Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Ota

Toshihiko Ota 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: 20240130081
    Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a main body sheet having a first main body surface and a second main body surface provided on an opposite side to the first main body surface, a space provided on the first main body surface of the main body sheet, a first sheet laminated on the first main body surface of the main body sheet and covering the space, and a retracted portion retracted toward the space beyond an outer periphery of the main body sheet or an outer periphery of the first sheet in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ODA, Takayuki OTA, Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Toshihiko TAKEDA, Kohei OZAWA, Hiroshi KOI
  • Publication number: 20240125559
    Abstract: A body sheet for a vapor chamber includes a first body surface, a second body surface disposed opposite to the first body surface, and a penetration space extending from the first body surface to the second body surface. The penetration space extends in a first direction in plan view. As seen in a cross section perpendicular to the first direction, the penetration space includes a first opening positioned on the first body surface and a second opening positioned on the second body surface. The second opening extends from a region overlapping with the first opening in plan view to a position overlapping with the first groove in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ODA, Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Takayuki OTA, Toshihiko TAKEDA, Shinya KIURA, Makoto YAMAKI, Isao INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240130083
    Abstract: A vapor chamber in which an enclosed space is formed, and a working fluid is sealed in this space, the enclosed space including: a plurality of condensate flow paths through which a fluid that is the working fluid in a condensing state flows; and vapor flow paths through which a vapor that is the working fluid in a vaporizing state flows, wherein each of projecting parts with which each of the vapor flow paths is provided has a projecting amount varying in an extending direction of the vapor flow paths; a pitch for opening parts that allow the vapor flow paths and the condensate flow paths to communicate varies in the extending direction of the vapor flow paths; or wall parts that separate the flow paths each have a given relationship with a transverse cross section of a given flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Takayuki OTA, Kazunori ODA, Toshihiko TAKEDA, Kiyotaka TAKEMATSU, Terutoshi MOMOSE, Yoko NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100031696
    Abstract: A refrigerating compressor includes a hermetic container accommodating oil, a motor accommodated in the container, a compressor unit provided under the motor and driven by the motor, and a vibration-proof cover. The compressor unit has a crankshaft including a main shaft and an eccentric section, a cylinder block, a piston, a connecting rod and a feed oil pipe. The cylinder block has a bearing to support the main shaft rotatably and a cylinder. The piston reciprocates in the cylinder. The connecting rod connects the piston to the eccentric section. The feed oil-pipe is fixed to eccentric section and an end thereof is dipped in oil. The vibration-proof cover is fixed to the cylinder block and surrounds the feed oil pipe with a given distance in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20090232669
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor including a discharge valve system, which is configured in such a manner that the discharge valve system includes recess (124) having discharge hole (125) which communicates with a compression chamber of a cylinder and opening on the bottom surface, a discharge reed (130) for covering discharge hole (125), and stopper (132) formed of a plate spring to be arranged above discharge reed (130), that discharge reed (130) and one end of stopper (132) is fixed to the bottom surface of recess (124) and the other end of stopper (132) comes into contact with contact portion (128) so that stopper (132) and the bottom surface of recess (124) defines a space therebetween, and that discharge reed (130) is arranged in the space. The refrigerant compressor having a high compression efficiency and low variation in noise level can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20090232672
    Abstract: A refrigerating compressor includes a hermetic container accommodating oil, a motor accommodated in the container, a compressing unit provided under the motor and driven by the motor, and a vibration insulating wall. The compressing unit has a crankshaft, a cylinder block, a piston, a connecting rod and a feed oil pipe. The vibration insulating wall is placed inside the container at the bottom and surrounds the feed oil pipe with a given distance in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ota
  • Patent number: 7381032
