Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kataoka

Shinichi Kataoka 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: 8608685
    Abstract: A breast pump can be configured to be capable of easily attaching/detaching a primary side serving as a sealed space which is in communication with a milking space and allows the passage of breast milk, with a secondary side in which a case is connected with a pressure changing apparatus. The breast pump can include a breast pump main body connected to the pressure changing apparatus by a conduit, wherein a milking part is disposed so as to liquid-tightly separate a sealed space (or a space that is in fluid communication with the sealed space), and the pressure changing apparatus from each other. A pressure transmission part for transmitting pressure changed by the pressure changing apparatus can be provided. The pressure transmission part can include a deformable part where a volume in the sealed space can be deformed by a pressure fluctuation generated by the pressure changing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Pigeon Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tashiro, Shinichi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7749188
    Abstract: A breast pump, including a housing container, a breast pump body having an attachment and detachment part, a negative pressure generating member attached to the breast pump body, and an operation unit. The breast pump body includes a diameter-expanded milking part, a small valve chamber, and an attachment part communicating with the small valve chamber and attaches thereto the negative pressure generating member that creates the negative pressure needed to express milk; the negative pressure generating member includes a connector to which the operation unit is connected, a comparatively soft attachment and detachment part having elasticity and attached detachably to the attachment part, a wall part having such rigidity that an external shape can be kept, and a deformable part provided on the inside of the wall part integrally with the wall part, is less thick than the wall part, and is deformed to create the negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pigeon Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tashiro, Shinichi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7713230
    Abstract: A breast pump can be configured such that is can be easily dismantled for cleaning and easily re-assembled and is formed such that an operator or operating means thereof do not easily become detached during operation. The breast pump can include a storage container for storing milk, a breast pump main body, and an operator or operating means attached to the breast pump main body for deforming a negative pressure generating member attached to the breast pump main body. The operator can take the form of a lever, and can have an engaged portion that is engaged to an engagement portion on the breast pump main body side and includes an engagement opening formed on one end side of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Pigeon Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kataoka, Mitsuo Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20090254029
    Abstract: A breast pump can be configured to be capable of easily attaching/detaching a primary side serving as a sealed space which is in communication with a milking space and allows the passage of breast milk, with a secondary side in which a case is connected with a pressure changing apparatus. The breast pump can include a breast pump main body connected to the pressure changing apparatus by a conduit, wherein a milking part is disposed so as to liquid-tightly separate a sealed space (or a space that is in fluid communication with the sealed space), and the pressure changing apparatus from each other. A pressure transmission part for transmitting pressure changed by the pressure changing apparatus can be provided. The pressure transmission part can include a deformable part where a volume in the sealed space can be deformed by a pressure fluctuation generated by the pressure changing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tashiro, Shinichi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080195039
    Abstract: A breast pump can be configured such that is can be easily dismantled for cleaning and easily re-assembled and is formed such that an operator or operating means thereof do not easily become detached during operation. The breast pump can include a storage container for storing milk, a breast pump main body, and an operator or operating means attached to the breast pump main body for deforming a negative pressure generating member attached to the breast pump main body. The operator can take the form of a lever, and can have an engaged portion that is engaged to an engagement portion on the breast pump main body side and includes an engagement opening formed on one end side of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi KATAOKA, Mitsuo Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20070078383
    Abstract: A breast pump, including a housing container, a breast pump body having an attachment and detachment part, a negative pressure generating member attached to the breast pump body, and an operation unit. The breast pump body includes a diameter-expanded milking part, a small valve chamber, and an attachment part communicating with the small valve chamber and attaches thereto the negative pressure generating member that creates the negative pressure needed to express milk; the negative pressure generating member includes a connector to which the operation unit is connected, a comparatively soft attachment and detachment part having elasticity and attached detachably to the attachment part, a wall part having such rigidity that an external shape can be kept, and a deformable part provided on the inside of the wall part integrally with the wall part, is less thick than the wall part, and is deformed to create the negative pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tashiro, Shinichi Kataoka
  • Patent number: D564656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pigeon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Matsutori, Mitsuo Tashiro, Shinichi Kataoka
  • Patent number: D375544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Pigeon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Nakata, Shinichi Kataoka, Shuko Yumino