Patents by Inventor Takuya Amano

Takuya Amano 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: 20240045313
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a flow path including a flow direction diverter that changes the direction of air flow, a heat dissipation member including first fins, second fins, and third fins disposed in the flow path, and an object to be cooled connected to the heat dissipation member. The first fins are pin-shaped fins disposed in the flow direction diverter in the flow path, the second fins are plate-shaped fins disposed in a section of the flow path downstream of the flow direction diverter, and the third fins are plate-shaped fins disposed in a section of the flow path upstream of the flow direction diverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki ZEMBUTSU, Norikazu KANEDA, Yuuji MATSUO, Tatsuya SATO, Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20240048827
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus includes a first object to be cooled, a second object to be cooled, and a heat dissipation member including a first connection part connected to the first object to be cooled, a second connection part connected to the second object to be cooled, and a first fin, The first connection part is provided at a position closer to the first fin than the second connection part, The heat dissipation member includes a cutout in a portion between the second connection part and the first fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya AMANO, Norikazu KANEDA, Yuuji MATSUO, Tatsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240048828
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an object to be cooled, a heat dissipation member, a first heat conductive sheet including a first heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a first heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, a second heat conductive sheet including a second heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a second heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, and an elastic member that biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part and maintains connection between the first heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled and between the second heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled. The elastic member biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part overlapping each other toward the object to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SATO, Takuya AMANO, Yuuji MATSUO, Norikazu KANEDA, Shunsuke ITAYA
  • Publication number: 20230175585
    Abstract: A gasket and a sealing structure that are capable of stabilizing posture of the gasket installed in a narrow space. A gasket main body has: an annular lip portion pressed by a facing surface of a second member facing a first member so that the lip portion is in close contact with the facing surface while being bent inward; a first annular protrusion in close contact with an end surface of the mount portion facing the second member; and a second annular protrusion provided inward with respect to the first annular protrusion and in close contact with the end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya AMANO
  • Patent number: 11588959
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a duct; a fan that generates a flow of air in the duct; first, second, and third cooling targets; a first heat sink that absorbs heat of the first cooling target and includes first fins exposed in the duct; a second heat sink that absorbs heat of the second cooling target and includes second fins exposed in the duct; and a third heat sink that absorbs heat of the third cooling target and includes third fins exposed in the duct. The first, second and third fins extend in different directions from one another, as viewed in a direction of the flow of air in the duct, as far as each of the fins gets close to another fin with a predetermined distance apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Amano
  • Patent number: 11516373
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a lens attachment portion to which a lens is attached; an image sensor on which light transmitted through a lens attached to the lens attachment portion is incident; a heat transfer members configured to support the image sensor and to absorb heat of the image sensor; a main frame including a duct in which outside air flows and provided with a through hole through which a part of the heat transfer member passes; a fan arranged in the duct; a front frames configured to support the lens attachment portion and the heat transfer members and to be attached to the main frame; and a seal member configured to block a flow of outside air from inside the duct toward the image sensor through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Amano
  • Publication number: 20220286593
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a lens attachment portion to which a lens is attached; an image sensor on which light transmitted through a lens attached to the lens attachment portion is incident; a heat transfer members configured to support the image sensor and to absorb heat of the image sensor; a main frame including a duct in which outside air flows and provided with a through hole through which a part of the heat transfer member passes; a fan arranged in the duct; a front frames configured to support the lens attachment portion and the heat transfer members and to be attached to the main frame; and a seal member configured to block a flow of outside air from inside the duct toward the image sensor through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20220286585
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a duct; a fan that generates a flow of air in the duct; first, second, and third cooling targets; a first heat sink that absorbs heat of the first cooling target and includes first fins exposed in the duct; a second heat sink that absorbs heat of the second cooling target and includes second fins exposed in the duct; and a third heat sink that absorbs heat of the third cooling target and includes third fins exposed in the duct. The first, second and third fins extend in different directions from one another, as viewed in a direction of the flow of air in the duct, as far as each of the fins gets close to another fin with a predetermined distance apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Takuya AMANO
  • Patent number: 11256160
    Abstract: An eyecup of an eyecup mounting mechanism includes an eye rubber, a fixing member that holds the eye rubber in a predetermined position, a movable member held movably by the fixing member, and an elastic member that presses the movable member against the fixing member to fix the movable member to the fixing member, and wherein a mounting member provided in the camera body is fitted between the fixing member and the movable member against a pressing force of the elastic member, and the mounting member is sandwiched by the fixing member and the movable member, for the purpose of providing a highly reliable eyecup mounting mechanism and an optical apparatus including the eyecup mounting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Oki, Takuya Amano
  • Publication number: 20210333687
