Patents by Inventor Shuji Hashiba

Shuji Hashiba 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).

  • Drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 6564594
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes an outer cabinet having a rear wall, a water tub elastically mounted in the cabinet and having a rear wall, a drum type rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and an electric motor provided on the rear wall of the water tub to directly drive the rotating tub. A distance between a portion of the rear wall of the water tub on which the motor is provided and the rear wall of the cabinet is larger than a distance between a distance between another portion of the rear wall of the water tub and the rear wall of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masumi Ito, Fumitaka Yamazaki, Shinichiro Kawabata, Kiyomi Sasano, Shuji Hashiba
  • Drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 6539753
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes an outer cabinet (1), a water tub (3) disposed in the cabinet (1), a rotating tub (10) disposed in the water tub (3) so as to be inclined rearwardly downward, and an electric motor (17) of the outer rotor type mounted on a rear wall (26) of the water tub (3) for directly driving the rotating tub (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masumi Ito, Fumitaka Yamazaki, Shinichiro Kawabata, Kiyomi Sasano, Shuji Hashiba