Patents by Inventor Masaaki Sano
Masaaki Sano 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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Publication number: 20240111166Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11924985Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Ikumi, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20230111962Abstract: A display device includes a device housing that is configured to be installed such that an occulted portion including a portion of a peripheral wall of the device housing is hidden from an observer of a display screen, and a slide attaching part that is moved to slide in a sliding direction from a non-occulted portion to the occulted portion and attached so as to cover a back side of the device housing. A slide receiving part including the device housing includes a fixed part provided at the occulted portion and an engaged part provided at the non-occulted portion, and the slide attaching part includes a fixing part provided at a portion corresponding to the occulted portion and configured to be fixed to the fixed part, and an engaging part provided at a portion corresponding to the non-occulted portion and configured to be engaged with the engaged part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230112001Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20230116821Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a display screen and an indicator region are two-dimensionally arranged, an indicator substrate which is mounted with a light source component and which is arranged on a back face side of the display panel so as to face the indicator region but not to face the display screen, and a control substrate which is a separate part from the indicator substrate and on which a control circuit for the display screen is formed. The control substrate is arranged on the back face side of the display panel and arranged distant from the display panel than the indicator substrate, and the control substrate is arranged so as not to face at least a portion of each of the display screen and the indicator substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 10727593Abstract: Provided is an antenna that can facilitate favorable communications even if no metal body is located near the antenna and even if the antenna is located within a metal body. An antenna is characterized in that the antenna comprises: a core (11) having a plane; a coil winding part (area B) of the plane about which a coil is wound; and no-coil winding parts (areas A, C) of the plane about which no coil is wound, wherein the coil winding part is sandwiched between the no-coil winding parts in the axial direction of the coil on the plane, and the width of the plane in the axial direction of the coil is equal to or greater than the width of the plane in the winding direction of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sano
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Publication number: 20180375211Abstract: Provided is an antenna that can facilitate favorable communications even if no metal body is located near the antenna and even if the antenna is located within a metal body. An antenna is characterized in that the antenna comprises: a core (11) having a plane; a coil winding part (area B) of the plane about which a coil is wound; and no-coil winding parts (areas A, C) of the plane about which no coil is wound, wherein the coil winding part is sandwiched between the no-coil winding parts in the axial direction of the coil on the plane, and the width of the plane in the axial direction of the coil is equal to or greater than the width of the plane in the winding direction of the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 10096903Abstract: Provided is an antenna that can facilitate favorable communications even if no metal body is located near the antenna and even if the antenna is located within a metal body. An antenna is characterized in that the antenna comprises: a core (11) having a plane; a coil winding part (area B) of the plane about which a coil is wound; and no-coil winding parts (areas A, C) of the plane about which no coil is wound, wherein the coil winding part is sandwiched between the no-coil winding parts in the axial direction of the coil on the plane, and the width of the plane in the axial direction of the coil is equal to or greater than the width of the plane in the winding direction of the coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 9464813Abstract: Device body (2) with heating chamber (4), and door (3) that opens and closes opening (5) of heating chamber (4). A door wireless communication unit (17) transmits a control signal from an operation unit provided on door 3 in the form of a wireless signal to main wireless communication unit (19). This configuration eliminates the need of wiring between the operation unit and device body (2). No wiring improves noise resistance and productivity.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Sano, Satoshi Arima
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Publication number: 20160185034Abstract: A dial includes a transparent PC sheet serving as a substrate, a shape transfer resin layer provided on a front surface of the PC sheet and having an irregular shape in a surface of the shape transfer resin layer, and a mirror layer and an ink layer for forming a translucent display portion in at least a part of a back surface of the PC sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Masaaki Sano
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Publication number: 20160079671Abstract: Provided is an antenna that can facilitate favorable communications even if no metal body is located near the antenna and even if the antenna is located within a metal body. An antenna is characterized in that the antenna comprises: a core (11) having a plane; a coil winding part (area B) of the plane about which a coil is wound; and no-coil winding parts (areas A, C) of the plane about which no coil is wound, wherein the coil winding part is sandwiched between the no-coil winding parts in the axial direction of the coil on the plane, and the width of the plane in the axial direction of the coil is equal to or greater than the width of the plane in the winding direction of the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 9234774Abstract: A lighting structure for a meter device is provided to include a dial, a rotating shaft having a light transmitting property, which is provided in a back surface side of the dial and rotates by receiving a turning force from a motor, a light transmitting pointer which is provided integrally with a light transmitting pointer shaft having a hole formed in a base end part into which an end part of the rotating shaft is inserted and fixed and rotates along a surface of the dial, and a light source which outputs the illuminating lights incident on a base end part of the rotating shaft. The pointer shaft includes a first laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part recessed toward the light source in an end part over the hole for dispersing a part of the illuminating lights incident on the pointer shaft toward the dial.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Maebashi, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 8905564Abstract: An illuminating structure of a meter apparatus illuminates an indicator 7 and a text panel 9 while the indicator 7 rotates to indicate various kinds of information, wherein the rotary shaft 5 has lateral light separating unit 10, formed with a dented portion toward a light source 3, at the front end surface of the front end portion thereof, and the lateral light separating unit 10 partially separates the illuminating light incident to the indicator 7 toward the text panel 9.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masaaki Sano, Tetsuya Maebashi, Shigeki Totsuka
