Patents by Inventor Masanori Tsubono
Masanori Tsubono 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).
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Patent number: 9939375Abstract: A gas concentration measurement device measures a gas concentration based on an absorbance of sample gas in a region between a light source that emits infrared light and a detector that detects the infrared light. The gas concentration measurement device includes a rotating member, first and second band pass filters on the rotating member, and a rotational driver. The first and second band pass filters are located on a pair of planes that intersect each other. The rotational driver rotates the rotating member around the rotating shaft to switch between a first state, in which the infrared light from the light source is transmitted through the first band pass filter, and a second state, in which the infrared light from the light source is transmitted through the second band pass filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Yasuda, Masanori Tsubono, Naoki Ogushi
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Publication number: 20170102325Abstract: A gas concentration measurement device measures a gas concentration based on an absorbance of sample gas in a region between a light source that emits infrared light and a detector that detects the infrared light. The gas concentration measurement device includes a rotating member, first and second band pass filters on the rotating member, and a rotational driver. The first and second band pass filters are located on a pair of planes that intersect each other. The rotational driver rotates the rotating member around the rotating shaft to switch between a first state, in which the infrared light from the light source is transmitted through the first band pass filter, and a second state, in which the infrared light from the light source is transmitted through the second band pass filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Masaaki YASUDA, Masanori TSUBONO, Naoki OGUSHI
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Patent number: 9553428Abstract: A power supply module includes a circuit board and a heatsink plate. The circuit board includes a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and side surfaces. Electronic components are mounted on the first principal surface. The heatsink plate includes a plate-shaped body portion that faces the first principal surface, and a plurality of fixing portions that extend at an angle from the body portion to face the side surfaces. The fixing portions are configured to come into contact with the second principal surface to secure the body portion to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Nagai, Masanori Tsubono
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Publication number: 20130265723Abstract: A power supply module includes a circuit board and a heatsink plate. The circuit board includes a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and side surfaces. Electronic components are mounted on the first principal surface. The heatsink plate includes a plate-shaped body portion that faces the first principal surface, and a plurality of fixing portions that extend at an angle from the body portion to face the side surfaces. The fixing portions are configured to come into contact with the second principal surface to secure the body portion to the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun NAGAI, Masanori TSUBONO
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Patent number: 8040282Abstract: A card-type device that includes an antenna body disposed on a housing and movable along a turning shaft between an upright position and a flat position. An antenna turning member applies an urging force to the antenna body in a direction in which the antenna body turns to the upright position. A locking projection projecting and a corresponding locking portion which is fitted to the locking projection when the antenna body is in the flat position, stops the antenna body from turning. When the antenna body moves in a direction in which the antenna body is to be unlocked, the locking projection is released from the locking portion, and the antenna body automatically turns toward the upright position by the urging force of the antenna turning member.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SII Mobile Communications, Inc.Inventors: Masanori Tsubono, Wataru Kakinoki
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Patent number: 7924571Abstract: A shield case shields an electric circuit on a circuit board by covering a front surface and a side peripheral surface of the circuit board. The shield case includes a frame section vertically arranged on a mother board and covering the side peripheral surface of the circuit board, and a lid section including a plate member provided at an upper end of the frame section and covering the front surface of the circuit board. The circuit board is arranged in the frame section at a position spaced apart from a front surface of the mother board, and has a circuit-side connector at a back surface of the circuit board. The circuit-side connector is connected with a mother-board-side connector provided at the mother board, so that an electric circuit of the circuit board is electrically connected with a conductive portion of the mother board.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Tsubono
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Publication number: 20100079963Abstract: A shield case shields an electric circuit on a circuit board by covering a front surface and a side peripheral surface of the circuit board. The shield case includes a frame section vertically arranged on a mother board and covering the side peripheral surface of the circuit board, and a lid section including a plate member provided at an upper end of the frame section and covering the front surface of the circuit board. The circuit board is arranged in the frame section at a position spaced apart from a front surface of the mother board, and has a circuit-side connector at a back surface of the circuit board. The circuit-side connector is connected with a mother-board-side connector provided at the mother board, so that an electric circuit of the circuit board is electrically connected with a conductive portion of the mother board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanori TSUBONO
