Patents by Inventor Kinsho Ando

Kinsho Ando 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).

  • Discharge lamp lighting device
    Patent number: 7368875
    Abstract: A through hole that is slightly larger than a size of a rear end of a transformer container is formed in a rear cover constituting a part of an external wall of a starting circuit unit. The transformer container houses therein a transformer and constitutes a transformer portion. The transformer portion is assembled such that a rear end of the transformer container projects from the through hole. This allows the transformer container to constitute a part of the external wall of the starting circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumihiro Minami, Takashi Ohsawa, Kinsho Ando
  • Discharge lamp lighting device
    Publication number: 20050017653
    Abstract: A through hole that is slightly larger than a size of a rear end of a transformer container is formed in a rear cover constituting a part of an external wall of a starting circuit unit. The transformer container houses therein a transformer and constitutes a transformer portion. The transformer portion is assembled such that a rear end of the transformer container projects from the through hole. This allows the transformer container to constitute a part of the external wall of the starting circuit unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Fumihiro Minami, Takashi Ohsawa, Kinsho Ando