Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Okano
Hirofumi Okano 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: 7547119Abstract: A vehicle interior light system includes a lamp, an enclosure internally provided with the lamp, a lens attached to the front of the enclosure, a touch sensor arranged on the back surface of the lens, and a control circuit including a sensor circuit and a switching circuit. The sensor circuit is configured to detect the capacitance of a human body when the lens is touched or approached by a finger or the like. The switching circuit is configured to turn the lamp on and off in response to an output from the sensor circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T An TInventors: Isamu Kuwana, Hirofumi Okano
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Publication number: 20060245200Abstract: A vehicle interior light system includes a lamp, an enclosure internally provided with the lamp, a lens attached to the front of the enclosure, a touch sensor arranged on the back surface of the lens, and a control circuit including a sensor circuit and a switching circuit. The sensor circuit is configured to detect the capacitance of a human body when the lens is touched or approached by a finger or the like. The switching circuit is configured to turn the lamp on and off in response to an output from the sensor circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Isamu Kuwana, Hirofumi Okano
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Patent number: 7063543Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a busbar base with a printed circuit board, in which the busbar base (11a or 13a) and a busbar (5) fixed to the busbar base (11a or 13a) form an electrical circuit, includes a male terminal (5a) protruding from the busbar (5), and a female terminal (4b) connected to a conductive pattern of the printed circuit board (4). The connecting structure is characterized in that the busbar (5) fixed to the busbar base (11a or 13a) and the conductive pattern of the printed circuit board (4) are electrically and securely connected when the male terminal (5a) is fitted into the female terminal (4b).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Hirofumi Okano, Hiroshi Ochiai
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Publication number: 20050136718Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a busbar base with a printed circuit board, in which the busbar base (11a or 13a) and a busbar (5) fixed to the busbar base (11a or 13a) form an electrical circuit, includes a male terminal (5a) protruding from the busbar (5), and a female terminal (4b) connected to a conductive pattern of the printed circuit board (4). The connecting structure is characterized in that the busbar (5) fixed to the busbar base (11a or 13a) and the conductive pattern of the printed circuit board (4) are electrically and securely connected when the male terminal (5a) is fitted into the female terminal (4b).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2004Publication date: June 23, 2005Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Hirofumi Okano, Hiroshi Ochiai
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Patent number: 6834980Abstract: When molding the illumination lamp with a conventional resin, since the temperature of the resin is in the range of 240 to 300° C. and the injection pressure is in the range of 400 to 1300 Kg/cm2 at the time of injection, the illumination lamp may be melt by the temperature of the resin or may be broken by the injection pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Hirofumi Okano, Keiji Shimoyama
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Patent number: 6746139Abstract: A room lamp fixing structure fixes a room lamp to an automobile roof panel. The room lamp fixing structure most preferably includes a trim piece and a room lamp cover to cover the room lamp. A first room lamp fixing structure is attached to the cover of the room lamp. A second room lamp fixing structure fixes the room lamp to said trim. The first and second room lamp fixing structures therefore cooperate to fix the room lamp to the roof panel together with the trim. Most preferably, the first room lamp fixing structure includes a magenetic member and/or a hook-and-loop fastener.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Kouichi Sinzawa, Hirofumi Okano
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Patent number: 6742917Abstract: Vanity mirrors are provided with a body base member having a mirror, and an illumination member detachably mounted to the body base member. The illumination member includes a lens plate and an elongate lamp tube having one and another terminal ends between which electrical current may pass to illuminate the lamp, and thus the mirror. The illumination member is provided with a planar base plate having a pair of spaced-apart base contact terminals adapted to being connected to lamp circuit leads through which electrical current may be supplied to the lamp tube. The lamp tube is positioned on an upper side of the base plate and has one terminal end thereof soldered to one of the base contact terminals. A contact piece is positioned on the upper side of the base plate and has an end thereof soldered to the other terminal end of the lamp member.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Hirofumi Okano, Tetsuo Mochida
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Publication number: 20040090292Abstract: In the conventional fluid level detector, the reed switch is accommodated in the housing formed of an insulating material such as a resin or the like to prevent the reed switch from coming into direct contact with fluid and being electrically shorted. However, since such a construction requires the steps of storing and fixing the reed switch in the housing and leading out the lead therefrom, workability is low, the housing must be manufactured separately, and thus the cost increases. Accordingly, a reed switch wherein at least the tubular bulb portion is molded with a hot-melt resin is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Hirofumi Okano, Keiji Shimoyama
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Patent number: 6729751Abstract: There is provided a room lamp fixing structure to fix a room lamp 3 in the automobile roof panel 1, said structure including a fixing hole 22 provided in a trim 2 to be fixed in the roof panel; a plurality of projections 23 provided in said trim 2; and room lamp fixing means R including a plurality of engagement recesses 31a with which said plurality of projections 23 come into engagement upon insertion of the housing into said fixing hole 22 to fix said room lamp 3 to said trim, said trim 2 being fixed to said roof panel 1 by means of trim/room lamp fixing means for fixing to the roof panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventors: Kouichi Sinzawa, Hirofumi Okano
