Patents by Inventor Masami Tatehana

Masami Tatehana 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: 11733733
    Abstract: A strap includes a base having a plate shape and detachably attached to a terminal rear surface of a portable terminal, a rotary plate attached to a base front surface of the base so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis perpendicular to the base front surface, an annular holding portion fixed to a rotary plate front surface of the rotary plate and into which a palm portion is inserted from a finger, and an adjuster portion having a foldable portion and fixed to the base rear surface of the base. The foldable portion varies a distance perpendicular to the base rear surface from the base rear surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Saitoh, Shinji Tomobe, Masami Tatehana
  • Publication number: 20220334613
    Abstract: A strap includes a base having a plate shape and detachably attached to a terminal rear surface of a portable terminal, a rotary plate attached to a base front surface of the base so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis perpendicular to the base front surface, an annular holding portion fixed to a rotary plate front surface of the rotary plate and into which a palm portion is inserted from a finger, and an adjuster portion having a foldable portion and fixed to the base rear surface of the base. The foldable portion varies a distance perpendicular to the base rear surface from the base rear surface of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji SAITOH, Shinji TOMOBE, Masami TATEHANA
  • Patent number: 10171122
    Abstract: A hand strap for an electronic apparatus is provided with a first gripper, which is attached to a rear surface of an electronic apparatus in a removable manner, and a second gripper. The first gripper has a main body and an accommodation portion. The second gripper includes a fixed portion and an extra-long portion, one end of which is a free end. The extra-long portion is accommodated inside the accommodation portion, and can adjust the entire length of the second gripper. A finger accommodation space in which a finger other than a thumb is disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, is defined. By gripping the first gripper with the pad and the tip end of a finger other than a thumb, it is possible to perform operation with a thumb over a wide area of a touch panel while holding an electronic apparatus with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Tomobe, Eiji Saitoh, Masami Tatehana
  • Publication number: 20180241428
    Abstract: A hand strap for an electronic apparatus is provided with a first gripper, which is attached to a rear surface of an electronic apparatus in a removable manner, and a second gripper. The first gripper has a main body and an accommodation portion. The second gripper includes a fixed portion and an extra-long portion, one end of which is a free end. The extra-long portion is accommodated inside the accommodation portion, and can adjust the entire length of the second gripper. A finger accommodation space in which a finger other than a thumb is disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, is defined. By gripping the first gripper with the pad and the tip end of a finger other than a thumb, it is possible to perform operation with a thumb over a wide area of a touch panel while holding an electronic apparatus with one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji TOMOBE, Eiji SAITOH, Masami TATEHANA
  • Patent number: 9979428
    Abstract: A hand strap for an electronic apparatus is provided with a first gripper, which is attached to a rear surface of an electronic apparatus in a removable manner, and a second gripper. The first gripper has a main body and an accommodation portion. The second gripper includes a fixed portion and an extra-long portion, one end of which is a free end. The extra-long portion is accommodated inside the accommodation portion, and can adjust the entire length of the second gripper. A finger accommodation space in which a finger other than a thumb is disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, is defined. By gripping the first gripper with the pad and the tip end of a finger other than a thumb, it is possible to perform operation with a thumb over a wide area of a touch panel while holding an electronic apparatus with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Tomobe, Eiji Saitoh, Masami Tatehana
  • Publication number: 20170244438
    Abstract: A hand strap for an electronic apparatus is provided with a first gripper, which is attached to a rear surface of an electronic apparatus in a removable manner, and a second gripper. The first gripper has a main body and an accommodation portion. The second gripper includes a fixed portion and an extra-long portion, one end of which is a free end. The extra-long portion is accommodated inside the accommodation portion, and can adjust the entire length of the second gripper. A finger accommodation space in which a finger other than a thumb is disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, is defined. By gripping the first gripper with the pad and the tip end of a finger other than a thumb, it is possible to perform operation with a thumb over a wide area of a touch panel while holding an electronic apparatus with one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji TOMOBE, Eiji SAITOH, Masami TATEHANA
  • Publication number: 20070165152
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display capable of decreasing the number of components and easily carrying out an assembly. When a liquid crystal body 13 is to be attached to an opening 12 of a housing 11, the liquid crystal body 13 is supported and attached to the housing 11 by means of a plate portion 16 provided in parallel with the opening 12 through a wall portion 15 on a back side 11a of the housing 11. In this case, a flexible board 14 drawn from an end face of the liquid crystal body 13 is pulled out of an insertion hole 17 provided on the wall portion 15. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a holding member in the attachment of the liquid crystal body to the housing as in the conventional art. Therefore, it is possible to decrease the number of components and to reduce an attachment man-hour of the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouji Suzuki, Masami Tatehana, Kazunori Kouno, Tetsuya Kubo, Shinya Nakamura, Akinori Oohira, Eiji Nishimura, Yasunori Kondou, Toru Masamoto, Tsutomu Abe
  • Patent number: 6879337
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device with a camera, in which orientation of the camera can be easily adjusted in association with opening and closing motions of an upper case, and the camera can be protected from the exterior in association with a motion for folding the cases of the mobile terminal device, after photographing operation of the camera has been finished. The mobile terminal device with a camera according to the present invention includes a lower case 1 provided with an operating part, an upper case 2 provided with a display part, a hinge part 3 for connecting the upper case 2 with the lower case 1 in a foldable manner, and a photographing part 6 rotatably an association mechanism 7 by which the photographing part 6 is rotated in association with opening and closing motions of the upper case 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Tatehana, Kenji Kino, Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Yutaka Masutani, Ichiro Kajiya
  • Publication number: 20040051779
    Abstract: A portable terminal device with a camera capable of easily adjusting the orientation of the camera interlockingly with the opening and closing operation of an upper cabinet and protecting the camera from the outside interlockingly with the folding operation of the cabinet of the portable terminal device after completing a photographing operation by the camera, comprising a lower cabinet (1) having an operating part thereon, an upper cabinet (2) having a display part thereon, a hinge part (3) for foldably connecting the upper cabinet (2) to the lower cabinet (1), and an imaging part (6) rotatably installed on the hinge part (3), the imaging part (6) further comprising an interlocking mechanism (7) rotated interlockingly with the opening and closing operation of the upper cabinet (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Masami Tatehana, Kenji Kino, Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Yutaka Masutani, Ichiro Kajiya
  • Patent number: 6618601
    Abstract: A incoming call indicator has a configuration wherein a ring-like light transmissible member is disposed between an antenna main body and a portable phone main body at the base end part of the antenna main body, mounted projecting from the portable phone main body, and a light guiding member is provided in a hollow part of a fixing member for fixing the antenna main body, with the tip end part of the light guiding member disposed in a hollow part of the light transmissible member as well as with a light emitting element to be driven subject to an incoming call signal, provided facing to a light inputting part at the lower end part of the light guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Tatehana, Tsutomu Abe, Shinichi Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 6353465
    Abstract: Mobile electronic equipment has a frame portion 8 which is formed in such a manner that the midsection of a side thereof is located at the longest distance from the surface of the liquid crystal display. Since the arched configuration can suppress deformation of the enclosure in comparison with the linear configuration as seen in arched structure of bridges, even when external pressure is applied onto the liquid crystal cover panel 2 or the enclosure cover 3, the enclosure cover 3, especially the midsection of the frame portion on that side resists deformation, and even when the frame portion of the enclosure cover or the liquid crystal display cover panel 2 comes in contact with the liquid crystal display due to deformation, a load applied onto the liquid crystal display upon contact may be reduced and cracks in the liquid crystal display may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Hashimoto, Tsutomu Abe, Masami Tatehana, Yoshiaki Kameyama