Patents Assigned to Works Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20100197158
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a housing and a first contact provided in the housing. The first contact includes a first engaging and pivoting unit opposed to a back surface of the cable. The cable connector also includes a second contact which is provided in the housing and which includes a second engaging and pivoting unit opposed to the back surface of the cable. The second engaging and pivoting unit has a root which is thicker than that of the first engaging and pivoting unit. The cable connector also includes a cover. The cover includes a first through hole into which the first engaging and pivoting unit is inserted, a first cam unit engaged with the first engaging and pivoting unit, a second through hole into which the second engaging and pivoting unit is inserted, and a second cam unit engaged with the second engaging and pivoting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa TANAKA, Shunsuke HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7766841
    Abstract: The sleep diagnosis device 1 of the present invention comprises three-dimensional acceleration sensors 2a and 2b, a posture detector 5 which detects a posture of the patient from a DC component of the three-dimensional acceleration sensors, and a breathing movement detector 4 which detects a breathing movement of the patient from the AC component of the three-dimensional acceleration sensors. The sleep diagnosis device of the present invention can detect the posture (sleeping posture) and the breathing movement of the patient by using one three-dimensional acceleration sensor, so it is possible to reduce the number of sensors. Furthermore, the sleep diagnosis device can detect the breathing movement accurately by the three-dimensional acceleration sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matsuki Yamamoto, Shogo Fukushima, Aki Nakatsukasa
  • Patent number: 7767475
    Abstract: Light emitting device 1 includes an LED chip 10, a mounting substrate 20 carrying the LED chip, a dome-shaped color conversion member 70, and encapsulation member 50. Color conversion member 70 is molded from a transparent resin material and a fluorescent material which is excited by a light emitted from the LED chip to emit a light of a color different from a luminescent color of the LED chip, and is bonded to the mounting substrate to surround LED chip 10. Encapsulation member 50 is made of an encapsulation resin material to encapsulate LED chip 10 and bonding wires 14 within a space confined between mounting board 20 and color conversion member 70. Encapsulation member 50 is of a convex-shape to have its light output surface 50b kept in an intimate contact with an internal surface of color conversion member 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Masui, Youji Urano
  • Publication number: 20100189494
    Abstract: A cushion material fastening structure includes: an interior trim part, made of synthetic resin, that is provided with an opening and an elastic deformation portion at least part of which projects inward in the opening; and a cushion material, having a sheet shape, that is caught by the elastic deformation portion by being plunged into the opening while elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion, whereby the cushion material is fastened to the interior trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Onuma, Shunsuke Koike, Hideaki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100190616
    Abstract: An exercising apparatus includes a movable unit on which a user straddles and a driving unit for driving the movable unit. The driving unit changes a state of the movable unit to provide the user with an exercising load. A storage part stores corresponding relationships between the states of the movable unit and the messages, and a state detector detects the state of the movable unit at approximately the same timing as the output timing determined by an output timing determination part. A message output part outputs messages corresponding to the user's postures repeatedly during a period of providing the user with an exercising load. The message output part extracts the message corresponding to the state of the movable unit detected by the state detector from the storage part and outputs the extracted message at the output timing determined by the output timing determination part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bungo Imai, Toshio Nakano, Nozomu Tohyama, Takeo Iijima
  • Publication number: 20100187912
    Abstract: Power saving is promoted by oscillating only power transmission coil contributing to contactless charging without using any communication means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu KITAMURA, Tomohiro OTA, Seiichi IWAO
  • Patent number: 7762001
