Patents by Inventor Naoko Yamashita

Naoko Yamashita 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: 10965920
    Abstract: A drive device includes a housing in which a gas is sealed, wherein density of the gas is lower than density of air, a driven object housed inside the housing, a driver configured to drive the driven object, a current detector configured to detect a value of a current flowing into the driver, and a determinator configured to determine a concentration of the gas inside the housing based on the value of the current detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Kitade, Makoto Iyoda, Naoko Yamashita, Manabu Chikayama, Atsushi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20190313065
    Abstract: A drive device includes a housing in which a gas is sealed, wherein density of the gas is lower than density of air, a driven object housed inside the housing, a driver configured to drive the driven object, a current detector configured to detect a value of a current flowing into the driver, and a determinator configured to determine a concentration of the gas inside the housing based on the value of the current detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Naoya KITADE, Makoto IYODA, Naoko YAMASHITA, Manabu CHIKAYAMA, Atsushi KUBO
  • Patent number: 10057552
    Abstract: The cooling device of the present disclosure has a thermally conductive base that is thermally connected to a heat-generating section, a heat pipe section embedded in the base, and a fin section that has a plurality of fins and is connected to the base in a way that the fin section covers the heat pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Okuno, Naoko Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170302895
    Abstract: The cooling device of the present disclosure has a thermally conductive base that is thermally connected to a heat-generating section, a heat pipe section embedded in the base, and a fin section that has a plurality of fins and is connected to the base in a way that the fin section covers the heat pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: MANABU OKUNO, NAOKO YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8596796
    Abstract: A projection display device that includes: a light source unit 1 that includes a discharge lamp 2 as a light source; an image formation unit; a projection optical system; and a light source cooling unit that cools the light source unit. The light source unit is disposed so that a lamp axis that connects two discharge electrodes of the discharge lamp is orthogonal to a projecting direction of the projection optical system, and the light source unit includes: a concave mirror 3; and a transparent part 4 that covers an opening of the concave mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Namba, Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yoshimasa Fushimi, Naoko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8022348
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus includes a plurality of light sources 7a-7d, a display device unit 5, a light-combining unit 3 that combines output light from the plural light sources, a condensing unit 4 that propagates output light from the light-combining unit to the display device unit, and a projecting unit 6 that projects an image by the use of output light from the display device unit. In the projection type display apparatus, cooling units having fans 21a-21d are disposed respectively on the plural light sources, and a controlling unit 31 is provided to control the cooling units. Information regarding the lighting state of the plural light sources is inputted into the controlling unit, and the controlling unit controls a rotation rate of the fans of the cooling units with reference to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Namba, Naoko Yamashita, Daisuke Yaeo
  • Publication number: 20100091252
    Abstract: A projection display device that includes: a light source unit 1 that includes a discharge lamp 2 as a light source; an image formation unit; a projection optical system; and a light source cooling unit that cools the light source unit. The light source unit is disposed so that a lamp axis that connects two discharge electrodes of the discharge lamp is orthogonal to a projecting direction of the projection optical system, and the light source unit includes: a concave mirror 3; and a transparent part 4 that covers an opening of the concave mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu NAMBA, Shigekazu YAMAGISHI, Yoshimasa FUSHIMI, Naoko YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20100026965
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus includes a plurality of light sources 7a-7d, a display device unit 5, a light-combining unit 3 that combines output light from the plural light sources, a condensing unit 4 that propagates output light from the light-combining unit to the display device unit, and a projecting unit 6 that projects an image by the use of output light from the display device unit. In the projection type display apparatus, cooling units having fans 21a-21d are disposed respectively on the plural light sources, and a controlling unit 31 is provided to control the cooling units. Information regarding the lighting state of the plural light sources is inputted into the controlling unit, and the controlling unit controls a rotation rate of the fans of the cooling units with reference to the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu NAMBA, Naoko YAMASHITA, Daisuke YAEO
  • Patent number: 6576307
    Abstract: An easily-handleable inclusion packaged product having thin-leaf inclusion articles which are prevented from contacting with external atmosphere to give a satisfactorily sanitation. The product can be produced by the steps of (1) coating a solution of an inclusion article on a base sheet, (2) drying the coated solution, and (3) sealing prescribed sections of the base sheet and an overlapping sheet by laminating the overlapping sheet on the base sheet to surround the area coated with the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Kyoichi Otsu, Naoko Yamashita, Yoshiji Okumura, Toshio Miyake
  • Patent number: 6449925
    Abstract: An inclusion package product is produced by coating a base sheet with a solution of and inclusion article; drying the solution coated onto the base sheet; and placing an overlapping sheet onto the base sheet and sealing prescribed sections of the base sheet to the overlapping sheet to surround the area coated with the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Kyoichi Otsu, Naoko Yamashita, Yoshiji Okumura, Toshio Miyake
  • Publication number: 20020116903
    Abstract: A process for producing an inclusion package product comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: KYOICHI OTSU, NAOKO YAMASHITA, YOSHIJI OKUMURA, TOSHIO MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20010051235
    Abstract: An easily-handleable inclusion packaged product having thin-leaf inclusion articles which are prevented from contacting with external atmosphere to give a satisfactorily sanitation. The product can be produced by the steps of (1) coating a solution of an inclusion article on a base sheet, (2) drying the coated solution, and (3) sealing prescribed sections of the base sheet and an overlapping sheet by laminating the overlapping sheet on the base sheet to surround the area coated with the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: KYOICHI OTSU, NAOKO YAMASHITA, YOSHIJI OKUMURA, TOSHIO MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 5629036
    Abstract: A method for producing a bakery food comprising the steps of kneading a wheat flour, baking the kneaded wheat flour after fermentation, the method being characterized by adding indigestible dextrin in the step of kneading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yanetani, Naoko Yamashita, Kazuyuki Inada
  • Patent number: 5368664
    Abstract: A photographic film cassette has a spool on which photographic film is wound, and a cassette shell for containing the spool rotatably. A photographic film passageway is formed in the cassette shell. The photographic film is passed out of and into a roll chamber through the passage. A pair of light-shielding members are attached to inside surfaces of the passageway for preventing ambient light from entering the cassette shell, and are provided respectively with innermost, midway and outermost portions, as viewed in the direction of advancement of the photographic film out of the film chamber. The respective innermost and outermost portions are spaced apart one from another. The respective midway portions are in contact one with another when a leader of the photographic film is entirely contained in the chamber. In a process for manufacturing the cassette, a horn of an ultrasonic welding device is applied to the light-shielding members, to weld them to cassette halves ultrasonically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Sugiyama, Naoko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 5362510
    Abstract: A processed starch which is up to 8% in solubility on heating, is in the form of particles including up to 5% of +60-mesh fraction and has a cold water swelling power (Sc) and a heating swelling power (Sh) which are in the relationship of 1.2.gtoreq.Sc/Sh.gtoreq.0.8, the cold water swelling degree being 4 to 15. The starch is useful as an ingredient for bakery foods to give an excellent texture to the food and inhibit degradation of the food with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Mizoguchi, Yoshifumi Yanetani, Naoko Yamashita