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Publication number: 20080211723Abstract: An antenna body disposed on a housing through a turning shaft in a state in which the antenna body is movable along the turning shaft within an allowable movement range. The antenna body turns on the turning shaft within a range between an upright position to stand on an upper surface of the housing and a flat position to be laid flat. An antenna turning elastic member is provided so as to apply an urging force to the antenna body in a direction in which the antenna body turns to the upright position. One of the antenna body and the housing has a locking projection projecting toward the other, and the other of the antenna structure body and the housing has a locking portion which is fitted to the locking projection when the antenna body is laid flat and which stops the antenna body from turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Masanori Tsubono, Wataru Kakinoki
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Patent number: 6768644Abstract: A compact flash (CF) card includes, in a front portion, a space-entering portion that enters the space between a top plate and a bottom plate provided on the upper and lower sides of connecting terminal pins arranged at the front end of a CF-card storage section of a PC card adapter. The connecting terminal pins are protected by the top plate and the bottom plate. The CF card storage section of the PC card adapter has an opening in the upper surface on the card insertion side. An upper portion of the CF card that is exposed from the opening includes a tall portion having a greater height than the space-entering portion. The CF card can be loaded in a PC card adapter having a simple structure, and taller electronic components can be mounted in the tall portion, than in a CF card which is equal in height to the space-entering portion over the entire range from the front end to the rear end.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Kakinoki, Hiroaki Fukuchi, Masanori Tsubono
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Patent number: 6688903Abstract: A connector device includes lock male screws which can be screwed to lock female screws of an apparatus on which a locking operation is carried out, nuts for freely inserting the lock male screws and for allowing movement of the lock male screws between a screwed position and a non-screwed position, and lock female screws which, with the lock male screws being retracted to the non-screwed positions, are screwed to the nuts, and which are screwed to lock male screws of the apparatus on which a locking operation is carried out. By switching the states of the lock female screws between a mounting state and a non-mounting state with respect to the nuts, the lock screws of the connector device can be used even if the forms of the lock screws change with respect to the connector device. This causes the female connector and the male connector to be firmly secured together, thereby making the connector device more versatile.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Kakinoki, Masanori Tsubono
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Publication number: 20020181209Abstract: A compact flash (CF) card includes, in a front portion, a space-entering portion that enters the space between a top plate and a bottom plate provided on the upper and lower sides of connecting terminal pins arranged at the front end of a CF-card storage section of a PC card adapter. The connecting terminal pins are protected by the top plate and the bottom plate. The CF card storage section of the PC card adapter has an opening in the upper surface on the card insertion side. An upper portion of the CF card that is exposed from the opening includes a tall portion having a greater height than the space-entering portion. The CF card can be loaded in a PC card adapter having a simple structure, and taller electronic components can be mounted in the tall portion, than in a CF card which is equal in height to the space-entering portion over the entire range from the front end to the rear end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Kakinoki, Hiroaki Fukuchi, Masanori Tsubono
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Patent number: 6466437Abstract: An interface cable allows the number of components and manufacturing costs to be reduced. The interface cable has a housing defining an inner volume which has an opening. A first connector is removably connectable to one of a computer and a portable terminal. The first connector protrudes through the opening in the housing. An interface circuit is coupled to the first connector in which the interface circuit is located within the housing. A cable is coupled to the interface circuit. A second connector is removably connectable to the other of the computer and the portable terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., I-O Data Device, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Sakuragi, Wataru Kakinoki, Takashi Kuroda, Masanori Tsubono, Satoru Inomata
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Publication number: 20020068476Abstract: A connector device includes lock male screws which can be screwed to lock female screws of an apparatus on which a locking operation is carried out, nuts for freely inserting the lock male screws and for allowing movement of the lock male screws between a screwed position and a non-screwed position, and lock female screws which, with the lock male screws being retracted to the non-screwed positions, are screwed to the nuts, and which are screwed to lock male screws of the apparatus on which a locking operation is carried out. By switching the states of the lock female screws between a mounting state and a non-mounting state with respect to the nuts, the lock screws of the connector device can be used even if the forms of the lock screws change with respect to the connector device. This causes the female connector and the male connector to be firmly secured together, thereby making the connector device more versatile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Wataru Kakinoki, Masanori Tsubono
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Patent number: 5988391Abstract: An electronic parts casing which can be easily formed, which allows a reduction in size and which resists deformation. The electronic parts casing is composed of a frame member, an inner cover and an outer cover, and is divided into two chambers by a partition provided inside the frame member. On the outer side surfaces of the frame member, there are provided ridges for the engagement of the outer cover, and, in the periphery of the outer cover, there are provided detents to be engaged with the outer ridges of the frame member. On the top surface of the inner cover, there are provided outwardly convex draw surfaces, and, on the top surface of the outer cover, there is provided an outwardly convex draw portion, which has on its inner side an inwardly convex draw surface. The inner cover is placed in contact with the upper edges of the inner cover and of the partition.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Tsubono