Patents by Inventor Yosihide Imaoka

Yosihide Imaoka 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).

  • Light source, lamp socket and illumination device using the lamp socket
    Patent number: 9318860
    Abstract: A light source has an outer size set equal to the dimension of a straight tubular fluorescent lamp. The light source includes a straight light emitting tube and end caps provided at the opposite end portions of the light emitting tube. Each of the end caps includes first pins arranged at the same positions as lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. The first pins have the same shape as the lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. Further, at least one of the end caps includes a current-feeding second pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Yoshihisa Ando, Yosihide Imaoka, Noboru Miyakawa
  • LIGHT SOURCE, LAMP SOCKET AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING THE LAMP SOCKET
    Publication number: 20110235319
    Abstract: A light source has an outer size set equal to the dimension of a straight tubular fluorescent lamp. The light source includes a straight light emitting tube and end caps provided at the opposite end portions of the light emitting tube. Each of the end caps includes first pins arranged at the same positions as lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. The first pins have the same shape as the lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. Further, at least one of the end caps includes a current-feeding second pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukano, Yoshihisa Ando, Yosihide Imaoka, Noboru Miyakawa