Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Nakajima

Yoshinobu Nakajima 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: 10303046
    Abstract: A projector includes a light modulation device; a projection lens; a hermetic housing; a projector housing containing the hermetic housing; a heat exchanger; an air guide wall being located in the hermetic housing and partitioning the air guide passage from a main space containing the light modulation device, the air guide wall including: a communication part adjoining the heat exchanger and providing communication between the air guide passage and the main space, and an opening functioning as an inlet for guiding air from the main space into the air guide passage after the air has passed through the heat exchanger; and a fan located at the inlet so as to introduce the air in the main space into the air guide passage, to guide the air in the air guide passage to the communication part, and to blow the air from the communication part to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Masato Tanaka, Kento Ishimuro, Kazunori Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20180348612
    Abstract: A projector includes a light modulation device; a projection lens; a hermetic housing; a projector housing containing the hermetic housing; a heat exchanger; an air guide wall located in the hermetic housing and partitioning the air guide passage from the main space containing the light modulation device, the air guide wall including: a communication part adjoining the heat exchanger and providing communication between the air guide passage and the main space, and an opening functioning as the inlet for guiding air from the main space into the air guide passage after the air has passed through the heat exchanger; and a sirocco fan located at the inlet so as to introduce the air in the main space into the air guide passage, to guide the air in the air guide passage to the communication part, and to blow the air from the communication part to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinobu NAKAJIMA, Masato TANAKA, Kento ISHIMURO, Kazunori TANABE
  • Patent number: 8697165
    Abstract: The present invention provides means of allowing an edible oil to contain useful components derived from an oil-containing raw material, such as polyphenols, efficiently. The present invention is a process for producing an edible oil, wherein when the edible oil is expressed from an oil-containing raw material, a diacylglycerol-containing oil or fat is added to the oil-containing raw material so that the diacylglycerol content in the oil or fat obtained after the oil expression is 4% by weight or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Shimizu, Noboru Matsuo, Naoto Kudo, Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8562144
    Abstract: An image projection device includes a replaceable air filter placed near an opening of a housing, a switcher for switching step by step a working area of the air filter, an air-speed meter for detecting a pollution level of the air filter, and a controller for controlling the switcher. When the air-speed meter detects that the pollution level of the air filter reaches a given threshold, the controller prompts the switcher to switch the working area of the air filter, and then detects a pollution level of the air filter after the switchover for determining whether or not the working area before the switchover needs to be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Mamoru Nomoto, Masaya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8403498
    Abstract: A housing (17) that accommodates a light source (1), a display device (3), etc. has an intake aperture (18) and an exhaust aperture (24). A blowing unit (16, 23) sucks air in through the intake aperture and expels air out through the exhaust aperture. A filter unit (19) is disposed so that a filter (20) faces the intake aperture in a predetermined area between a rolling shaft (31a) and a take-up shaft (31b). A part of the filter facing the intake aperture is renewed by taking-up the filter from the rolling shaft onto the take-up shaft. A control unit (36) performs control so as to renew the filter for a range that is smaller than an opening area of the intake aperture, when a predetermined renewal condition is determined to be satisfied, based on the output of a detection unit (38, 39a, 39b) that detects a specific factor value relating to contamination of the filter, such as a cumulative display time, a temperature, an air pressure, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kotaka, Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Kenji Kunitake
  • Patent number: 8142028
    Abstract: A projection type display device including: a plurality of light sources; a display device; a light-combining unit for combining output light beams from the plurality of light sources; a condensing unit for propagating an output light beam from the light-combining unit to the display device; a projecting unit for projecting an image with the use of an output light beam from the display device; and a cooling unit having a ventilating fan and disposed on each of the plurality of light sources. The projection type display device further includes a flow direction adjusting unit for switching blow-off positions where air from the fan is discharged and a control unit for controlling switching of the blow-off positions operated by the flow direction adjusting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110279788
