Patents by Inventor Takenobu Sobukawa

Takenobu Sobukawa 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).

  • Food storage apparatus with partition frame partitioning front opening into a plurality of access openings
    Patent number: 6350002
    Abstract: A storage apparatus such as a refrigerator includes a heat-insulated housing having a storage compartment defined by a ceiling, a bottom, two side walls, and a rear wall and a front opening, and a partition frame including a horizontal frame and a vertical frame and mounted on the heat-insulated housing so as to partition the front opening into a plurality of access openings, the access openings having doors respectively. The horizontal frame is formed into a single member fixed to both side walls of the heat-insulated housing so as to extend between them. The vertical frame is formed so as to extend between the ceiling of the heat-insulated housing and the horizontal frame and/or between the bottom of the heat-insulated housing and the horizontal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Takaoka, Takenobu Sobukawa, Shigekazu Kondo, Hideyuki Anzai