    Abstract: In a hermetic compressor in a freezing refrigerating system or an air-conditioning system such as a refrigerator or a showcase, a construction is disclosed for intending to provide a low-noise hermetic compressor by effectively attenuating a pressure pulsation having occurred in a compression chamber with a suction muffler. By this construction, since a muffler cover 20 has a planar simple shape, the deformation upon molding becomes little and it can come into fully close contact with a muffler main body 19. Therefore, the pressure pulsation hardly leaks through the connecting portion between the muffler main body 19 and the muffler cover 20. The full silencing effect that the suction muffler 18 has is obtained and thereby noise can be reduced more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Masahiko Osaka, Hidetoshi Nishihara, Toshihiko Ota, Akihiko Kubota, Manabu Motegi, Hiroki Awashima, Takeshi Kojima, Kazuhito Noguchi, Ichiro Kita, Masahiro Kakutani
  • Patent number: 7293672
    Abstract: In a medicine supply apparatus having a plurality of tablet cases equipped in a case accommodating portion of a main body, each tablet case containing medicines, chutes into which medicines discharged from the respective table cases fall, a hopper equipped in correspondence with the lower portions of the chutes, and a charging apparatus for charging a medicine accommodating container with medicines caught by the hopper, a plurality of drawers are equipped in the case accommodating portion, the tablet cases are detachably mounted on each drawer, and each drawer is equipped so as to be freely drawn out from the case accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Mori, Hideyuki Takahashi, Toshihiko Ota, Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 7244108
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hermetic compressor used on a refrigerant cycle such as a refrigerator, and discloses a low noise compressor designed to attenuate a resonance sound in a compression chamber and intake pressure pulsing more operatively at a position adjacent to their sources, which intake pressure pulsing occurs at an intake valve port. In the compressor, a resonance space 38 is provided adjacent to the intake valve port 29 that is closer in distance to a noise source. As a result, noise can be reduced more operatively than muffling functions of an intake muffler 31 do. In addition, although acoustic characteristics of the intake muffler 31 amplify noises having specific frequencies, such noises can be attenuated before being amplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Akihiko Kubota, Hidetoshi Nishihara, Masahiko Osaka, Toshihiko Ota, Hiroki Awashima, Manabu Motegi, Kazuhito Noguchi, Takeshi Kojima, Masahiro Kakutani
  • Patent number: 7218816
    Abstract: An optical fiber grating part including an elongated pedestal, and a base plate installed on said pedestal, and having a different coefficient of linear thermal expansion from said pedestal, and an optical fiber passing through said pedestal, and connected to connection points installed on said pedestal or said base plate located apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and having an optical fiber grating located between said connection points, wherein a predetermined tensile force is added to said optical fiber grating, and said pedestal and said base plates thermally expand or thermally shrink independently in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and an extension line of an axis of said optical fiber joining said connection points passes through a contact surface between said pedestal and said base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Yasuhiro Isaka, Kana Chida, Toshihiko Ota
  • Patent number: 7144229
    Abstract: A hermetic electric compressor is capable of efficiently pumping up a necessary amount of lubricating oil even at low-speed rotation and has a simple constitution to provide an excellent workablity in assembling. The hermetic electric compressor includes an oil pump. The oil pump includes (i) a slanting channel formed in the lower portion of a main shaft and slanting from the lower portion to the upper portion thereof outwardly, (ii) a throttle formed at the bottom end of the main shaft and having an inlet port of diameter smaller than the section of the slanting channel at the center thereof, and (iii) a lower communicating passage for providing a communication between the bottom end of a spiral groove and the slanting channel. This constitution is capable of effectively lift the head of the lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ishida, Toshihiko Ota, Terumasa Ide, Makoto Katayama, Takafumi Horiguchi, Takahide Nagao
  • Patent number: 6993220
    Abstract: A temperature-compensated optical fiber component for use in high-density WDM optical communication includes an optical fiber which has a Bragg grating serving as a monochromatic filter, an inner package which supports the optical fiber and causes the Bragg grating to have a temperature-compensating capability, and an outer package arranged outside the inner package. A clearance having a heat insulating function is provided between the outer package and the inner package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Shigehito Yodo, Toshihiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20050249460
    Abstract: An optical fiber grating part including an elongated pedestal, and a base plate installed on said pedestal, and having a different coefficient of linear thermal expansion from said pedestal, and an optical fiber passing through said pedestal, and connected to connection points installed on said pedestal or said base plate located apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and having an optical fiber grating located between said connection points, wherein a predetermined tensile force is added to said optical fiber grating, and said pedestal and said base plates thermally expand or thermally shrink independently in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and an extension line of an axis of said optical fiber joining said connection points passes through a contact surface between said pedestal and said base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Yasuhiro Isaka, Kana Chida, Toshihiko Ota
