Patents by Inventor Taeko Ueno
Taeko 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).
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Patent number: 11420410Abstract: A sound absorbing body includes a cup-shaped main body and a porous sheet. The cup-shaped main body includes an opening portion and a bottom portion. The porous sheet covers the opening portion. The main body includes, between the opening portion and the bottom portion, at least one hole that is larger than pores of the porous sheet and extends through the main body.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Taeko Ueno
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Patent number: 10717383Abstract: To provide a vehicle illumination device that achieves good design and that appropriately emits light in a sequence of operations for charging. A vehicle illumination device 1 includes: first light emitting portions 21a and 21b disposed in the vicinity of a boundary portion 4 between a body 2 and a lid 14 via notched portions 18a and 18b formed at upper and lower edges of the lid 14; and second light emitting portions 22a and 22b disposed inside the lid 14. When the lid 14 is unlocked in operation to unlock the lid 14, the first light emitting portions 21a and 21b are turned on. When the lid 14 is depressed in operation to open the lid 14, the first light emitting portions 21a and 21b are turned off. When the lid 14 is opened, the second light emitting portions 22a and 22b are turned on to illuminate power supply ports 11 and 12.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Taeko Ueno, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Hiroshi Ochiai, Atsushi Doi
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Publication number: 20190389170Abstract: A sound absorbing body includes a cup-shaped main body and a porous sheet. The cup-shaped main body includes an opening portion and a bottom portion. The porous sheet covers the opening portion. The main body includes, between the opening portion and the bottom portion, at least one hole that is larger than pores of the porous sheet and extends through the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Taeko UENO
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Patent number: 10386566Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a storage member with an opening for receiving an object and a support bottom portion; a light source; and a light guide member including an incident portion positioned on an outer peripheral portion side of the light guide member, a light emission surface arranged along an edge of the opening, and a shielding wall positioned between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion and extending along the receiving opening. The light guide member further includes a portion where a distance between the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion is gradually reduced as it moves in from the incident portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Taeko Ueno, Sachiko Koyama
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Publication number: 20190217772Abstract: To provide a vehicle illumination device that achieves good design and that appropriately emits light in a sequence of operations for charging. A vehicle illumination device 1 includes: first light emitting portions 21a and 21b disposed in the vicinity of a boundary portion 4 between a body 2 and a lid 14 via notched portions 18a and 18b formed at upper and lower edges of the lid 14; and second light emitting portions 22a and 22b disposed inside the lid 14. When the lid 14 is unlocked in operation to unlock the lid 14, the first light emitting portions 21a and 21b are turned on. When the lid 14 is depressed in operation to open the lid 14, the first light emitting portions 21a and 21b are turned off. When the lid 14 is opened, the second light emitting portions 22a and 22b are turned on to illuminate power supply ports 11 and 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Taeko UENO, Yasuhiro WATANABE, Hiroshi OCHIAI, Atsushi DOI
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Patent number: 10351056Abstract: An illumination device includes a light-guide member having an annular shape provided with an incidence portion of a light in one portion, and illuminating the entirety by propagating an incident light; and a diffusion cover disposed on a side opposite to a light source relative to the incidence portion by interposing the light-guide member therebetween, and diffusing a light generated from the light-guide member. The diffusion cover includes a plate-shaped base portion covering the incidence portion side in the light-guide member, and a circular portion covering the remaining portions of the light-guide member by integrating an outer peripheral portion into the plate-shaped base portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Sachiko Koyama, Taeko Ueno
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Patent number: 10071682Abstract: An illumination device includes a housing portion having an opening for inserting an object to be housed, and a bottom face capable of supporting the object to be housed; a light source; and a light-guide plate having a light-emitting face and guiding a light of the light source to emit light from the light-emitting face. The light-guide plate is disposed between the opening of the housing portion and the bottom face, and at least one portion of the light-emitting face of the light-guide plate is arranged to form an acute angle with respect to the bottom face so as to directly irradiate the bottom face from a diagonal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Sachiko Koyama, Taeko Ueno
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Publication number: 20180172896Abstract: A lighting device includes a storage member provided with a receiving opening for an object to be stored, and a support bottom portion for supporting the received object to be stored; a light source; and a loop-shaped light guide member including an incident portion for a light from the light source and a light emission surface formed along an edge of the receiving opening. The incident portion is positioned on an outer peripheral portion side of the light guide member, and a shielding wall along the receiving opening is positioned between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion. Also, the light guide member includes a gradually-reduced portion reducing a distance between the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion as leaving from the incident portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Taeko UENO, Sachiko KOYAMA
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Publication number: 20170120809Abstract: An illumination device includes a housing portion having an opening for inserting an object to be housed, and a bottom face capable of supporting the object to be housed; a light source; and a light-guide plate having a light-emitting face and guiding a light of the light source to emit light from the light-emitting face. The light-guide plate is disposed between the opening of the housing portion and the bottom face, and at least one portion of the light-emitting face of the light-guide plate is arranged to form an acute angle with respect to the bottom face so as to directly irradiate the bottom face from a diagonal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Sachiko KOYAMA, Taeko UENO
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Publication number: 20160195661Abstract: An illumination device includes a light-guide member having an annular shape provided with an incidence portion of a light in one portion, and illuminating the entirety by propagating an incident light; and a diffusion cover disposed on a side opposite to a light source relative to the incidence portion by interposing the light-guide member therebetween, and diffusing a light generated from the light-guide member. The diffusion cover includes a plate-shaped base portion covering the incidence portion side in the light-guide member, and a circular portion covering the remaining portions of the light-guide member by integrating an outer peripheral portion into the plate-shaped base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Sachiko KOYAMA, Taeko UENO
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Publication number: 20120308328Abstract: A fastening tool includes a nut having a short side that is shorter than a width of an opening portion, and a long side that is longer than the width of the opening portion, and at a mounting position in which the short side corresponds to a short side of the base portion, the nut is inserted into a hollow portion inside a structure (for example, a C-shaped steel). A male screw portion (for example, a bolt), which has been inserted from the opening portion, is screwed into the nut, and also the nut rotates inside the hollow portion, so that the nut reaches a fixed position which cannot be pulled out from the opening portion, and is fixed into the hollow portion through the male screw portion (for example, the bolt). The base portion includes a temporary fixing claw temporarily fixing the nut in the mounting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Taeko Ueno