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).

  • Patent number: 9175814
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shida, Kenji Takahashi, Mitsuko Shuto, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
  • Publication number: 20150274248
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Masahiro MIKI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Tomoyuki TAKEWAKA
  • Publication number: 20150274247
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Shiro FUKANO, Masahiro MIKI
  • Publication number: 20150274242
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya OSANAI, Yutaka KIKUCHI, Shiro FUKANO, Masahiro MIKI, Hiroshi HAYASHI, Kota NAKAHIRA, Tomohiro HOSHI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Yoshitaka SUZUKI, Tomoyuki TAKEWAKA
  • Patent number: 9091398
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ueda, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 9016900
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8981636
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Yoshinori Kakuno, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8911108
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8858027
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8820163
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miki, Yoshiaki Nagashima, Masao Endou, Kojiro Kodaira, Mitsuru Odakura
  • Publication number: 20140153252
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Shida, Kenji Takahashi, Mitsuko Shuto, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
  • Publication number: 20140152177
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Yoshinori Kakuno, Masahiro Miki, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto
  • Publication number: 20140103794
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ueda, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8619939
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Yoshio Nonaka, Naoyuki Kono, Masahiro Miki, Satoshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8587011
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Hideo Nagai, Takaari Uemoto, Masahiro Miki, Atsushi Motoya
  • Publication number: 20130294082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto, Hideo Nagai
  • Patent number: 8576974
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Nakamura, Yoshio Nonaka, Naoyuki Kono, Masahiro Miki, Satoshi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20130249381
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Takaari Uemoto, Yoshinori Kakuno
  • Patent number: 8541805
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Motoya, Kazuyuki Okano, Minako Akai, Yurika Goto, Naoki Tagami, Makoto Horiuchi, Toshio Mori, Takaari Uemoto, Masahiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20130235592
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi TAKEUCHI, Tsugihiro MATSUDA, Hideo NAGAI, Masahiro MIKI, Takaari UEMOTO