  • Patent number: 6957951
    Abstract: In a hermetic compressor for use on an air-conditioning unit as well as a refrigerating unit such as a refrigerator and a showcase, there is disclosed a constitution designed to provide a silently operated hermetic compressor that has an intake muffler readily assembled thereon. The hermetic compressor including a substantially disk-like elastic member disposed between the intake muffler at an outlet thereof and a cylinder head is provided, in which an outlet orifice of the intake muffler constantly remains pressed against an intake valve port through a gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ota, Hidetoshi Nishihara, Akihiko Kubota, Masahiko Osaka, Manabu Motegi, Kazuhito Noguchi, Takeshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 6947636
    Abstract: An optical module comprises an optical fiber having a formed portion to form a fiber grating and a package to which the optical fiber is secured. The package comprises a single package member or at least two or more package members whose materials differ from each other. The optical fiber is secured to the package member. A distortion for adjusting a Bragg reflection wavelength of the fiber grating of the optical fiber is given to the package member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Takashi Shigematsu, Toshihiko Ota, Shigehito Yodo
  • Patent number: 6928790
    Abstract: A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling apparatus is equipped with a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases in a corresponding manner to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from a dispensing port formed at the bottommost portion of each hopper to a predetermined container and for charging them, and is further equipped with retaining members on which the hoppers are hung, wherein the hoppers are detachably installed to the retaining members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Manabu Haraguchi, Toshihiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20050145644
    Abstract: In a medicine supply apparatus having a plurality of tablet cases equipped in a case accommodating portion of a main body, each tablet case containing medicines, chutes into which medicines discharged from the respective table cases fall, a hopper equipped in correspondence with the lower portions of the chutes, and a charging apparatus for charging a medicine accommodating container with medicines caught by the hopper, a plurality of drawers are equipped in the case accommodating portion, the tablet cases are detachably mounted on each drawer, and each drawer is equipped so as to be freely drawn out from the case accommodating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Mori, Hideyuki Takahashi, Toshihiko Ota, Hiroshi Ishiwatari, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20050100456
    Abstract: In a hermetic compressor in a freezing refrigerating system or an air-conditioning system such as a refrigerator or a showcase, a construction is disclosed for intending to provide a low-noise hermetic compressor by effectively attenuating a pressure pulsation having occurred in a compression chamber with a suction muffler. By this construction, since a muffler cover 20 has a planar simple shape, the deformation upon molding becomes little and it can come into fully close contact with a muffler main body 19. Therefore, the pressure pulsation hardly leaks through the connecting portion between the muffler main body 19 and the muffler cover 20. The full silencing effect that the suction muffler 18 has is obtained and thereby noise can be reduced more effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiko Osaka, Hidetoshi Nishihara, Toshihiko Ota, Akihiko Kubota, Manabu Motegi, Hiroki Awashima, Takeshi Kojima, Kazuhito Noguchi, Ichiro Kita, Masahiro Kakutani
  • Publication number: 20040261357
    Abstract: A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling apparatus is equipped with a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases in a corresponding manner to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from a dispensing port formed at the bottommost portion of each hopper to a predetermined container and for charging them, and is further equipped with retaining members on which the hoppers are hung, wherein the hoppers are detachably installed to the retaining members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Hitoshi Ishiwatari, Manabu Haraguchi, Toshihiko Ota
  • Patent number: 6834143
    Abstract: An optical module comprising: a comb-shaped package having a plurality of teeth portions and a base portion; and at least one optical fiber having fiber grating, wherein respective fiber-grating formed portions of at least one optical fiber are placed in corresponding teeth portions and base portion of said package, and the optical fiber is fixed to the base portion and corresponding teeth portion in such manner that the fiber-grating formed portion exists between the base portion and the corresponding teeth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Takashi Shigematsu, Toshihiko Ota, Shigehito Yodo