Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Matsusaka

Yoshiharu Matsusaka 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: 5727103
    Abstract: A self-light-emitting indicating apparatus including an enclosure formed by combining a pair of opposing semi-tubular bodies, each having first and second support members positioned at both ends; first and second panels fixed on the first and second support members respectively, at least one of the first and second panels having a plurality of through-holes and/or having a sign indicating portion; a plurality of optical fibers contained in a container portion defined by the enclosure and the first and second panels, each having one end inserted and fixed in one of the plurality of through-holes provided in at least one of the first and second panels, and a light emitting diode contained in the container portion, arranged adjacent to the other end of the plurality of optical fibers which are bundled and cut, and having an optical leakage preventing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsusaka, Kunio Okamoto