Patents by Inventor Yasuo Yokota

Yasuo Yokota 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: 8786773
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit whose use frequency is lower than that of the first imaging unit, an exterior case for housing the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and a brace mounting section mounted to the exterior case so as to be partially exposed to an outside. The first imaging unit, the second imaging unit and the brace mounting section are arranged so that a distance from the first imaging unit to the brace mounting section is longer than a distance from the second imaging unit to the brace mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Iyoda, Yasuo Yokota, Miyoko Irikiin, Tomonori Mizutani, Yasuhiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20130044189
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units, and a radiator operable to uniformize temperatures of the plurality of the imaging units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Miyoko IRIKIIN, Yasuo YOKOTA, Makoto IYODA, Tomonori MIZUTANI, Yasuhiro MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8330894
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that prevents damage on a display panel even when the display device drops or falls down during handling. The display device includes: a PDP (10) including a front panel (20) and a back panel (30) that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material (36); a chassis member (44) supporting the PDP (10); and a housing enclosing the PDP (10) and the chassis member (44). The housing includes a front housing portion (41), a front protective glass substrate (43) that closes an opening (54) provided in the front housing portion (41), a side housing portion (51), and a back housing portion (42). A supporting member (55) for forming specified gap D between itself and the front panel (20) is provided on the front protective glass substrate (43) or the front housing portion (41) so as to sit between the sealing material (36) and the opening (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuo Yokota
  • Patent number: 8325471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that prevents damage on a display panel even when the display device drops or falls down during handling. The display device includes: a PDP (10) including a front panel (20) and a back panel (30) that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material (36); a chassis member (44) supporting the PDP (10); and a housing enclosing the PDP (10) and the chassis member (44). The housing includes a front housing portion (41) provided with an opening (54), a side housing portion (51), and a back housing portion (42). The back housing portion (42) is provided with a drawn portion (62), and a top part of the drawn portion (62) is coupled to the chassis member (44) by a fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Kiyotaka Nakase, Keizo Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7993984
    Abstract: An electronic device including a semiconductor device with a plurality of bump electrodes, a mounting board connected to the semiconductor device, thermally expandable particles, and adhesive. The thermally expandable particles are provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board around a projected area of the semiconductor device. The adhesive is provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board such that it covers the area of thermally expandable particles. This improves the impact resistance of the semiconductor device soldered onto the mounting board, and also facilitates removal of the semiconductor device from the mounting board when the semiconductor device needs repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Hisahiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7892696
    Abstract: By providing a coloring agent, which is brought in contact with the liquid fuel leaked from an outer peripheral portion of the liquid fuel holding section that is configured to hold the liquid fuel and by which the contact portion is changed in color, in at least part of the outer peripheral portion, the leakage of the liquid fuel from the liquid fuel holding section can be visually detected swiftly and easily without providing any special detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Iyoda, Hiroto Inoue, Suguru Nakao, Yukihiro Iwata, Yasuo Yokota, Toshiaki Takasu
  • Publication number: 20100265428
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that prevents damage on a display panel even when the display device drops or falls down during handling. The display device includes: a PDP (10) including a front panel (20) and a back panel (30) that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material (36); a chassis member (44) supporting the PDP (10); and a housing enclosing the PDP (10) and the chassis member (44). The housing includes a front housing portion (41), a front protective glass substrate (43) that closes an opening (54) provided in the front housing portion (41), a side housing portion (51), and a back housing portion (42). A supporting member (55) for forming specified gap D between itself and the front panel (20) is provided on the front protective glass substrate (43) or the front housing portion (41) so as to sit between the sealing material (36) and the opening (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuo Yokota
  • Publication number: 20100246111
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that prevents damage on a display panel even when the display device drops or falls down during handling. The display device includes: a PDP (10) including a front panel (20) and a back panel (30) that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material (36); a chassis member (44) supporting the PDP (10); and a housing enclosing the PDP (10) and the chassis member (44). The housing includes a front housing portion (41) provided with an opening (54), a side housing portion (51), and a back housing portion (42). The back housing portion (42) is provided with a drawn portion (62), and a top part of the drawn portion (62) is coupled to the chassis member (44) by a fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Kiyotaka Nakase, Keizo Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20090014873
    Abstract: An electronic device including a semiconductor device with a plurality of bump electrodes, a mounting board connected to the semiconductor device, thermally expandable particles, and adhesive. The thermally expandable particles are provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board around a projected area of the semiconductor device. The adhesive is provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board such that it covers the area of thermally expandable particles. This improves the impact resistance of the semiconductor device soldered onto the mounting board, and also facilitates removal of the semiconductor device from the mounting board when the semiconductor device needs repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Hisahiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080026278
    Abstract: By providing a coloring agent, which is brought in contact with the liquid fuel leaked from an outer peripheral portion of the liquid fuel holding section that is configured to hold the liquid fuel and by which the contact portion is changed in color, in at least part of the outer peripheral portion, the leakage of the liquid fuel from the liquid fuel holding section can be visually detected swiftly and easily without providing any special detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Iyoda, Hiroto Inoue, Suguru Nakao, Yukihiro Iwata, Yasuo Yokota, Toshiaki Takasu
  • Publication number: 20070125360
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid fuel storage container for fuel cell capable of storing liquid fuel to be supplied to a liquid-fuel direct-supply type fuel cell and stably supplying liquid fuel for a long time, and also provide a fuel-cell system. The present invention employs a fuel-supplying pipe (120) extending within a tank member (110) for supplying liquid fuel (185) and having flexibility, and provides a weight member (122) at a portion near a suction port (121) for liquid fuel on the fuel-supplying pipe. Accordingly, the suction port can move to a portion where the liquid fuel exists, anytime, and can be kept immersed in the liquid fuel. This enables stably supplying fuel even when the fuel cell is mounted on a portable electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Yukihiro Iwata, Suguru Nakao, Yasuo Yokota, Makoto Iyoda, Toshiaki Takasu, Hiroto Inoue
  • Patent number: 5673152
    Abstract: An optical pickup includes an object lens; a lens holder for holding the object lens; a visco-elastic suspender for suspending the lens holder so as to be movable in a focusing direction and a tracking direction; a driving section for driving the lens holder in the focusing direction and the tracking direction, the driving section including a magnet, a yoke and a driving coil provided on the lens holder. The magnet and the yoke form a magnetic circuit. A heat-insulating area is located between the object lens and the driving coil, and the heat-insulating area includes a heat-insulating material which has a thermal conductivity lower than that of the lens holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Yukihiro Iwata, Hirotsugu Fusayasu, Hiroto Inoue, Atsufumi Ishizuka, Yukihiro Okada
  • Patent number: D601520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Motonari Ogura, Masahiko Hirata
  • Patent number: D612347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokota, Motonari Ogura, Masahiko Hirata