Patents by Inventor Kazushige Sugita
Kazushige Sugita 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: 11517007Abstract: An apparatus for controlling plant pests includes a portable case and a light source held in the case. The light source emits ultraviolet light in a predetermined direction. The case includes an installation assembly configured to be installed in a culture medium of the plant so that the predetermined direction is upward. An optical component that removes a wavelength component larger than 340 nm from the ultraviolet light emitted by the light source may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Hachiya, Kazushige Sugita, Takashi Maniwa, Makoto Yamada
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Patent number: 10898600Abstract: A disinfecting method includes irradiating fungi or bacteria with light including violet light having a light emission peak with (i) a full width at half maximum of at most 20 nm and (ii) a peak wavelength included in a range of from 380 nm to 410 nm, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Hachiya, Kazushige Sugita, Takashi Maniwa, Makoto Yamada
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Patent number: 10827611Abstract: In a flexible wiring board including a woven fabric or a knit fabric, the woven fabric or the knit fabric includes, as yarns constituting the woven fabric or the knit fabric, a conductive yarn and insulative yarns.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Sugita, Masahito Yoshida, Tatsuya Taniwaki
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Patent number: 10760187Abstract: A hybrid fiber which includes: a metal wire having a roughened surface; and a fiber is provided. In the hybrid fiber, the metal wire and the fiber are combined.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Terada, Kazushige Sugita, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Daichi Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 10723042Abstract: A saw wire includes a metal wire containing rhenium-tungsten alloy. A rhenium content of the metal wire is at least 0.1 wt % and at most 10 wt % with respect to a total weight of rhenium and tungsten, an elastic modulus of the metal wire is at least 350 GPa and at most 450 GPa, a tensile strength of the metal wire is at least 3500 MPa, and a diameter of the metal wire is at most 60 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kanazawa, Tetsuji Shibata, Kazushige Sugita, Hiroshi Gouda, Naoki Kohyama
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Patent number: 10722962Abstract: A saw wire and various methods of use and manufacture are provided. The saw wire includes a metal wire containing at least one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy. A nickel plating layer is provided over the metal wire. An adhesion layer is provided at an interface between the metal wire and the nickel plating layer. The adhesion layer contains nickel and tungsten. A plurality of abrasive particles are provided at a surface of the nickel plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Kanazawa, Tetsuji Shibata, Kazushige Sugita, Hiroshi Gouda, Naoki Kohyama
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Patent number: 10319485Abstract: A radioprotective unwoven fabric is a sheet in which metal fibers are three-dimensionally and randomly stacked, the metal fibers each comprising a metal material having a specific gravity higher than a specific gravity of lead. The metal fibers may comprise a tungsten wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Sugita, Masahiro Matsumoto, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Tsuyoshi Terada
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Publication number: 20180326517Abstract: A saw wire and various methods of use and manufacture are provided. The saw wire includes a metal wire containing at least one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy. A nickel plating layer is provided over the metal wire. An adhesion layer is provided at an interface between the metal wire and the nickel plating layer. The adhesion layer contains nickel and tungsten. A plurality of abrasive particles are provided at a surface of the nickel plating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.Inventors: Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Tetsuji SHIBATA, Kazushige SUGITA, Hiroshi GOUDA, Naoki KOHYAMA
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Publication number: 20180326519Abstract: A saw wire and various methods of use and manufacture are provided. The saw wire includes a metal wire containing at least one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy. A surface roughness Ra of the metal wire is at most 0.15 ?m. A tensile strength of the metal wire is at least 3500 MPa. A diameter of the metal wire is at most 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Masato WADA, Takayuki IMAI, Tetsuji SHIBATA, Kazushige SUGITA, Naoki KOHYAMA, Hiroshi GOUDA, Yoshitaka MIZUGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180326518Abstract: A saw wire and various methods of use and manufacture are provided. The saw wire includes a metal wire containing one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy. A surface roughness Ra of the metal wire is at most 0.15 ?m. A diameter of the metal wire is at most 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Masato WADA, Takayuki IMAI, Tetsuji SHIBATA, Kazushige SUGITA, Naoki KOHYAMA, Hiroshi GOUDA, Yoshitaka MIZUGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180281231Abstract: A saw wire includes a metal wire containing rhenium-tungsten alloy. A rhenium content of the metal wire is at least 0.1 wt % and at most 10 wt % with respect to a total weight of rhenium and tungsten, an elastic modulus of the metal wire is at least 350 GPa and at most 450 GPa, a tensile strength of the metal wire is at least 3500 MPa, and a diameter of the metal wire is at most 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Tetsuji SHIBATA, Kazushige SUGITA, Hiroshi GOUDA, Naoki KOHYAMA