    Abstract: An image projection device includes a replaceable air filter placed near an opening of a housing, a switcher for switching step by step a working area of the air filter, an air-speed meter for detecting a pollution level of the air filter, and a controller for controlling the switcher. When the air-speed meter detects that the pollution level of the air filter reaches a given threshold, the controller prompts the switcher to switch the working area of the air filter, and then detects a pollution level of the air filter after the switchover for determining whether or not the working area before the switchover needs to be switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Mamoru Nomoto, Masaya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100291274
    Abstract: The present invention provides means of allowing an edible oil to contain useful components derived from an oil-containing raw material, such as polyphenols, efficiently. The present invention is a process for producing an edible oil, wherein when the edible oil is expressed from an oil-containing raw material, a diacylglycerol-containing oil or fat is added to the oil-containing raw material so that the diacylglycerol content in the oil or fat obtained after the oil expression is 4% by weight or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Shimizu, Noboru Matsuo, Naoto Kudo, Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7833556
    Abstract: Oil or fat compositions contain the following ingredients: (A) an oil or fat containing from 60 to 100% by weight of diglyceride, by 100 parts by weight of the oil or fat composition, the diglyceride further comprising fatty acids, wherein the amount of fatty acids that are unsaturated is from 80 to 100 wt. %, by 100 parts by weight of the diglyceride; (B) from 0.001 to 1% by weight of ingredient (A) of a carboxylic acid selected from C2-8 hydroxycarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and tricarboxylic acids, and salts derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; (C) from 0.001 to 5% by weight of ingredient (A) of an antioxidant; and (D) from 0.05 to 4.7% by weight of ingredient (A) of a plant sterol. Each of these preferred oil or fat compositions has a high diglyceride content having excellent health-promoting functions, and even in cold temperature areas or high-humidity areas, has improved external appearance, is good in work efficiency during cooking and also in the flavor and texture of cooked foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishide, Shigemi Tsuchiya, Shin Koike, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Yoshinori Inagawa, Masashi Yano, Yoshio Kawaseki
  • Publication number: 20100177282
    Abstract: A projection type display device including: a plurality of light sources; a display device; a light-combining unit for combining output light beams from the plurality of light sources; a condensing unit for propagating an output light beam from the light-combining unit to the display device; a projecting unit for projecting an image with the use of an output light beam from the display device; and a cooling unit having a ventilating fan and disposed on each of the plurality of light sources. The projection type display device further includes a flow direction adjusting unit for switching blow-off positions where air from the fan is discharged and a control unit for controlling switching of the blow-off positions operated by the flow direction adjusting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100128230
    Abstract: A housing (17) that accommodates a light source (1), a display device (3), etc. has an intake aperture (18) and an exhaust aperture (24). A blowing unit (16, 23) sucks air in through the intake aperture and expels air out through the exhaust aperture. A filter unit (19) is disposed so that a filter (20) faces the intake aperture in a predetermined area between a rolling shaft (31a) and a take-up shaft (31b). A part of the filter facing the intake aperture is renewed by taking-up the filter from the rolling shaft onto the take-up shaft. A control unit (36) performs control so as to renew the filter for a range that is smaller than an opening area of the intake aperture, when a predetermined renewal condition is determined to be satisfied, based on the output of a detection unit (38, 39a, 39b) that detects a specific factor value relating to contamination of the filter, such as a cumulative display time, a temperature, an air pressure, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kotaka, Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Kenji Kunitake
  • Publication number: 20070202239
    Abstract: Oil or fat compositions contain the following ingredients: (A) an oil or fat containing from 60 to 100% by weight of diglyceride, by 100 parts by weight of the oil or fat composition, the diglyceride further comprising fatty acids, wherein the amount of fatty acids that are unsaturated is from 80 to 100 wt. %, by 100 parts by weight of the diglyceride; (B) from 0.001 to 1% by weight of ingredient (A) of a carboxylic acid selected from C2-8 hydroxycarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and tricarboxylic acids, and salts derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; (C) from 0.001 to 5% by weight of ingredient (A) of an antioxidant; and (D) from 0.05 to 4.7% by weight of ingredient (A) of a plant sterol. Each of these preferred oil or fat compositions has a high diglyceride content having excellent health-promoting functions, and even in cold temperature areas or high-humidity areas, has improved external appearance, is good in work efficiency during cooking and also in the flavor and texture of cooked foods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu NISHIDE, Shigemi Tsuchiya, Shin Koike, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Yoshinori Inagawa, Masashi Yano, Yoshio Kawaseki
  • Publication number: 20070154618
