Patents by Inventor Motokazu Sonohara

Motokazu Sonohara 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).

  • Outdoor apparatus
    Patent number: 7800889
    Abstract: An outdoor apparatus that incorporates a heat sink and has a box-shaped casing, having a plurality of aligned ventilation holes formed on an upper plate and a lower plate so as to oppose the heat sink, and wherein inter-hole portions that are portions of the upper plate between adjacent ventilation holes are recessed downward with respect to other portions of the upper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Motokazu Sonohara, Tadashi Yato
  • OUTDOOR APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090273902
    Abstract: An outdoor apparatus that incorporates a heat sink and has a box-shaped casing, having a plurality of aligned ventilation holes formed on an upper plate and a lower plate so as to oppose the heat sink, and wherein inter-hole portions that are portions of the upper plate between adjacent ventilation holes are recessed downward with respect to other portions of the upper plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Motokazu Sonohara, Tadashi Yato
  • Outdoor apparatus
    Patent number: 7595976
    Abstract: An outdoor apparatus includes a box-shaped main casing body that has an opening formed at a front face and that houses at least one electronic circuit board in an interior thereof; and a box-shaped front panel that covers the front opening of the main casing body; an upper plate of the main casing body having an upward protrusion that protrudes upward and has a plate-like rearward protrusion that protrudes rearward from the upward protrusion; and the front panel having a bent portion that is bent substantially perpendicularly from an upper plate that opposes the upward protrusion of the main casing body and contacts a tip of the rearward protrusion of the main casing body. The reliability of the waterproof function against the entry of rainwater is thereby improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Motokazu Sonohara, Tadashi Yato
  • Outdoor apparatus
    Publication number: 20070121288
    Abstract: An outdoor apparatus includes a box-shaped main casing body that has an opening formed at a front face and that houses at least one electronic circuit board in an interior thereof; and a box-shaped front panel that covers the front opening of the main casing body; an upper plate of the main casing body having an upward protrusion that protrudes upward and has a plate-like rearward protrusion that protrudes rearward from the upward protrusion; and the front panel having a bent portion that is bent substantially perpendicularly from an upper plate that opposes the upward protrusion of the main casing body and contacts a tip of the rearward protrusion of the main casing body. The reliability of the waterproof function against the entry of rainwater is thereby improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Motokazu Sonohara, Tadashi Yato