Patents by Inventor Masahiro Miki
Masahiro Miki 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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Patent number: 9175814Abstract: An LED lamp has an envelope that includes a globe and a case, an interior space of the envelope being divided in two by a mount closing an opening of the globe, the lamp containing, in a globe side of the interior space, an LED and, in a case side of the interior space, a circuit unit for causing the LED to emit light. The LED is thermally connected to the mount, and the mount and the case are joined to the globe such that, during light emission, at least as much heat from the LED is propagated from the mount to the globe as from the mount to the case.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Shida, Kenji Takahashi, Mitsuko Shuto, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
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Publication number: 20150274248Abstract: An operation device of a straddle type vehicle has a controller used to operate at least two or more kinds of functions of equipment mounted on the straddle type vehicle. The controller includes a controller operation portion capable of rotary and other freely moving operations. A rotary shaft of the controller inside the controller operation portion is arranged lower than a lower wall face of a switch box.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Masahiro MIKI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Tomoyuki TAKEWAKA
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Publication number: 20150274247Abstract: An operation device of a straddle type vehicle includes a controller used to select multiple function menus of equipment incorporated in the straddle type vehicle. The controller has a rotary selection controller constituting a part of a grip portion, and provided adjacent to a switch box. A rotation detection portion is provided in the switch box, and detects rotation of the selection controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Shiro FUKANO, Masahiro MIKI
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Publication number: 20150274242Abstract: An operating device of a straddle type vehicle has a controller for selecting a plurality of function menus of components mounted on the straddle type vehicle. Controller supporting portions support the controller, and are disposed in the front direction of a switch box. The controller has a controller operating portion which a rider can operate. The controller operating portion is positioned in the front direction of a grip portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Shiro FUKANO, Masahiro MIKI, Hiroshi HAYASHI, Kota NAKAHIRA, Tomohiro HOSHI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Yoshitaka SUZUKI, Tomoyuki TAKEWAKA
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Patent number: 9091398Abstract: A lamp includes an LED module, a drive unit supplying power to the LED module, and a base via which power is fed from an external power supply to the drive unit. The drive unit is located between the LED module and the base. The drive unit includes a circuit board having a main surface on which lead-type electronic components are mounted, lead wires (first lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the LED module, and lead wires (second lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the base. The circuit board has a through-hole extending from the main surface to an opposite surface thereof. The lead wires pass through the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ueda, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 9016900Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp according to the present invention includes: a hollow globe; an LED module including a base platform and an LED chip mounted on the base platform, the LED module being provided in the globe; a lead wire for supplying power to the LED module; and a stem extending toward the interior of the globe, in which the base platform is directly fixed to the stem.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 8981636Abstract: In a lamp: an LED module and a circuit unit for lighting are housed within an envelope composed of a globe and a case; the LED module is attached to an end of an extension member that extends from a mount, which closes an opening at one end of the case, into the globe; the circuit unit is mounted inside the case; an insulation member disposed inside the case ensures insulation between the mount, which is made of metal, and the circuit unit; the insulation member has a bottomed cylinder portion inserted into the mount, and a protrusion portion formed on an outer circumference of the based cylinder portion that protrudes toward an inner surface of the mount; and the insulation member is attached to the mount by the protrusion portion pressing against the inner surface of the mount.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Yoshinori Kakuno, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 8911108Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp includes: a hollow globe having an opening; an LED module having a base platform and an LED chip mounted on the base platform, the LED module being housed in the globe; a stem extending from the opening of the globe to the vicinity of the LED module; and a regulating component which regulates movement of the LED module with respect to the stem.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 8858027Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp according to the present invention includes: a hollow globe; an LED module including a base platform and an LED chip mounted on the base platform, the LED module being provided in the globe; a lead wire for supplying power to the LED module; and a stem extending toward the interior of the globe, in which the base platform is directly fixed to the stem.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 8820163Abstract: A nondestructive inspection apparatus includes a pair of guided wave sensors disposed on an outer surface of a piping and a guided wave inspection device connected to the pair of guided wave sensors which, outputs a transmitting signal for propagating a guided wave to the guided wave sensors, and obtains a receiving signal by receiving a propagated signal by the guided wave sensors. An inspection-result storage device stores the guided wave as a digitized signal of the received wave and an inspection-result diagnostic device performs arithmetic processing of judging whether or not a signal associated with a defect exists.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Miki, Yoshiaki Nagashima, Masao Endou, Kojiro Kodaira, Mitsuru Odakura
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Publication number: 20140153252Abstract: An LED lamp has an envelope that includes a globe (30) and a case (50), an interior space of the envelope being divided in two by a mount (20) closing an opening of the globe (30), the lamp containing, in a globe (30) side of the interior space, an LED and, in a case (50) side of the interior space, a circuit unit for causing the LED to emit light. The LED is thermally connected to the mount (20), and the mount (20) and the case (50) are joined to the globe (30) such that, during light emission, at least as much heat from the LED is propagated from the mount (20) to the globe (30) as from the mount (20) to the case (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Shida, Kenji Takahashi, Mitsuko Shuto, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
