Patents by Inventor Shiroshi Okubo

Shiroshi Okubo 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: 5617659
    Abstract: A construction member includes a square frame. The frame is formed of a front frame and a back frame. A plate is secured to the inner side of an edge of the front frame. A glass tube constituting a visually perceptible part in the form of a letter or a pattern is secured to the back surface of the plate by an adhesive consisting of thermosetting resin having self-extinguish property. An electrode tube is formed at one end of the glass tube and the other end thereof. The glass tube encloses inert gas such as neon gas. A printed layer is formed on one main surface of the plate as another visually perceptible part by silk printing method or the like. The frame accommodates a reflective panel formed of stainless steel plate by spacing the reflective panel at a determined interval from the plate. A transformer for illuminating the glass tube is mounted on the back surface of the reflective panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Monc Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiroshi Okubo
  • Patent number: 5446634
    Abstract: A construction member includes an external frame portion made of polycarbonate resin with connection holes formed along its periphery. The front face of the external frame portion has attached thereto a freely removable panel made of, for example, a first plate of transparent glass having a concave portion and a flat second plate. Between the first plate and the second plate there is formed a continuous hollow portion, which, as a figure plate, contains a letter, pattern, or the like. The continuous hollow portion is charged with, for example, neon gas and has attached thereto two electrode tubes. The external frame portion has formed therein, at a distance from the panel, a partitioning member containing a reflective sheet freely removably attached to the surface thereof formed, for example, of aluminum foil or synthetic resin film. The continuous hollow portion is luminous as a voltage is applied to two electrode tubes and the image emitted is reflected by the reflective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Inventor: Shiroshi Okubo