Patents by Inventor Satomi Ueda

Satomi Ueda 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: 8800312
    Abstract: In a storage compartment (124), storage spaces having different mist concentrations are formed such that effects of a mist is more efficiently utilized to provide a refrigerator with improved usability. The storage compartment (124) includes a first storage unit (164) that has a high mist concentration. The first storage unit (164) includes a spray device (167) and is disposed in a position outside an air path of cool air between a discharge port (152) through which the cool air flows in from outside the storage compartment (124) and a suction port (149) through which the cool air is discharged to outside the storage compartment (124). Thus, mist concentration inside the first storage unit (164) can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoshi Kamisako, Kenichi Kakita, Kumiko Okubo, Mitoko Ishita, Satomi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8661837
    Abstract: To maintain an appropriate humidity in a refrigerator using a spray device to spray mist, without depending on a moisture sensor. A refrigerator (100) for forcibly circulating cold air which is gas cooled in a cooling compartment (110), the refrigerator including: a first storage compartment (107) disposed on the way of an air passage; a spray device (131) which sprays mist into the first storage compartment (107); a damper (145) disposed upstream of the first storage compartment (107); a delay unit (156) which generates, based on an open signal issued when the damper (145) is opened, a first signal for stopping the operation of the spray device (131) after an elapse of a first time period, and to generate, based on a close signal issued when the damper (145) is closed, a second signal for starting the operation of the spray device (131) after an elapse of a second time period; and a control unit (146) which controls the spray device (131).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kakita, Toshiaki Mamemoto, Satomi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20130027906
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a main body including an opening in a front face; a semiconductor light-emitting device disposed on an inner wall of the main body, emitting light toward an inside of the main body; and a cover. The cover includes: a light-transmission part disposed with a transmission axis A inclined toward a back of the main body more than an inner wall axis C is, the transmission axis A being perpendicular to an outer face of the light-transmission part that faces the inside of the main body, and the inner wall axis C being perpendicular to the inner wall face on which the semiconductor light-emitting device is disposed; and a support part supporting the light-transmission part. The semiconductor light-emitting device has a light axis B which extends in the same direction as or is inclined toward the opening more than the transmission axis A is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yamanaka, Kenichi Kakita, Osamu Ueno, Satomi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20120137720
    Abstract: In a storage compartment (124), storage spaces having different mist concentrations are formed such that effects of a mist is more efficiently utilized to provide a refrigerator with improved usability. The storage compartment (124) includes a first storage unit (164) that has a high mist concentration. The first storage unit (164) includes a spray device (167) and is disposed in a position outside an air path of cool air between a discharge port (152) through which the cool air flows in from outside the storage compartment (124) and a suction port (149) through which the cool air is discharged to outside the storage compartment (124). Thus, mist concentration inside the first storage unit (164) can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueda, Satomi Ueda, Atsuhiro Ueda, Motohiro Ueda, Toyoshi Kamisako, Kenichi Kakita, Kumiko Okubo, Mitoko Ishita