Patents by Inventor Tetsuyuki Kono

Tetsuyuki Kono 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 washer/dryer
    Patent number: 8112904
    Abstract: A drum-type washer/dryer having an evaporator for performing dehumidification by cooling air drawn from the inner space of a drum and also having condenser for heating the air dehumidified by the evaporator, wherein the air heated by the condenser is made to sequentially pass through a duct and a blowhole and blown as dry air to clothes in the drum. A backflow preventing portion is provided in the duct, and when bubbles flow back into the duct from the inner space of the drum through the blowhole, the backflow preventing portion functions as resistance for preventing the back flow of the bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Home Appliances Corporation, Toshiba Consumer Electronics Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Kono, Tatsuya Saito, Tatsuo Ioku, Satoru Nishiwaki
  • DRUM-TYPE WASHER/DRYER
    Publication number: 20100024239
    Abstract: A drum-type washer/dryer having an evaporator (34) for performing dehumidification by cooling air drawn from the inner space of a drum (24) and also having condenser (35) for heating the air dehumidified by the evaporator (34), wherein the air heated by the condenser (35) is made to sequentially pass through a duct (40) and a blowhole (47) and blown as dry air to clothes in the drum (24). A backflow preventing portion (52) is provided in the duct (40), and when bubbles flow back into the duct (40) from the inner space of the drum (24) through the blowhole (47), the backflow preventing portion (52) functions as resistance for preventing the back flow of the bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHKI KAISHA TOSHIBA CORP.
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Kono, Tatsuya Saito, Tatsuo Ioku, Satoru Nishiwaki
  • Automatic washing machine with improved power transmission mechanism
    Patent number: 6332343
    Abstract: An automatic washing machine includes a water tub having a bottom with a through hole, a rotating tub rotatably mounted in the water tub, an electric motor including a rotor and mounted on an underside of the water tub, a hollow tub shaft rotatably mounted on the bottom of the water tub so as to extend through the hole of the water tub, the tub shaft having an upper end connected to the rotating tub and a lower end with an outer circumferential face formed with a sliding guide, a boss mounted on a central portion of the rotor so as to be located below the tub shaft, the boss including an upper portion formed with an annular connecting portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the tub shaft, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted inside the tub shaft and having an upper end connected to the agitator and a lower end connected to the boss, a cylindrical clutch having an inner circumferential face formed with an annular engaging portion engaging the sliding guide, the clutch being fitted with the lower end
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadaaki Koketsu, Tetsuyuki Kono, Hiroyuki Noguchi