Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hidenori Kitamura

Yuichi Shimizu

Tomomi Mitani

Yuta Yamamoto

Seiji Yamaguchi

Susumu Fukushima

Seizo Hayashi

Hiroshi Mori

Saburo Kajikawa

Takaaki Ogawa

Motohiko Sako

Motoyuki Okayama

Masakazu Onda

Hirokazu Nagaoka

Masashi Okushima

Hiroshi Iwai

Hiroshi Nishimura

Tsuyoshi Nishio

Tatsuo Fujita

Yoshitaka Murata

Hiroyuki Kayama

Tadashi Kubota

Takuya Hayashi

Toru Odachi

Yasuhiro Yamashita

Hideo Okubo

Kenichiro Sunaba

Tomonori Kato

Masaki Shibuya

Hirofumi Nishida

Hiroshi Hayakawa

Yukio Hayashida

Masakuni Soejima

Hiroyuki Uratani

Koichi Nakano

Akihiro Hirano

Takumi Yamada

Ryohei Yoshida

Motomichi Mishima

Sadahiro Shimada

Hideaki Sakatani

Tatsuo Kikawa

Syuji Asada

Yukiyoshi Nishikori

Toshifumi Miyahara

Hisao Tsunaga

Kazuma Suoh

Yasushi Kondo

Masanobu Hirota

Yoshihiro Taniguchi

Makoto Murakami

Kouichi Fujita

Ryouhei Yoshida

Haruka Ishikawa

Seiji Ishikawa

Yasunori Tsuzaki

Tetsuharu Nomachi

Koji Yamamura

Hiroki Eto

Tomonori Katoh

Yoshiki Kuroki

Haruhisa Miyake

Kiyokazu Uno

Yoshiaki Onishi

Syuzo Tokumitu

Katsuyuki Ishibashi

Tetsuhara Nomachi

The electrode connection structure includes: a first base material; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are located on the first base material; a second base material; a first fastening member and a second fastening member; and an insulating member, wherein the first fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a first through hole penetrating the first electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the first through hole in each of the first electrode layer and the insulating member, and the second fastening member includes: a shaft portion inserted in a second through hole penetrating the second electrode layer and the insulating member; and two clamping portions that clamp a periphery of the second through hole in each of the second electrode layer and the insulating member.

Electrode connection structure and electrode connection method

Rim of steering wheel has a rim body and mounting component mounted to the rim body so as to be exposed from a portion of the rim body. Occupant information detection sensor for a steering wheel disposed in rim includes: sensor wire disposed in the rim body; and conductive member located on at least a surface side of mounting component and electrically connected or capacitively coupled with a portion of sensor wire.

Occupant information detection sensor for steering wheel

A touch panel device includes a touch panel including first and second electrodes, an alternating-current (AC) signal source operable to input an AC signal into the first electrode, an inductive element electrically connected in series between the AC signal source and the first electrode, and a detection circuit operable to detect a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode upon a touch of an object on the touch panel, based on a change of a signal output from the second electrode. This touch panel device can enhance detection sensitivity with a simple configuration.

Touch-panel device

A signal branching filter according to the invention is a signal branching filter connected to a network having at least four terminals. The signal branching filter includes a first line one end of which is connected to a first terminal of the network, a second line one end of which is connected to a second terminal of the network, a third line one end of which is connected to a third terminal of network, and a fourth line one end of which is connected to a fourth terminal of the network. The other end of the first line and the other end of the second line are connected to each other at a first node, and the other end of the third line and the other end of the fourth line are connected to each other at a second node. When a signal is received from the first node, a phase difference between a phase of a signal appearing on a second node side of the third line and a phase of a signal appearing on a second node side of the fourth line is almost 180&#xb0;&#xb1;360&#xb0;*n is an integer equal to or larger than 0).

Signal branching filter, electronic device using the same, antenna apparatus, and signal transmission system used in all of the above

An amplifying circuit with a bypassing function includes an input terminal to which a signal is input from an antenna, an amplifier connected to the input terminal, a first inductor connected between the input port and a ground, and a bypass circuit connected between the input terminal and the output port of the amplifier. The bypass circuit includes a first port connected to the input terminal, a second port connected to the output port of the amplifier, a switch, a capacitor, and a second inductor. The switch is connected in series between the first and second ports. The capacitor is connected in series to the switch between the first and second ports. The second inductor is connected in series to the switch and the capacitor between the first and second ports. Signal power is not reduced drastically even when the signal passes through the bypass circuit.

Amplifying circuit with bypass circuit, and electronic device using the same

A vacuum cleaner includes a dust chamber, a dust bag provided in the dust chamber, and an electric blower for generating suction air flow for drawing and collecting dust and dirt in the dust bag. A deodorant is supplied into the dust bag by the suction air flow and directly attached to the dust and dirt. The deodorant has a granule or powder shape.

