Patents by Inventor Koji Yoshimoto

Koji Yoshimoto 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: 8439437
    Abstract: A seat with a heating device is provided which realizes a configuration in which the arm, palms and finger tips of a user can easily be warmed when the user uses the seat with the heating device. When the user is seated in a seat with a heating device and feels cold due to it being winter, the user controls a switch to heat the seat, whereby energization of heating elements 3a, 3b, 3c is started which are connected to a power supply via electric wires. When the energization of the heating elements 3a, 3b, 3c is started, heat generated thereby is conducted to skin materials 2a, 2b, 2c and surfaces of the skin materials are warmed. When the user places his or her arm on an armrest portion 5, the arm is warmed via the skin material 2c, whereby the user can feel the sensation of comfortableness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naruaki Akai, Norio Abe, Naohito Asami, Kazuaki Hioki, Koji Yoshimoto, Kazumi Nagayama, Yoshimitsu Fujiwara, Satoshi Arima, Hideaki Konishi, Hiroyuki Ogino, Ryuta Kondou
  • Publication number: 20120168420
    Abstract: A seat heating device of the invention includes a cover covering a rear side of a seat back through a bottom side of a seat part and a heater being flexible and disposed behind the cover and between the cover and the seat. With this configuration, radiant heating of lower legs and feet of a back seat passenger is realized with a single heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogino, Norio Abe, Yukio Abe, Koji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20120107665
    Abstract: There is a disclosure of a heater configured to heat a battery with stacked battery cell modules. The heater includes a heating element and a heat conductor, which is situated along the heating element. The heat conductor comes into contact with each of the battery cell modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Abe, Koji Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 8153931
    Abstract: A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a profile of a three-dimensional object and a processing pattern, a function of generating processing data representing the processing condition, a function of visually displaying representation of the processing data on a display and a function of detecting an defective area of the object surface that is processable but defectively with the laser beam under the printing conditions by making a calculation based on the object profile and an incident angle of the laser beam incident upon the object surface and hiding a processing pattern from the display means when the processing pattern cuts across the defective area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yamakawa, Koji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20120049586
    Abstract: A planar heating device and a seat equipped with the device include: first and second warming heaters (1, 2) connected in parallel with electric power source (4); thermistor (5); thermostat (6) connected in series with second warming heater (2); a heating part, i.e., first warming heater (1), that heats thermistor (5) and thermostat (6); and controller (3) to control temperatures of first and second warming heaters (1, 2) in accordance with temperature information from thermistor (5). For a period until thermostat (6) turns off, quick-heating property is improved by energizing first and second warming heaters (1, 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yoshimoto, Norio Abe, Kazuaki Hioki, Hiroyuki Ogino
  • Publication number: 20110163576
    Abstract: A seat with a heating device is provided which realizes a configuration in which the arm, palms and finger tips of a user can easily be warmed when the user uses the seat with the heating device. When the user is seated in a seat with a heating device and feels cold due to it being winter, the user controls a switch to heat the seat, whereby energization of heating elements 3a, 3b, 3c is started which are connected to a power supply via electric wires. When the energization of the heating elements 3a, 3b, 3c is started, heat generated thereby is conducted to skin materials 2a, 2b, 2c and surfaces of the skin materials are warmed. When the user places his or her arm on an armrest portion 5, the arm is warmed via the skin material 2c, whereby the user can feel the sensation of comfortableness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naruaki Akai, Norio Abe, Naohito Asami, Kazuaki Hioki, Koji Yoshimoto, Kazumi Nagayama, Yoshimitsu Fujiwara, Satoshi Arima, Hideaki Konishi, Hiroyuki Ogino, Ryuta Kondou
  • Publication number: 20100258645
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system is provided in which infrared rays radiated from a surface of a thermal radiation member at the time of heating are emitted to a bodily portion of an occupant which extends from his or her head to shoulders for implementation of effective heading. In a case of a planar heating element 2 being installed above a side windowpane, the planar heating element 2 is installed so as to confront an upper body of an occupant who is seated in a seat which extends from his or her head to shoulders, and when the planar heating element 2 is energized, an upper body of the front-seat occupant can be warmed by radiation heat. In a case of a planar heating element 3 being installed in a center pillar portion, when the planar heating element 3 is energized, the upper body of the front-seat occupant can be warmed by radiation heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hioki, Koji Yoshimoto, Naohito Asami, Norio Abe, Satoshi Arima, Hideaki Konishi, Hiroyuki Ogino, Ryuta Kondou
  • Publication number: 20080067251
    Abstract: Laser processing data based on which a laser processing system scans a work with a laser beam adjustable in focal distance in two dimensions is generate by specifying a two-dimensional pattern in an X-Y coordinate plane and a shift pitch at which the two-dimensional pattern is shifted in a Z-axis direction and repeatedly shifting the two-dimensional pattern at the shift pitch in the Z-axis direction in synchronism with the scan with the two-dimensional pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yoshimoto, Mamoru Idaka
  • Publication number: 20080017619
    Abstract: A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a profile of a three-dimensional object and a processing pattern, a function of generating processing data representing the processing condition, a function of visually displaying representation of the processing data on a display and a function of detecting an defective area of the object surface that is processable but defectively with the laser beam under the printing conditions by making a calculation based on the object profile and an incident angle of the laser beam incident upon the object surface and hiding a processing pattern from the display means when the processing pattern cuts across the defective area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Yamakawa, Koji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20060156463
    Abstract: A washing nozzle of a toilet device has a flat part in its tip, and a jet hole for jetting washing water is provided in the flat part. The flat part and a tubular main body are monolithically joined together by a continuous face. This washing nozzle is manufactured by deep-drawing a thin sheet metal material and providing the flat part in its tip. Besides, a flow adjusting member for adjusting a flow of the washing water is internally inserted. These nozzles are stable in their jet directions, further crud is difficult to adhere thereto, and they are easy to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kitano, Yasuhiro Kawamoto, Tomoko Ishida, Ryoichi Koga, Tomio Arikawa, Koji Yoshimoto, Hiroaki Fujii, Shinichi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20030135336
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a body support base and a handgrip unit connected with a cable, and a storage unit of either cylindrical shape or a recessed potion disposed to the body support base for storage of the cable and the handgrip unit. The structure conceals the stored cable, so as to improve outward appearance and convenience of use including portability and ease of cleaning when not in use, and to avoid the cable from collecting dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Inoue, Kazutoshi Nagai, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Koji Yoshimoto