Patents by Inventor Nobuo Saitoh

Nobuo Saitoh 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).

  • Card-type peripheral device
    Patent number: 6480390
    Abstract: A card-type peripheral device with a connector element, the device comprising the function of shielding contacts when the device is not in use. The device comprises a circuit board, a connector element including a plurality of contacts for connecting a circuit board to an intended apparatus, and a hollow card-type housing having openings for exposing an contact portion on the intended apparatus side of each contact. The housing contains the circuit board fixedly, and the connector element movably, therein. The connector element has a slide knob, and by moving the slide knob within a slide knob opening, can assume two states including an open state in which the contact portions are exposed from the openings and connectable with the terminals of the intended apparatus and a closed state in which the contact portions are contained in the housing and protected from external dust and dirt, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumiya, Nobuo Saitoh, Naoki Ikemori
  • Card-type peripheral device
    Publication number: 20010017771
    Abstract: A card-type peripheral device with a connector element, the device comprising the function of shielding contacts when the device is not in use. The device comprises a circuit board, a connector element including a plurality of contacts for connecting a circuit board to an intended apparatus, and a hollow card-type housing having openings for exposing an contact portion on the intended apparatus side of each contact. The housing contains the circuit board fixedly, and the connector element movably, therein. The connector element has a slide knob, and by moving the slide knob within a slide knob opening, can assume two states including an open state in which the contact portions are exposed from the openings and connectable with the terminals of the intended apparatus and a closed state in which the contact portions are contained in the housing and protected from external dust and dirt, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumiya, Nobuo Saitoh, Naoki Tkemori