Patents by Inventor Masanori Yokota
Masanori Yokota 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: 20250040106Abstract: According to one embodiment, an in-vehicle electronic device (in-vehicle device) includes a case, a plate-like heat sink (heat dissipation member) that abuts on a top surface of an SoC (electronic component) to dissipate heat generated by the SoC, a cooling fin that removably abuts on an area on a top side of the heat sink including at least an area on the top surface of the SoC to promote heat dissipation of the heat sink, and a centrifugal fan (cooling fan) configured to blow cooling air along the heat sink between a plurality of fins that make up the cooling fin. The heat sink, the cooling fin, and the centrifugal fan are included inside the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori YOKOTA
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Patent number: 9790979Abstract: A self-tapping including a normal thread (10) and a female screw molding thread (12) having a larger diameter than that of the normal thread (10), out of pitches of the normal thread (10) positioned in a head portion side from the female screw molding thread (12), any one pitch is set to be larger than other pitches. The self-tapping not only reduces driving torques but also improves fastening force, and thus can be applied to various workpieces made of the soft material as well as a hard material.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Inventors: Shingo Torii, Masanori Yokota, Masanori Abe
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Publication number: 20140044499Abstract: [Object] To provide a self-tapping screw which is the most suitable for tightening a workpiece made of a soft material such as a resin or an aluminum alloy. [Solution] In the self-tapping screw 1 including a normal thread 10 and a female screw molding thread 12 having a larger diameter than that of the normal thread 10, out of pitches of the normal thread 10 positioned in a head portion side from the female screw molding thread 12, any one pitch is set to be larger than other pitches. The self-tapping screw 1 not only reduces driving torques but also improves fastening force, and thus can be applied to various workpieces made of the soft material as well as a hard material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: NITTO SEIKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Torii, Masanori Yokota, Masanori Abe
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Patent number: 7856256Abstract: A foldable portable terminal device provided with a first housing includes a display unit, a speaker and a speaker sound hole, a second housing, and a hinge unit that couples the housings rotatably around two directions that perpendicularly intersect with each other. The device is configured such that coupling of the first housing and the hinge unit is coupled to a second rotary shaft of the hinge unit at a position closer to a surface having the speaker sound hole than a midpoint in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the first housing, and that a gap formed in a folded state in which the first housing is overlaid on the second housing with a surface having the speaker sound hole facing inside is greater than a gap formed in the folded state with the surface having the speaker sound hole facing outside.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masanori Yokota, Teruo Nanmoku, Akira Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20090149225Abstract: A foldable portable terminal device provided with a first housing includes a display unit, a speaker and a speaker sound hole, a second housing, and a hinge unit that couples the housings rotatably around two directions that perpendicularly intersect with each other. The device is configured such that coupling of the first housing and the hinge unit is coupled to a second rotary shaft of the hinge unit at a position closer to a surface having the speaker sound hole than a midpoint in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the first housing, and that a gap formed in a folded state in which the first housing is overlaid on the second housing with a surface having the speaker sound hole facing inside is greater than a gap formed in the folded state with the surface having the speaker sound hole facing outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Yokota, Teruo Nanmoku, Akira Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20060134594Abstract: To reduce the burden on a grader, as well as to improve design freedom. A grading terminal device body 1 is provided with a LCD 31 for identifying and displaying an area corresponding to an answer column to be graded among the answer columns provided on an answer sheet, a keyboard unit 33 for entering a grading result of an answer entered in the answer column corresponding to the area identified and displayed on the LCD 31, a printer section 50 for carrying in the answer sheet to print the grading result entered from the keyboard unit 33, followed by carrying-out thereof, and an arithmetic control section 65 responsible for operation control of the LCD 31, the keyboard unit 33, and the printer section 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2004Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: NTS, INCInventor: Masanori Yokota
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Patent number: 5544043Abstract: A check processing equipment having an optical amount character recognizing function for a proof machine used at a bank. A received amount can be corrected on an image screen, and it enables the efficient processing for certifying operation. A document capturing unit converts the data on the document into an image data and transfers the image data to a frame memory of recognizing unit. A recognizing unit compresses the image data through a recognizing/determining section and also carries out CAR with the attribute on an E13B code line data. A work station stores the compressed image data, the code line data, and the CAR result in a hard disk and it also displays an extended image and implements the proof of a whole batch through key-in operation for handling unrecognizable data and exceptional error data. An encoder unit performs encode printing and endorse printing on proved documents while verifying the code lines thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 6, 1996Assignee: Glory Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shoji Miki, Hiroki Tsubota, Masanori Yokota, Kenta Hori
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Patent number: 4843435Abstract: A conveyor apparatus used in a copying apparatus of the type using separate diffusion transfer photographic materials, and a photosensitive material in the form of a roller contained in a magazine which is withdrawn and cut to a predetermined length to form a photosensitive sheet. A latent image is created in the photosensitive sheet by exposing it using a light source, and an image-receiving material in the form of a sheet is superposed under the exposed photosensitive sheet. A positive image is formed on the image-receiving material using a diffusion transfer processing. The image-receiving sheet is withdrawn from a cassette wherein a stack of image-receiving sheets are contained.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1988Date of Patent: June 27, 1989Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Horiguchi, Minoru Yakubo, Masanori Yokota, Hideharu Oshima