Patents by Inventor Satoru Yasui

Satoru Yasui 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: 20160066437
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, device includes housing, first wall in the housing, first base, second base, mount, module, and combining portion. First base protrudes from first wall in thickness direction of first wall. First base includes first opening. Second base is at one side of first wall at which first base protrudes, and located nearer to one side of first base than to other side of first base in the direction. One side of first base is located nearer to first wall. Mount extends from one side of second base located farther from first wall in the direction to the other side of first base, and includes second wall including second opening which overlaps with first opening. Module includes third wall and body. Third wall is sandwiched between second base and second wall. Combining portion penetrates through second opening and inserted into first opening, and combines mount and first base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wenhsiang WU, Satoru YASUI, Hirofumi MORITA, Atsushi TATEMICHI, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Masanobu ASANO
  • Publication number: 20160066450
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, device includes first wall, first base, mount, module, and first and second combining portions. First base protrudes from first wall in thickness direction. First base includes first opening. Mount includes second base and second wall. Second base includes second opening toward first wall. Second wall extends from one side of second base located farther from first wall in the direction to one side of first base located farther from first wall in the direction. Second wall includes third opening which overlaps first opening. Module includes third wall and body. Third wall is located at another side of second base. Third wall includes fourth opening which overlaps second opening. Body is apart from second base. First combining portion penetrates through fourth opening and is inserted into second opening. Second combining portion penetrates through third opening and is inserted into first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi MORITA, Satoru YASUI, Wenhsiang Wu, Atsushi TATEMICHI, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Masanobu ASANO
  • Patent number: 9257771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a card connector in which a card-shaped storage medium having card terminals is inserted so as to be extracted includes connector terminals configured to contact the card terminals and a terminal protecting member. The terminal protecting member includes a coated portion configured to maintain the connector terminals in a state of being in no contact with the card-shaped storage medium while the card-shaped storage medium is inserted in the card housing module up to contact positions where the card terminals contact the connector terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoru Yasui, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Kei Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150171534
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a card connector in which a card-shaped storage medium having card terminals is inserted so as to be extracted includes connector terminals configured to contact the card terminals and a terminal protecting member. The terminal protecting member includes a coated portion configured to maintain the connector terminals in a state of being in no contact with the card-shaped storage medium while the card-shaped storage medium is inserted in the card housing module up to contact positions where the card terminals contact the connector terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Satoru Yasui, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Kei Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150070856
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a component, a connector, a flexible printed circuit board and a tab. The component includes a first face, a second face, and an edge. The connector is configured to face the first face. The flexible printed circuit board includes a first portion configured to face the second face, a second portion configured to face the first face, a bent third portion between the first portion and the second portion and configured to face the edge, and a terminal provided to the second portion and configured to be connected to the connector. The tab includes an attachment portion and an extension portion. The extension portion is configured to be attached to the flexible printed circuit board. The extension portion extends from the attachment portion toward the terminal along the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Wada, Kengo Kurose, Shinichi Fujiwara, Satoru Yasui, Shigenori Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20130164995
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: housing; display; circuit board; and connector. The connector includes: an insulating member; a plurality of terminal members; a first terminal portion; and a plurality of second terminal portions. The insulating member includes an insertion portion into which an external connector is inserted. The terminal members are provided in parallel with the insulating member in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the external connector is inserted into the insertion portion. The first terminal portion is included in each of the terminal members, and electrically connected to the external connector in the insertion portion. The second terminal portions are included in each of the terminal members, electrically connected to the first terminal portion, and point different directions from each other. One of the second terminal portions of each of the terminal members is electrically connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoru YASUI, Tsuyoshi KOZAI
  • Patent number: 8317535
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a battery connector. The battery connector includes a plurality of signal terminals separated from each other by a first distance, a positive terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a second distance greater than the first distance, an insulative positioning pin between the plurality of signal terminals and the positive terminal, protruding farther than the positive terminal, and a negative terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a third distance greater than the first distance and protruding farther than the positive terminal, the plurality of signal terminals being between the positioning pin and the negative terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Patent number: 8292654
