Patents by Inventor Tomio Oguma

Tomio Oguma 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: 5176159
    Abstract: A lens case for a contact lens cleaning device comprises a receiving case including a pair of holding chambers for accommodates a pair of both contact lenses and a cover which is detachably coupled to said receiving chamber for opening/closing the holding chamber. The receiving case comprise a pair of first introductory conduits each of which include an entrance opening to a bottom of the receiving case and an exit opening to the holding chamber so as to confront to a center of one side surface of the contact lens which is accommodated in the holding chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikio Yoshihara, Tomio Oguma, Masasi Kai
  • Patent number: 5161559
    Abstract: A cleaning device for contact lens which includes a housing having a cleaning chamber which is provided with a container chamber, a container disposed in the container chamber and forming a lens receiving chamber which receives contact lenses therein and a stirring device for generating a rising liquid flow which rises toward to the container chamber and is disposed at a lower side of the container. The container has plural passage holes which communicate between an inside of the lens receiving chamber and outside of the lens receiving chamber. At least one of the passage holes opens diagonally and downwardly as regard to the lens receiving chamber so as to introduce the rising liquid flow into the lens receiving chamber. Since the rising liquid flow flows diagonally from below into the lens receiving chambers via the passage holes, the contact lenses are gently floated in the lens receiving chamber so as to separate from the wall surface of the lens receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikio Yoshihara, Masasi Kai, Tomio Oguma, Yasuhiro Aso
  • Patent number: 5105841
    Abstract: A cleaning device for contact lenses includes a housing having a cleaning chamber, a stirring device for generating a liquid flow within the cleaning chamber, a heating device for boiling a liquid in the cleaning chamber, a feeding device for feeding the liquid into the cleaning chamber, a discharging device, a feeding amount detecting device for detecting a feeding amount of the liquid which is fed into the cleaning chamber, an operation controlling device for giving a signal to the stirring device, the heating device, the feeding device and the discharging device in response to the feeding amount of the liquid detected by the feeding amount detecting device, respectively and for performing a cleaning process, plural rinsing processes and a boil process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Mikio Yoshihara, Masasi Kai, Yasuhiro Aso
  • Patent number: 5050249
    Abstract: A human private parts washing apparatus according to this invention is provided with the following: a new washing water splashing means comprising a nozzle supporter, a washing nozzle and a washing water supply tube, which is extending in the washing nozzle in a manner with one end protruding in the washing nozzle, and supplies the washing water to the washing nozzle and makes up the washing nozzle advancement at the same time; a newly arranged washing nozzle driving means comprising a fixed rack formed on a nozzle supporter, a movable rack formed on a washing nozzle in a manner parallelly facing the fixed rack and a pinion meshing the fixed rack and the movable rack; a washing nozzle comprising an outer nozzle operated slidably back and forth with a washing nozzle driving means and an inner nozzle operated slidably with a hydraulic pressure of the supplied washing water; and an auxiliary washing nozzle driving means aiding a washing nozzle driving means to operate the washing nozzle over an additional stroke
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanobu Takeda, Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 5025511
    Abstract: A human private parts washing apparatus is provided with a nozzle supporter, a washing nozzle and a washing water supply tube which extends in the washing nozzle with one end protruding into the washing nozzle. The washing nozzle includes an outer nozzle operated slidably back and forth by a washing nozzle driving device and an inner nozzle operated slidably by the hydraulic pressure of the supplied washing water. An auxiliary washing nozzle driving device operates the washing nozzle over an additional stroke. Thus, the washing water is supplied independent of the washing nozzle's operation positions. The washing nozzle reaches the bidet washing position ahead of the anus region washing position by 30 to 35 mm without any trouble, and the washing nozzle can be advanced and retracted by 10 to 30 mm additionally with respect to the bidet washing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisanobu Takeda, Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4986290
    Abstract: A cleaning device for a soft type contact lens includes a housing having a cleaning chamber fed with a cleaning liquid, a lens receiving container within the cleaning chamber and a stirring device for generating a liquid flow within the cleaning chamber and for cleaning said contact lens with the liquid flow. In order to clean the contact lens, a high speed liquid flow is generated, so that four kinds of processes of cleaning, rinsing, sterilizing, and preserving are carried out automatically within only one cleaning chamber without moving the contact lens. Therefore the lenses are not stained with dirt when moving them by finger from one process or place to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 4961322
