Patents by Inventor Akio Masuda

Akio Masuda 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: 20200023305
    Abstract: A dehumidifying film includes: a cathode-side electrode; a cathode-side catalyst layer; an anode-side power feeder; an anode-side catalyst layer for promoting reaction of electrolyzing water; a porous portion having a plurality of through holes formed therein, and having one part that contacts with the anode-side catalyst layer and the other part that is electrically connected to and integrated with the anode-side power feeder; and an electrolyte membrane. The anode-side power feeder, and the other part, of the porous portion, connected to the anode-side power feeder are joined by a conductive brazing material that includes a same kind of metal as a metal of the anode-side power feeder and the porous portion, and the through holes formed in the other part are filled with the conductive brazing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Kawashita, Akio Masuda
  • Patent number: 10486202
    Abstract: A cleaning device is configured to include a first cleaning tank that holds water to which a small amount of an additive is added as a first cleaning fluid, a second cleaning tank that holds water, a water-based cleaning agent, an alkaline cleaning fluid, or a hydrophilic organic solvent as a second cleaning fluid, a first microscopic air bubble generation device, a first circulating pump, an ultrasonic wave emitting device, and a carrier device. Hydrophobic oil is removed by a cleaning target being exposed to the first cleaning fluid including microscopic air bubbles sprayed from a nozzle in an interior of the first cleaning tank, after which hydrophilic oil is removed by ultrasonic cleaning in the second cleaning tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORAION
    Inventors: Yohei Shibata, Akio Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190120456
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted lamp fitting which can efficiently suppress fogging due to condensation of a light transmissive cover. Provided are: a lamp chamber composed of a light transmissive cover exposed to the outside and a case; a dehumidification element mounted on the case; and a humidity detection element mounted on the inside of the light transmissive cover of the lamp chamber. The dehumidification element mounted on the case is controlled by detection of the humidity detection element mounted on the inside of the light transmissive cover of the lamp chamber to efficiently suppress fogging due to condensation of the light transmissive cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo NODA, Akio MASUDA, Ryota KAWASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180001355
    Abstract: A cleaning device is configured to include a first cleaning tank that holds water to which a small amount of an additive is added as a first cleaning fluid, a second cleaning tank that holds water, a water-based cleaning agent, an alkaline cleaning fluid, or a hydrophilic organic solvent as a second cleaning fluid, a first microscopic air bubble generation device, a first circulating pump, an ultrasonic wave emitting device, and a carrier device. Hydrophobic oil is removed by a cleaning target being exposed to the first cleaning fluid including microscopic air bubbles sprayed from a nozzle in an interior of the first cleaning tank, after which hydrophilic oil is removed by ultrasonic cleaning in the second cleaning tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHIBATA, Akio MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9329333
    Abstract: An irradiation device increasing the lighting depth and facilitating the assembling is provided. A transparent bar-shaped light guide having LEDs disposed near ends thereof includes a first prism group and a first reflector, and, a second prism group and a reflector which are provided so as to extend in a lengthwise direction and which diffuse and reflect light. The light guide includes a first light outgoing area emitting reflected light as primary light Lm, and a second light outgoing area emitting reflected light as secondary light Ls. The first light outgoing area includes a plane portion forming a flat surface. A plane mirror reflects the secondary light Ls in a direction overlapping the primary light Lm in a read area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Akio Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140355078
    Abstract: An irradiation device increasing the lighting depth and facilitating the assembling is provided. A transparent bar-shaped light guide having LEDs disposed near ends thereof includes a first prism group and a first reflector, and, a second prism group and a reflector which are provided so as to extend in a lengthwise direction and which diffuse and reflect light. The light guide includes a first light outgoing area emitting reflected light as primary light Lm, and a second light outgoing area emitting reflected light as secondary light Ls. The first light outgoing area includes a plane portion forming a flat surface. A plane mirror reflects the secondary light Ls in a direction overlapping the primary light Lm in a read area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Toshiaki Shoji, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Akio Masuda
  • Patent number: 7785406
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a volatile organic compound treatment apparatus having: an absorption treatment chamber in which absorption frames having absorbents for absorbing volatile organic compounds are aligned in a direction of a gas flow; an absorbent recovery treatment chamber that is provided with a discharge unit having a high voltage electrode, a ground electrode, and a dielectric; and a transfer mechanism for transferring the absorption frames present in an upstream of the gas flow to the absorbent recovery treatment chamber and transferring the absorption frames in the absorbent recovery treatment chamber to a downstream of the gas flow. The volatile organic compound treatment apparatus is capable of decomposing VOC without generating a large amount of harmful NOx and reduced in apparatus cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Ota, Yasutaka Inanaga, Yasuhiro Tanimura, Masaki Kuzumoto, Hajime Nakatani, Hideo Ichimura, Akio Masuda, Shigeki Maekawa, Masaharu Moriyasu
  • Publication number: 20080210084
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a volatile organic compound treatment apparatus having: an absorption treatment chamber in which absorption frames having absorbents for absorbing volatile organic compounds are aligned in a direction of a gas flow; an absorbent recovery treatment chamber that is provided with a discharge unit having a high voltage electrode, a ground electrode, and a dielectric; and a transfer mechanism for transferring the absorption frames present in an upstream of the gas flow to the absorbent recovery treatment chamber and transferring the absorption frames in the absorbent recovery treatment chamber to a downstream of the gas flow. The volatile organic compound treatment apparatus is capable of decomposing VOC without generating a large amount of harmful NOx and reduced in apparatus cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Ota, Yasutaka Inanaga, Yasuhiro Tanimura, Masaki Kuzumoto, Hajime Nakatani, Hideo Ichimura, Akio Masuda, Shigeki Maekawa, Masaharu Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 4116084
    Abstract: A gear disengaging mechanism for use in a movable toy which mechanism disengages automatically the engagement between a first gear receiving the rotation from a driving section and a second gear being pushed by a spring. The bearing hole for the shaft of the second gear is a slot in which one end portion of the shaft is moved. The shaft that is moved in the bearing hole is urged toward one side by the spring member one end of which is fixed to a frame body, thus gears are releasably engaged together. When a gear on the driven side is forcibly stopped, the gear shaft is shifted along the bearing hole against the force of the spring member and the engagement of gears is released. Further, between the driving section and the driven section is disposed a gear changing mechanism with which the gear change is carried out by moving a gear shaft in its axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Alps Shoji Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Masuda