Patents by Inventor Noboru Miyakawa

Noboru Miyakawa 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: 9482417
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light emitting panel and a device body to which the light emitting panel is detachably attached. The light emitting panel has a rear surface serving as a first curved surface. The device body has a surface serving as a second curved surface conforming to the first curved surface. An attachment portion for attaching/detaching the light emitting panel to/from the device body to slide along the first curved surface or the second curved surface is provided on one of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel. A groove portion for enabling the attachment portion to slide is provided on the other of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and the surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hirano, Noboru Miyakawa, Ryusuke Kotera, Satoshi Fukano, Masashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 9400095
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light source unit that has a case storing therein a light-emitting panel and a wiring board mounted on a non-light emitting face thereof; and an attachment unit that has a housing storing therein a circuit board and configured to be detachably attached to the light source unit. The case has a wiring board storage. The housing has a circuit board storage. The case and the housing are arranged such that a whole of the wiring board storage and a whole of the circuit board storage are arranged at different positions in a direction perpendicular to an attachment direction of the light source unit and the attachment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Kawachi, Noboru Miyakawa, Hirofumi Konishi, Osamu Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9318860
    Abstract: A light source has an outer size set equal to the dimension of a straight tubular fluorescent lamp. The light source includes a straight light emitting tube and end caps provided at the opposite end portions of the light emitting tube. Each of the end caps includes first pins arranged at the same positions as lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. The first pins have the same shape as the lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. Further, at least one of the end caps includes a current-feeding second pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Yoshihisa Ando, Yosihide Imaoka, Noboru Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 8740656
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes an apparatus body for supporting an LED lamp having an earth cap, an earth socket to which the earth cap of the LED lamp is mounted, and an attachment base provided in the apparatus body, the earth socket being attached to the attachment base. The earth socket includes a conductor plate for mechanically holding a lamp pin of the earth cap, the conductor plate being electrically connected to the lamp pin. The attachment base and the earth socket include a connecting unit for earth-connecting the conductor plate of the earth socket and the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kotera, Yoshihide Imaoka, Noboru Miyakawa, Satoshi Fukano, Masashi Takeda, Akihiro Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130279181
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light source unit that has a case storing therein a light-emitting panel and a wiring board mounted on a non-light emitting face thereof; and an attachment unit that has a housing storing therein a circuit board and configured to be detachably attached to the light source unit. The case has a wiring board storage. The housing has a circuit board storage. The case and the housing are arranged such that a whole of the wiring board storage and a whole of the circuit board storage are arranged at different positions in a direction perpendicular to an attachment direction of the light source unit and the attachment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideharu Kawachi, Noboru Miyakawa, Hirofumi Konishi, Osamu Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20130070467
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light emitting panel and a device body to which the light emitting panel is detachably attached. The light emitting panel has a rear surface serving as a first curved surface. The device body has a surface serving as a second curved surface conforming to the first curved surface. An attachment portion for attaching/detaching the light emitting panel to/from the device body to slide along the first curved surface or the second curved surface is provided on one of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel. A groove portion for enabling the attachment portion to slide is provided on the other of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and the surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro HIRANO, Noboru MIYAKAWA, Ryusuke KOTERA, Satoshi FUKANO, Masashi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20120327671
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes an apparatus body for supporting an LED lamp having an earth cap, an earth socket to which the earth cap of the LED lamp is mounted, and an attachment base provided in the apparatus body, the earth socket being attached to the attachment base. The earth socket includes a conductor plate for mechanically holding a lamp pin of the earth cap, the conductor plate being electrically connected to the lamp pin. The attachment base and the earth socket include a connecting unit for earth-connecting the conductor plate of the earth socket and the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke KOTERA, Yoshihide IMAOKA, Noboru MIYAKAWA, Satoshi FUKANO, Masashi TAKEDA, Akihiro HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20110235319
    Abstract: A light source has an outer size set equal to the dimension of a straight tubular fluorescent lamp. The light source includes a straight light emitting tube and end caps provided at the opposite end portions of the light emitting tube. Each of the end caps includes first pins arranged at the same positions as lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. The first pins have the same shape as the lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. Further, at least one of the end caps includes a current-feeding second pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Yoshihisa Ando, Yosihide Imaoka, Noboru Miyakawa
  • Patent number: D726115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Noboru Miyakawa