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a battery connector. The battery connector includes a plurality of signal terminals separated from each other by a first distance, a positive terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a second distance greater than the first distance, an insulative positioning pin between the plurality of signal terminals and the positive terminal, protruding farther than the positive terminal, and a negative terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a third distance greater than the first distance and protruding farther than the positive terminal, the plurality of signal terminals being between the positioning pin and the negative terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20120238144
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a battery connector. The battery connector includes a plurality of signal terminals separated from each other by a first distance, a positive terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a second distance greater than the first distance, an insulative positioning pin between the plurality of signal terminals and the positive terminal, protruding farther than the positive terminal, and a negative terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a third distance greater than the first distance and protruding farther than the positive terminal, the plurality of signal terminals being between the positioning pin and the negative terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20120094540
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a battery connector. The battery connector includes a plurality of signal terminals separated from each other by a first distance, a positive terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a second distance greater than the first distance, an insulative positioning pin between the plurality of signal terminals and the positive terminal, protruding farther than the positive terminal, and a negative terminal separated from the plurality of signal terminals by a third distance greater than the first distance and protruding farther than the positive terminal, the plurality of signal terminals being between the positioning pin and the negative terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Patent number: 8139375
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a printed wiring board accommodated in the housing, and a circuit component electrically connected to the printed wiring board, the circuit component including an outer peripheral surface. The printed wiring board includes an outer peripheral edge, at least a pair of edge portions extending in mutually crossing directions, the pair of edge portions being opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the circuit component and being located inside the outer peripheral edge, and a projection portion located between the pair of edge portions and projecting toward the circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Minoru Takizawa, Kiyokazu Ishizaki, Takahiro Sugai, Syuji Hiramoto, Koji Tada, Ichioh Murakami, Satoru Yasui, Masaru Harashima
  • Publication number: 20110026230
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a printed wiring board accommodated in the housing, and a circuit component electrically connected to the printed wiring board, the circuit component including an outer peripheral surface. The printed wiring board includes an outer peripheral edge, at least a pair of edge portions extending in mutually crossing directions, the pair of edge portions being opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the circuit component and being located inside the outer peripheral edge, and a projection portion located between the pair of edge portions and projecting toward the circuit component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Minoru Takizawa, Kiyokazu Ishizaki, Takahiro Sugai, Syuji Hiramoto, Koji Tada, Ichioh Murakami, Satoru Yasui, Masaru Harashima
  • Patent number: 7717735
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a housing; a circuit board that is housed in the housing; a connector that is mounted on the circuit board and has a jack opening disposed to be exposed from the housing; and an LED unit that is detachably installed on the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Patent number: 7638571
    Abstract: A particulate chromatic resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a chromatic pigment and a white pigment, or a particulate white resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a white pigment and a black pigment, in which a sheet made from resin composition shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: 1300?(L*×B)?4000 wherein L* means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance in terms of % of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kita, Tomohiko Akagawa, Tatsushi Ako, Kenji Nozaki, Satoru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20090062447
    Abstract: A particulate chromatic resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a chromatic pigment and a white pigment, or a particulate white resin composition comprises an unused thermoplastic resin component, a white pigment and a black pigment, in which a sheet made from resin composition shows a relationship between a lightness and a light transmittance satisfying the following condition: 1300?(L*×B)?4000 wherein L* means a lightness of a sheet of 3 mm thick having been made of the resin composition, and B means a total light transmittance in terms of % of a sheet of 50 ?m thick having been made of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kita, Tomohiko Akagawa, Tatsushi Ako, Kenji Nozaki, Satoru Yasui
  • Publication number: 20090061676
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a housing; a circuit board that is housed in the housing; a connector that is mounted on the circuit board and has a jack opening disposed to be exposed from the housing; and an LED unit that is detachably installed on the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui