Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Oketani

Tetsuya Oketani 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: 8746916
    Abstract: A showcase comprising an illumination apparatus which includes a shade member constituted of a light-transmitting front wall positioned on the side of the light emitting surfaces of LED elements, and a back wall positioned on the side of a substrate provided with the LED elements, the front wall comprising a curved portion having an arc-like section and a pair of flat portions extended continuously from both ends of the curved portion to intersect with the back wall at an acute angle, corner portions where the flat portions intersect with the back wall being a pair of engaging portions; and a holder provided with a plurality of engagement portions and the like with which the engaging portions are disengageably engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Hiroshi Okumura, Yoichi Amari
  • Patent number: 8382499
    Abstract: There is disclosed a power connection apparatus which can secure connection between a power socket and a power plug with a simple constitution and which can simplify the connecting operation properties thereof. A handle rotatably attached to the power plug having terminals includes engaging claw disengageably engaged with engagement portion of the power socket having an electrode portion, an abutment portion which abuts on the power socket, and a grip portion. In a state where the handle is rotated to such an angle that the handle is at substantially right angles to the power socket, the abutment portion abuts on the power socket, thereby releasing connection between the electrode portion and the terminals or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Masahiko Nagatake, Satoshi Ishikawa, Kenji Maru
  • Patent number: 8272755
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase in which appropriate illumination can be realized by an LED illumination apparatus having a high durability against turning ON/OFF and capable of securing a predetermined illumination intensity even under an environment at a low temperature. The showcase in which the inside of a display chamber configured to display commodities is illuminated by an LED illumination apparatus includes a person detecting sensor which detects the approaching of any person, and a control apparatus which adjusts the illumination intensity of the LED illumination apparatus, and the control apparatus gradually increases the illumination intensity of the LED illumination apparatus in a case where the person detecting sensor detects the approaching of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Atsushi Todoroki, Yoichi Amari, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 8223017
    Abstract: An object is to provide a control apparatus of a showcase in which appropriate illumination having a high presentation effect can be realized by an LED illumination apparatus having a high durability against turning ON/OFF and capable of securing a predetermined illumination intensity even under an environment at a low temperature. The control apparatus controls a plurality of showcases so that display chambers where commodities are displayed are illuminated with LED illumination apparatuses, and includes a person detecting sensor provided in a showcase disposed in such a position that the approaching of any person can first be detected among the plurality of arranged showcases, so that the approaching of the person is detected. When the person detecting sensor detects the approaching of the person, the illumination intensities of all the LED illumination apparatuses of the plurality of showcases are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Masayuki Tanji, Masanobu Takeuchi, Yutaka Nishizaka
  • Patent number: 8136956
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase in which terminals of an illuminative lamp can electrically be connected to power supply portions of sockets securely and safely and in which an attaching operation of the illuminative lamp can be simplified; the showcase is provided with the sockets each including a main body side socket member which connect the illuminative lamp to a power source of a main body and an illuminative lamp side socket member; the main body side socket member includes a connecting section in which a power supply contact piece is stored; the illuminative lamp side socket member includes an attachment section to be attached to an end portion of the illuminative lamp, and a storage section; the terminal is opposed to the inside of the storage section in a state in which the attachment section is attached to the end portion of the illuminative lamp; and the terminal is electrically connected to the power supply contact piece, and the power supply contact piece is urged toward the terminal by a pres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Shigeo Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 8070309
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus and also capable of improving the effects of illumination by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase, the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 8057061
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus itself and improving the illumination effect produced by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase in which the inside of a display chamber disposed in a main body is illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus includes an LED illumination member having an LED element, and a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination member, and the holding member includes a lead wire receiving portion for receiving a lead wire of the LED illumination member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sanvo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 8038312
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of effectively illuminating commodities displayed on a shelf in a display chamber, especially commodities in shelf foremost parts. In the showcase in which the shelf for displaying the commodities is disposed in the display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to the main body on an inner side from the edge of the opening, the illumination device is constituted of LED elements, and light from the LED elements is emitted toward front parts of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani
  • Patent number: 7883347
    Abstract: There is disclosed a power connection apparatus which can secure connection between a power socket and a power plug and which can simplify the connecting operation properties thereof. A handle rotatably attached to the power plug having terminals includes engaging claw disengageably engaged with engagement portion of the power socket having an electrode portion, an abutment portion which abuts on the power socket, and a grip portion. The rotation of the grip portion in such a direction as to come away from the power socket is limited by the angle of the rotation of the handle in a direction in which the grip portion comes close to the power socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Masahiko Nagatake, Satoshi Ishikawa, Kenji Maru
  • Publication number: 20110028014
    Abstract: There is disclosed a power connection apparatus which can secure connection between a power socket and a power plug with a simple constitution and which can simplify the connecting operation properties thereof. A handle rotatably attached to the power plug having terminals includes engaging claw disengageably engaged with engagement portion of the power socket having an electrode portion, an abutment portion which abuts on the power socket, and a grip portion. In a state where the handle is rotated to such an angle that the handle is at substantially right angles to the power socket, the abutment portion abuts on the power socket, thereby releasing connection between the electrode portion and the terminals or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Masahiko Nagatake, Satoshi Ishikawa, Kenji Maru
  • Publication number: 20110028010
    Abstract: There is disclosed a power connection apparatus which can secure connection between a power socket and a power plug and which can simplify the connecting operation properties thereof. A handle rotatably attached to the power plug having terminals includes engaging claw disengageably engaged with engagement portion of the power socket having an electrode portion, an abutment portion which abuts on the power socket, and a grip portion. The rotation of the grip portion in such a direction as to come away from the power socket is limited by the angle of the rotation of the handle in a direction in which the grip portion comes close to the power socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Masahiko Nagatake, Satoshi Ishikawa, Kenji Maru
  • Patent number: 7857473
    Abstract: There is disclosed an open showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In an open showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes a reflective plate 45 which extends externally from a front surface opening 12 of the display chamber 11, and LED lights 40 attached to the reflective plate 45, and the inside of the display chamber 11 is illuminated with light emitted from the LED lights 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7845818
    Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on a plurality of steps of shelves 32 disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and light guide plates 48 provided on lower surfaces of the shelves 32, light inlet portions 49 of the light guide plates 48 are provided so as to protrude forward from the shelves 32, and a light emitting surface 52 of each light guide plate 48 faces the shelf 32 under the shelf 32 provided with the light guide plate 48.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7824057
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase provided with an illumination device capable of simplifying maintenance operability and effectively illuminating the inside of a display chamber, and the showcase in which the display chamber constituted in a main body is illuminated by the illumination device, the illumination device is constituted of an LED illumination member including LED elements, and a pair of holding members which are attached to a reflective plate on a canopy in the main body to hold the LED illumination member, whereby the irradiation angle of light from the LED illumination member is changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Tetsuya Oketani
  • Publication number: 20100195317
    Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase comprising an illumination apparatus which can stably be held by a simple structure and which can illuminate the inside of a display chamber effectively without any unevenness. The illumination apparatus provided in the showcase comprises a shade member constituted of a light-transmitting front wall positioned on the side of the light emitting surfaces of LED elements, and a back wall positioned on the side of a substrate provided with the LED elements, the front wall comprising a curved portion having an arc-like section and a pair of flat portions extended continuously from both ends of the curved portion to intersect with the back wall at an acute angle, corner portions where the flat portions intersect with the back wall being a pair of engaging portions; and a holder provided with a plurality of engagement portions and the like with which the engaging portions are disengageably engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Hiroshi Okumura, Yoichi Amari
  • Patent number: 7726831
    Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11, and a light transmitting shade 46 which covers the LED lights 40, and the shade 46 has a structure to diffuse light from the LED lights 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090207592
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus itself and improving the illumination effect produced by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase in which the inside of a display chamber disposed in a main body is illuminated by an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus includes an LED illumination member having an LED element, and a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination member, and the holding member includes a lead wire receiving portion for receiving a lead wire of the LED illumination member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo OTSUKI, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Publication number: 20090207593
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase capable of improving the appearance of an illumination apparatus and also capable of improving the effects of illumination by the illumination apparatus. In the showcase, the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Otsuki, Yoichi Amari, Tetsuya Oketani, Sakumi Shibusawa
  • Patent number: 7572025
    Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on shelf plates 32 of a plurality of steps of shelves disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and the shelf plates 32 and the like constituting the shelves are constituted of a transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090135587
    Abstract: An object is to provide a showcase in which appropriate illumination is realized by an LED illumination apparatus having a high durability against turning ON/OFF and capable of securing a predetermined illumination intensity even under an environment at a low temperature and in which dew condensation caused in a door frame can effectively be suppressed. The showcase in which the inside of a display chamber constituted in a main body so as to display commodities is illuminated by the LED illumination apparatus includes a glass door which openably closes an opening of the display chamber, and a metal door frame which is provided in the main body so as to constitute an opening edge of the display chamber and on which the glass door abuts, and the LED illumination apparatus is provided on the surface of the door frame on the side of the display chamber in a heat exchange relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Oketani, Wataru Kanai, Yoshiki Makishima