a control axis which is coaxially mounted in the bore of the shaft body. The shaft body has, at one end, a water spouting nozzle and an inflow orifice communicating a water passage to the water inlet port of the cylinder, and has, at the other end, a lever to rotate the whole shaft body. By operation of the lever, water spouting nozzle is movable to or from its inoperative rest position. An amount of washing water to be spouted is controlled by adjusting a sectional area of the water passage. This adjustment is effected by axial movement of the control axis which is provided with a tapered valve portion at one end and is provided with one operating knob at the other end thereof. The knob protrudes from one extremity of the shaft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Hirashiba, Mikio Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 4446584
    Abstract: An apparatus for accommodating an electrical cord in a heated toilet seat having a toilet seat body and a base cover pivotally connected to each other, wherein an electrical cord adapted for electrical connection between a heater mounted within the toilet seat body and a controller therefore is secured at one by a grommet provided on the base cover and at the other end by a cord fastener in the toilet seat body. Sufficient cord slack is provided in the toilet seat body so that the cord may be retracted or extended during the pivoting of the toilet seat body. The cord slack is in the shape of a loop, and a guide stopper is positioned within the loop to guide the cord during extension and retraction and limit the maximum extension of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Mikio Yoshihara, Shinji Kawai, Katsuhiro Mori