Patents by Inventor Seita Horikoshi

Seita Horikoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 11809235
    Abstract: An information apparatus includes a display, a back face cover, and a support member. The display covers a face opposite to a display surface of the display. The support member fills a space between the face opposite to the display surface of the display and an inner face of the back-face cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seita Horikoshi, Kazuo Fujii, Kenji Watamura
  • Patent number: 11775027
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis having a keyboard mounted thereon; a second chassis having a display mounted thereon; a third chassis adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis; a first hinge connecting the first chassis with the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; a torque mechanism section that is disposed in the first hinge and imparts predetermined rotational torque to a rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis; a second hinge connecting the third chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a lock section that locks the third chassis placed at an attitude protruding from the end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis with respect to the second chassis at the 0-degree attitude such that the lock section restricts a rotation of the third chassis by the second hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Onda, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura
  • Patent number: 11520382
    Abstract: A portable information device includes a display extending over a first chassis and a second chassis, and a bezel disposed straddling over an outer edge of the display and a chassis frame, adjacent to the outer edge, of the first chassis and the second chassis and having a bending part. The bending part includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes first and second side portions. The first side portion is fixed to a front face of the outer edge and the second side portion is disposed to be relatively movable with respect to the chassis frame, in a width direction straddling over the outer edge and the chassis frame of the first chassis and the second chassis. The second member is fixed to a front face of the first member and made of a material more flexible than that of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Seita Horikoshi, Yuta Tsuganezawa, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11507136
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis having lateral surfaces including a frame and a rear surface including a glass plate supported by the frame; and a display having a display surface facing a front surface of the chassis. The frame includes a frame-shaped outer wall defining the lateral surfaces of the chassis; and a glass support that protrudes from the outer wall towards in inward direction of the frame. The glass support extends along an edge of the glass plate and includes a missing part that is a divided portion. The electronic apparatus further includes a metal plate that is thinner than a portion of the glass support adjacent to the divided portion. The metal plate is fixed to the frame, supplements the divided portion, and supports the glass plate together with the glass support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Umejima, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220279102
    Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging element, a main body unit that houses the imaging element and has a downward-facing installation surface, a plurality of conduction pins, protruding from the installation surface downward, that are biased downward in an upward movable state and are disposed side by side in a crosswise direction, and at least one fixing member. In a case where a direction that is orthogonal to both a vertical direction and the crosswise direction is defined as a depth direction, the side that the imaging element faces in the depth direction is defined as the imaging side and the side that is opposite to the imaging side is defined as a non-imaging side. The main body unit has a guide section that is disposed closer to the imaging side than the plurality of conduction pins and protrudes from the installation surface downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Onda, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura
  • Publication number: 20220269316
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis having a keyboard mounted thereon; a second chassis having a display mounted thereon; a third chassis adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis; a first hinge connecting the first chassis with the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; a torque mechanism section that is disposed in the first hinge and imparts predetermined rotational torque to a rotation between the first chassis and the second chassis; a second hinge connecting the third chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a lock section that locks the third chassis placed at an attitude protruding from the end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis with respect to the second chassis at the 0-degree attitude such that the lock section restricts a rotation of the third chassis by the second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Onda, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura
  • Publication number: 20220269317
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis having a keyboard mounted thereon; a second chassis having a display mounted thereon; a first hinge that connects the first chassis with the second chassis in a rotatable manner and that has a torque mechanism section; a third chassis that is adjacent to end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis; a second hinge that connects the third chassis to the first chassis in a rotatable manner; and a traction member including: a first end portion fixed to the second chassis, and a second end portion fixed to the third chassis. The traction member causes the third chassis to be pulled by the second chassis when the first chassis and the second chassis rotate from the first angle attitude toward the 0-degree attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Yuichi Onda, Seita Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 11392170
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a first display in the chassis with a first display surface facing a front surface of the chassis; and a second display in the chassis with a second display surface facing a rear surface of the chassis. The chassis includes: a first glass plate that covers the first display surface and constitutes the front surface of the chassis; a second glass plate that covers the second display surface and constitutes the rear surface of the chassis; and a frame that supports the first glass plate and the second glass plate and constitutes lateral surfaces of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Umejima, Kazuo Fujii, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura
  • Publication number: 20220221908
    Abstract: An information apparatus includes a display, a back face cover, and a support member. The display covers a face opposite to a display surface of the display. The support member fills a space between the face opposite to the display surface of the display and an inner face of the back-face cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seita Horikoshi, Kazuo Fujii, Kenji Watamura
  • Patent number: 11388828
    Abstract: A chassis member is used for an electronic device, including a face plate, and a frame to be fixed to one face of the face plate and provided along at least one side of a peripheral edge of the one face. The frame is formed by laminating a plurality of layers of a prepreg containing reinforced fiber impregnated with resin. The frame has a frame body to be fixed to the one face, and a shaft supporting portion formed integrally with the frame body and formed with an insertion hole for press-fitting a shaft-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Kazuya Umejima, Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 11358377
