Patents by Inventor Tooru Ninomiya

Tooru Ninomiya 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: 9478362
    Abstract: A plurality of electrical storage elements (11) are electrically connected to each other, and parts of the peripheral surfaces of the electrical storage elements (11) contained in concave surfaces (29) are joined to the concave surfaces (29) with double-sided adhesive tape (35), so that the electrical storage elements (11) can be firmly fixed to a holder (27), and heat can be efficiently transferred from the electrical storage elements (11) to the holder (27) through the double-sided adhesive tape (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Ninomiya, Susumu Nishimoto, Akihiko Souda
  • Patent number: 8981239
    Abstract: A capacitor body is laterally contained in a lower holder, to be then pressed by an upper holder. A lead wire is led from the capacitor body in an axial direction, and then, bent toward a wiring board, thereby forming a leg soldered to the wiring board. The lower holder includes a first holding portion extending outward and having a supporter disposed in a stationary state whereas the upper holder includes a second holding portion extending outward and having a bridge stretched between a pair of elastically deformable arms. The first and second holding portions are urged toward the capacitor body, and therefore, axially hold a part of the leg of the lead wire. This configuration can prevent any breakage of a soldered portion of the lead wire due to vibrations so as to enhance vibration resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Morita, Tooru Ninomiya, Tatehiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120082887
    Abstract: A plurality of electrical storage elements (11) are electrically connected to each other, and parts of the peripheral surfaces of the electrical storage elements (11) contained in concave surfaces (29) are joined to the concave surfaces (29) with double-sided adhesive tape (35), so that the electrical storage elements (11) can be firmly fixed to a holder (27), and heat can be efficiently transferred from the electrical storage elements (11) to the holder (27) through the double-sided adhesive tape (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: KOMATSU LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Ninomiya, Susumu Nishimoto, Akihiko Souda
  • Patent number: 8064191
    Abstract: According to the configuration and the manufacturing method of forming a moisture proof agent on both surfaces of a circuit substrate after soldering a capacitor connection pin in a vertical direction to the circuit substrate, and electrically connecting the capacitor so as to be in a perpendicular direction to the length direction of the capacitor connection pin at the upper space of the circuit substrate, the possibility of the moisture proof agent attaching to the capacitor is eliminated, the productivity enhances since the moisture proof agent can be easily formed on both surfaces of the circuit substrate, and a capacitor unit of miniaturized and low height configuration is realized since the capacitor is mounted in the horizontal direction in the upper space with respect to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Morita, Tatehiko Inoue, Shusaku Kawasaki, Toshiyuki Kitagawa, Tooru Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20090059470
    Abstract: According to the configuration and the manufacturing method of forming a moisture proof agent on both surfaces of a circuit substrate after soldering a capacitor connection pin in a vertical direction to the circuit substrate, and electrically connecting the capacitor so as to be in a perpendicular direction to the length direction of the capacitor connection pin at the upper space of the circuit substrate, the possibility of the moisture proof agent attaching to the capacitor is eliminated, the productivity enhances since the moisture proof agent can be easily formed on both surfaces of the circuit substrate, and a capacitor unit of miniaturized and low height configuration is realized since the capacitor is mounted in the horizontal direction in the upper space with respect to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MATUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Morita, Tatehiko Inoue, Shusaku Kawasaki, Toshiyuki Kitagawa, Tooru Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 6604433
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ultrasonic transducer having uniform characteristics. Because the characteristics of a pair of ultrasonic transducer are equalized with each other, measuring accuracy of an ultrasonic flowmeter can be improved. Electrical connection from an electrode surface 13 of a piezoelectric body 11 to an external electrode is achieved not by soldering but by an electroconductive elastic body 16. As a result, variations of the frequency characteristics due to thermal load on the piezoelectric body 11 can be reduced, and this makes it possible to obtain an ultrasonic transducer with uniform characteristics, and measuring accuracy of an ultrasonic flowmeter using a pair of the ultrasonic transducer can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoko Azuma, Akihisa Adachi, Masahiko Hashimoto, Tooru Ninomiya, Kenzo Ohji
  • Patent number: 4623814
    Abstract: A high-voltage generating device comprising: an outer case; an anvil member, a piezoelectric element and a support member which are assembled together and held and fixed in the outer case by means of an adhesive; and an inner case slidably received in the outer case and accommodating therein, a striking mechanism including a striker and a striker spring. The improvement comprises that the element mounting space in the outer case has a volume which is at least 2.5 times as large as the volume of the piezoelectric element; and the adhesive filling the element mounting space is made of a plastic having a high bonding force and a high hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaneichi Kondo, Tooru Ninomiya