Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Aono

Tadayuki Aono 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: 9653836
    Abstract: An electric heating device includes a box-shaped plug socket provided with a socket-side electroconductive part electrically connected to an electric heater; a power source plug provided with a plug-side electroconductive part electrically connectable to the socket-side electroconductive part and attachable to and detachable from the plug socket; a movement-restricting mechanism for restricting the movement of a protective member both toward and away from a socket-side electroconductive part in a protected state in which the protective member closes an opening of the plug socket and the socket-side electroconductive part are positioned within an interior space; and a switching mechanism for switching the protective member from a restricted movement state into a restriction released state, in which the restriction of movement by the movement restriction mechanism is released, as the power source plug is inserted into the plug socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki Aono, Masaaki Ombe, Takuya Ishii, Hayato Kawano
  • Publication number: 20130237077
    Abstract: An electric heating device includes a box-shaped plug socket provided with a socket-side electroconductive part electrically connected to an electric heater; a power source plug provided with a plug-side electroconductive part electrically connectable to the socket-side electroconductive part and attachable to and detachable from the plug socket; a movement-restricting mechanism for restricting the movement of a protective member both toward and away from a socket-side electroconductive part in a protected state in which the protective member closes an opening of the plug socket and the socket-side electroconductive part are positioned within an interior space; and a switching mechanism for switching the protective member from a restricted movement state into a restriction released state, in which the restriction of movement by the movement restriction mechanism is released, as the power source plug is inserted into the plug socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ZOJIRUSHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Aono, Masaaki Ombe, Takuya Ishii, Hayato Kawano