Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Umekage
Yasuhiro Umekage 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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Publication number: 20070193367Abstract: An ultrasonic fluid measurement instrument is capable of highly accurate fluid measurement. A measurement part is provided forming a plurality of split channels partitioned by partition boards halfway across a fluid channel, and at least a pair of ultrasonic transmitter-receivers for transmitting ultrasonic waves into the fluid flowing through the split channels and receiving ultrasonic waves that have passed through the fluid. Further, an arithmetic unit calculates the flow velocity and/or flow volume of the fluid according to the propagation time of the ultrasonic waves. The measurement part further includes an approach channel for preliminarily rectifying the fluid flowing to the split channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yoshinori Inui, Yukio Nagaoka, Hajime Miyata, Shigeru Iwanaga
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Patent number: 7237441Abstract: An ultrasonic fluid measurement instrument is capable of highly accurate fluid measurement. A measurement part is provided forming a plurality of split channels partitioned by partition boards halfway across a fluid channel, and at least a pair of ultrasonic transmitter-receivers for transmitting ultrasonic waves into the fluid flowing through the split channels and receiving ultrasonic waves that have passed through the fluid. Further, an arithmetic unit calculates the flow velocity and/or flow volume of the fluid according to the propagation time of the ultrasonic waves. The measurement part further includes an approach channel for preliminarily rectifying the fluid flowing to the split channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yoshinori Inui, Yukio Nagaoka, Hajime Miyata, Shigeru Iwanaga
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Publication number: 20070143914Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a substantially pillar sheathed heater, a substantially cylindrical case, and a spiral spring. The sheathed heater is accommodated in the case. The spring is provided so as to be wound around an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater. Thus, a spiral flow path is formed among an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater, an inner peripheral surface of the case, and the spring. The spring functions as a flow velocity conversion mechanism, a turbulent flow generation mechanism, a flow direction conversion mechanism, and an impurity removal mechanism. A water inlet and a water outlet are respectively arranged at positions eccentric from a central axis of the case on a side surface of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2004Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Yasuhiro Umekage, Kazushige Nakamura, Mitsuyuki Furubayashi, Keiko Yasui, Koji Oka
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Publication number: 20060289455Abstract: A washing water inlet for receiving washing water is provided on an upper surface at one end of a case main body in a fluid heating device, and a washing water outlet for feeding heated washing water to a pump is provided on an upper surface at the other end of the case main body. A linear sheathed heater is arranged so as to penetrate the case main body. A spring is spirally wound around an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater. An outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater, the spring, and an inner peripheral surface of the case main body form a flow path. The flow path is formed in a spiral shape with the length of the case main body used as its axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Nakamura, Shigeru Shirai, Yasuhiro Umekage, Mitsuyuki Furubayashi, Koji Oka
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Publication number: 20060201259Abstract: The present invention provides an ultrasonic fluid measurement instrument capable of highly accurate fluid measurement. Measurement part (1) is provided forming plural split channels (3) partitioned by partition boards (2) halfway across the fluid channel, and at least a pair of ultrasonic transmitter-receivers transmit ultrasonic waves into fluid flowing through split channels (3) and receive ultrasonic waves that have passed through the fluid. Then, an arithmetic unit calculates at least one of flow velocity and flow volume of the fluid according to the propagation time of the ultrasonic waves. Measurement part (1) is further provided with approach channels (5) and (6) for preliminarily rectifying fluid flowing to split channels (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2004Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yoshinori Inui, Yukio Nagaoka, Hajime Miyata, Shigeru Iwanaga
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Patent number: 7082841Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yukio Nagaoka, Osamu Eguchi, Shuji Abe, Yuji Nakabayashi, Kenzo Ohji, Fumikazu Shiba, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Toshiharu Sato, Yuji Fujii
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Publication number: 20060155175Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a biological sensor capable of detecting a biological information with a high sensitivity. It is an object of the invention to provide a support system for carrying out a support in such a manner that a work can be efficiently performed based on the biological information obtained by the biological sensor. There are provided acceleration detecting means (300) constituted to detect an acceleration including a vibration of a body surface of a person to be measured, processing means for extracting at least two of an information about a heartbeat, an information about a body motion and an information about a breath from an information output from the acceleration detecting means (300), and deciding means (500) for deciding a condition of the measured person to be a living body from an output of the processing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2004Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogino, Shigeki Ueda, Yasuhiro Umekage