    Abstract: A hair clipper includes three blade blocks each including comb-like blades mutually overlapped for making sliding contact with each other, each blade block having a skin contact surface parallel to a projecting direction of the comb-like blades; and a main body including a drive unit for reciprocating one of the comb-like blades. The blade blocks include first, second and third blade blocks. The second blade block has a skin surface contact angle between a longitudinal axis of the main body and the skin contact surface acute and greater than that of the first blade block. The third blade block has a skin surface contact angle same as that of the second blade block. The third blade block has a cutting width smaller than that of the first and second blade blocks. The main body includes an attachment unit for detachably attaching one of the blade blocks to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Morisugi, Toshio Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20100180446
    Abstract: A blade of a reciprocating electric shaver includes a newly provided guide frame (8) freely detachably held on a holding frame (7) provided on a shaver body, in which, in the guide frame (8), there are provided: coupling portions (9) to which an outer edge frame (2) that fixes an outer edge (1) thereto is coupled; and spring receiving portions (10) which support lower ends of inner edge push-up springs (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimizu, Shunsuke Komori, Takeshi Shiba, Jyuzaemon Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100180909
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic hair treatment device comprising a vibrator having a vibration element for generating ultrasonic vibrations and a receiver facing the vibrator as to apply the ultrasonic vibrations to a bundle of hairs which is pinched between the vibrator and the receiver, the vibration element has an oblong plate shape so as to have a plurality of resonance points arranged like a periodic lattice on a vibration face disposed in a thickness direction thereof, a plurality of circular recesses or grooves for trapping a hair treatment agent therein is formed on a vibration face of a head of the vibrator facing the receiver corresponding to the resonance points of the vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Sakae Uchinashi
  • Publication number: 20100180717
    Abstract: The rigidity of a pivotally connecting portion to which a reaction force member or a transmitting member is connected through a connecting pin is increased to thereby prevent buckling and deformation, while keeping the plate thickness of a hollow-structured operating pedal small to minimize the weight and size thereof. A connecting opening portion is provided at the portion that is an outer circumferential portion of a hollow-structured operating pedal and is connected to connecting links Inside the connecting opening portion, a reinforcing member having a U-shaped section is integrally weld-joined so as to open outward. End portions of the connecting links are inserted inside the reinforcing member, and are relatively pivotablly connected by a first link pin. Accordingly, the rigidity of the operating pedal is improved, and at the same time, the stress concentration is relieved, whereby buckling and deformation are suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yoshiro Himetani
  • Publication number: 20100181965
    Abstract: In a battery charger for charging a built-in secondary battery of a compact electric apparatus such as an electric shaver, an erroneous detection due to incomplete mounting of the compact electric apparatus on a mounting base is prevented with a simple and inexpensive configuration. A detection structure for detecting mounting of the compact electric apparatus on the mounting base comprises a charge contact member, a common contact member and a signal contact member which are electrically connected to a positive power source line, a negative power source line and a control signal line of the compact electric apparatus, respectively. A detection contact which electrically connects the signal contact member to the common contact member when the compact electric apparatus is not mounted on the mounting base is integrally formed on the signal contact member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhide MATSUOKA, Fumio TANIGUCHI, Daisuke SONE
  • Publication number: 20100180447
    Abstract: An electric shaver in which a blade frame part 4 is attached to an upper portion of a body part 3, the blade frame part 4 including an outer blade 5, an outer blade frame 13 to fix the outer blade 5 thereto, a holding frame 14 to hold the outer blade frame 13 vertically movable, and an outer peripheral frame 12 connected to the holding frame 14, the upper portion including an inner blade 1. The holding frame 14 is detachably attached to the outer peripheral frame 12 from an under side thereof, and the outer peripheral frame 12 entirely covers an outer periphery of the holding frame 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Takeshi Shiba, Jyuzaemon Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100183169
    Abstract: The invention intends to provide an appliance which can be easily assembled, assure quality and reliability, and can be downsized. A voice output unit includes: a power source 5 supplying power; a signal processing module 3 which processes voice signals received from an external source as predetermined, and amplifies the processed voice signals processed; a speaker module 34 transmitting the amplified voice signals as voice signals; and a stereoscopic circuit board 10 on which the power source 5, signal processing module 3, and speaker module 4 are assembled, and includes electrodes which are in electric contact with electrodes of the foregoing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100180448
