Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Ootani

Tsuyoshi Ootani 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: 11825586
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a microwave supply unit, a drawer portion, and a grid body made of metal. The microwave supply unit is configured to supply microwaves to a heating cooking chamber. The drawer portion is drawable with respect to the heating cooking chamber. A heated object is placed on the grid body. The drawer portion includes a moving body made of metal and an engagement portion made of non-metallic material. The moving body is configured to move between an accommodation position inside the heating cooking chamber and a drawn-out position outside the heating cooking chamber. The engagement portion is disposed on the moving body. When the moving body is at the drawn-out position, the grid body is engageable with the engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ootani, Masahiro Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20230067149
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber, a pull-out portion (2), and a placement member (30). The pull-out portion (2) is configured to be pulled out from the heating cooking chamber in a first direction (D1). The placement member (30) is placed on the pull-out portion (2). The placement member (30) includes a placement portion (31) and a pair of protrusion portions (32). An object is placed on the placement portion (31). The pair of protrusion portions (32) protrude from the placement portion (31) in a second direction (D2). The pull-out portion (2) includes a base portion (23) and a pair of side wall portions (50). The placement member (30) is placed on the base portion (23). The pair of side wall portions (50) extend in the first direction (D1), stand upright from the base portion (23), and face each other in the second direction (D2). The pair of side wall portions (50) respectively include a pair of concave portions (54) recessed in a third direction (D3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI OOTANI, MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230057676
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a microwave supply unit (15), and a drawer portion (2). The microwave supply unit (15) is positioned below a heating cooking chamber (100A) and configured to supply microwaves (M) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The drawer portion (2) is configured to be pulled out with respect to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The drawer portion (2) includes a placing portion (22) made of non-metal and a wall portion (20) made of metal. The placing portion (20) includes a placing surface (22A) on which an object to be heated is placed. The wall portion (20) extends in a first direction (D1) intersecting the placing surface (22A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro KITAURA, SHINJI ASAMI, MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA, HIROMI SUENAGA, MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, YU SHINOHARA, TSUYOSHI OOTANI, Kiyonori NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230048380
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus (1) includes a heating cooking chamber (10), a lid portion (20), and heat supply units (31), (32), and (34). The heating cooking chamber (10) includes an accommodation space 1A and an opening 11A. The opening 11A communicates with the accommodation space 1A. The lid portion (20) is configured to close the opening 11A. The lid portion (20) includes a see-through window portion (21). The see-through window portion (21) makes the accommodation space 1A visible. The see-through window portion (21) includes at least three glass plates (210). The at least three glass plates (210) include a heat-ray reflecting glass (212) that reflects heat rays, a first glass plate (213) located proximate to the accommodation space 1A, and a second glass plate (211) located opposite to the accommodation space 1A. The heat-ray reflecting glass (212) is located between a first glass plate (213) and a second glass plate (211).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, SHINJI ASAMI, HIROMI SUENAGA, MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA, Tomohiro KITAURA, YU SHINOHARA, TSUYOSHI OOTANI
  • Publication number: 20220325903
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and an air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) accommodates an object to be heated. The air sending unit (14) supplies hot air (F1) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The air sending unit (14) includes a suction hole portion (14D) positioned on a predetermined side of the heating cooking chamber (100A) and a blow-out hole portion (14C) positioned on the predetermined side. The air sending unit (14) suctions air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the suction hole portion (14D) and blows air into the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the blow-out hole portion (14C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA, MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, SHINJI ASAMI, TSUYOSHI OOTANI, HIROMI SUENAGA, Tomohiro KITAURA, YU SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220248901
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A), a first air sending unit (14), and a second air sending unit (13). The heating cooking chamber (100A) accommodates an object to be heated. The first air sending unit (14) supplies a first hot air (F1) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The second air sending unit (13) supplies a second hot air (F2) to the heating cooking chamber (100A) from a direction different from the supply direction of the first hot air (F1) supplied by the first air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) includes an accommodation space (120) that accommodates an object to be heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA, MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, SHINJI ASAMI, TSUYOSHI OOTANI, HIROMI SUENAGA, Tomohiro KITAURA, YU SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220205639
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus (100) includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and a microwave supply unit (15). An object to be heated (H) is accommodated in the heating cooking chamber (100A). A microwave supply unit (15) includes a radiation port (15C) and supplies microwaves to the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the radiation port (15C). The radiation port (15C) is positioned below the heating cooking chamber (100A). The heating cooking apparatus (100) further includes a partitioning member (15B) that covers the radiation port (15C) and a placing portion (22) on which the object to be heated (H) is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI OOTANI, MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210251056
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a microwave supply unit, a drawer portion, and a grid body made of metal. The microwave supply unit is configured to supply microwaves to a heating cooking chamber. The drawer portion is drawable with respect to the heating cooking chamber. A heated object is placed on the grid body. The drawer portion includes a moving body made of metal and an engagement portion made of non-metallic material. The moving body is configured to move between an accommodation position inside the heating cooking chamber and a drawn-out position outside the heating cooking chamber. The engagement portion is disposed on the moving body. When the moving body is at the drawn-out position, the grid body is engageable with the engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI OOTANI, MASAHIRO NISHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 4786551
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer composed mainly of a magnetic powder and a resin binder, wherein the magnetic layer comprises (a) an ester compound comprising (a-1) an ester compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R stands for a branched alkyl group having 13 carbon atoms,(a-2) butyl stearate and (a-3) butoxyethyl stearate, and (b) carbon black comprising (b-1) carbon black having an average single particle size of 10 to 50 m.mu. and (b-2) carbon black having an average single particle size of 200 to 1,000 m.mu..This magnetic recording medium has an excellent durability and is utilized as a floppy disk or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ootani, Junsaku Nakajima, Chiaki Abe, Ikuko Wada
  • Patent number: 4642720
    Abstract: A magnetic head is disclosed in which a non-magnetic base substance which supports a writing or reading converter for writing or reading on a magnetic recording medium is constructed with an aggregate of carbon material, or a composite material comprising an aggregate of carbon material, and a thermosetting resin and/or a carbonaceous filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kishine, Tetsuya Imamura, Michihide Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Ootani
  • Patent number: 4501795
    Abstract: Magnetic recording particles (i) are coated with a reaction product of (ii) an isocyanate compound such as polyisocyanate compounds and isocyanate compounds having a hydrolyzable alkoxysilane group, and (iii) a phosphoric ester of an alkanol, alkenol, alkylene oxide additives thereof or aliphatic carboxylic alkylene oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Takeuchi, Syoji Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Ootani, Tetsuya Imamura