Patents by Inventor Masaharu Miyahara

Masaharu Miyahara 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: 8123392
    Abstract: A linear light guiding module is provided, which includes a linear light guiding body, a plurality of light emitting bodies, a plurality of heat sinks, and a plurality of fans. With the linear light guiding body, the light emitting bodies, and the heat sinks linearly arranged, or with the fans further integrated, the linear light guiding module of the present invention has a small size and an effective heat-dissipation effect. Since only one linear light guiding module needs to be disposed on one side of a light guide plate, the linear light guiding module can be used in large-sized liquid crystal display panels. Moreover, the number of the linear light guiding modules used is decreased while the requirements for high brightness and brightness uniformity can still be met, so the cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Ssu-Hao Lai
  • Patent number: 8115395
    Abstract: A self-dusting lamp device includes a housing, a heat-dissipating module, a lighting element and a controlling unit. The housing has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion on the outer periphery thereof. The heat-dissipating module has a heat-dissipating fan mounted in the housing. The lighting element is coupled to the heat-dissipating module for illumination. The controlling unit has a driving circuit electrically connected to the heat-dissipating fan and a direction controlling circuit electrically connected to the driving circuit. The direction controlling circuit controls the heat-dissipating fan to rotate in a normal direction for dissipating heat or to rotate in a dusting direction for dusting down the housing through the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Heng-Yu Hu
  • Publication number: 20110114297
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device comprises a heat-dissipating member, at least one heat-dissipating fan, and a rotation control unit. The heat-dissipating member has an airflow chamber inside and includes a plurality of air-guiding holes in communication with the airflow chamber. Each of the at least one heat-dissipating fan has two air-guiding portions, wherein one of the air-guiding portions is aligned with one of the air-guiding holes of the heat-dissipating member. The rotation control unit communicates with and controls the at least one heat-dissipating fan. Accordingly, the heat-dissipating device with a dust auto-removing function can provide a balanced heat-dissipating effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20110085342
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device for a lighting module includes a frame having connecting portions and assembling portions each interconnected between two adjacent connecting portions. Each end of each connecting portion is connected to an adjacent assembling portion. A plurality of air-guiding members is located on the same side of the frame and each mounted on one of the connecting portions. Each air-guiding member includes an air guiding channel having an opening in each end thereof. Each of several heat dissipating fans is mounted to one of the assembling portions and located between two adjacent openings respectively of two adjacent air-guiding members. Each heat dissipating fan includes a first air guiding hole in communication with an environment and at least one second air guiding hole in communication with the two adjacent openings. The air guiding channels and the heat dissipating fans together form a cycling air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Masaharu Miyahara, Ssu-Hao Lai
  • Patent number: 7905633
    Abstract: A light emitter with heat-dissipating module includes a light unit, a first heat-dissipating member, a second heat-dissipating member and a fastening member. The light unit includes a light-emitting element and a supporting plate having a pair of opposite surfaces. The first heat-dissipating member includes a first combining surface and a heat-dissipating portion. The first combining surface contacts with one of said two opposite surfaces of the supporting plate. The second heat-dissipating member includes a second combining surface and a heat-dissipating portion. The second combining surface contacts with the other of said two opposite surfaces of the supporting plate. The fastening member couples to the supporting plate, the first heat-dissipating member and the second heat-dissipating member to fix the combination of the supporting plate and the first and second heat-dissipating members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electronic Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Chih-Hao Chung
  • Publication number: 20110013419
    Abstract: A linear light guiding module is provided, which includes a linear light guiding body, a plurality of light emitting bodies, a plurality of heat sinks, and a plurality of fans. With the linear light guiding body, the light emitting bodies, and the heat sinks linearly arranged, or with the fans further integrated, the linear light guiding module of the present invention has a small size and an effective heat-dissipation effect. Since only one linear light guiding module needs to be disposed on one side of a light guide plate, the linear light guiding module can be used in large-sized liquid crystal display panels. Moreover, the number of the linear light guiding modules used is decreased while the requirements for high brightness and brightness uniformity can still be met, so the cost can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Ssu-Hao Lai
  • Publication number: 20100302769
