Patents by Inventor Miho Terunuma

Miho Terunuma 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).

  • Publication number: 20110120533
    Abstract: A solar module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a solar cell panel 2, main frame members 10 each including a main holder configured to hold the solar cell panel 2, sub-frame members 20 each including a sub-holder configured to hold the solar cell panel 2, a reinforcing frame member 30 provided to span between the main frame members 10, and a reinforcing-frame supporting member 40 provided to span between the sub-frame members 20 while intersecting the reinforcing frame member 30, and including a concave portion configured to straddle a bottom surface of the reinforcing frame member 30 from below at a portion where the reinforcing-frame supporting member 40 intersects the reinforcing frame member 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Miho Terunuma, Yasushi Ohkoshi
  • Patent number: 7946082
    Abstract: A structure support apparatus for anchoring and supporting a structure upon a roof includes a bowed plate having a dome-shaped convex portion formed in the center of the bowed plate projecting from the concave side toward the convex side of the bowed plate. A screw hole is formed in the dome-shaped convex portion, penetrating the center of the bowed plate, and the structure is supported by the apex of the dome-shaped convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Ohkoshi, Miho Terunuma, Yoshihiro Aramaki
  • Patent number: 7686268
    Abstract: A structure fixing apparatus for attaching a structure on roof tiles, for example, the structure being a solar cell apparatus, includes a support device for supporting attachment hardware which is a part of a base for fixing a solar cell module, a fixing member formed to reach a sheathing through the support device and a roof tile, and a tubular portion formed to surround the fixing member and to be inserted in a through hole formed in the roof tile. The tubular portion is formed to be smaller in size than the through hole formed in the roof tile and to be in non-contact with the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Miho Terunuma, Yoshihiro Aramaki, Yasushi Ohkoshi
  • Publication number: 20080053008
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure support apparatus for anchoring and supporting a structure upon a roof comprises a bowed plate having a dome-shaped convex portion formed in the center of the bowed plate projecting from the concave side toward the convex side of the bowed plate. A screw hole is formed in the dome-shaped convex portion, penetrating the center of the bowed plate, and the structure is supported by the apex of the dome-shaped convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Ohkoshi, Miho Terunuma, Yoshihiro Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20060260670
    Abstract: A structure fixing apparatus for attaching a structure on roof tiles, for example, the structure being a solar cell apparatus, includes a support device for supporting attachment hardware which is a part of a base for fixing a solar cell module, a fixing member formed to reach a sheathing through the support device and a roof tile, and a tubular portion formed to surround the fixing member and to be inserted in a through hole formed in the roof tile. The tubular portion is formed to be smaller in size than the through hole formed in the roof tile and to be in non-contact with the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miho Terunuma, Yoshihiro Aramaki, Yasushi Ohkoshi