Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo Fujitani

Yoshitomo Fujitani 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: 5525782
    Abstract: An oven with a humidity conditioner is capable of cooking food by appropriately humidifying or dehumidifying it while the amount of steam contained in an oven cavity is being regulated. The oven includes a heater or magnetron for heating the food accommodated in the oven cavity, a humidity regulator for regulating the humidity inside the oven cavity, a cooking method selector for selecting a cooking method, and a controller for controlling the humidity regulator in response to a signal from the cooking method selector to selectively humidify and dehumidify the interior of the oven cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Yoneno, Naoyoshi Maehara, Yoshitomo Fujitani, Miki Moriguchi, Yoshifumi Moriya, Naoko Yanagida
  • Patent number: 4415799
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cooking appliance for heating a heating load (22) with a hot air as heated by a heater unit (17) and circulated in a heating chamber (2) by a fan unit (18). The temperature in the heating chamber (2) is detected by a temperature detector (26) to control the heater (17) and fan unit (18), whereby the fermentation necessary for breadmaking is performed satisfactorily to yield a neatly baked bread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junzo Tanaka, Toshio Kai, Yoshitomo Fujitani
  • Patent number: 3943319
    Abstract: There is disclosed a microwave oven comprising a casing structure which defines a substantially triangular sectioned cavity and a hingedly supported door formed with a substantially triangular sectioned cavity. The cavity of the casing structure cooperates with the cavity of the hingedly supported door to define a complete heating chamber of substantially cubic body. The door is hinged at the top edge to the front edge of the top wall member of the casing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Hirai, Yoshitomo Fujitani