Patents by Inventor Hirohisa Nakano

Hirohisa Nakano 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: 20030081185
    Abstract: In a structure for attaching a lamp cover (61) to an upper case (21), when a part (631C) of a fitting (631) is pressed downward by a pin member (P) to release engagement of the lamp cover (61) with the upper case (21), the lamp cover (61) is biased toward outside of the exterior case, so that the lamp cover (61) can be opened with one pressing action of with the pin member (P) and operation thereof can be facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohisa Nakano, Teruo Sakurai, Kiyotaka Nakano, Tsuyoshi Arai
  • Patent number: 6505941
    Abstract: A handle opening is formed by cutting a part of an exterior case, a rising portion is formed by bending the case toward inside of a casing along cutting periphery of the handle opening, a shaft member for rotatably supporting the handle is inserted to an attachment hole formed on the rising portion, and a screening member for covering the handle opening from the inside of the casing is engaged to the rising portion, thereby covering the gap between the handle and the rising portion by the screening member to improve appearance after attaching the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Nakano
  • Publication number: 20020041362
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan (50) is provided around the light source of the projector and an exhaust duct (51) is connected to the centrifugal fan with at least one of bent portion (52) for bending exhaust stream from the centrifugal fan being formed on the exhaust duct. Since the centrifugal fan for exhausting air can be disposed at a position remote from the exhaust hole, the noise generated from the projector can be reduced even when the size of the cooling fan is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohisa Nakano, Nobuo Watanabe, Haruyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20020036755
    Abstract: A handle opening is formed by cutting a part of an exterior case, a rising portion is formed by bending the case toward inside of a casing along cutting periphery of the handle opening, a shaft member for rotatably supporting the handle is inserted to an attachment hole formed on the rising portion, and a screening member for covering the handle opening from the inside of the casing is engaged to the rising portion, thereby covering the gap between the handle and the rising portion by the screening member to improve appearance after attaching the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: 6072961
    Abstract: Camera module device (1), which can be mounted onto a camera main body and that is used in a state in which it is mounted onto the camera main body, is provided with a circuit for generating data to be written, and thus camera main body (2) need not be equipped with a function for generating data to be written or a communication function for sending the generated data to camera module device (1). Camera main body (2) simply issues pulse signal X1 for a write instruction, and then data is generated by camera module device (1). Therefore, the camera main body can be made inexpensively. Furthermore, camera module device (1) is provided with a self-check function, and signal RD1 from camera main body (2) places this function in the active mode during photographic film loading. In this mode, circuit board (16) reads the data that has actually been written and determines whether or not the writing operation was performed correctly based on the comparison result of comparison circuit (162).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ozawa, Takashi Saegusa, Hirohisa Nakano, Shinsuke Itoh
  • Patent number: 5721993
    Abstract: In data projection device, a liquid crystal display panel which forms a data pattern, such as the date, as a translucent area, is positioned in the middle of an optical path located between an ambient light inlet and a photographic film. A data projection shutter which can work in conjunction with a photographic shutter, is positioned on the side of the film relative to a liquid crystal display panel. Manual projection optical path switching device is arranged in a data projection shutter and switches between the state in which the data projection shutter operates in conjunction with the photographic shutter and a state in which an interlock between the data projection shutter and the photographic shutter is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Haruyoshi Yamada, Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: 5721990
    Abstract: Camera image data transfer device 1 of the present invention allows for the assembly of its components, with one component on top of another from the bottom up in one direction: liquid crystal display device for data transfer 6 is mounted in recess 28 on the inner side of first base 2; then, circuit board 5 and second base 3 are placed on top of it in this order; next, liquid crystal monitor display device 7 is mounted on the outer side of the second base; and finally fixture 8 securely fixes the display device to the second base. The whole device is fixed by securing the ends of dowels 21-27 to second base 3 with going through the entire structure and being extended from first base 2. Thus, the structure of the present invention facilitates assembly and produces fewer defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Akaiwa, Haruyoshi Yamada, Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: D450336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mugio Kawasaki, Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: D470525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Nakayama, Teruo Sakurai, Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: D474799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp.
    Inventors: Mugio Kawasaki, Hirohisa Nakano