Patents by Inventor Atsuo Otsuki

Atsuo Otsuki 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).

  • Patent number: 8070309
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus and also capable of improving the effects of illumination by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase, the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 8057061
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus itself and improving the illumination effect produced by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase in which the inside of a display chamber disposed in a main body is illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus includes an LED illumination member having an LED element, and a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination member, and the holding member includes a lead wire receiving portion for receiving a lead wire of the LED illumination member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sanvo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 8038312
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of effectively illuminating commodities displayed on a shelf in a display chamber, especially commodities in shelf foremost parts. In the showcase in which the shelf for displaying the commodities is disposed in the display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to the main body on an inner side from the edge of the opening, the illumination device is constituted of LED elements, and light from the LED elements is emitted toward front parts of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani
  • Publication number: 20090207593
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus and also capable of improving the effects of illumination by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase, the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Publication number: 20090207592
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus itself and improving the illumination effect produced by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase in which the inside of a display chamber disposed in a main body is illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus includes an LED illumination member having an LED element, and a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination member, and the holding member includes a lead wire receiving portion for receiving a lead wire of the LED illumination member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo OTSUKI, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Publication number: 20090116228
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of effectively illuminating commodities displayed on a shelf in a display chamber, especially commodities in shelf foremost parts. In the showcase in which the shelf for displaying the commodities is disposed in the display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to the main body on an inner side from the edge of the opening, the illumination device is constituted of LED elements, and light from the LED elements is emitted toward front parts of the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani