Patents by Inventor Sei Ohnishi

Sei Ohnishi 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).

  • Damper and electronic equipment employing the damper
    Patent number: 6039299
    Abstract: A damper interposed between a stationary portion and a movable portion for attenuating or inhibiting vibrations or shock propagated from the stationary portion to the movable portion in an electronic equipment. The damper, which has its one end and its other end mounted on the movable portion and on the stationary portion, respectively, has its main body portion formed of flexible butyl rubber. The main body portion has a hollow portion and a protuberant portion having a shaft-inserting hole and which is protruding towards the hollow portion. The protuberant portion has an outer diameter equal to not less than 2.3 times the inner diameter of the shaft inserting hole. In the hollow portion of the main body portion is enclosed a viscous fluid, such as silicone oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sei Ohnishi, Yoshinori Hatayama
  • Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with elastic supporting mechanism for arranging a housing at an angle of inclination between a horizontal position and a vertical position
    Patent number: 5953303
    Abstract: A shock resistant recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc recording media is disposed in a passenger compartment of an automobile at a predetermined angle of inclination. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a housing, a recording and/or reproducing portion, and an elastic supporting mechanism. The housing is arranged at an angle of inclination between a horizontal state and a vertical state. The recording and/or reproducing portion is accomodated in the housing and performs recording and/or reproducing for recording media. The elastic supporting mechanism elastically supports the recording and/or reproducing portion so that the recording and/or reproducing portion can move by a predetermined distance relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Sugano, Masayasu Ito, Sei Ohnishi
  • Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with elastic supporting mechanism for arranging a housing at an angle of inclination between a horizontal position and a vertical position
    Patent number: 5757753
    Abstract: A shock-resistant recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc-like recording media and the like is disposed in a passenger compartment of an automobile at a predetermined angle of inclination. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a housing, a recording and/or reproducing portion, and an elastic supporting mechanism. The housing is arranged at an angle of inclination between a horizontal state and a vertical state. The recording and/or reproducing portion is accomodated in the housing and performs recording and/or reproducing for recording media. The elastic supporting mechanism elastically supports the recording and/or reproducing portion so that the recording and/or reproducing portion can move by a predetermined distance relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Sugano, Masayasu Ito, Sei Ohnishi