Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Ohonishi

Toshikazu Ohonishi 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).

  • Full-automated washer
    Patent number: 5072473
    Abstract: In a full-automated washer, a cloth amount sensor detects a quantity of an object being washed which is thrown into a washing drum as a value inclusive of information regarding a degree of bulkiness of the object to be washed. A processing circuit included in the full-automated washer is responsive to a detection output signal from the cloth amount sensor to determine a water supply amount, a cleanser feed amount, a stirring time and a rinsing time. The cloth amount sensor is mounted to a stirring motor. Upon an OFF-state of the motor, the detection output signal is generated by measuring a voltage waveform induced by inertial motion which varies in accordance the degree of bulkiness of the object to be washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sizuo Thuruta, Yoshiaki Takeda, Isao Hiyama, Kenichi Kubo, Toshikazu Ohonishi, Hideyuki Tobita, Tamotu Shikamori, Hiroshi Ohsugi, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Kazufumi Ikeda, Yoshio Ohwa, Toshiyuki Hori, Masayoshi Hirayama, Takeo Honma
  • Fully-automated washer
    Patent number: 4779430
    Abstract: In a fully-automated washer, a cloth amount sensor detects a quantity of an object being washed as a value inclusive of information regarding a degree of bulkiness of the object to be washed. A processing circuit is responsive to a detection output signal from the cloth amount sensor to determine a water supply amount, a cleanser feed amount, a stirring or agitating time and a rinsing time. The cloth amount sensor is mounted to a stirring or agitating motor. Upon an OFF-state of the motor, the detection output signal is generated by measuring a voltage waveform induced by inertial motion which varies in accordance the degree of bulkiness of the object to be washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sizuo Thuruta, Yoshiaki Takeda, Isao Hiyama, Kenichi Kubo, Toshikazu Ohonishi, Hideyuki Tobita, Tamotu Shikamori, Hiroshi Ohsugi