Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Higuchi

Nobuaki Higuchi 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: 8123362
    Abstract: There is provided a lamp burst sound reduction structure which may have an enlarged part in an intermediate position of a duct through which cooling air for cooling a light emitting unit of a lamp flows, the enlarged part may have a cross section area larger than a cross section area of the duct, the lamp being a light source of a projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Takuji Ohkubo, Yoshiro Asano, Nobuaki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7950811
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a housing; a fan disposed within the housing, the fan having a vane portion and a fan case accommodating the vane portion so as to be rotatable; and multiple vibration-proofing members having at least one of elasticity and viscosity, the vibration-proofing members being disposed at multiple positions in the circumferential direction of the perimeter face portion of the fan case surrounding the vane portion around the rotational axis of the vane portion, such that the vibration-proofing members are introduced between the housing and the fan case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagahata, Nobuaki Higuchi, Yuuki Itou, Nobuyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 7850310
    Abstract: A projection display device may include a housing which can be placed on a placing face with a lower face portion thereof distanced from the placing face; a fan, disposed within the housing, to suction from a first air inlet formed in the lower face portion; a filter detachably provided to the housing the as to close off the first air inlet; and a filter replacement access lid detachably provided to the housing so as to cover the filter closing off the first air only from the placing face side, with a second air inlet for suctioning of the fan provided in the filter replacement access lid; wherein the filter replacement access lid may be formed so as to protrude toward the placing face side from the lower face portion; and wherein the second air inlet may be formed in a face of the filter replacement access lid intersecting the lower face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagahata, Nobuaki Higuchi, Yuuki Itou, Nobuyuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20090051829
    Abstract: A projection display device may include a housing which can be placed on a placing face with a lower face portion thereof distanced from the placing face; a fan, disposed within the housing, to suction from a first air inlet formed in the lower face portion; a filter detachably provided to the housing the as to close off the first air inlet; and a filter replacement access lid detachably provided to the housing so as to cover the filter closing off the first air only from the placing face side, with a second air inlet for suctioning of the fan provided in the filter replacement access lid; wherein the filter replacement access lid may be formed so as to protrude toward the placing face side from the lower face portion; and wherein the second air inlet may be formed in a face of the filter replacement access lid intersecting the lower face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagahata, Nobuaki Higuchi, Yuuki Itou, Nobuyuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20080252859
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a housing; a fan disposed within the housing, the fan having a vane portion and a fan case accommodating the vane portion so as to be rotatable; and multiple vibration-proofing members having at least one of elasticity and viscosity, the vibration-proofing members being disposed at multiple positions in the circumferential direction of the perimeter face portion of the fan case surrounding the vane portion around the rotational axis of the vane portion, such that the vibration-proofing members are introduced between the housing and the fan case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagahata, Nobuaki Higuchi, Yuuki Itou, Nobuyuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20080100807
    Abstract: There is provided a lamp burst sound reduction structure which may have an enlarged part in an intermediate position of a duct through which cooling air for cooling a light emitting unit of a lamp flows, the enlarged part may have a cross section area larger than a cross section area of the duct, the lamp being a light source of a projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Takuji Ohkubo, Yoshiro Asano, Nobuaki Higuchi