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Publication number: 20140078713Abstract: A lighting structure for a meter device is provided to include a dial, a rotating shaft having a light transmitting property, which is provided in a back surface side of the dial and rotates by receiving a turning force from a motor, a light transmitting pointer which is provided integrally with a light transmitting pointer shaft having a hole formed in a base end part into which an end part of the rotating shaft is inserted and fixed and rotates along a surface of the dial, and a light source which outputs the illuminating lights incident on a base end part of the rotating shaft. The pointer shaft includes a first laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part recessed toward the light source in an end part over the hole for dispersing a part of the illuminating lights incident on the pointer shaft toward the dial.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tetsuya MAEBASHI, Masaaki SANO
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Patent number: 8646402Abstract: There is provided an indicator in which a moving member 9 on which a pointer 21 is installed is caused to run on a guide rail 1 formed along a scale formed on a dial, characterized in that the moving member 9 comprises a first support member 11 for pivotally supporting a plurality of pulleys 17 which are arranged along the guide rail 1 and a second support member 13 for pivotally supporting at least a pulley 17, and in that the plurality of pulleys 17 pivotally supported on the first support member 11 and the pulley 17 pivotally supported on the second support member 13 hold the guide rail 1 therebetween and the first support member 11 and the second support member 13 are assembled to each other so as to slide in an inter-axis direction of the plurality of pulleys 17 which are pivotally supported on the first support member 11 and the pulley 17 which is pivotally supported on the second support member 13, the indicator having further a spring member 15 for biasing the first support member 11 and the second suType: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Tomohiro Sugiyama, Masaaki Sano
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Patent number: 8508342Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a transmitting/receiving antenna, which includes a dielectric board, a driven loop antenna provided to the dielectric board, transmit processing portion connection terminals connected to the driven loop antenna, a transmitting/receiving loop antenna arranged in close vicinity to the driven loop antenna in a non-contact state, a resonance capacitor connected to both ends of the transmitting/receiving loop antenna, and receive processing portion connection terminals connected to the transmitting/receiving loop antenna. The driven loop antenna is constructed to have a loop wound in a single turn, and the transmitting/receiving loop antenna is constructed to have a loop wound in plural turns. According to this configuration, a wider frequency band of the frequency characteristic and a reduction of the power consumption can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Futoshi Deguchi, Youichirou Honda, Masaaki Sano
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Publication number: 20110303652Abstract: Device body (2) with heating chamber (4), and door (3) that opens and closes opening (5) of heating chamber (4). A door wireless communication unit (17) transmits a control signal from an operation unit provided on door 3 in the form of a wireless signal to main wireless communication unit (19). This configuration eliminates the need of wiring between the operation unit and device body (2). No wiring improves noise resistance and productivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Sano, Satoshi Arima
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Publication number: 20110179991Abstract: There is provided an indicator in which a moving member 9 on which a pointer 21 is installed is caused to run on a guide rail 1 formed along a scale formed on a dial, characterized in that the moving member 9 comprises a first support member 11 for pivotally supporting a plurality of pulleys 17 which are arranged along the guide rail 1 and a second support member 13 for pivotally supporting at least a pulley 17, and in that the plurality of pulleys 17 pivotally supported on the first support member 11 and the pulley 17 pivotally supported on the second support member 13 hold the guide rail 1 therebetween and the first support member 11 and the second support member 13 are assembled to each other so as to slide in an inter-axis direction of the plurality of pulleys 17 which are pivotally supported on the first support member 11 and the pulley 17 which is pivotally supported on the second support member 13, the indicator having further a spring member 15 for biasing the first support member 11 and the second suType: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Tomohiro Sugiyama, Masaaki Sano
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Publication number: 20110115607Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a transmitting/receiving antenna, which includes a dielectric board, a driven loop antenna provided to the dielectric board, transmit processing portion connection terminals connected to the driven loop antenna, a transmitting/receiving loop antenna arranged in close vicinity to the driven loop antenna in a non-contact state, a resonance capacitor connected to both ends of the transmitting/receiving loop antenna, and receive processing portion connection terminals connected to the transmitting/receiving loop antenna. The driven loop antenna is constructed to have a loop wound in a single turn, and the transmitting/receiving loop antenna is constructed to have a loop wound in plural turns. According to this configuration, a wider frequency band of the frequency characteristic and a reduction of the power consumption can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Futoshi DEGUCHI, Youichirou HONDA, Masaaki SANO
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Patent number: D629071Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Inax CorporationInventors: Touichirou Matsuura, Masaaki Sano, Nobuaki Itazu