Patents by Inventor Junji Hirata

Junji Hirata 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: 10362641
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a waveguide having an E-bend structure with multiple openings disposed on a lateral face of a heating chamber that allow the waveguide to communicate with the heating chamber. The waveguide has a first section for propagating a microwave from a magnetron toward the heating chamber, and a second section having a wide plane that abuts an outer wall of the heating chamber. The openings include at least one circularly-polarized-wave opening for generating a circularly polarized wave. A cross section of the first section orthogonally intersects a tube axis of the first section projects virtually along the tube axis of first section and onto a lateral face of the heating chamber, and the circularly-polarized-wave opening is configured such that its center is located outside the resultant projected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Koji Yoshino, Masaharu Tsujimoto, Takahide Yamaguchi, Junji Hirata, Takayuki Akashi, Masafumi Sadahira, Masayuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 9980323
    Abstract: A high-frequency heating cooker of the invention includes a high-frequency generating device that generates a high-frequency wave to be supplied to a heating chamber, a cooling device that blows air to cool the high-frequency generating device, an air intake opening that takes the air blown from the cooling device disposed on a first side plate of the heating chamber to cool the high-frequency generating device into the heating chamber, an exhaust opening disposed on a second side plate of the heating chamber to discharge the air taken into the heating chamber from the air intake opening out of the heating chamber, an exhaust guide plate disposed between the second side plate and a side plate of a housing, and an excessive temperature rise preventing device disposed on the exhaust guide plate, the exhaust guide plate having an eaves structure above the excessive temperature rise preventing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Hirata, Osamu Muranaka
  • Publication number: 20160353529
    Abstract: Microwave oven (20) includes waveguide (3) having an E-bend structure, and multiple openings (4a, 4b). Waveguide (3) has first section (3a) for propagating a microwave from magnetron (2) toward heating chamber (1), and second section (3b) of which wide plane abuts on the outer wall of heating chamber (1). Multiple openings (4a, 4b) are disposed on a lateral face of heating chamber (1). Openings (4a, 4b) allow waveguide (3) to communicate with heating chamber (1), and include at least one circularly-polarized-wave opening (4a) for generating a circularly polarized wave. A cross section of first section (3a) orthogonally intersecting tube axis (7a) of first section (3a) is projected virtually along tube axis (7a) of first section (3a) onto a lateral face of heating chamber (1), and circularly-polarized-wave opening (4a) is formed such that its center is located outside the resultant projected region defined by this projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YOSHIHARU OMORI, KOJI YOSHINO, MASAHARU TSUJIMOTO, TAKAHIDE YAMAGUCHI, JUNJI HIRATA, TAKAYUKI AKASHI, MASAFUMI SADAHIRA, MASAYUKI KUBO
  • Publication number: 20150250029
    Abstract: A high-frequency heating cooker of the invention includes a high-frequency generating device that generates a high-frequency wave to be supplied to a heating chamber, a cooling device that blows air to cool the high-frequency generating device, an air intake opening that takes the air blown from the cooling device disposed on a first side plate of the heating chamber to cool the high-frequency generating device into the heating chamber, an exhaust opening disposed on a second side plate of the heating chamber to discharge the air taken into the heating chamber from the air intake opening out of the heating chamber, an exhaust guide plate disposed between the second side plate and a side plate of a housing, and an excessive temperature rise preventing device disposed on the exhaust guide plate, the exhaust guide plate having an eaves structure above the excessive temperature rise preventing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Junji Hirata, Osamu Muranaka
  • Publication number: 20110290791
    Abstract: To provide a high-frequency heating device of which reduction of weight and cost can be achieved, while a leakage of high-frequency waves is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahide Yamaguchi, Shinichi Sakai, Masaharu Tsujimoto, Junji Hirata
  • Patent number: 7598926
    Abstract: A display panel which is adapted to be mounted on an electronic apparatus, includes a first printed display layer, a transparent material layer that is provided on the first printed display layer, and a second printed display layer that is provided on the transparent material layer so as to correspond to the first printed display layer. The first printed display layer, the transparent material layer and the second printed display layer are integrally formed to each other. The second printed display layer is displayed from the first printed display layer side through the transparent material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Hirata, Yuji Hayakawa, Akihiro Tsukaguchi, Ikuhiro Inada, Masato Matsuda, Yoshihide Goto, Kiyomi Matsuoka, Kaoru Goto
  • Publication number: 20050183305
    Abstract: A display panel which is adapted to be mounted on an electronic apparatus, includes a first printed display layer, a transparent material layer that is provided on the first printed display layer, and a second printed display layer that is provided on the transparent material layer so as to correspond to the first printed display layer. The first printed display layer, the transparent material layer and the second printed display layer are integrally formed to each other. The second printed display layer is displayed from the first printed display layer side through the transparent material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sanwa Screen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Hirata, Yuji Hayakawa, Akihiro Tsukaguchi, Ikuhiro Inada, Masato Matsuda, Yoshihide Goto, Kiyomi Matsuoka, Kaoru Goto