Patents by Inventor Taku Hirano

Taku Hirano 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: 20190351175
    Abstract: In an oxygen concentrator, a housing has a through hole formed therein, and a handle portion provided adjacent to the through hole. The through hole is formed so as to extend toward an other side in an axial direction of the housing from a first opening, the first opening being defined at least by a back-side end of a top face portion, two extension portions, and an upper end of the handle portion, and has an interior space continuously extending between the first opening and a second opening defined at least by a lower end of the handle portion and an upper end of the back face main body portion and disposed on the other side in the axial direction with respect to the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori SUDA, Taku HIRANO, Keiko NII
  • Patent number: 8754728
    Abstract: A relay includes: a pair of fixed terminals, each being arranged to have a fixed contact on a one-end face; a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts; and a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member. In a moving direction of the movable contact member, a side where the fixed contacts are located is called a first side, and a side where the movable contacts are located is called a second side. The movable contact member includes: a center section located between the pair of movable contacts and located on the second side relative to the movable contacts; and a pair of extended sections located between the center section and the pair of movable contacts and extended in a direction including a component of the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima, Taku Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130214882
    Abstract: A relay includes: a pair of fixed terminals, each being arranged to have a fixed contact on a one-end face; a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts; and a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member. In a moving direction of the movable contact member, a side where the fixed contacts are located is called a first side, and a side where the movable contacts are located is called a second side. The movable contact member includes: a center section located between the pair of movable contacts and located on the second side relative to the movable contacts; and a pair of extended sections located between the center section and the pair of movable contacts and extended in a direction including a component of the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Youichi Hattori, Norihiko Nadanami, Ryuji Inoue, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Takio Kojima, Taku Hirano
  • Patent number: D854161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Suda, Taku Hirano, Keisuke Hatta, Keiko Nii
  • Patent number: D861874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taku Hirano, Masanori Suda, Keiko Nii, Keisuke Hatta