Patents by Inventor Kenta Sugimori

Kenta Sugimori 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: 8948825
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes: a converting portion converting one of sound and an electrical signal into the other thereof; and a chassis defining: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the converting portion with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the converting portion being arranged within the chassis apart from an axis of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Matsushima, Manabu Takase, Kensuke Yamada, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroyuki Takita, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Haruyoshi Yada, Kenta Sugimori
  • Patent number: 8629952
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a liquid-crystal portion that displays an image; a substrate that sandwiches another component between one surface of the substrate and the liquid crystal portion, and that has another surface that is provided with a control circuit; a connecting portion that connects the liquid-crystal portion and the control circuit; and a spacer member formed of an insulator and interposed between the another surface of the substrate and the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenta Sugimori, Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroyuki Takita
  • Patent number: 8494598
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a front panel covering the front of a housing; a circuit board placed inside the housing so as to face the front panel and having a cutout portion; a flexible substrate having a base end portion connected to the circuit board, extending from the base end portion to the cutout portion, and having a distal end portion placed on a facing surface of the circuit board facing the front panel; an electronic component having a bottom, the bottom which is connected to an intermediate portion of the flexible substrate, and being disposed at a position distant from the front panel than the facing surface of the circuit board; and a light source having a bottom, the bottom which is connected to the distal end portion of the flexible substrate, is smaller in thickness than the electronic component, and emits light toward the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenta Sugimori, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Patent number: 8467172
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device including a movable side housing having a movable side rear case, a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a connection part. An emitting member is provided to the movable side rear case, and a curved panel that covers the emitting member is attached to the movable side rear case through a light shielding sheet member, wherein light shielding print part is formed on a back side near an illuminated part in the curved panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenta Sugimori, Toshikazu Ishioka, Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Hiroshi Kubo, Yoshifumi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20120293419
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that includes a display unit including a planar display region, an operation unit formed on a side on which the planar display region is formed, the operation unit including a plurality of keys, the plurality of keys being allowed to be depressed, and a protrusion member formed between two of the plurality of keys, the protrusion member protruding from a surface of the planar display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kei KOJIMA, Takahisa NISHI, Yosui TOKUYAMA, Kenta SUGIMORI, Kazuhiko KAGEYAMA
  • Patent number: 8265716
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device including a movable side housing includes a movable side front case and a movable side rear case providing an LCD module is provided. The mobile terminal device includes a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a connecting hinge, a frame member integrally fitted on a peripheral portion of the movable side front case, a display panel provided on the frame member by adhering to a peripheral portion of the frame member with double-sided adhesive tape, and a dust-proof sheet member in contact with the frame member, and positioned to an upper surface of the LCD module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Toshikazu Ishioka, Hiroyuki Takita, Manabu Matsushima, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Patent number: 8218307
    Abstract: An information terminal device includes a first case including an operation section, and a second case movably connected to the first case with a connection mechanism, wherein an edge portion is formed around the operation section of the first case, the edge portion being raised toward the second case, and wherein an elastic sheet member is attached to a surface of the second case, the surface facing the first case, and the elastic sheet member includes a protruding portion, the protruding portion protruding toward the first case and having an outer side surface that elastically and slidably contacts an inner side surface of the edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Manabu Matsushima, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroyuki Takita
  • Patent number: 8195256
    Abstract: An information terminal device includes a first case; a second case electrically connected to the first case with a cable, the second case being movable relative to the first case; and a cable-containing section that allows movement of an extra-length portion of the cable, the extra-length portion being disposed so as to have a spiral shape, the movement of the extra-length portion being caused by movement of one of the first case and the second case, wherein the cable-containing section is disposed in one of the first case and the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Katsumi Takada, Toshifumi Tanida, Susumu Nikawa, Kinya Inoue, Masayuki Sato, Kunihiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8147263
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a movable side housing, a fixed side housing connected to the movable side housing with a hinge part and a thin-wire cable as an electrical current flow passage electrically connected between the movable side housing and the fixed side housing. A cable mount cover member protects the thin-wire coaxial cable. The thin-wire coaxial cable has a cable main body having plural thin wires embedded therein and a cable connector connected to the cable main body, and the cable mount cover has a cable enclosure member enclosing the cable main body and a connector enclosure member enclosing surrounding of the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Matsushima, Toshikazu Ishioka, Hiroyuki Takita, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Patent number: 8068887
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a fixed side housing including a fixed side front case and a fixed side rear case, the fixed side rear case having a circuit board and a frame chassis disposed adjacent to the circuit board, a movable side housing including a display, connected to the fixed side housing with a connecting part, a power connector provided in an end portion of the circuit board and having a connecting terminal, the connecting terminal being electrically connected to an electrode terminal of a battery pack when the battery pack is stored in a battery storage portion formed in the fixed side rear case, and a connector supporting member that is provided in an end portion of the frame chassis and supports the power connector by covering a circumference of the power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takita, Toshikazu Ishioka, Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110237314
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a first housing having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface having a first opening extending therethrough; a first microphone disposed in the first housing adjacent to the first opening; a second housing having a slide surface and an opposite surface opposite to the slide surface, the slide surface being slidable over the second surface of the first housing, the second housing overlapping a portion of the first housing including a position at which the first microphone is disposed when the second housing overlaps the first housing in a minimum area, the opposite surface having a second opening extending therethrough in a part thereof corresponding to the minimum area; and a second microphone disposed in the second housing adjacent to the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Haruyoshi Yada, Kenta Sugimori, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110237313