    Abstract: In an electric shaver moving inner blades reciprocally and linearly, outer blades which are elongated in longitudinal direction are respectively held on outer blade frames and the outer blade frames are further held in floatable in floating direction on a frame holder. An outer blade mounting base has a pair of protrusions formed at positions near to both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction to protrude in the floating direction and the frame holder has a pair of end walls arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction and a pair of engaging rims formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The engaging rims enclose the protrusions so as to position the frame holder to the outer blade mounting base when the frame holder is attached to the outer blade mounting base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki SATO, Hiroaki SHIMIZU, Shin HOSOKAWA, Takeshi SHIBA
  • Publication number: 20100182262
    Abstract: In a monitoring and control device for use in a remote monitoring and control system, a device housing has a socket located behind a display panel and an external storage medium including a rewritable memory is removably mounted in the socket. The device housing is attached in an attachment hole formed in a wall in a state that the external storage medium is mounted in the socket. A control unit performs a setting operation for a graphic image displayed on the display panel and for the load control in accordance with setting information stored in the external storage medium. The external storage medium is inserted in the socket through an insertion slot formed in a side portion of the device housing, at least a portion of the insertion slot being received in the attachment hole in a state that the device housing is attached to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoshikawa, Tomoaki Sasaki, Katsuhiko Kimura, Kei Miura, Akihiro Hiroishi, Satoshi Kitamura, Yulchiro Naoi, Mototsugu Kawamata, Yuichi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7757536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plate-shaped workpiece positioning structure for hot press forming that, upon executing a hot press forming of a heated plate-shaped workpiece (16), positions the plate-shaped workpiece relative to a pair of press dies (10, 12, 14). The positioning structure includes (a) a first positioning opening (20b) and (b) a second positioning openings (22a, 22c). The first positioning opening is arranged in a center part of the plate-shaped workpiece, and engages with a first positioning pin (22b) provided on one (12) of the pair of press dies to position the plate-shaped workpiece. The second positioning openings are arranged between the first positioning opening and a predetermined outer peripheral parts (16a, 16b) of the plate-shaped workpiece, and are formed in an elongate shape that extends along a line connecting the first positioning opening and the predetermined outer peripheral part of the plate-shaped workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 7759878
    Abstract: A lighting device for lighting a high-pressure discharge lamp 2 having an outer tube, an interior of which is substantially under vacuum. The lighting device includes a ballast 3 having at least a current limiting element and a high-voltage pulse generating circuit 4 for generating a high-voltage pulse, and also includes a lighting discriminating means 8 for discriminating between lighting and non-lighting of the discharge lamp 2, a timer circuit 9 for setting a predetermined period of time, and a pulse-stop control means 10 for stopping generation of the high-voltage pulse. When the lighting discriminating means 8 discriminates non-lighting after lighting has been discriminated, generation of the high-voltage pulse is stopped within the predetermined period of time set by the timer circuit 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yufuku, Takeshi Goriki, Noriyuki Fukumori, Nobuo Ukita
  • Patent number: 7757404
    Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ouchi, Hidekazu Sueyoshi, Toshihiro Takeuchi, Kenichi Muraki, Keiko Funatsu
  • Patent number: 7760068
    Abstract: A small-sized operation switch wiring mechanism which can easily set an address without using an address setting device. The operation switch wiring mechanism includes a device body formed at three-module size. Disposed on the front surface of the device body are operation buttons which cover operators of eight operation switches individually assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of relays, and an operator of a rotary switch which alternatively selects a combination of the addresses of the operation switches among a plurality of combinations. In the device body, a signal processor transmits a transmission signal including operation information due to the manipulation of the operation switch, and the address of the manipulated operation switch to a signal line is received. A face cover that covers the entire front surface is detachably attached to the front surface of the device surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hatemata, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: D621097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nishizawa