Patents by Inventor Masaki Amie

Masaki Amie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240027759
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Patent number: 11835719
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member having a light incident surface, a first surface, and a light emergent surface facing the first surface; and a prism provided in the first surface for reflecting light passing inside the light guide member towards the light emergent surface. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the light emergent surface. At least one of the first surface or the light emergent surface includes a luminous intensity distribution control member configured to control a luminous intensity distribution of light to be extracted from the light emergent surface. The luminous intensity distribution control member includes a Fresnel lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wahei Agemizu, Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Hiroki Hara, Masaki Amie
  • Patent number: 11262529
    Abstract: A mirror holding structure includes: a holder; at least one protrusion part provided to one of a mirror body and the holder; at least one reception part provided to the other of the mirror body and the holder and having an insertion hole in which the at least one protrusion part is to be inserted; and at least one elastic part located between an outer peripheral surface of the at least one protrusion part and an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole and being elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Tabata, Yoshiaki Ueta, Masaki Amie
  • Publication number: 20220043262
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Publication number: 20210003815
    Abstract: A mirror holding structure includes: a holder; at least one protrusion part provided to one of a mirror body and the holder; at least one reception part provided to the other of the mirror body and the holder and having an insertion hole in which the at least one protrusion part is to be inserted; and at least one elastic part located between an outer peripheral surface of the at least one protrusion part and an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole and being elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi TABATA, Yoshiaki UETA, Masaki AMIE
  • Publication number: 20070297637
    Abstract: Provided is a speaker unit, which is enabled by a simple constitution to retain characteristics such as a satisfactory output sound pressure. The speaker unit 100 has a frame including a first casing 11 and a second casing 14. A sound hole 12 is formed at the center of the upper face of the first casing 11, and a fixing portion 13 is formed on the inner face side. Between the fixing portion 13 and the second casing 14, there is interposed a vibration absorbing member 15. This vibration absorbing member 15 stabilizes the arrangement of a speaker 10, and absorbs the mechanical vibrations to be generated from the speaker 10 at the action time of the speaker 10, thereby to vibrate the speaker 10, the first casing 11 and the fixing portion 13 homogeneously. As a result, the sound to be emitted from the speaker 10 through the sound hole 12 and the sound to be emitted by the mechanical vibrations transmitted from the speaker 10, through the first casing 11 are efficiently emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Sugiyama, Tatsuhiko Tokuda, Yukinari Inoue, Masaki Amie
  • Patent number: 6850413
    Abstract: A PC card includes a frame, a board mounted on the frame, and an upper cover and a lower cover for respectively covering an upper side and a lower side of the frame, slits formed to be penetrated from an abutting plane between the upper cover and the side portion of the frame up to another abutting plane between the lower cover and the side portion of the frame, claws used for the upper cover and the lower cover provided on inner wall surfaces of the slits, insertion projections respectively provided on the upper cover and the lower cover and inserted into the slits, and holes respectively formed in the insertion projections of the upper cover and the lower cover and inserted into the slits so as to be engaged with the claws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Amie, Fujio Arai, Yukinari Inoue, Hidenori Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20020159239
    Abstract: A PC card includes a frame, a board mounted on the frame, and an upper cover and a lower cover for respectively covering an upper side and a lower side of the frame, slits formed to be penetrated from an abutting plane between the upper cover and the side portion of the frame up to another abutting plane between the lower cover and the side portion of the frame, claws used for the upper cover and the lower cover provided on inner wall surfaces of the slits, insertion projections respectively provided on the upper cover and the lower cover and inserted into the slits, and holes respectively formed in the insertion projections of the upper cover and the lower cover and inserted into the slits so as to be engaged with the claws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Amie, Fujio Arai, Yukinari Inoue, Hidenori Takeuchi