Patents by Inventor Shoji Okazaki

Shoji Okazaki 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: 20050094107
    Abstract: A projector device adapted to project an image-forming beam using a lamp as a light source. The lamp is installed within a rectangular parallelepipedal housing, and an exhaust fan is disposed to the rear of the lamp. The top wall of the housing surrounding the lamp is given an opening pattern asymmetric about the optical axis of the lamp by forming an air inlet opening in a position deviated from the optical axis toward a direction orthogonal to the axis for producing a swirling air current within the housing by operating the exhaust fan. The lamp can be effectively cooled with reduced quantities of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Gishi, Fumihiko Hamada, Shoji Okazaki, Takaharu Adachi, Taichi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Uchiyama, Mitsuhiro Masuda, Michihiro Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20050088628
    Abstract: A projector device adapted to project an image-forming beam using a lamp as a light source. The lamp is installed within a rectangular parallelepipedal housing, and an exhaust fan is disposed to the rear of the lamp. The top wall of the housing surrounding the lamp is given an opening pattern asymmetric about the optical axis of the lamp by forming an air inlet opening in a position deviated from the optical axis toward a direction orthogonal to the axis for producing a swirling air current within the housing by operating the exhaust fan. The lamp can be effectively cooled with reduced quantities of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Gishi, Fumihiko Hamada, Shoji Okazaki, Takaharu Adachi, Taichi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Uchiyama, Mitsuhiro Masuda, Michihiro Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20050088627
    Abstract: A projector device adapted to project an image-forming beam using a lamp as a light source. The lamp is installed within a rectangular parallelepipedal housing, and an exhaust fan is disposed to the rear of the lamp. The top wall of the housing surrounding the lamp is given an opening pattern asymmetric about the optical axis of the lamp by forming an air inlet opening in a position deviated from the optical axis toward a direction orthogonal to the axis for producing a swirling air current within the housing by operating the exhaust fan. The lamp can be effectively cooled with reduced quantities of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Gishi, Fumihiko Hamada, Shoji Okazaki, Takaharu Adachi, Taichi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Uchiyama, Mitsuhiro Masuda, Michihiro Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 6837583
    Abstract: A projector device adapted to project an image-forming beam using a lamp as a light source. The lamp is installed within a rectangular parallelepipedal housing, and an exhaust fan is disposed to the rear of the lamp. The top wall of the housing surrounding the lamp is given an opening pattern asymmetric about the optical axis of the lamp by forming an air inlet opening in a position deviated from the optical axis toward a direction orthogonal to the axis for producing a swirling air current within the housing by operating the exhaust fan. The lamp can be effectively cooled with reduced quantities of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Gishi, Fumihiko Hamada, Shoji Okazaki, Takaharu Adachi, Taichi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Uchiyama, Mitsuhiro Masuda, Michihiro Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20040109142
    Abstract: The invention provides a projector device adapted to project an image-forming beam using a lamp 5 as a light source. The lamp 5 is installed within a rectangular parallelepipedal housing 41b, and an exhaust fan 40 is disposed to the rear of the lamp 5. The top wall of the housing 41b surrounding the lamp 5 is given an opening pattern asymmetric about the optical axis of the lamp 5 by forming an air inlet opening 45 in a position deviated from the optical axis toward a direction orthogonal to the axis for producing a swirling air current within the housing 41b by operating the exhaust fan 40. The lamp 5 can be effectively cooled with reduced quantities of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Gishi, Fumihiko Hamada, Shoji Okazaki, Takaharu Adachi, Taichi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Uchiyama, Mitsuhiro Masuda, Michihiro Kurokawa