Patents by Inventor Norihiro Watanabe

Norihiro Watanabe 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: 20160276895
    Abstract: In a mechanically and electrically integrated driving apparatus, a common coolant flow channel for cooling a motor unit and an inverter unit is disposed inside a wall portion of a frame unit. Power modules are placed in close contact with an inner wall surface of the frame unit. A bracket that is separate from the frame unit is fitted into the frame unit. A space inside the frame unit is divided by the bracket into: a space in which the motor unit is housed; and a space in which the inverter unit is housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi AIZAWA, Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Akihiro DAIKOKU, Norihiro WATANABE, Hideaki ARITA, Shota HANIOKA, Shigetoshi IPPOSHI
  • Publication number: 20160075755
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure concern cell therapy methods and compositions utilizing cells expressing at least a chimeric TGF? receptor including the exodomain of a TGF?II receptor and an endodomain that is not from TGF? receptor, thereby converting the negative signal of TGF? for T cell proliferation into a T cell activation signal. In at least certain aspects, cells harboring the chimeric TGF? receptor also harbor one or more chimeric antigen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Fernando Vera Valdes, Cliona M. Rooney, Ann Marie Leen, Norihiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150028727
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, first inclined surfaces that intersect a plane that includes a central axis of a shaft at a predetermined angle are disposed radially outside gaps between coil ends of circumferentially adjacent concentrated winding coils, and cooling air that is blown out from a cooling fan and has flowed radially outward through the gaps between the coil ends is converted into an axially outward flow by the first inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Masao Morita, Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Hideaki Arita
  • Publication number: 20140014165
    Abstract: Each of solar battery modules includes a rectangular solar battery panel, and a holding member extending from an inner side of the solar battery panel to opposite short sides thereof in a direction parallel to a long side of the solar battery panel. A mount includes rod-like members, to which a row of short-side groups in which sets of short sides of the solar battery panels adjacent to each other are arranged in a direction along the short sides is fitted via the holding members. The holding members are bonded to a rear surface of the solar battery panel. The long side is equal to or longer than 1.3 meters, and the short side is equal to or longer than 0.9 meter. The solar battery panel includes a glass substrate having a total plate thickness of equal to or smaller than 2.5 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Echizenya, Norihiro Watanabe, Naoki Ito, Atsushi Michimori, Hiroo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8439506
    Abstract: A reflector mounting structure includes a reflector and a fixing member. The reflector includes: a reflecting surface; a reflector body having the reflecting surface formed thereon; a pair of first connecting units provided respectively at an end face of the reflector body and having a substantially spherical first protrusion at an end thereof; and a second connecting unit provided at an end face of the reflector body. The fixing member which supports the reflector includes a pair of first supporting units respectively having a planar contact portion and bringing the contact portion into contact with an end of the first protrusion, and a second supporting unit. A contact-portion vertical distance is set such that the first protrusion moves while rolling with respect to a contact portion when the reflector deforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori
  • Patent number: 8089692
    Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus includes an optical engine that emits a light according to image signal, a Fresnel lens on which the light emitted by the optical engine is incident and emitting the light as a parallel light, and a diffusion member that diffuses the parallel light emitted by the Fresnel lens. The projection type image display apparatus further includes a driving unit that moves the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member in a plane parallel to an emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member, a frame the supports the Fresnel lens, the diffusion member and the driving unit, a resilient supporting body that supports a weight of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member with respect to the frame, and a holding unit that holds the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member so as to be movable in the plane parallel to the emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori, Kazuo Kadowaki, Takumi Kijima
  • Publication number: 20110116057
    Abstract: A reflector mounting structure includes a reflector and a fixing member. The reflector includes: a reflecting surface; a reflector body having the reflecting surface formed thereon; a pair of first connecting units provided respectively at an end face of the reflector body and having a substantially spherical first protrusion at an end thereof; and a second connecting unit provided at an end face of the reflector body. The fixing member which supports the reflector includes a pair of first supporting units respectively having a planar contact portion and bringing the contact portion into contact with an end of the first protrusion, and a second supporting unit. A contact-portion vertical distance is set such that the first protrusion moves while rolling with respect to a contact portion when the reflector deforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Satoru OKAGAKI, Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori
