Patents by Inventor Touru Hanada

Touru Hanada 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).

  • Portable warmer suitable for a body
    Patent number: 6206909
    Abstract: A fuel tank stores fuel gas. A catalytic burning section is connected to the fuel tank for generating heat based on an oxidative reaction between the fuel supplied from the fuel tank and air. The fuel tank and the catalytic burning section are assembled as a catalytic heat generating apparatus. The catalytic heat generating apparatus is detachably installed in a housing of a heater section. The heater section has both ends provided with a pair of belt portions wound around a user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Col Ltd.
    Inventors: Touru Hanada, Kiyonobu Yoshida, Kouji Nakai, Shigehiro Kimura, Hidetaka Yabuuchi, Takaaki Kusaka
  • Steamer with controlled pressure
    Patent number: 5121464
    Abstract: A steamer for use in ironing clothes, in which when the pressure in the vaporizing chamber exceeds a predetermined value, the water supply is stopped for the vaporizing chamber even if the user operates the pump excessively, thereby preventing unvaporized hot water from escaping and either scalding the user and wetting the material being ironed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Touru Hanada, Yoshiyuki Ujino