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acidic oil-in-water emulsified composition with a high diglyceride content, which contains fats and oils containing 30 wt % or more diglycerides and enzyme-treated yolk treated with one or more enzymes selected from esterase, lipase and phospholipase, wherein an antioxidant is contained at 1000 to 10000 ppm relative to an oil phase containing the fats and oils and in a weight ratio of 0.4 to 4.5 relative to the net weight of yolk in the enzyme-treated yolk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Shigeru Kawai, Naoto Kudo
  • Patent number: 7232586
    Abstract: Oil or fat compositions contain the following ingredients: (A) an oil or fat containing from 60 to 100% by weight of diglyceride, by 100 parts by weight of the oil or fat composition, the diglyceride further comprising fatty acids, wherein the amount of fatty acids that are unsaturated is from 80 to 100 wt. %, by 100 parts by weight of the diglyceride; (B) from 0.001 to 1 % by weight of ingredient (A) of a carboxylic acid selected from C2-8 hydroxycarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and tricarboxylic acids, and salts derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; (C) from 0.001 to 5 % by weight of ingredient (A) of an antioxidant; and (D) from 0.05 to 4.7 % by weight of ingredient (A) of a plant sterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishide, Shigemi Tsuchiya, Shin Koike, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Yoshinori Inagawa, Masashi Yano, Yoshio Kawaseki
  • Patent number: 7206957
    Abstract: A user circuit unit is configured by a gate array, a PLL circuit is configured in a microprocessor macro unit, a clock frequency output from the PLL circuit in the microprocessor macro unit is directly distributed to a user circuit unit (CLK 3), and the clock frequency distributed to the user circuit unit is distributed to the microprocessor macro unit through a frequency divider configured by the user circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Nobuo Ida, Rumi Hikiba, Yoshinobu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7160569
    Abstract: Provided is an acidic oil-in-water type emulsified composition, containing an oil or fat having a diglyceride content of 30 wt. % or greater an egg yolk, and a water soluble soybean polysaccharide. The acidic oil-in-water type emulsified composition of the present invention is excellent in taste and appearance stability, has resistance against pressure-induced shear stress which occurs upon preparation or use, shows less changes in physical properties, for example, viscosity reduction can be suppressed, and is free from appearance change such as oil/water separation. Thus, it has a stable quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kudou, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Makoto Satou, Masakatsu Sugiura, Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Miyatani
  • Patent number: 7141265
    Abstract: Provided is an oil/fat powder comprising the following Components (A), (B) and (C): (A) 15 to 79.9 wt. % of a glyceride mixture containing 5 to 84.9 wt. % of triglycerides, 0.1 to 5 wt. % of monoglycerides and 15 to 94.9 wt. % of diglycerides, and having, as at least 50 wt. % of all the constitutive fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids; (B) 20 to 84.9 wt. % of one or at least two powder forming bases selected from carbohydrates, proteins and peptides; (C) 0.1 to 5 wt. % of water. The diglyceride-containing oil/fat powder according to the present invention exhibits good taste, and excellent dispersibility in water and storage stability. Moreover, owing to good handling use and workability when it is added to food, it can be used readily for various forms of foods. Foods containing this oil/fat powder taste good and have good storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakuma, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20050123667
    Abstract: Provided is an oil/fat powder comprising the following Components (A), (B) and (C): (A) 15 to 79.9 wt. % of a glyceride mixture containing 5 to 84.9 wt. % of triglycerides, 0.1 to 5 wt. % of monoglycerides and 15 to 94.9 wt. % of diglycerides, and having, as at least 50 wt. % of all the constitutive fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids; (B) 20 to 84.9 wt. % of one or at least two powder forming bases selected from carbohydrates, proteins and peptides; (C) 0.1 to 5 wt. % of water. The diglyceride-containing oil/fat powder according to the present invention exhibits good taste, and excellent dispersibility in water and storage stability. Moreover, owing to good handling use and workability when it is added to food, it can be used readily for various forms of foods. Foods containing this oil/fat powder taste good and have good storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakuma, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040156972
    Abstract: Oil or fat compositions contain the following ingredients:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishide, Shigemi Tsuchiya, Shin Koike, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Yoshinori Inagawa, Masashi Yano, Yoshio Kawaseki
  • Patent number: 6743459
    Abstract: The invention provides an acidic oil-in-water type emulsion composition which has an oil phase containing at least 20 % by weight of diacylglycerol and 0.5 to 5.0 % by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, and has excellent shelf stability at low temperatures though it contains diacylglycerol at a high concentration, also good in appearance and flavor and useful as a diet or food for improving lipid metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Yoshihide Asabu, Shigeru Kawai, Yoshinobu Nakajima