Patents by Inventor Satoru Nagarekawa

Satoru Nagarekawa 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: 20240260231
    Abstract: A flow path diagnosis method includes: acquiring the number of rotations of a pump configured to send a refrigerant for cooling a cooling target to a flow path through which the refrigerant circulates; acquiring an environmental temperature; setting a first threshold value as a threshold value of the number of rotations when the environmental temperature is lower than a first temperature; setting a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value as the threshold value when the environmental temperature is equal to or higher than the first temperature; determining that the flow path is normal when the number of rotations is less than the threshold value; and determining that the flow path is abnormal when the number of rotations is equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai FURUKAWA, Kazunori MAETA, Shohei SHIMOMA, Satoru NAGAREKAWA
  • Patent number: 9841663
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source, a light source enclosure that accommodates the light source and has a plurality of openings formed therein in a circumferential direction around an optical axis of the light source, a channel having an introduction port through which air is introduced from outside of the light source enclosure, the channel allowed to communicate with the plurality of openings, and an opening/closing mechanism that rotates around the optical axis to selectively open and close the plurality of openings, and the opening/closing mechanism has an opening/closing section that opens and closes the plurality of openings in a first posture in which the optical axis extends along a horizontal plane in such a way that upper openings located on a vertically upper side are open and at least part of lower openings located on a vertically lower side is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Miyata, Masahiro Saito, Satoru Nagarekawa
  • Publication number: 20160259233
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source, a light source enclosure that accommodates the light source and has a plurality of openings formed therein in a circumferential direction around an optical axis of the light source, a channel having an introduction port through which air is introduced from outside of the light source enclosure, the channel allowed to communicate with the plurality of openings, and an opening/closing mechanism that rotates around the optical axis to selectively open and close the plurality of openings, and the opening/closing mechanism has an opening/closing section that opens and closes the plurality of openings in a first posture in which the optical axis extends along a horizontal plane in such a way that upper openings located on a vertically upper side are open and at least part of lower openings located on a vertically lower side is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro MIYATA, Masahiro SAITO, Satoru NAGAREKAWA
  • Patent number: 9420244
    Abstract: A reflective polarizing plate apparatus includes a reflective polarizing plate that transmits first linearly polarized light and reflects second linearly polarized light polarized in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the first linearly polarized light is polarized, a holding member that accommodates and holds the reflective polarizing plate, and a first biasing member that biases a glass surface of the reflective polarizing plate accommodated in the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Wakabayashi, Hirohisa Nakano, Satoru Nagarekawa
  • Patent number: 8523365
    Abstract: A light source device includes: an arc tube having a bulb portion and a sealing portion; a reflector which fixes the arc tube; and a holding portion which holds the reflector, wherein the holding portion includes an inlet port, a partition provided between the inlet port and the arc tube, a pair of passages to which diverges in the partition and can circulate the cooling air to the arc tube, a first opening provided in the partition, and a shutter which is provided on that side of the partition where the inlet port is located, rotates about a rotation axis, and blocks a lower passage of the pair of passages, and on that side of the shutter where the rotation axis is located, a second opening is provided so as to overlap the first opening as seen from the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagarekawa, Kiyotaka Nakano
  • Publication number: 20130016322
    Abstract: A reflective polarizing plate apparatus includes a reflective polarizing plate that transmits first linearly polarized light and reflects second linearly polarized light polarized in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the first linearly polarized light is polarized, a holding member that accommodates and holds the reflective polarizing plate, and a first biasing member that biases a glass surface of the reflective polarizing plate accommodated in the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Wakabayashi, Hirohisa Nakano, Satoru Nagarekawa
  • Patent number: 8157386
    Abstract: In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagarekawa, Eiji Morikuni, Nobutaka Minefuji, Masayuki Okoshi
  • Patent number: 8113664
    Abstract: In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagarekawa, Eiji Morikuni, Nobutaka Minefuji, Masayuki Okoshi
  • Publication number: 20120019790
    Abstract: A light source device includes: an arc tube having a bulb portion and a sealing portion; a reflector which fixes the arc tube; and a holding portion which holds the reflector, wherein the holding portion includes an inlet port, a partition provided between the inlet port and the arc tube, a pair of passages to which diverges in the partition and can circulate the cooling air to the arc tube, a first opening provided in the partition, and a shutter which is provided on that side of the partition where the inlet port is located, rotates about a rotation axis, and blocks a lower passage of the pair of passages, and on that side of the shutter where the rotation axis is located, a second opening is provided so as to overlap the first opening as seen from the inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagarekawa, Kiyotaka Nakano
  • Publication number: 20110317135
    Abstract: In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAREKAWA, Eiji MORIKUNI, Nobutaka MINEFUJI, Masayuki OKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20090231555
    Abstract: In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAREKAWA, Eiji MORIKUNI, Nobutaka MINEFUJI, Masayuki OKOSHI
  • Patent number: 7497594
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: a lamp device that includes a lamp body, which is a light source, and a concave reflector for reflecting light emitted from the lamp body; and a lens member that has a planar optical surface and a nonplanar optical surface opposite to the planar optical surface and is provided on an emission side of the lamp device. In the illuminating device, the lens member is arranged such that a normal line of the planar optical surface is slightly inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an optical axis of the lamp device. The lens member is arranged such that light beams substantially parallel to the optical axis are incident on the planar optical surface, and a filter that reflects at least one of an ultraviolet ray and an infrared ray is provided on the planar optical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Nagarekawa, Hisashi Iechika, Hisamaro Kato
  • Publication number: 20070230157
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: a lamp device that includes a lamp body, which is a light source, and a concave reflector for reflecting light emitted from the lamp body; and a lens member that has a planar optical surface and a nonplanar optical surface opposite to the planar optical surface and is provided on an emission side of the lamp device. In the illuminating device, the lens member is arranged such that a normal line of the planar optical surface is slightly inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an optical axis of the lamp device. The lens member is arranged such that light beams substantially parallel to the optical axis are incident on the planar optical surface, and a filter that reflects at least one of an ultraviolet ray and an infrared ray is provided on the planar optical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru NAGAREKAWA, Hisashi IECHIKA, Hisamaro KATO
  • Patent number: D788837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Miyata, Daiki Yuto, Masahiro Saito, Satoru Nagarekawa