Patents by Inventor Koichi Tomono

Koichi Tomono 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: 9091571
    Abstract: An instrument lighting device configured in such a manner that even index marks disposed away from the light sources can achieve sufficient luminance using a reduced number of light sources. An instrument lighting device comprising: a pointer needle (4) mounted to a drive shaft (2) of an instrument body (3); a display panel (6) having index marks (5); a light source (7b) for lighting the index marks (5); a reflecting surface section (9) for applying the light from the light source (7b) to the display panel (6); and a reflecting wall section (10) for guiding the light from the light source (7b) toward the reflecting surface section (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Tomono, Norihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8764208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a meter illumination device which makes it possible to sufficiently illuminate the indicating sections of the indicating needle and the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Tomono, Satoshi Ishizuki
  • Publication number: 20120075831
    Abstract: Disclosed is a meter illumination device which makes it possible to sufficiently illuminate the indicating sections of the indicating needle and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Koichi Tomono, Satoshi Ishizuki
  • Publication number: 20120048177
    Abstract: An instrument lighting device configured in such a manner that even index marks disposed away from the light sources can achieve sufficient luminance using a reduced number of light sources. An instrument lighting device comprising: a pointer needle (4) mounted to a drive shaft (2) of an instrument body (3); a display panel (6) having index marks (5); a light source (7b) for lighting the index marks (5); a reflecting surface section (9) for applying the light from the light source (7b) to the display panel (6); and a reflecting wall section (10) for guiding the light from the light source (7b) toward the reflecting surface section (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Tomono, Norihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5893034
    Abstract: A parent telephone set comprises a transformer, a sidetone level reducing circuit, and a first secret talk processing circuit for executing digital secret talk processing, a counterpart slave telephone set comprises a second secret talk processing circuit for executing digital secret talk processing, a delaying circuit for delaying an aural signal from the slave telephone set microphone by a specified delay time, and a level reducing circuit for reducing the level of output from the second secret talk processing circuit according to the output from the delaying circuit. The specified delay time in the delaying circuit is set according to the time required for digital secret talk processing in the first secret talk processing circuit as well as in the second secret talk processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Hikuma, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Koichi Tomono