    Abstract: A storing volume is formed within a box which also houses a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the gas within the storing volume, a cooling mechanism for cooling the interior of the storing volume, a nitrogen-rich gas supplying device, for supplying nitrogen-rich gas into the storing volume, and a controller which functions in such a manner that it activates the cooling mechanism in response to signals from the temperature detector in order to control the temperature of the interior of the storing volume, and also activates the nitrogen-rich gas supplying device in response to the variation of the gas contents of the storing volume in order to control the gas contents of the storing volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kuisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Yasuhiro Aso
  • Patent number: 4700082
    Abstract: A circuit breaker for automatically interrupting the flow of an electric current from a power supply to a load such as a microcomputer before the load malfunctions so as to avoid an unexpected accident such as a fire. The circuit breaker includes a wire subject to erosion upon exposure to an acid atmosphere which will separate prior to the malfunction of the load to interrupt the flow of current to the load. Alternatively, the circuit breaker could include a mass of powdery material which expands upon exposure to an acid atmosphere to operate a switch to interrupt the flow of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Hisanobu Takeda, Yasuhiro Asou
  • Patent number: 4597111
    Abstract: A sanitary spray device of the type having a nozzle adapted to extend into a toilet bowl for spraying and washing fluid on the private parts of a person seated on the toilet bowl is provided with a rotatable valve in association with a liquid supply tank. The nozzle is secured to the rotatable valve and is comprised of an outer pipe and an inner concentrically spaced pipe defining inner and outer liquid passages. A spray head is mounted on the end of the nozzle adapted to be disposed in the toilet bowl and is provided with first spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the anal portions of a person and second spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the genital portions of a person. The spray head is provided with a sealing arrangement to communicate the outer fluid passage with the first spray holes and the inner fluid passage with the second spray holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Hirashiba, Shinji Kawai, Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4556038
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a supercharger driven by an engine or exhaust gas is controlled in response to primarily the changing rate of accelerator (pedal) position, and additional parameters such as time after supercharging start and/or vehicle speed and transmission gear shift position, etc. so that it can precisely respond to the acceleration requirements by the driver with good accelerating performance and fuel economy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Okamoto, Tomio Oguma, Matasaburo Kaga
  • Patent number: 4530339
    Abstract: Supercharger control apparatus for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle comprises a control device which has as input signals the demand signal for acceleration (such as a signal based on the amount of throttle valve opening) and an engine rotational speed signal. Based on predetermined ranges of demand signal for acceleration and engine rotational speed and on the input signals, the control device regulates, through an actuator and bypass valve or through an actuator and variable capacity compressor, the amount of supercharging. The supercharge control apparatus allows a non-supercharged state, a maximum supercharged state, or an intermediate supercharged state. In the intermediate supercharged state, the amount of supercharging is in incremental steps to prevent hunting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Seiji Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 4529072
    Abstract: A system is provided which controls the pressure with which a clutch engages, utilizing a slip rate of the clutch which is equal to the ratio of the rotational speed of the output shaft to the rotational speed of the drive shaft thereof as a main parameter. A microprocessor reads a throttle opening and the slip rate at a time interval of 0.4 sec from the initiation of the clutch engagement, and accesses a particular group of clutch engagement controlling data which correspond to the time l elapsed and to these parameters. The controlling signals of the particular group are sequentially outputted to the clutch energizing device at a subinterval of 0.05 sec during the time interval of 0.4 sec. The interval changes from l=0 to l=8 at maximum, from the initiation to the completion of the clutch engagement. Each interval l=0 to l=8 corresponds to 0.4 sec. Whenever a temporary clutch activation is instructed, the microprocessor increases the subinterval of 0.05 sec to 0.1 sec and the time interval l to 0.8 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Kouichiro Hirosawa, Tsutomu Mitsui
  • Patent number: 4518068
    Abstract: System is provided for controlling the pressure with which a clutch is engaged, with a slip rate e of the clutch, which is equal to the ratio of the rotational speed of a drive shaft thereof, as a main parameter. A microprocessor reads a throttle opening and the slip rate e from the initiation of engagement of the clutch at a time interval of 0.4 sec, and accesses a particular group of controlling data which control the clutch engagement and which are grouped together as a function of a time lapse l as well as the read values of these parameters. During the interval of 0.4 sec, the microprocessor sequentially outputs the controlling data of the particular group with a time subinterval of 0.05 sec. The time interval includes subintervals corresponding to l=0 to l=8 at maximum, from the initiation to the completion of the clutch engagement. Each subinterval l=0 to l=8 spans 0.4 sec. When a temporary clutch activation is instructed, the microprocessor changes the length of the subinterval from 0.05 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Kouichiro Hirosawa, Tsutomu Mitsui
  • Patent number: 4485793
