Patents by Inventor Wataru Tazoe

Wataru Tazoe 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).

  • Automatic urine disposal device and urine receptacle used therefor
    Patent number: 7749205
    Abstract: A wearer wears a urine receptacle in which a urine absorbent material 3 is housed in a substantially rectangular, non-breathable, liquid-impermeable outer sheet having a U-shaped cross-section, and the surface of the urine absorbent material is covered with a hard-breathable, liquid permeable top sheet. Urine is discharged from a urine drainage port formed on the bottom surface of the outer sheet to a sealed urine tank by a vacuum pump through urine drainage tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Tazoe, Junichi Kobayashi, Ryousuke Miyagawa, Kenji Yoshida, Shigeru Machida, Ichiro Wada, Miou Suzuki, Kenichi Okabe
  • Hand-held vacuum pump and automated urinary drainage system using pump thereof
    Publication number: 20060159567
    Abstract: In the hand-held vacuum pump 1, the main body 1a of the vacuum pump in which the pump room 4a is formed and the electric motor 2 are connected via the shaft coupling 21. The main body of the vacuum pump has the driving shaft 10. One ball bearing 15b supporting the driving shaft is supported by the cylinder. The other ball bearing 15a is sup ported by the flange 5 mounted hermetically at the cylinder. The end part of the cylinder at the side of the electric motor accommodates the shaft coupling, and is engaged with the end part of the electric motor so that the electric motor may support the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Wataru Tazoe, Ryosuke Miyagawa, Yoshikazu Ishitsuka, Tetsuya Tanaka, Kiyoshi Azuhata, Isao Koromegawa
  • Automatic urine disposal device
    Publication number: 20050070862
    Abstract: An automatic urine disposal device has a urine receptacle for suctioning urine discharged by a device wearer. A urine drainage port is formed on this urine receptacle, and from this urine drainage port, urine is directed into a urine tank. The urine tank is sealed by a lid, and tube guide holes are formed on the lid. The urine drainage tube is connected to one of the tube guide holes via a mounting fixture while maintaining the airtightness of the urine tank, and the urine drainage tube can be detachable from/attachable to the tube guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Wataru Tazoe, Junichi Kobayashi, Shigeru Machida, Ryousuke Miyagawa, Yoshikazu Ishitsuka, Ichiro Wada, Miou Suzuki
  • Automatic urine disposal device and urine receptacle used therefor
    Publication number: 20040236292
    Abstract: A wearer wears a urine receptacle in which a urine absorbent material 3 is housed in a substantially rectangular, non-breathable, liquid-impermeable outer sheet 4 having a letter-U-shaped cross section, and the surface of the urine absorbent material 3 is covered with a hard-breathable top sheet 2. Urine is discharged from a urine drainage port 4b formed on the bottom surface of the outer sheet 4 to a sealed urine tank by a vacuum pump through urine drainage tubes 11a and 11b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Wataru Tazoe, Junichi Kobayashi, Ryousuke Miyagawa, Kenji Yoshida, Shigeru Machida, Ichiro Wada, Miou Suzuki, Kenichi Okabe