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Publication number: 20030210545Abstract: When molding the illumination lamp with a conventional resin, since the temperature of the resin is in the range of 240 to 300° C. and the injection pressure is in the range of 400 to 1300 Kg/cm2 at the time of injection, the illumination lamp may be melt by the temperature of the resin or may be broken by the injection pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN T.Inventors: Hirofumi Okano, Keiji Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20030072163Abstract: There is provided a room lamp fixing structure to fix a room lamp 3 in the automobile roof panel 1, said structure including a fixing hole 22 provided in a trim 2 to be fixed in the roof panel; a plurality of projections 23 provided in said trim 2; and room lamp fixing means R including a plurality of engagement recesses 31a with which said plurality of projections 23 come into engagement upon insertion of the housing into said fixing hole 22 to fix said room lamp 3 to said trim, said trim 2 being fixed to said roof panel 1 by means of trim/room lamp fixing means for fixing to the roof panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Kouichi Sinzawa, Hirofumi Okano
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Publication number: 20030072166Abstract: There is provided a room lamp fixing structure to fix a room lamp 3 in the automobile roof panel 1, which comprises a roof of the vehicle; a roof panel to be attached to said roof; a trim; a room lamp; a room lamp cover to cover said room lamp; first room lamp fixing means including first connecting means fixed to said roof of the vehicle and second connecting means attached to said cover of the room lamp; and second room lamp fixing means for fixing a room lamp to said trim, wherein said first and second room lamp fixing means cooperate to fix said room lamp to said roof panel together with said trim.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Kouichi Sinzawa, Hirofumi Okano
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Publication number: 20020158730Abstract: In the conventional fluid level detector, the reed switch is accommodated in the housing formed of an insulating material such as a resin or the like to prevent the reed switch from coming into direct contact with fluid and being electrically shorted. However, since such a construction requires the steps of storing and fixing the reed switch in the housing and leading out the lead therefrom, workability is low, the housing must be manufactured separately, and thus the cost increases. Accordingly, a reed switch wherein at least the tubular bulb portion is molded with a hot-melt resin is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Hirofumi Okano, Keiji Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20020149948Abstract: When molding the illumination lamp with a conventional resin, since the temperature of the resin is in the range of 240 to 300° C. and the injection pressure is in the range of 400 to 1300 Kg/cm2 at the time of injection, the illumination lamp may be melt by the temperature of the resin or may be broken by the injection pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Hirofumi Okano, Keiji Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20020126496Abstract: A vanity mirror comprising a body base having a mirror attached thereto; a cover plate openably attached to said body base through a hinge mechanism; a switch turned on and off though opening and closing of said cover plate; and an illumination unit composed of a lamp connected to lead wires and a lens plate adapted to be attached and detached to said base plate; said illumination unit detachably attached to body base body base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: Hirofumi Okano, Tetsuo Mochida
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Patent number: 5122170Abstract: An apparatus for preventing clouding of a mirror-finished semiconductor wafer in a semiconductor wafer treating zone by controlling an internal atmosphere in the semiconductor wafer treating zone. The apparatus has an air conditioner for introducing the air from an external environment into the semiconductor wafer treating zone, and a removing device disposed in the air conditioner or between the air conditioner and the external environment for removing at least part of the sulfur oxides out of the sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides in the air introduced from the external environment. The air introduced through the air conditioner and the cleaning device forms an atmosphere including a sulfur oxide concentration of 60 ng/l or less in the semiconductor wafer treating zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1991Date of Patent: June 16, 1992Assignee: Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Satoh, Yohji Ogawa, Hirofumi Okano, Kiyomi Suzuki
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Patent number: 5039321Abstract: An apparatus for preventing clouding of a mirror-finished semiconductor wafer in a semiconductor wafer treating zone by controlling an internal atmosphere in the semiconductor wafer treating zone. The apparatus has an air conditioner for introducing the air from an external environment into the semiconductor wafer treating zone, and a removing device disposed in the air conditioner or between the air conditioner and the external environment for removing at least part of the sulfur oxides out of the sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides in the air introduced from the external environment. The air introduced through the air conditioner and the cleaning device forms an atmosphere including a sulfur oxide concentration of 60 ng/l or less in the semiconductor wafer treating zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1989Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Assignee: Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Satoh, Yohji Ogawa, Hirofumi Okano, Kiyomi Suzuki
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Patent number: D467028Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN TInventor: Hirofumi Okano
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Patent number: D467029Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T An TInventor: Hirofumi Okano