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a first casing that is provided with an operation portion; a second casing that is disposed so as to oppose a front surface of the first casing in which the operation portion is provided, the second casing being rotatable parallel to the front surface around a center positioned in a portion other than the operation portion of the front surface; and a protruding portion that is formed between the operation portion and the center on a surface of either the first casing or the second casing, the surface with the protruding portion opposing the other casing, the protruding portion protrudes toward the other casing by a height greater than or equal to a gap provided between the casings at the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takita, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Haruyoshi Yada, Kenta Sugimori, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110237310
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a front panel covering the front of a housing; a circuit board placed inside the housing so as to face the front panel and having a cutout portion; a flexible substrate having a base end portion connected to the circuit board, extending from the base end portion to the cutout portion, and having a distal end portion placed on a facing surface of the circuit board facing the front panel; an electronic component having a bottom, the bottom which is connected to an intermediate portion of the flexible substrate, and being disposed at a position distant from the front panel than the facing surface of the circuit board; and a light source having a bottom, the bottom which is connected to the distal end portion of the flexible substrate, is smaller in thickness than the electronic component, and emits light toward the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenta SUGIMORI, Yoshifumi KAJIWARA, Hiroyuki TAKITA, Haruyoshi YADA, Hiroshi KUBO
  • Publication number: 20110233039
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a keypad including an elastic sheet member, on a first surface of which a plurality of convex pressing portions for pressing switches are formed, and a key top member including first sheet portions disposed in areas overlapping the convex pressing portions, the areas being on a second surface different from the first surface of the elastic sheet member, and second sheet portions disposed in areas other than the areas overlapping the convex pressing portions on the second surface of the elastic sheet member, the second sheet portions having a thickness larger than that of the first sheet portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKITA, Yoshifumi KAJIWARA, Haruyoshi YADA, Kenta SUGIMORI, Hiroshi KUBO
  • Publication number: 20110234458
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes an antenna; a front outer case having a recess formed therein that houses the antenna, the recess having a first through hole and a second through hole, the first through hole penetrating through a side wall of the front outer case in one end of the recess and the second through hole penetrating through a bottom surface of the recess; and a supporting member that has a supporting hole formed therein, the supporting hole supporting the antenna that is inserted through the first through hole of the front outer case, at least a portion of the supporting member being inserted through the second through hole in a watertight manner and connecting the antenna supported by the supporting hole to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroyuki Takita, Haruyoshi Yada, Kenta Sugimori, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kazunobu Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20110223975
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes: a converting portion converting one of sound and an electrical signal into the other thereof; and a chassis defining: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the converting portion with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the converting portion being arranged within the chassis apart from an axis of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Matsushima, Manabu Takase, Kensuke Yamada, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroyuki Takita, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Haruyoshi Yada, Kenta Sugimori
  • Patent number: 7974667
    Abstract: An information terminal device that includes a first housing electrically and movably connected to a second housing via a cable, the first housing includes a first substrate, a cable guide member having a portion of the cable therein so that the cable guide member guides an end portion of the cable to the first substrate, and a cable cover member which integrally includes a cable surrounding unit which covers the portion of the cable in the cable guide member and a sensor holding unit which holds a detection sensor for detecting the position of the second housing in relation to the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Yada, Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Hiroshi Kubo, Kurumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20100248798
    Abstract: An information processing terminal includes a first housing, a second housing that has a projecting unit which projects toward a side of the first housing, and a connection mechanism which movably connects the first housing to the second housing, wherein the connection mechanism includes a slide leg unit which slidably connects the first housing by being engaged with a slide rail included in the first housing, and a guide pin which controls a moving direction of the first housing by being engaged with a guide groove provided in the first housing, and wherein the first housing abuts on the slide leg unit, the guide pin, and the projecting unit when the first housing and the second housing are in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takehisa Ishikawa, Haruyoshi Yada, Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20100246107
    Abstract: An information terminal device includes a first case; a second case electrically connected to the first case with a cable, the second case being movable relative to the first case; and a cable-containing section that allows movement of an extra-length portion of the cable, the extra-length portion being disposed so as to have a spiral shape, the movement of the extra-length portion being caused by movement of one of the first case and the second case, wherein the cable-containing section is disposed in one of the first case and the second case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Matsushima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Katsumi Takada, Toshifumi Tanida, Susumu Nikawa, Kinya Inoue, Masayuki Sato, Kunihiko Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100248789
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display member that displays an image; a first printed layer that is formed on an undersurface of the display member and annularly surrounds a part of the undersurface of the display member so as to provide color to the part; a second printed layer that overlaps an outer peripheral section of the first printed layer and provides color to an outer peripheral side, relative to the first printed layer, of the display member; an adhering member adhered to a region of the undersurface of the display member, the region being inward from an inner peripheral section, which does not overlap the second printed layer, of the first printed layer; and a detecting member that is adhered to the undersurface of the display member by the adhering member and detects contact on a surface of the display member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Manabu Matsushima, Kenta Sugimori, Haruyoshi Yada, Hiroshi Kubo, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Susumu Nikawa, Kinya Inoue