Patents by Inventor Takatsugu KAWABATA

Takatsugu KAWABATA 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: 10551726
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus which is held in a state of being suspended from a mounting bracket fixed to a ceiling surface and emits illumination light is provided, and the lighting apparatus includes: an illumination light source for generating the illumination light disposed inside a housing; a projector disposed in an inner space of the housing and configured to project an image onto a projection surface; and a lint disposed in an upper portion inside the housing, wherein an air intake and an air outlet are formed at such positions in the housing that air flow generated by the fan is sucked from a lower portion of the housing, passes upward through a vicinity of the illumination light source and the projector, and is exhausted from the upper portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Watanabe, Takatsugu Kawabata, Nobuyuki Kaku, Shinji Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20190079374
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus which is held in a state of being suspended from a mounting bracket fixed to a ceiling surface and emits illumination light is provided, and the lighting apparatus includes: an illumination light source for generating the illumination light disposed inside a housing; a projector disposed in an inner space of the housing and configured to project an image onto a projection surface; and a lint disposed in an upper portion inside the housing, wherein an air intake and an air outlet are formed at such positions in the housing that air flow generated by the fan is sucked from a lower portion of the housing, passes upward through a vicinity of the illumination light source and the projector, and is exhausted from the upper portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuyuki WATANABE, Takatsugu KAWABATA, Nobuyuki KAKU, Shinji SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: 9857669
    Abstract: A projection type image display device to be used with a mobile terminal has a housing with an upper side case having a reflective mirror attached thereto and an openable mirror cover formed thereon and a lower side case having a plurality of air exhausting openings provided on a side wall surface thereof. A light source is provided for shining image light that has been magnified and projected onto the reflective mirror; and an image is magnified and projected on the basis of the light from the light source. An optical system is disposed within the lower side case parallel to the bottom surface of the case along a central axis of the device, and also an image processing unit, which includes the light source, and a power supply unit are disposed within the lower case symmetrically with the optical system as the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Takafumi Ishizu, Takatsugu Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20160161834
    Abstract: A projection type image display device to be used with a mobile terminal has a housing with an upper side case having a reflective mirror attached thereto and an openable mirror cover formed thereon and a lower side case having a plurality of air exhausting openings provided on a side wall surface thereof. A light source is provided for shining image light that has been magnified and projected onto the reflective mirror; and an image is magnified and projected on the basis of the light from the light source. An optical system is disposed within the lower side case parallel to the bottom surface of the case along a central axis of the device, and also an image processing unit, which includes the light source, and a power supply unit are disposed within the lower case symmetrically with the optical system as the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Takafumi ISHIZU, Takatsugu KAWABATA
  • Patent number: D827693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Kaku, Takatsugu Kawabata, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Tamaki Iwamiya
  • Patent number: D828864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Kaku, Takatsugu Kawabata, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Tamaki Iwamiya
  • Patent number: D844043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Kaku, Takatsugu Kawabata, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D848517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Shibuya, Nobuyuki Kaku, Takatsugu Kawabata, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Ishikawa