    Abstract: An eyecup of an eyecup mounting mechanism includes an eye rubber, a fixing member that holds the eye rubber in a predetermined position, a movable member held movably by the fixing member, and an elastic member that presses the movable member against the fixing member to fix the movable member to the fixing member, and wherein a mounting member provided in the camera body is fitted between the fixing member and the movable member against a pressing force of the elastic member, and the mounting member is sandwiched by the fixing member and the movable member, for the purpose of providing a highly reliable eyecup mounting mechanism and an optical apparatus including the eyecup mounting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro OKI, Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20210164570
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus using a gasket in which a gasket main body is integrally formed with a reinforcing ring, the gasket main body has a one-end-side seal bead and an other-end-side seal bead which are positioned on one end side and another end side of the reinforcing ring in an axial direction and are oriented in directions facing away from each other in the axial direction, the one-end-side seal bead is closely contacted on a bottom surfaced of an attachment recessed part formed in a housing, and the other-end-side seal bead is closely contacted on a cover which closes the attachment recessed part of the housing, wherein in a state of being attached in the attachment recessed part with the cover removed from the housing, at least a part of an outer peripheral portion of the gasket serves as a supportable portion by providing a flange consecutively provided on an outer periphery side of the reinforcing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya AMANO, Masasuke UCHIYAMA, Yuki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10612660
    Abstract: The invention provides a gasket having sealing lips in axial both ends of a gasket body in which a reinforcing ring is embedded. The gasket, has a structure in which the gasket body is displaced to the one axial side within the mounting groove when pressure acts on the gasket because the rigidity of a second sealing lip is set to be higher than the rigidity of a first sealing lip or a reinforcing ring is disposed closer to the one axial side within the gasket body. Furthermore, a seal bead which is brought into close contact to the bottom surface of the mounting groove when mounted is provided in the gasket body and a space portion surrounded by the second sealing lip, the seal bead, and the bottom surface and the other side surface of the mounting groove when mounted is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokunori Yanagi, Masasuke Uchiyama, Takuya Amano, Yuki Nakagawa, Naoki Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20190032783
    Abstract: The invention provides a gasket having sealing lips in axial both ends of a gasket body in which a reinforcing ring is embedded. The gasket, has a structure in which the gasket body is displaced to the one axial side within the mounting groove when pressure acts on the gasket because the rigidity of a second sealing lip is set to be higher than the rigidity of a first sealing lip or a reinforcing ring is disposed closer to the one axial side within the gasket body. Furthermore, a seal bead which is brought into close contact to the bottom surface of the mounting groove when mounted is provided in the gasket body and a space portion surrounded by the second sealing lip, the seal bead, and the bottom surface and the other side surface of the mounting groove when mounted is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokunori YANAGI, Masasuke UCHIYAMA, Takuya AMANO, Yuki NAKAGAWA, Naoki HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20190024796
    Abstract: A gasket includes an annular gasket base and an outer circumferential seal that adheres along an outer circumferential edge portion of the gasket base. The outer circumferential seal includes a sandwiched portion that is sandwiched between opposing end surfaces of two members together with the gasket base, and a bulging rim portion that bulges outwards from outer surfaces of the two members over the whole circumferences of the outer surfaces, when the gasket base is sandwiched between the opposing end surfaces of the two members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20180094568
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water jacket spacer that can prevent cooling water from entering the space between the water jacket spacer and a bore side inner wall face of a water jacket by a simple structure and can facilitate mounting work into the water jacket. Provided is a water jacket spacer 1 that is inserted into a water jacket 102 and regulates the flow of cooling water flowing into the water jacket 102 from a cooling water inflow port 105a. The water jacket spacer 1 includes a first seal lip 13 that is arranged on the upper end of a spacer main body 10 and is in contact with a bore side inner wall face 102a of the water jacket 102 to seal a gap formed between the bore side inner wall face 102a and the spacer main body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Tokunori YANAGI, Takuya AMANO
  • Patent number: 9729768
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic member, a plate having a fastening part, the fastening part having a tubular shape and projecting outward with respect to the electronic member when the plate is arranged outside the electronic member, a case having a hole whose diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the fastening part, the fastening part being inserted into the hole, and a fastening member attached to the fastening part from outside of the case with the fastening part inserted into the hole. A part of the electronic member is located on the axis of the fastening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Amano, Miyuki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20150341530
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic member, a plate having a fastening part, the fastening part having a tubular shape and projecting outward with respect to the electronic member when the plate is arranged outside the electronic member, a case having a hole whose diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the fastening part, the fastening part being inserted into the hole, and a fastening member attached to the fastening part from outside of the case with the fastening part inserted into the hole. A part of the electronic member is located on the axis of the fastening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya AMANO, Miyuki NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 6061925
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a rotary type heat treatment device wherein, when a material to be sintered is continuously and stably sintered in a container, the material in the container is stably detected for a long period of time, and a temperature control method for the device. In order to perform temperature control with high accuracy, the inside of a container 6 is divided with screws 18 into temperatures control regions (1) through (6). Heat-resisting protective tubes 20, which are provided on the inner cylindrical wall of the container in such a manner that they are juxtaposed, and complementary thermocouples, are extended to the respective temperature control regions and are bent laterally. The temperature detecting sections 25 of the thermocouples that are led out of the protective pipes 20 are covered with heat-resisting material, and transmit electrical signals outside through a current collecting section consisting of a slip ring and brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Amano, Akira Kondo, Ken Takizawa