Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Ueno

Yoichiro Ueno 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: 7966676
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which can largely open a discharge valve element instantaneously and, at the same time, can ensure a relatively large space in the vicinity of a discharge valve device thus enhancing a discharge capacity with a small power. A push button mounted on a tank lid body of a flushing water tank body is arranged at a position offset to one side from a position where a discharge opening is formed, a leverage device is constituted of a lever which is interlockingly connected to the discharge valve element and a pedestal which pivotally supports a middle portion of the lever. The pedestal pivotally supports a middle portion of the lever at a position closer to a push button side than the discharge valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ueno, Eiji Fukuzawa, Haruki Matsuda, Yukihiro Muroya
  • Publication number: 20080201835
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which can largely open a discharge valve element instantaneously and, at the same time, can ensure a relatively large space in the vicinity of a discharge valve device thus enhancing a discharge capacity with a small power. A toilet bowl flushing water tank device includes a flushing water tank body forming a discharge opening in a center portion thereof, a discharge valve device for vertically moving a discharge valve element relative to the discharge opening, the discharge valve device being mounted and housed in the flushing water tank body, a leverage device being interlockingly connected to the discharge valve device, the leverage device being mounted and housed in the flushing water tank body, and a push button being interlockingly connected to the leverage device in the flushing water tank body, the push button mounted on a tank lid body of the flushing water tank body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ueno, Eiji Fukuzawa, Haruki Matsuda, Yukihiro Muroya
  • Patent number: 5321907
    Abstract: A method for storing horticultural plants and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method of the present invention comprises placing the live horticultural plants in a container for transportation, wherein the temperature and the humidity in the container are kept at conditions suited for the horticultural plants within the range of 10.degree.-25.degree. C. and 60-90% RH, volatile gas generated by the horticultural plants are removed, the air inside the container is circulated, and the horticultural plants are irradiated with a light mainly composed of red light and blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ueno, Hiroshi Amatsu, Teruyuki Tashiro, Shingo Takamatsu, Yukihito Morimoto