Patents by Inventor Satomi Uchiyama

Satomi Uchiyama 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: 6659562
    Abstract: A leg rest and a seat back are rotatably mounted at the front and the back of a sea cushion of a motor-driven seat, respectively. A foot rest is mounted on the leg rest so that it can be extended and retreated. Motor-driven actuators each having a potentiometer are individually connected to them. The motor-driven actuators are controlled by a controller in response to an input of an operation switch, based on a position determined by the potentiometer, and in accordance with a predetermined reference position, thereby adjusting the angles and the positions of the seat parts. The motor-driven actuator is temporarily moved to the end of the stroke, so that limit switches are activated, and the reference position is adjusted based on the position determined by the potentiometer, thereby significantly reducing the amount of adjustment work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Minebea Company, Limited
    Inventor: Satomi Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20020113477
    Abstract: A leg rest and a seat back are rotatably mounted at the front and the back of a seal; cushion of a motor-driven seat, respectively. A foot rest is mounted on the leg rest so that it can be extended and retreated. Motor-driven actuators each having a potentiometer are individually connected to them. The motor-driven actuators are controlled by a controller in response to an input of an operation switch, based on a position determined by the potentiometer, and in accordance with a predetermined reference position, thereby adjusting the angles and the positions of the seat parts. The motor-driven actuator is temporarily moved to the end of the stroke, so that limit switches are activated, and the reference position is adjusted based on the position determined by the potentiometer, thereby significantly reducing the amount of adjustment work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satomi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6232587
    Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus includes a heating chamber 3 for accommodating an item 2 to be heated; a microwave generator 11 for radiating microwaves to the heating chamber 3, and a vapor generator 12 for supplying vapor to the heating chamber 3. The heating chamber 3 includes regenerating plates 28a and 28b for generating and regenerating heat when radiated by the microwaves from the microwave generator 11, thereby reducing dew condensation caused by the vapor in the heating chamber 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kurita, Yutaka Takahashi, Keijirou Kunimoto, Ikuhiro Inada, Satomi Uchiyama, Shigeki Ueda
  • Patent number: 6133558
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed to offer a microwave heating apparatus which heats varieties of heating objects without affecting the excellent property, by introducing a means to control the environment surrounding a heating object. For implementing the objective, the heating apparatus comprises a heating cavity for housing an object of heating, a microwave generating means for irradiating microwave to said object of heating, a steam generating means for supplying steam to said heating cavity, and a control means for controlling said microwave generating means and said steam generating means so that inner temperature and surface temperature of said object of heating are approximately equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Ueda, Kazumi Hirai, Fumiko Mori, Ikuhiro Inada, Satomi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6040564
    Abstract: The invention is intended to heat a food or other object to be heated favorably by means of microwaves while enclosing the food with superheated steam. To achieve this purpose, the apparatus comprises a heating chamber in which an object to be heated is put, steam generating means for supplying superheated steam to the heating chamber, superheated steam maintaining means provided in the heating chamber to prevent the temperature of the superheated steam from lowering, and microwave generating means for irradiating the object with microwaves, whereby the object placed in the heating chamber is heated in superheated steam with microwaves, so that the food is efficiently heated from inside and outside and the food is not wetted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Indutrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Ueda, Ikuhiro Inada, Satomi Uchiyama