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Patent number: 6941821Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a flow meter of the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yukio Nagaoka, Osamu Eguchi, Shuji Abe, Yuji Nakabayashi, Kenzo Ohji, Fumikazu Shiba, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Toshiharu Sato, Yuji Fujii
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Patent number: 6915704Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a flow meter of the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yukio Nagaoka, Osamu Eguchi, Shuji Abe, Yuji Nakabayashi, Kenzo Ohji, Fumikazu Shiba, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Toshiharu Sato, Yuji Fujii
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Publication number: 20050000301Abstract: For the purpose of solving the above problems, the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yukio Nagaoka, Osamu Eguchi, Shuji Abe, Yuji Nakabayashi, Kenzo Ohji, Fumikazu Shiba, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Toshiharu Sato, Yuji Fujii
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Publication number: 20040261539Abstract: For the purpose of solving the above problems, the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro UMEKAGE, Yukio NAGAOKA, Osamu EGUCHI, Shuji ABE, Yuji NAKABAYASHI, Kenzo OHJI, Fumikazu SHIBA, Akihisa ADACHI, Masahiko HASHIMOTO, Toshiharu SATO, Yuji FUJII
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Publication number: 20040267464Abstract: For the purpose of solving the above problems, the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed pressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro UMEKAGE, Yukio NAGAOKA, Osamu EGUCHI, Shuji ABE, Yuji NAKABAYASHI, Kenzo OHJI, Fumikazu SHIBA, Akihisa ADACHI, Masahiko HASHIMOTO, Toshiharu SATO, Yuji FUJII
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Patent number: 6796189Abstract: For the purpose of solving the above problems, the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time measurement means for measuring a time of propagation repeated by the repetition means; flow rate detection means for detecting a flow rate based on a value of the time measurement means; and number-of-times change means for changing to a predetermined number of repetition times. With such a structure, an influence caused by a variation of a flow can be suppressed by changing the number of repetition times so as to be suitable for a variation. As a result, reliable flow rate measurement with a high accuracy can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Yukio Nagaoka, Osamu Eguchi, Shuji Abe, Yuji Nakabayashi, Kenzo Ohji, Fumikazu Shiba, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Toshiharu Sato, Yuji Fujii
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Patent number: 6748811Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter of the present invention includes: a measurement flow path 6 through which a fluid to be measured flows; ultrasonic transducers 8 and 9 provided respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side with respect to each other along the measurement flow path 6; an upstream aperture hole 11 and a downstream aperture hole 12, the aperture holes 11 and 12 for exposing the ultrasonic transducers 8 and 9 to the measurement flow path 6; a first influent suppressor 15 provided in a vicinity of at least the downstream aperture hole 12 for reducing inflow of the fluid to be measured into the aperture hole 12; a second influent suppressor 16 provided on an upstream side of the measurement flow path 6 with respect to the aperture holes 11 and 12 for reducing the inflow of the fluid to be measured into the aperture holes 11 and 12; a measurement control section 19 for measuring a propagation time of an ultrasonic wave between the ultrasonic transducers 8 and 9; and a calculation section 20 for caType: GrantFiled: November 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Iwanaga, Yasuhiro Umekage
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Patent number: 5445517Abstract: Pressure variation of combustion noise is detected by a microphone set in a combustion chamber, and the pressure propagation characteristic for the path from the gas flow control valve to the microphone is identified while the combustion apparatus is operating, and then an adaptive control is made using one signal detected by an microphone and the other signal produced by passing the signal of the microphone through a filter, and then a corrected anti-phase signal of a combustion noise is computed by the coefficient updating circuit, and the computed result is inputted to a gas flow control valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1993Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamitsu Kondou, Yasuhiro Umekage, Kunio Nakamura
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Patent number: 5393961Abstract: In a microwave heating device, a propeller fan is mounted on a drive shaft of a motor that in vertically positioned parts of a high frequency power supply unit are arranged in the order of a power control semiconductor device and a high-voltage transformer along the direction of revolution of the propeller fan. The motor is secured to a support member formed by a motor cover attached to the casing of the propeller fan. The fan and high frequency power supply unit are mounted to a first frame and a second frame, both of which are bent and connected at a connecting portion and fixed in an approximately "L" shape, while an airflow path is defined by a first guide wall and a second guide wall to cool the parts of the high frequency power supply unit. An airflow path is formed by a plurality of guide walls provided on the two frames, and a communicating hole is provided in proximity to the connecting portion of the two frames. The propeller fan is so arranged as to revolve at a low r.p.m.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Shinichi Sakai, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Hisashi Morikawa, Makoto Mihara