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Publication number: 20140152177Abstract: In a lamp: an LED module and a circuit unit for lighting are housed within an envelope composed of a globe and a case; the LED module is attached to an end of an extension member that extends from a mount, which closes an opening at one end of the case, into the globe; the circuit unit is mounted inside the case; an insulation member disposed inside the case ensures insulation between the mount, which is made of metal, and the circuit unit; the insulation member has a bottomed cylinder portion inserted into the mount, and a protrusion portion formed on an outer circumference of the based cylinder portion that protrudes toward an inner surface of the mount; and the insulation member is attached to the mount by the protrusion portion pressing against the inner surface of the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Yoshinori Kakuno, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
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Publication number: 20140103794Abstract: A lamp includes an LED module, a drive unit supplying power to the LED module, and a base via which power is fed from an external power supply to the drive unit. The drive unit is located between the LED module and the base. The drive unit includes a circuit board having a main surface on which lead-type electronic components are mounted, lead wires (first lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the LED module, and lead wires (second lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the base. The circuit board has a through-hole extending from the main surface to an opposite surface thereof. The lead wires pass through the through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhisa Ueda, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
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Patent number: 8619939Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for inspecting weld zones in a reactor pressure vessel, the inspection apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe 6 for emitting an ultrasonic wave; a probe holding unit 60 for holding the ultrasonic probe 6 such that a ultrasonic wave transmitting surface of the ultrasonic probe 6 is kept in direct contact with or at a constant distance from the outer surface of the reactor pressure vessel 1; a pressing unit 50 for pressing the probe holding unit 60 parallel to a central axis of a control rod drive housing 8 against the reactor pressure vessel; and a rotator 40 for rotating the probe holding unit 60 and the pressing unit 50 about the central axis of the control rod drive housing 8.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Yoshio Nonaka, Naoyuki Kono, Masahiro Miki, Satoshi Shinohara
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Patent number: 8587011Abstract: A light-emitting device which emits light omnidirectionally is provided. A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a package which is translucent; an LED provided in a recess in the package; and a sealing member for sealing the LED and packaging the recess; and the recess includes a bottom surface on which the LED is mounted and a side surface surrounding a bottom surface, and light emitted by the LED is transmitted inside the package through the bottom surface and the side surface of the recess and is emitted to outside of the package from the back surface and the side surface of the package.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto, Masahiro Miki, Atsushi Motoya
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Publication number: 20130294082Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp according to the present invention includes: a hollow globe having an opening; a plurality of light-emitting modules housed in the globe, each of the light-emitting modules having a semiconductor light-emitting device that is a light source; and a stem extending from the opening of the globe to an inside of the globe, the stem supporting the light-emitting modules, in which the stem penetrates at least one of the light-emitting modules, and the light-emitting modules are spaced a predetermined distance apart along an axis of the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai
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Patent number: 8576974Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for inspecting weld zones in a reactor pressure vessel, the inspection apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe 6 for emitting an ultrasonic wave; a probe holding unit 60 for holding the ultrasonic probe 6 such that a ultrasonic wave transmitting surface of the ultrasonic probe 6 is kept in direct contact with or at a constant distance from the outer surface of the reactor pressure vessel 1; a pressing unit 50 for pressing the probe holding unit 60 parallel to a central axis of a control rod drive housing 8 against the reactor pressure vessel; and a rotator 40 for rotating the probe holding unit 60 and the pressing unit 50 about the central axis of the control rod drive housing 8.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Yoshio Nonaka, Naoyuki Kono, Masahiro Miki, Satoshi Shinohara
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Publication number: 20130249381Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp includes: an LED module including: a base mount; and a semiconductor light-emitting device mounted on the base mount; and lead wires for supplying power to the LED module. The base mount is supported by the lead wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto, Yoshinori Kakuno
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Patent number: 8541805Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting substrate, a manufacturing method, a light-emitting module and an illumination device that can sufficiently improve the luminous efficiency of an LED lamp. A mounting substrate according to the present invention includes a substrate and a reflective film that is formed on a front surface of the substrate and has a front surface on which LED chips are to be mounted, and the reflective film is made of metal oxide microparticles and a glass frit, and reflects light from the LED chips.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Atsushi Motoya, Kazuyuki Okano, Minako Akai, Yurika Goto, Naoki Tagami, Makoto Horiuchi, Toshio Mori, Takaari Uemoto, Masahiro Miki
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Publication number: 20130235592Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp according to the present invention includes: a hollow globe; an LED module including a base platform and an LED chip mounted on the base platform, the LED module being provided in the globe; a lead wire for supplying power to the LED module; and a stem extending toward the interior of the globe, in which the base platform is directly fixed to the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyoshi TAKEUCHI, Tsugihiro MATSUDA, Hideo NAGAI, Masahiro MIKI, Takaari UEMOTO