    Abstract: A lamp includes a substrate having first and second sides. At least one lighting element is mounted on the first side. An air-guiding member is mounted to the substrate. An airflow chamber is formed between the air-guiding member and the second side of the substrate. The air-guiding member includes a plurality of air-guiding holes in communication with the air-guiding chamber. A plurality of heat-dissipating fans is respectively mounted to the air-guiding holes. A control unit is electrically connected to the heat-dissipating fans. The control unit controls operation timing and operation modes of the heat-dissipating fans so that the lamp has a plurality of heat-dissipating modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Masaharu Miyahara, Ssu-Hao Lai
  • Publication number: 20100259932
    Abstract: A light emitter with heat-dissipating module includes a light unit, a first heat-dissipating member, a second heat-dissipating member and a fastening member. The light unit includes a light-emitting element and a supporting plate having a pair of opposite surfaces. The first heat-dissipating member includes a first combining surface and a heat-dissipating portion. The first combining surface contacts with one of said two opposite surfaces of the supporting plate. The second heat-dissipating member includes a second combining surface and a heat-dissipating portion. The second combining surface contacts with the other of said two opposite surfaces of the supporting plate. The fastening member couples to the supporting plate, the first heat-dissipating member and the second heat-dissipating member to fix the combination of the supporting plate and the first and second heat-dissipating members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Masaharu Miyahara, Chih-Hao Chung
  • Publication number: 20100237782
    Abstract: A self-dusting lamp device includes a housing, a heat-dissipating module, a lighting element and a controlling unit. The housing has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion on the outer periphery thereof. The heat-dissipating module has a heat-dissipating fan mounted in the housing. The lighting element is coupled to the heat-dissipating module for illumination. The controlling unit has a driving circuit electrically connected to the heat-dissipating fan and a direction controlling circuit electrically connected to the driving circuit. The direction controlling circuit controls the heat-dissipating fan to rotate in a normal direction for dissipating heat or to rotate in a dusting direction for dusting down the housing through the driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Heng-Yu Hu
  • Patent number: 7391140
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan includes a casing, a stator, and an impeller. The casing includes a base supported by a plurality of ribs. The base includes an axial tube for receiving a bearing through which a shaft extends. Vanes are provided on an outer circumferential wall of the impeller. An end of the shaft is fixed to an axial seat at a center of the impeller. A magnetic member is mounted to the other end of the shaft. The magnetic member and the impeller rotate synchronously under magnetic induction. When the heat-dissipating fan is mounted on top of a heat-dissipating device, a propeller of the heat-dissipating device is driven to turn synchronously under magnetic attraction. When air currents are driven by the vanes to flow downward, great noise resulting from tangential wind effect is avoided, as the ribs are not in the air inlet area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20080011455
    Abstract: A composite heat-dissipating module includes a base, at least one fin unit, a stirring unit, and at least two horizontal air-feeding units. The base includes a top face, a bottom face, and a compartment. The bottom face is in contact with an object to be heat-dissipated. A heat-conducting liquid is received in the compartment. The fin unit is mounted on the top face of the base. The fin unit includes a plurality of fins. A heat-dissipating channel is defined between a pair of the fins adjacent to each other. A stirring unit stirs the heat-conducting liquid to circulate the heat-conducting liquid in the compartment. The horizontal air-feeding units are mounted on at least one side of the fin unit. The horizontal air-feeding units provide lateral airflows into the heat-dissipating channels for dissipating heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20070274051
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating backlighting module includes a heat-dissipating plate to combine with a back light unit. The heat-dissipating plate has an assembling space provided on a first side, and a vertically extended air-cooling structure provided on a second side. The vertically extended air-cooling structure includes a plurality of vertically extended fins and a plurality of vertically extended air-circulating channels. In assembling, the assembling space of the heat-dissipating plate receives the heat back light unit having a light source that projects light on a flat panel display. The vertically extended fins and vertically extended air-circulating channels can guide airflows running upwardly in a vertical direction so as to dissipate heats from the vertically extended fins and the vertically extended air-circulating channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara, Te-Chen Liu
  • Publication number: 20070210660
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan includes a casing, a stator, and an impeller. The casing includes a base supported by a plurality of ribs. The base includes an axial tube for receiving a bearing through which a shaft extends. Vanes are provided on an outer circumferential wall of the impeller. An end of the shaft is fixed to an axial seat at a center of the impeller. A magnetic member is mounted to the other end of the shaft. The magnetic member and the impeller rotate synchronously under magnetic induction. When the heat-dissipating fan is mounted on top of a heat-dissipating device, a propeller of the heat-dissipating device is driven to turn synchronously under magnetic attraction. When air currents are driven by the vanes to flow downward, great noise resulting from tangential wind effect is avoided, as the ribs are not in the air inlet area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20070193720
