Patents by Inventor Masaru Matsuno

Masaru Matsuno 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: 20140265576
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plurality of first saturable units respectively include input sections connected to an output side of a constant current power supply apparatus in series to one another and respectively supply outputs to loads corresponding thereto. A second saturable unit includes an input section and an output section, the input section being connected to the input sections of the first saturable units in series. An abnormality detecting unit monitors a state of the load of at least one of the first saturable units, closes the output section of the second saturable unit during normal time, and opens the output section of the second saturable unit during abnormal time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Niino, Masaru Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20140192528
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a luminaire that can reduce glare are provided. A light-emitting device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, an LED chip mounted on the lower surface of the substrate, a light reflecting member arranged downward and on one side when viewed from the LED chip and opened on the other side, a surface of the light reflecting member opposed to the LED chip being a light reflecting surface, and an optical member configured to guide light emitted from the LED chip and reflected by the light reflecting member downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Makoto Kawagoe, Junya Hayashi, Masaru Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20120134153
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light-emitting element 52 such as a LED provided on an inner surface of a side wall 4, and a reflecting surface 31 opposed to the light-emitting element 52 with the side wall 4 made parallel to a direction of radiation of the reflecting surface 31, the reflecting surface 31 formed of a part of a curved surface formed by a paraboloid of revolution or the like that is obtained by revolving a parabola and is spread and opened in the direction of radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: NORIMASA SUZUKI, Keiichi Shimizu, Masaru Matsuno, Yoshiro Oka