Patents by Inventor Takenori Shibata

Takenori Shibata 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: 6800009
    Abstract: To provide a bulb-form lamp including a few compartments, which can be easily fitted in a socket of a lighting equipment and reliably carry out electrical contact between a shell and the socket of the lighting equipment. The bulb-form lamp includes a shell surrounding one end of a casing, and the shell is molded integrally with one end of the casing to make contact with an outer surface of the casing leaving substantially no gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuba, Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Takenori Shibata, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6734633
    Abstract: In a bulb-form lamp, a threaded portion 31 of a lamp cap 5, that is, a shell 30 is made of a conductive resin. The conductive resin shell 30 and an eyelet 50 constituting the lamp cap 5 are composite parts, which are molded integrally with a lamp case 20. A part of the conductive resin shell 30 is provided with a terminal connective portion 30a projecting into the lamp case 20. The terminal connective portion 30a is connected with an electrode terminal 40 led out of a printed circuit board 13 of a lighting circuit 14 so that the conductive resin shell 30 and the lighting circuit 14 are electrically connected. By doing so, it is possible to simplify the assembly of bulb-form lamp, and to reduce an assembly cost, and further, to manufacture a bulb-form lamp having a high quality and a lamp case for the bulb-form lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignees: Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Shinsei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuba, Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Masato Kawase, Tsuneo Miyata, Tomotaka Arikawa, Takenori Shibata, Haruyuki Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 6717341
    Abstract: A bulb-form lamp allows a lighting circuit and an eyelet to be easily and reliably connected together without using any soldering or plasma arc welding or lead wires, prevents a lighting failure caused by an inappropriate contact, and reduces costs while improving productive efficiency. A case having a lighting circuit accommodated inside includes a base formed at an end portion thereof and having an eyelet and a screw-like shell. The lighting circuit and the eyelet are connected together without any lead wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuba, Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Takenori Shibata, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6525455
    Abstract: To provide a bulb-form lamp including a few compartments, which can be easily fitted in a socket of a lighting equipment and reliably carry out electrical contact between a shell and the socket of the lighting equipment. The bulb-form lamp includes a shell surrounding one end of a casing, and the shell is molded integrally with one end of the casing to make contact with an outer surface of the casing leaving substantially no gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuba, Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Takenori Shibata, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20020195918
    Abstract: To provide a bulb-form lamp including a few compartments, which can be easily fitted in a socket of a lighting equipment and reliably carry out electrical contact between a shell and the socket of the lighting equipment. The bulb-form lamp includes a shell surrounding one end of a casing, and the shell is molded integrally with one end of the casing to make contact with an outer surface of the casing leaving substantially no gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Matsuba, Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Takenori Shibata, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6414423
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes an arc tube 2 made of a glass, a holder 3 made of a heat-resistant resin for supporting the arc tube, and a case 5 having a base 6 and combined with the holder. The glass of the arc tube has light transmittance of 70% or less with respect to a wavelength of 340 nm, 50% or less with respect to 330 nm, and 15% or less with respect to 310 nm. The glass suppresses vaporization of the resin of the holder due to heat and ultraviolet ray emitted from the arc tube, thereby preventing adhesion of scattered resin to the inner surface of a globe of a lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Shibata, Toshihiro Terada
  • Publication number: 20020000770
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes an arc tube 2 made of a glass, a holder 3 made of a heat-resistant resin for supporting the arc tube, and a case 5 having a base 6 and combined with the holder. The glass of the arc tube has light transmittance of 70% or less with respect to a wavelength of 340 nm, 50% or less with respect to 330 nm, and 15% or less with respect to 310 nm. The glass suppresses vaporization of the resin of the holder due to heat and ultraviolet ray emitted from the arc tube, thereby preventing adhesion of scattered resin to the inner surface of a globe of a lighting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Shibata, Toshihiro Terada
  • Patent number: 5189474
    Abstract: A developing apparatus of the type including a developing roller disposed in a development box, a stirring roller parallel spaced apart from the developing roller, and a toner replenisher pipe disposed in the stirring roller, wherein the stirring roller has a substantially hollow cylindrical shape and includes a plurality of axial ribs extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stirring roller and disposed equidistantly from the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of helical blades integral with the axial ribs and skewed relative to the longitudinal axis of the stirring roller, said hollow cylindrical stirring roller being composed of at least two identical segments which are divided by a plane extending through said longitudinal axis of said stirring roller. The stirring roller is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Miya, Takenori Shibata, Yoshihiro Komatsu, Hiromichi Miyoshi, Tadashi Hirata, Yoshio Taniguchi, Takuo Kobayashi