    Abstract: A chassis member capable of improving manufacturing efficiency is disclosed. The chassis member includes a laminate in which an interlayer is provided between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates made of reinforced fiber impregnated with thermoplastic resin. A frame body formed of thermoplastic resin is joined to an edge of the laminate. The edge of the laminate is provided with a thin plate portion thinner than the other portion. The frame body is joined to the thin plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Tsunenori Yanagisawa, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11287854
    Abstract: A portable information apparatus is provided. The portable information apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a set of outer shell members disposed side-by-side along an arrangement direction of the first chassis and the second chassis and is respectively equipped with hollow parts, a set of inner shell members each of which is disposed so as to stride over a boundary at least between lower faces of the mutually adjacent outer shell members in the hollow parts of the mutually adjacent outer shell members, a first coupling section which couples each inner shell member and one of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together and a second coupling section which couples each inner shell member and the other of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Satoshi Seino, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20220043478
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis having lateral surfaces including a frame and a rear surface including a glass plate supported by the frame; and a display having a display surface facing a front surface of the chassis. The frame includes a frame-shaped outer wall defining the lateral surfaces of the chassis; and a glass support that protrudes from the outer wall towards in inward direction of the frame. The glass support extends along an edge of the glass plate and includes a missing part that is a divided portion. The electronic apparatus further includes a metal plate that is thinner than a portion of the glass support adjacent to the divided portion. The metal plate is fixed to the frame, supplements the divided portion, and supports the glass plate together with the glass support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Umejima, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220043293
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a first display in the chassis with a first display surface facing a front surface of the chassis; and a second display in the chassis with a second display surface facing a rear surface of the chassis. The chassis includes: a first glass plate that covers the first display surface and constitutes the front surface of the chassis; a second glass plate that covers the second display surface and constitutes the rear surface of the chassis; and a frame that supports the first glass plate and the second glass plate and constitutes lateral surfaces of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Umejima, Kazuo Fujii, Seita Horikoshi, Kenji Watamura
  • Publication number: 20210365076
    Abstract: A portable information device includes a display extending over a first chassis and a second chassis, and a bezel disposed straddling over an outer edge of the display and a chassis frame, adjacent to the outer edge, of the first chassis and the second chassis and having a bending part. The bending part includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes first and second side portions. The first side portion is fixed to a front face of the outer edge and the second side portion is disposed to be relatively movable with respect to the chassis frame, in a width direction straddling over the outer edge and the chassis frame of the first chassis and the second chassis. The second member is fixed to a front face of the first member and made of a material more flexible than that of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Seita Horikoshi, Yuta Tsuganezawa, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20210315119
    Abstract: A chassis member is used for an electronic device, including a face plate, and a frame to be fixed to one face of the face plate and provided along at least one side of a peripheral edge of the one face. The frame is formed by laminating a plurality of layers of a prepreg containing reinforced fiber impregnated with resin. The frame has a frame body to be fixed to the one face, and a shaft supporting portion formed integrally with the frame body and formed with an insertion hole for press-fitting a shaft-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Kazuya Umejima, Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 11079809
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a keyboard device on its top surface; a second chassis having a display on its front surface; a hinge mechanism connecting the first chassis and the second chassis; a movable plate disposed in the rear of the keyboard device on the top surface of the first chassis, and is configured to be turnable in a direction of moving its rear end up and down centering on a rotating shaft provided on its front end; and a drive mechanism that causes the movable plate to turn in conjunction with a turning motion of the first chassis and the second chassis through the hinge mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi, Satoshi Seino
  • Patent number: 11079802
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a sub display is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a hinge mechanism connecting a main body chassis and a display chassis; a movable plate provided on a top surface of the main body chassis and is turnable in a direction in which its rear end moves up and down around a rotating shaft part provided at its front end; a drive mechanism that turns the movable plate in conjunction with a turning operation between the main body chassis and the display chassis by the hinge mechanism; and a release mechanism that releases an interlocking state of the turning operation and the movable plate by the drive mechanism to allow the movable plate to turn in a downward direction when the movable plate of which the rear end is located at a raised position receives a predetermined external force in the downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi, Satoshi Seino
  • Patent number: 11029723
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes: a base member having a top face on which a first unit and a second unit are placed; a driving part configured to relatively move the first unit and the second unit between a storage position and a usage position; at the storage position, the first side face and the second side face meshing with each other while being displaced in a front-rear direction of the keyboard device; at the usage position, the first side face and the second side face meshing with each other without being displaced in the front-rear direction so that the units are placed side by side in a left-right direction of the keyboard device to define a single keyboard; and an operating member configured to move the first unit and the second unit between the usage position and the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Seita Horikoshi, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 10990128
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a display that appears to be floating in air is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first transparent plate; a second transparent plate facing the first transparent plate; a display provided between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate to partially cover the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate; and a transparent member provided between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate to fill around the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Masayuki Amano, Kenji Watamura, Seita Horikoshi