Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Miyahara

Toshifumi Miyahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20170100007
    Abstract: Self-travelling vacuum cleaner (10) has body (20) having suction port (101), drive unit (30), and an electric fan. Since suction port (101) is disposed in a maximum width part of body (20) closer than drive unit (30), self-travelling vacuum cleaner (10) can suck a trash on a corner in a target region to be cleaned easily and can move from the corner to another area quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Chizuyo MATSUMOTO, Tatsuo KIKKAWA, Masakazu ONDA, Toshifumi MIYAHARA
  • Patent number: 7306640
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a first dirt separation unit and a second dirt separation unit. The first dirt separation unit has a first inlet port through which a suction air stream including dirt particles is introduced thereinto, and the second dirt separation unit has a second inlet port through which the air stream introduced into the first dirt separation unit is introduced into the second dirt separation. The first and the second inlet port are disposed such that they are not registered with each other. Accordingly, the dirt particles suctioned are separated in two stages, thereby decreasing the possibility of occlusion of a filter and rapid deterioration of a suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kuroki, Seiji Yamaguchi, Tomonori Kato, Masashi Okushima, Yuichi Shimizu, Tomomi Mitani, Hiroshi Mori, Toru Odachi, Yoshiaki Onishi, Hidenori Kitamura, Toshifumi Miyahara, Takaaki Ogawa, Hirokazu Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20040128791
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a first dirt separation unit and a second dirt separation unit. The first dirt separation unit has a first inlet port through which a suction air stream including dirt particles is introduced thereinto, and the second dirt separation unit has a second inlet port through which the air stream introduced into the first dirt separation unit is introduced into the second dirt separation. The first and the second inlet port are disposed such that they are not registered with each other. Accordingly, the dirt particles suctioned are separated in two stages, thereby decreasing the possibility of occlusion of a filter and rapid deterioration of a suction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kuroki, Seiji Yamaguchi, Tomonori Kato, Masashi Okushima, Yuichi Shimizu, Tomomi Mitani, Hiroshi Mori, Toru Odachi, Yoshiaki Onishi, Hidenori Kitamura, Toshifumi Miyahara, Takaaki Ogawa, Hirokazu Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6536073
    Abstract: An electric cleaner provided with a main body comprised of a cleaner housing (20) equipped with wheels (27) for mobility on a floor surface. Both side surfaces of the main body extend outwardly beyond rim portions (35) of the respective wheels (27) that stay in contact with the floor surface, and a center of gravity G (40) of the main body is placed in such a position that the main body rolls toward a direction where the wheels (27) stand on the floor surface so as to return itself into an original posture when the main body tilts in a way that one of the side surfaces lies in contact to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uratani, Yoshiaki Ohnishi, Toshifumi Miyahara, Masaki Shibuya, Kazuma Suo, Saburo Kajikawa
  • Publication number: 20010029641
    Abstract: An electric cleaner provided with a main body comprised of a cleaner housing (20) equipped with wheels (27) for mobility on a floor surface. Both side surfaces of the main body extend outwardly beyond rim portions (35) of the respective wheels (27) that stay in contact with the floor surface, and a center of gravity G (40) of the main body is placed in such a position that the main body rolls toward a direction where the wheels (27) stand on the floor surface so as to return itself into an original posture when the main body tilts in a way that one of the side surfaces lies in contact to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uratani, Yoshiaki Ohnishi, Toshifumi Miyahara, Masaki Shibuya, Kazuma Suo, Saburo Kajikawa