    Abstract: A supercharger control system for an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger to be driven by output torque of the engine and including an electrically operated clutch for transmitting the output torque of the engine to the supercharger upon engagement thereof and for disconnecting the supercharger from the engine upon deenergization thereof. The control system comprises a bypass air duct bypassing the supercharger to provide a bypass air flow routed into the intake manifold of the engine, an electrically operated valve disposed within the bypass air duct to be open during deactivated condition of the supercharger and to be closed in response to activation of the supercharger, and an electric control device for engaging the clutch and closing the valve when high engine output torque is demanded and for disengaging the clutch and opening the valve when low engine output torque is demanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4480504
    Abstract: The transmission ratio of an infinitely variable transmission for automotive vehicles is controlled by a system including a hydraulic servo. The servo mechanism including an actuator which is driven by a line pressure to actuate the transmission and a spool having one end to which a signal pressure responsive to both throttle opening responsive pressure and vehicle speed responsive pressure is applied counteractingly against a spring. The spool provides a control valve function for the driving fluid pressure to the actuator. In response to signal pressure change to the spool the actuator is actuated in such direction that the transmission ratio is decreased or increased. The signal pressure is produced by a compensation valve due to a throttle opening responsive pressure and vehicle speed responsive pressure, e.g. governor pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4475637
    Abstract: Automatic clutch control to reduce shocks to a vehicle during a rapid switching of a shift lever between its drive D and reverse R positions. The shift lever position and the direction of movement of the vehicle are detected by means of a switch and an electrical circuit. A microprocessor delays the initiation of the clutch engagement by a given time as compared with the clutch engagement occurring when the vehicle is at rest, if the shift lever position is in contra-distinction to the direction of movement of the vehicle, namely, when the shift lever is in its drive D position while the vehicle is moving backward or when the shift lever is in its reverse R position while the vehicle is moving forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Aishin Seiki Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Kouichiro Hirosawa, Tsutomu Mitsui
  • Patent number: 4466312
    Abstract: A system for controlling the transmission ratio of an infinitely variable transmission in the present invention which includesan infinitely variable control of the transmission ratio e within a range between L and H positions which is accomplished by follow-up-wisely actuating a spring-backed spool in an actuator of transmission ratio control servo RCS against the spring force in accordance with the signal pressure established by the compensation valve through the equilibrium between pressures responsive to the vehicle speed and throttle opening;a transmission characteristic diagram having a low ratio (L) fixed area, infinitely variable ratio area and high ratio (H) fixed area due to cooperation of the modulator valve 190 and kickdown valve 140; which system is capable of properly responding to gradual or sudden changes in throttle opening and vehicle speed; andexpanding the low ratio (L) fixed area and infinitely variable area towards a higher speed area due to the regulating control to the vehicle speed res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4304016
    Abstract: A sanitary cleansing spraying device for use in toilets which includes a retractable spray nozzle connected through a control valve with a heated water reservoir which is in turn connected with a submerged water pump in the flushing water tank. The control valve and the spray nozzle are connected with a flushing lever so that the control valve is opened and the spray nozzle is moved to a spray position. The spray nozzle has two spray positions and in one of the two positions water is sprayed with a lower pressure than in the other position so that the device can be used as a bidet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Oguma, Shinji Kawai, Hisanobu Takeda
  • Patent number: 4286749
    Abstract: An automatic fluid mixing valve comprises temperature sensing means provided in a body of the valve for automatically mixing high and low temperature fluids to provide a mixed fluid having a predetermined temperature, and pressure control means for controlling the pressure ratio of said low temperature fluid to the high temperature fluid at a predetermined value. The pressure control means serves to maintain a ratio of fluid flow of the low and high temperature fluids at a predetermined value thereby maintaining the temperature of the mixed fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4208746
    Abstract: An irrigation system for human body such as anus and private part. The system comprises a heated water containing tank, a pair of heated water ejection units of an injection nozzle type for scouring or irrigating of anus and private part of female, and a heated air drying apparatus for drying anus and private part. A first temperature sensor is disposed in the tank for controlling intermittently a control circuit associated with a water heating unit in the tank so as to stabilize the temperature of the heated water in the tank. A second temperature sensor is disposed in the tank for deenergizing the water heating unit in the event the temperature in the tank rises up to a predetermined higher level. A pump motor unit and a water passage for mixing and agitating the tank water to avoid non-uniform temperature distribution are associated with the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Minamoto, Tomio Oguma, Naoji Sakakibara