Patents by Inventor Tatsuaki Kodama

Tatsuaki Kodama 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: 4966524
    Abstract: A blower for cooling a magnetron and a transformer, provided with an air guide part for collecting the air current vertically blowing outward from the vicinity of an outer periphery of a propeller fan while using a partition plate which adapts the air current to flow in a fixed direction so that the air current increased in directivity and pressure is blown out along a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Kodama, Yoshiyuki Takada
  • Patent number: 4753406
    Abstract: A hanger for hanging a kitchen appliance from a cabinet includes a metal plate adapted to be placed on a bottom panel of the cabinet and having a plurality of screw holes, a hook adapted to extend downwardly from the metal plate through the bottom panel, a bracket having a hook retaining hole for retaining the hook and a plurality of screw holes, an adjustment bolt and an adjustment nut threaded over the adjustment bolt and engaging the bracket, and a reinforcing attachment plate having a boss for engaging the adjustment bolt. The kitchen appliance can be attached to the cabinet by the hanger either using the bracket or without using the bracket. The boss serves to adjust a hanger height to meet the thickness of the bottom panel when the kitchen appliance is fixed directly to the cabinet without using the bracket and the adjustment bolt and nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Kodama, Tsuyoshi Takami