Patents by Inventor Kimihiro MATSUOKA

Kimihiro MATSUOKA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155816
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an intermediate frame positioned between an upper case and a bottom case; an upper substrate provided above the intermediate frame; and a lower substrate provided below the intermediate frame. The intermediate frame includes a positioning portion that performs positioning in an up-down direction with respect to the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper case, the upper substrate, the intermediate frame, the lower substrate, and the bottom case are integrally connected by a collective fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Kimihiro MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 11904689
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display unit, a surrounding member, and a cover member. The surrounding member is disposed to surround a periphery of the display unit and has an opening at an end on a viewing side. The cover member is disposed on a display surface of the display unit on the viewing side and covers the opening of the surrounding member. The surrounding member does not cover a surface of the cover member on the viewing side in a direction normal to the surface of the cover member. The surrounding member includes an upper surrounding portion located above the display unit. An upper viewing side end of the upper surrounding portion projects from the surface of the cover member in the direction normal to the surface of the cover member by a length of 0.1 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less relative to the surface of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiro Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11531222
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit having a display surface to display an image, a cover panel stacked on the display surface of the display unit, and a holding frame stacked on a back surface of the display unit. The display surface of the display unit and the cover panel are bonded to each other with an optical adhesive material. The holding frame and the display unit are bonded to each other with a variable thickness adhesive material a thickness of which is variable at least at a time of bonding the holding frame and the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20210373381
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit having a display surface to display an image, a cover panel stacked on the display surface of the display unit, and a holding frame stacked on a back surface of the display unit. The display surface of the display unit and the cover panel are bonded to each other with an optical adhesive material. The holding frame and the display unit are bonded to each other with a variable thickness adhesive material a thickness of which is variable at least at a time of bonding the holding frame and the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Kimihiro MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20210354560
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a display unit, a surrounding member, and a cover member. The surrounding member is disposed to surround a periphery of the display unit and has an opening at an end on a viewing side. The cover member is disposed on a display surface of the display unit on the viewing side and covers the opening of the surrounding member. The surrounding member does not cover a surface of the cover member on the viewing side in a direction normal to the surface of the cover member. The surrounding member includes an upper surrounding portion located above the display unit. An upper viewing side end of the upper surrounding portion projects from the surface of the cover member in the direction normal to the surface of the cover member by a length of 0.1 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less relative to the surface of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Kimihiro MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20150168997
    Abstract: A switch structure provided to an electronic device including a display screen and a frame body includes an input panel, a detector, and a holding portion. The input panel is formed separately from the frame body and installed along an outer edge of the display screen and has an input plane via which an operation on the electronic device is inputted and a back surface on an opposite side to the input plane. The detector is attached to the back surface of the input panel and detects an input to the input plane. The holding portion is formed of the frame body and holds the input panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kimihiro Matsuoka, Hiroshi Mokudai
  • Patent number: 8672712
    Abstract: A shield is made of a conductive material and used to cover a connector fixed to a circuit board. The shield includes a shield body, a contact portion and a lock portion. The shield body covers an outside of the connector. The contact portion projects from the shield body toward inside of the shield body to contact a ground terminal of the connector. The contact portion is elastically deformable and applies a pressing force toward the connector. The lock portion projects from the shield body toward outside of the shield body. The lock portion is brought into contact with the connector by a reaction force exerted to the shield body due to the pressing force, thereby to restrict the shield body from being moved relative to the connector due to the reaction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20120276757
    Abstract: A shield is made of a conductive material and used to cover a connector fixed to a circuit board. The shield includes a shield body, a contact portion and a lock portion. The shield body covers an outside of the connector. The contact portion projects from the shield body toward inside of the shield body to contact a ground terminal of the connector. The contact portion is elastically deformable and applies a pressing force toward the connector. The lock portion projects from the shield body toward outside of the shield body. The lock portion is brought into contact with the connector by a reaction force exerted to the shield body due to the pressing force, thereby to restrict the shield body from being moved relative to the connector due to the reaction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiro MATSUOKA