Vacuum cleaner and dust bag for vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner includes a first dirt separation unit and a second dirt separation unit. The first dirt separation unit has a first inlet port through which a suction air stream including dirt particles is introduced thereinto, and the second dirt separation unit has a second inlet port through which the air stream introduced into the first dirt separation unit is introduced into the second dirt separation. The first and the second inlet port are disposed such that they are not registered with each other. Accordingly, the dirt particles suctioned are separated in two stages, thereby decreasing the possibility of occlusion of a filter and rapid deterioration of a suction force.

Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a suction head in communication with the electric blower for drawing in dirt, a filter bag communication with the electric blower for capturing and collecting dirt, an exhaust unit for discharging exhaust air from the electric blower to atmosphere, and an ion generator for generating negative ions and/or positive ions. The ion generator is placed between the suction head and the filter bag.

Vacuum cleaner having an ion generator

A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.

Vacuum cleaner capable of compressing dirt

An electric vacuum cleaner includes a main body. A hose is connected to the main body. A motor-drive brush is provided in a floor nozzle. An extension pipe connects the floor nozzle and one end of the hose. An electric conductor is located in the extension pipe. The extension pipe includes an outer tube, an inner tube, a first electric connection terminal, a second electric connection terminal, a first conductor casing, and a second conductor casing. The first electric connection terminal is pfovided on one end of the outer tube. The second electric connection terminal is provided on one end of the inner tube. The inner tube slidably extends into the outer tube. The electric conductor is connected between the first electric connection terminal and the second electric connection terminal. The electric conductor is accommodated in the first conductor casing and the second conductor casing. The first conductor casing is provided on the outer tube. The second conductor casing is provided on the inner tube. The outer tube has a dust suction passage. The inner tube has a dust suction passage. The first conductor casing has an interior isolated from the dust suction passage in the outer tube. The second conductor casing has an interior isolated from the dust suction passage in the inner tube.

Electric vacuum cleaner

The refuse processing machine of the invention reduces the bulk of the waste by heating and drying the waste in the waste container by heating means. The grinding and stirring means is operated while heating and drying, and the waste is ground and stirred. The waste is ground into small pieces by the grinding and stirring means, and heat of the heating means is hence smoothly transmitted to the inside of the waste, so that the moisture in the waste may be removed efficiently.

Refuse processing machine

A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner of the present invention has an auxiliary agitator provided outside the lateral wall of a main body of the nozzle. The auxiliary agitator is covered by a protecting cover, so as to ensure safety during use. Moreover, a stirring member, a dust outlet and confirmation holes allow dust to be discharged out of the main body more easily and smoothly, while preventing burning or breaking of the agitator.

Vacuum cleaner floor nozzle having an auxiliary agitator

A suction nozzle device connected to a vacuum cleaner for cleaning beddings such as blankets. The suction nozzle device includes a nozzle which is coupled through a suction passage to an electric blower of the vacuum cleaner and which has a suction opening at its end portion which is arranged so as to face an object to be cleaned. Also included is a pair of rotatable rollers each of which is cylindrically shaped and has on its outer circumferential surface a plurality of tooth-portions which are radially protruded from said outer circumferential surface. The suction opening thereof is positioned to be interposed between the pair of rotatable rollers. Each of the tooth-portions is elongated by a predetermined length in the directions of the axes of the rotatable rollers. Each of the rotatable rollers is divided into a plurality of sections each of which has a predetermined number of the tooth-portions and is formed so as to have at least a flat portion between the tooth-portions. The adjacent ones of the plurality of sections are disposed so that their flat portions are in 180.degree. out-of-phase relation to each other.

Suction nozzle device for use in vacuum cleaner

Disclosed is an apparatus for supporting an electric blower of a vacuum cleaner, comprising a front supporting member positioned between the front surface of the electric blower and a housing of the vacuum cleaner and a rear supporting member positioned between the electric blower and the housing thereof. The rear supporting member is fixed to the electric blower and the housing to prevent the electric blower from being moved in its thrust direction. The rear supporting member is fixed thereto such that one end portion thereof is fixedly secured to the rear portion of the electric blower and a groove portion formed on the periphery of the rear supporting member is engaged with a fixing member protrudingly provided on the housing. The front supporting member is formed so that at least the cross section of a portion thereof positioned between the front surface of the electric blower and the housing of the vacuum cleaner has a wedge-like configuration.

Apparatus for supporting an electric blower of a vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner housing accommodating a motor-driven air blower and having a dust collection chamber defined in a front end thereof. An upper cover is detachably hinged at an end to the cleaner housing for closing an upper portion of the dust collection chamber and has a slanted surface inclined downwardly toward the front end. The upper cover has an inlet hole defined in the slanted surface for communication with the dust collection chamber when the upper portion of the dust collection chamber is closed by the upper cover. A connector pipe connected at one end to an intake hose has an opposite end rotatably coupled to the inlet hole. The connector pipe is bent at such an angle as to be directed substantially vertically when the hose is directed upwardly.

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Osaka, Japan

Hidenori Kitamura