Patents by Inventor Satoru Noma

Satoru Noma 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: 20230116982
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that includes a bottom plate and a standing wall erected over the bottom plate, and a conversion mechanism that includes a first coupler coupled to the standing wall and a second coupler by which the first coupler is coupled to the bottom plate, and configured to convert a tensile force to act on the first coupler toward a side of the standing wall into a pulling force to act on the bottom plate from the second coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takehisa Ishikawa, Satoru Noma, Eiji Makabe
  • Patent number: 9958901
    Abstract: An electronic device equipped with a touch panel provided with, at side surfaces of the housing, first elastic members having a first modulus of elasticity and a first coefficient of friction and contacting a level surface when the electronic device is made to stand in a range from the vertical to 50° and second elastic members having a second modulus of elasticity lower that the first modulus of elasticity and a second coefficient of friction larger than the first coefficient of friction and contacting the level surface when the electronic device is made to lean against a wall from the level surface by an angle of 50° or less, the electronic device thereby prevented from slipping no matter what the range of angle, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takita, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Kei Kojima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Toru Koike, Satoru Noma, Hirohisa Nakabayashi, Katsumi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20170336828
    Abstract: An electronic device equipped with a touch panel provided with, at side surfaces of the housing, first elastic members having a first modulus of elasticity and a first coefficient of friction and contacting a level surface when the electronic device is made to stand in a range from the vertical to 50° and second elastic members having a second modulus of elasticity lower that the first modulus of elasticity and a second coefficient of friction larger than the first coefficient of friction and contacting the level surface when the electronic device is made to lean against a wall from the level surface by an angle of 50° or less, the electronic device thereby prevented from slipping no matter what the range of angle, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takita, Kazunobu Yoneyama, Kei Kojima, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Toru Koike, Satoru Noma, Hirohisa Nakabayashi, Katsumi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20140240922
    Abstract: An electronic device having a heat generating part in an internal space between a front case and a rear case wherein the rear case is integrally molded with a metal sheet and the metal sheet is given relief shapes which increase its surface area, whereby the heat of the heating generating part is dissipated from the rear case and conduction to the front case is reduced. The relief shapes can be formed from a wave shape. The rear case may be made a bathtub shape. Relief shapes of the metal sheet may be exposed at the inside space of the electronic device at the side wall part of the rear case or its vicinity. As a result, the heat which is generated inside the housing of a small electronic device can be efficiently dissipated from the back side and conduction of heat to the front side can be made difficult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: YASUAKI WATANABE, Toru Koike, Hirokazu Todoroki, SATORU NOMA
  • Publication number: 20130279130
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a substrate, an electronic component, and an elastic member. The substrate is arranged inside the casing. The electronic component is arranged on the substrate. The elastic member includes a recessed portion formed to house the electronic component and a convex portion protruding toward the casing side over an entire circumference of the electronic component and being formed in an outer circumference side from the recess unit. The elastic member is compressed between the casing and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akio Ihara, Hiroyuki Dai, Satoru Noma, Shingo Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8214002
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal including: a first housing; a second housing slidable in a sliding direction with respect to the first housing; a first magnet disposed in the first housing; a second magnet disposed in the second housing to face the first magnet in a closed state; and a third magnet disposed in the second housing to face the first magnet in an opened state, wherein an S pole of the first magnet is positioned on a side of the first housing facing the second housing, and wherein an N pole of the second magnet, an S pole of the second magnet, an S pole of the third magnet and an N pole of the third magnet are aligned as a sequence along the sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Noma, Keiyo Hatano
  • Patent number: 8099143
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an opening/closing mechanism in which a first casing and a second casing are hinge-connected via a hinge unit and the first casing and the second casing perform opening and closing operations via the hinge unit and a rotation mechanism in which the second casing is rotated about a twisting central axis which protrudes and contacts the hinge unit and rotatably supports the second casing, in which in a closed state where one face of the first: casing and one face of the second casing are overlapped one another, a clearance between the casings is set to have a first distance, and in another closed state where the other face of the first casing and the other face of the second casing are overlapped one another, the clearance between the casings is set to have a second distance different from the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventor: Satoru Noma
  • Publication number: 20110117977
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal has a first housing, a second housing disposed on the first housing, a rail plate, a sliding plate, and a resilient member. The rail plate has a pair of rails and a base connecting the rails and formed an opening. The rail plate is fixed to a surface of the second housing facing the first housing. The sliding plate is fixed to a surface of the first housing facing the second housing and slides on the rails. The resilient member is disposed between the second housing and the sliding plate. The resilient member is connected to the sliding plate at one end and to the second housing through the opening at the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamashita, Yasushi Komine, Satoru Noma
  • Publication number: 20100309627
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal including: a first housing; a second housing slidable in a sliding direction with respect to the first housing; a first magnet disposed in the first housing; a second magnet disposed in the second housing to face the first magnet in a closed state; and a third magnet disposed in the second housing to face the first magnet in an opened state, wherein an S pole of the first magnet is positioned on a side of the first housing facing the second housing, and wherein an N pole of the second magnet, an S pole of the second magnet, an S pole of the third magnet and an N pole of the third magnet are aligned as a sequence along the sliding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoru NOMA, Keiyo Hatano
  • Publication number: 20090088228
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an opening/closing mechanism in which a first casing and a second casing are hinge-connected via a hinge unit and the first casing and the second casing perform opening and closing operations via the hinge unit and a rotation mechanism in which the second casing is rotated about a twisting central axis which protrudes and contacts the hinge unit and rotatably supports the second casing, in which in a closed state where one face of the first: casing and one face of the second casing are overlapped one another, a clearance between the casings is set to have a first distance, and in another closed state where the other face of the first casing and the other face of the second casing are overlapped one another, the clearance between the casings is set to have a second distance different from the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Satoru NOMA