Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Katou

Tomohiro Katou 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: 8106784
    Abstract: A combination smoke and heat detector which allows, in spite of a simple structure, light emitted from an indication lamp to be visually confirmed from a wide range of directions. The combination smoke and heat detector (100) includes a body base (10), a printed circuit board (1), a thermosensitive element (2), a dark chamber (3), an indication lamp (4) mounted to the printed circuit board (1), a protective cover (30), and a bar-like light guide (5) for guiding light emitted from the indication lamp (4) to the outside of the protective cover (30). The light guide (5) passes through a light guide through-hole (35) formed in the protective cover (30) so as to be mounted therein, with one end surface thereof facing the indication lamp (4), and another end surface thereof protruding to the outside of the protective cover (30) by a height substantially equal to or larger than a protruding height of the dark chamber (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nohmi Bosai Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Katou, Takashi Itou, Kenichi Katou
  • Publication number: 20090243835
    Abstract: Provided is a combination smoke and heat detector which allows, in spite of a simple structure, light emitted from an indication lamp to be visually confirmed from a wide range of directions. A combination smoke and heat detector (100) includes a body base (10), a printed circuit board (1), a thermosensitive element (2), a dark chamber (3), an indication lamp (4) mounted to the printed circuit board (1), a protective cover (30), and a bar-like light guide (5) for guiding light emitted from the indication lamp (4) to outside of the protective cover (30). The light guide (5) passes through a light guide through-hole (35) formed in the protective cover (30) so as to be mounted therein, with one end surface thereof being faced with the indication lamp (4), and another end surface thereof protruding to the outside of the protective cover (30) by a height substantially equal to or larger than a protruding height of the dark chamber (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro Katou, Takashi Itou, Kenichi Katou
  • Patent number: 6185497
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior control apparatus is provided which is designed to estimate the state of behavior of a vehicle body and to apply the brakes to wheels for suppressing an unwanted change in behavior of the vehicle body. The apparatus determines a lateral momentum of the vehicle body during traveling to estimate the state of behavior of the vehicle body based on the speeds of the wheels and calculates a target braking effort to be produced by each of the brake actuators based on the state of behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Taniguchi, Tomohiro Katou, Tosirou Nagata, Nobuyoshi Onogi
  • Patent number: 5636907
    Abstract: Self-suction pumps are driven to take in brake fluid from a master-cylinder side before performing brake TRC control when at a low temperature and moreover when a vehicle is stopped. During driving of these self-suction pumps, pressure-increasing control valves and pressure-reducing control valves are both opened and brake fluid is accumulated in reservoirs. Because of this, an amount of pump discharge employed in brake TRC control when at a low temperature is assured, and responsiveness of brake TRC control is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Okazaki, Masayoshi Takeda, Tomohiro Katou, Mamoru Sawada
  • Patent number: D588485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nohmi Bosai Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Katou, Takashi Itou, Kenichi Katou