  • Patent number: 7880965
    Abstract: In a projection-type image display device, a driven member of a screen is displaced in a plane parallel to the screen. The driven member can be a Fresnel lens or a diffusing member. An elastic retaining unit holds the driven member in such a manner as to be capable of moving in the plane parallel to the screen, and a pair of driving sources applies driving forces in mutually intersecting directions to the driven member. A control circuit drives the pair of driving sources with driving waveforms having a prescribed phase difference therebetween so that the driven member makes continuous motion in a plane parallel to the screen when an image is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Michimori, Norihiro Watanabe, Masao Narita, Hideaki Arita
  • Patent number: 7872801
    Abstract: The Fresnel lens sheet according to the present invention has a plurality of prismatic Fresnel lens elements including a Fresnel facet, a riser facet, and a top facet crossing the facet and the riser facet on an entrance surface. An angle of the top facet of each Fresnel lens element constituting the lens relative to the an exit surface, ?1, is determined so that an exit angle of the light that has entered each of the top facets and exits from the exit surface, ?, is greater than 35 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniko Kojima, Hayato Takeuchi, Norihiro Watanabe, Yuzo Nakano, Takao Endo
  • Publication number: 20100328622
    Abstract: A projection image display apparatus is provided which is capable of preventing misregistration in an on-screen image. A main frame assembly holds together an optical engine that modulates light emitted from a light source and a screen on which light emitted from the optical engine is projected, and the main frame assembly is configured to be supported by a bottom frame formed by a separate structure, whereby distortion having occurred at the bottom frame is caused not to transmit to the main frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Norihiro WATANABE, Satoru Okagaki, Atsushi Michimori, Norichika Sugano, Kazuo Kadowaki, Tomomi Matsui
  • Patent number: 7708239
    Abstract: A turntable includes a rotatable member rotatable together with a display portion about a predetermined axis line, a fixed member disposed on one side of the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line, a first friction plate whose rotation about the axis line is restricted by the rotatable member (and movable relative to the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line), and a second friction plate whose rotation about the axis line is restricted by the fixed member (and movable relative to the fixed member in a direction of the axis line). The first friction plate and the second friction plate are disposed between the fixed member and the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line. At least, a sliding contact portion between the fixed member and the first friction plate, a sliding contact portion between the first friction plate and the second friction plate, and a sliding contact portion between the second friction plate and the rotatable member are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori, Tetsuji Homma, Masumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100020395
    Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus includes an optical engine that emits a light according to image signal, a Fresnel lens on which the light emitted by the optical engine is incident and emitting the light as a parallel light, and a diffusion member that diffuses the parallel light emitted by the Fresnel lens. The projection type image display apparatus further includes a driving unit that moves the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member in a plane parallel to an emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member, a frame the supports the Fresnel lens, the diffusion member and the driving unit, a resilient supporting body that supports a weight of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member with respect to the frame, and a holding unit that holds the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member so as to be movable in the plane parallel to the emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro WATANABE, Atsushi Michimori, Kazuo Kadowaki, Takumi Kijima
  • Patent number: 7652712
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of an image capturing apparatus such as a camera for mobile phone and the like, and has an object to obtain a three axis lens shifting mechanism capable of achieving size reduction and cost reduction with simple structure and an image capturing apparatus equipped with such three axis lens shifting mechanism. A single magnetic circuit exerts an influence of a magnetic field produced by magnets (20) upon active sides of a focusing coil (14) and active sides of coils (10a), (10b). Therefore, movable parts (11+17) can be driven in the direction of optical axis (Z) only by controlling the direction of energizing the focusing coil (14), and further, a first movable part (11) can be driven in a first direction (X) or second direction (direction of rotation) (Y) only by combination of the directions of energizing the coils (10a), (10b). This allows the sharing of the magnetic circuit and an electromagnetic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Noriyuki Komori, Atsushi Michimori, Hideki Kunishio
  • Patent number: 7652819