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Publication number: 20180282912Abstract: A protective fabric is provided. The protective fabric includes a sheet-like body that is flexible, and a plurality of overlaid portions that is in the sheet-like body and discrete. Each of the plurality of overlaid portions includes tungsten.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige SUGITA, Kazuya OISHI
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Patent number: 10070501Abstract: A lighting system includes: a lighting apparatus including a first human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a first detection area, and a light source that turns ON when the first human detection sensor unit detects the person; and a support apparatus including (i) a second human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a second detection area, and (ii) an emission unit that emits, when the second human detection sensor unit detects the person, infrared rays to cause the first human detection sensor unit to react as if the person is present in the first detection area.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazushige Sugita, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20180153033Abstract: In a flexible wiring board including a woven fabric or a knit fabric, the woven fabric or the knit fabric includes, as yarns constituting the woven fabric or the knit fabric, a conductive yarn and insulative yarns.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Kazushige SUGITA, Masahito Yoshida, Tatsuya Taniwaki
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Publication number: 20180135211Abstract: A hybrid fiber which includes: a metal wire having a roughened surface; and a fiber is provided. In the hybrid fiber, the metal wire and the fiber are combined.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Tsuyoshi TERADA, Kazushige SUGITA, Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Daichi IKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20180130563Abstract: A radioprotective unwoven fabric is a sheet in which metal fibers are three-dimensionally and randomly stacked, the metal fibers each comprising a metal material having a specific gravity higher than a specific gravity of lead. The metal fibers may comprise a tungsten wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Kazushige SUGITA, Masahiro MATSUMOTO, Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Tsuyoshi TERADA
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Publication number: 20180049421Abstract: A pest control apparatus that controls a pest of a plant includes: a case which is portable; and a light source which is held in the case and emits ultraviolet light in a predetermined direction. The case includes an installing structure which is to be installed in a culture medium of the plant in so that the predetermined direction is upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki HACHIYA, Kazushige SUGITA, Takashi MANIWA, Makoto YAMADA
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Publication number: 20180043044Abstract: A disinfecting method includes irradiating fungi or bacteria with light including violet light having a light emission peak with (i) a full width at half maximum of at most 20 nm and (ii) a peak wavelength included in a range of from 380 nm to 410 nm, inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki HACHIYA, Kazushige SUGITA, Takashi MANIWA, Makoto YAMADA
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Publication number: 20170350044Abstract: A metal fiber included in a fiber product includes a tungsten wire having a diameter less than or equal to 22 ?m. The tungsten wire may have, for example, a diameter less than or equal to 18 ?m. The tungsten wire may have, for example, a diameter within a range from 20% less than 13 ?m to 20% greater than 13 ?m. In addition, the tungsten wire may have, for example, a diameter greater than or equal to 5 ?m. Further, the tungsten wire may include, for example, pure tungsten. Moreover, the metal fiber may be, for example, a metal thread including a false-twisted yarn which is made of a chemical fiber and is wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Kazushige SUGITA, Masahiro MATSUMOTO, Taisuke SHIMAZU, Tomohiro KANAZAWA
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Patent number: 9674923Abstract: A lighting circuit (1) includes a controller integrated circuit (U1) for on and off control of a switching element (Q1), a transformer (T1) having a primary coil (T11) that is connected in series to the switching element and a secondary coil (T12), a first voltage supply circuit supplying a voltage that occurs across both ends of the primary coil to an LED module (2), and a second voltage supply circuit supplying a voltage induced in the secondary coil to a power source terminal (Vcc) when the switching element is on. A turns ratio N of the primary coil to the secondary coil satisfies Equation 1, where X1 V denotes a voltage that an AC power source supplies, Y V denotes the maximum value of a power source voltage of the control unit at which normal operation is guaranteed, and Z V denotes the minimum value of the power source voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ueda, Toshiaki Isogai, Kazushige Sugita