    Abstract: A composite heat-dissipating module includes a heat-dissipating plate, an impeller, and a pump. The heat-dissipating plate includes at least one heat-dissipating section and a circulating pipe. The heat-dissipating section is thermally connected to an object to be dissipated. The circulating pipe contains a liquid coolant that circulates in the circulating pipe. The impeller is mounted adjacent to the heat-dissipating section for driving air to cool the heat-dissipating section. The pump drives the liquid coolant to circulate in the circulating pipe between the pump and the heat-dissipating section for cooling the heat-dissipating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20070096853
    Abstract: The invention relates to an indirect power-linking device, which are disposed respectively the magnets at the locations where correspond to a power-driving device and a power-driven device that mutually attract. The magnets shall have at least one N pole and one pole. Therefore, when the power-driving device rotates, the magnetic field lines between the magnets of the power-driving device and the power-driven device are distorted to generate a suppressive effect in formation of a rotational torque. The rotational torque can drive the power-driven device and the power-driving device to generate a synchronous and powerful operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Hong, Masaharu Miyahara
  • Patent number: 6702000
    Abstract: A blower is provided for effectively cooling heat generating parts in a casing of a personal computer and so on, with a heat sink apparatus using the blower and an electronic equipment using the heat sink apparatus. The blower comprises a fan and an outer frame. The outer frame of the fan is made of a highly thermally conductive material such as aluminum. A radiation board is fixed to or formed integrally with a lower surface of the outer frame. Heat generated from a heat generating device is conveyed through the radiation board to the outer frame. The blower is provided with radiation fins so that the heat conveyed to the outer frame is transferred to the radiation fins as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Koji Mehara, Kenji Suga, Kazuya Shibasaki, Hiroshi Nakamura, Hironori Ito
  • Patent number: 6529375
    Abstract: A heat sink unit comprising a substrate, a fan, driving means, a fin composed as a separate body from the substrate, and a cover. The cover has a first opening in a section facing the fan, and also forms a second opening with the substrate at one side of the cover. The fin is composed of a separate material from the substrate, and fixed to an opening provided in the substrate. A height from a bottom surface of a heat sink substrate to an upper surface of a cover at a section the fin is disposed is larger than that at a section where the fan is disposed. A thickness of a base of the fin is larger than a thickness of the heat sink substrate. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus of this invention has a heat sink unit of this invention disposed within the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Koji Mehara, Shinji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6439299
    Abstract: A heatsink apparatus has a construction which produces a high heat-radiating effect even if the apparatus is designed to be compact or to have a small thickness. The heatsink apparatus includes a base plate to which a heat-generating body may be connected, a heat-radiating portion, and a fan mounted on the base plate. The heat-radiating portion includes plate-like members having main surfaces facing the base plated, and a fan mounted on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Koji Mehara, Hidefumi Koya
  • Patent number: RE38382
    Abstract: A fan-motor-incorporated heat sink effectively supplies cooling air flow in a thin electronic device having limited space above the heat sink. The heat sink enables air intake above the heat sink by positioning a fan, the fins of a heat sink substrate and the side wall of the substrate lower than the fan driving unit. The heat sink substrate and the fins are formed such that air is exhausted only in one direction. A cover is provided on the side of the heat sink substrate on which the fan driving unit is mounted and to which air is taken in to prevent exhausted air from being taken in. The structure of the electronic device is positioned close to the upper surface of the fan driving unit on the heat sink. Thus, the heat sink can be installed on a thin electronic device while improving the cooling of a heat emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Yasushi Inoue, Kenji Suga
  • Patent number: RE40369
    Abstract: A fan-motor-incorporated heat sink effectively supplies cooling air flow in a thin electronic device having limited space above the heat sink. The heat sink enables air intake above the heat sink by positioning a fan, the fins of a heat sink substrate and the side wall of the substrate lower than the fan driving unit. The heat sink substrate and the fins are formed such that air is exhausted only in one direction. A cover is provided on the side of the heat sink substrate on which the fan driving unit is mounted and to which air is taken in to prevent exhausted air from being taken in. The structure of the electronic device is positioned close to the upper surface of the fan driving unit on the heat sink. Thus, the heat sink can be installed on a thin electronic device while improving the cooling of a heat emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Yasushi Inoue, Kenji Suga