    Abstract: A Fresnel lens collimates a light modulated by an image signal and outputs a collimated light. A diffusion member diffuses the collimated light and outputs a diffused light. A driver continually moves the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member on a predetermined trajectory within a plane parallel with a screen. A spring member couples the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member with a casing, including a first deformation plane flexible in a first direction within the plane, and a second deformation plane flexible in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction within the plane, while it is not flexible in a direction perpendicular to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Daisuke Echizenya, Atsushi Michimori, Tomohiro Sasagawa, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20090135480
    Abstract: The Fresnel lens sheet according to the present invention has a plurality of prismatic Fresnel lens elements including a Fresnel facet, a riser facet, and a top facet crossing the facet and the riser facet on an entrance surface. An angle of the top facet of each Fresnel lens element constituting the lens relative to the an exit surface, ?1, is determined so that an exit angle of the light that has entered each of the top facets and exits from the exit surface, ?, is greater than 35 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniko Kojima, Hayato Takeuchi, Norihiro Watanabe, Yuzou Nakano, Takao Endo
  • Publication number: 20090109530
    Abstract: In a projection-type image display device, a driven member of a screen is displaced in a plane parallel to the screen. The driven member can be a Fresnel lens or a diffusing member. An elastic retaining unit holds the driven member in such a manner as to be capable of moving in the plane parallel to the screen, and a pair of driving sources applies driving forces in mutually intersecting directions to the driven member. A control circuit drives the pair of driving sources with driving waveforms having a prescribed phase difference therebetween so that the driven member makes continuous motion in a plane parallel to the screen when an image is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Atsushi MICHIMORI, Norihiro WATANABE, Masao NARITA, Hideaki ARITA
  • Publication number: 20080252968
    Abstract: A Fresnel lens collimates a light modulated by an image signal and outputs a collimated light. A diffusion member diffuses the collimated light and outputs a diffused light. A driver continually moves the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member on a predetermined trajectory within a plane parallel with a screen. A spring member couples the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member with a casing, including a first deformation plane flexible in a first direction within the plane, and a second deformation plane flexible in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction within the plane, while it is not flexible in a direction perpendicular to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Daisuke Echizenya, Atsushi Michimori, Tomohiro Sasagawa, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20080068489
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of an image capturing apparatus such as a camera for mobile phone and the like, and has an object to obtain a three axis lens shifting mechanism capable of achieving size reduction and cost reduction with simple structure and an image capturing apparatus equipped with such three axis lens shifting mechanism. A single magnetic circuit exerts an influence of a magnetic field produced by magnets (20) upon active sides of a focusing coil (14) and active sides of coils (10a), (10b). Therefore, movable parts (11+17) can be driven in the direction of optical axis (Z) only by controlling the direction of energizing the focusing coil (14), and further, a first movable part (11) can be driven in a first direction (X) or second direction (direction of rotation) (Y) only by combination of the directions of energizing the coils (10a), (10b). This allows the sharing of the magnetic circuit and an electromagnetic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Noriyuki Komori, Atsushi Michimori, Hideki Kunishio
  • Publication number: 20080006748
    Abstract: A turntable includes a rotatable member rotatable together with a display portion about a predetermined axis line, a fixed member disposed on one side of the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line, a first friction plate whose rotation about the axis line is restricted by the rotatable member (and movable relative to the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line), and a second friction plate whose rotation about the axis line is restricted by the fixed member (and movable relative to the fixed member in a direction of the axis line). The first friction plate and the second friction plate are disposed between the fixed member and the rotatable member in a direction of the axis line. At least, a sliding contact portion between the fixed member and the first friction plate, a sliding contact portion between the first friction plate and the second friction plate, and a sliding contact portion between the second friction plate and the rotatable member are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori, Tetsuji Homma, Masumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7287430
    Abstract: A method of connecting hollow conductors with a brazing alloy employs a measuring mechanism 10 for measuring a connecting state of a connecting portion after brazing hollow conductors. The measuring mechanism comprises a scanner 101 and a holder 19, which are separated in advance, so that the mechanism can be installed in a narrow space. A display mechanism 20 displays measuring results as tow-dimensional patterns, and the evaluation mechanism 30 evaluate the connecting portions by an area of the defects and an integral length of sound portions. A judgment mechanism 40 evaluates relative relation of the measuring results with causes-and-defects, which are previously stored, and shows the cause of the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Sukeda, Yasuaki Kageyama, Norihiro Watanabe, Shinya Odajima, Hideo Tanahashi, Masahiro Koike, Yoshinori Musha, Kazutoshi Ikeda