Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kameoka

Shinichi Kameoka 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: 9860479
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit; a front cabinet including a frame portion in the form of a frame surrounding an outer edge of the display unit, a tab including a base portion connected to the frame portion and extending in a depth direction from the base portion, and a fixing portion provided in the tab; and a rear frame, and the fixing portion is fixed to the rear frame with a fastener in a direction crossing the depth direction. The fixing portion may be located deeper in the depth direction than the display unit or may be closer to the display unit than the base position is in the direction crossing the depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujikawa, Shinji Morita, Shinichi Kameoka, Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150181732
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit; a front cabinet including a frame portion in the form of a frame surrounding an outer edge of the display unit, a tab including a base portion connected to the frame portion and extending in a depth direction from the base portion, and a fixing portion provided in the tab; and a rear frame, and the fixing portion is fixed to the rear frame with a fastener in a direction crossing the depth direction. The fixing portion may be located deeper in the depth direction than the display unit or may be closer to the display unit than the base position is in the direction crossing the depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Shinji MORITA, Shinichi KAMEOKA, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8243224
    Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a front cabinet, a rear cabinet, and a flat panel display component. The front cabinet includes a front panel, an edge portion, a plurality of contact ribs, a plurality of first bosses, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs. The contact ribs are disposed on the rear face of the front panel along side parts of the edge portion, respectively. The contact ribs have a main rib that extends parallel to a respective one of the side parts of the edge portion, and a sub rib that extends between the main rib and the respective one of the side parts of the edge portion in a direction perpendicular to the main rib. The reinforcing ribs are disposed on the rear face of the front panel. The reinforcing ribs extend between the first bosses and the main ribs of the contact ribs, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Nobuhiro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 8223276
    Abstract: A cabinet of electronic equipment includes a box-type first case with an open side made of a resin, and a box-type second case with an open side made of a resin to be fixed to the first case by engagement. An open part of the second case is engaged with an open part of the first case, and a plurality of hook formed on an inner wall of the open part of the first case are engaged with a plurality of engaging holes that are formed to pass through a wall of the open part of the second case and are elongated in the direction perpendicular to an engaging direction of the first and the second cases from an outer face side of the second case, so that the first and the second cases are coupled. A rib that crosses the engaging hole in its short side direction is formed integrally to the second case on its inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kameoka
  • Patent number: 8126186
    Abstract: A display includes a frame-shaped front housing for fixing a display portion so as to expose the display portion, a speaker and a speaker mounting portion for mounting to be capable of outputting a sound downward and forward in a state where the speaker is inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a front surface of the front housing, integrally formed in the vicinity of a lower end of a back surface of the front housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kameoka
  • Patent number: 7988121
    Abstract: A wall hanger for hanging a display device on a wall includes a latching member, an outer hanger member, an inner hanger member and a screw. The inner hanger member includes a threaded portion with a threaded hole and a lock portion with a lock hole. The lock portion is integrally formed with the threaded portion and bent to face the threaded portion with a predetermined space therebetween so that the threaded hole and the lock hole are concentrically positioned. The screw has a predetermined length so that the inner and outer hanger members sandwich a rear cover of the display device when the rear cover of the display device is disposed therebetween. The lock hole prevents a long screw from being threaded into the display device by mating an inner peripheral face of the lock hole with a distal end of the long screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kameoka
  • Patent number: 7952655
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a rear cabinet and a front cabinet. The front cabinet has a front frame portion, a first rib and a second rib. The front frame portion defines a window. The first rib has a peak ridge. The first rib is integrally formed on the front frame portion, extends along the front frame portion to surround the window and protrudes rearward from the front frame portion so that the peak ridge contacts with a peripheral edge portion of the front face of the display module. The second rib has a flat top face. The second rib is integrally formed on the front frame portion, is located outward of the first rib with respect to the window with a spacing therebetween and protrudes rearward from the front frame portion. The second rib has shorter height than the first rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Matsutani, Shinichi Kameoka
  • Patent number: 7874537
    Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 7854422
    Abstract: A swivel device for a display apparatus includes: a swivel mechanism to which a lead wire is connected; a swivel member that is capable of being turned by the swivel mechanism; a swivel mechanism housing portion that houses the swivel mechanism that is disposed so as to overlap the swivel member; a fixing member that fixes the swivel mechanism housing portion; and an attachment member that is attached to the swivel mechanism housing portion, and the swivel mechanism housing portion is provided with a first engaging portion for positioning the attachment member, and the attachment member is provided with a second engaging portion that engages the first engaging portion and has a draw out portion for drawing out the lead wire from the swivel mechanism housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20100265416
    Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a front cabinet, a rear cabinet, and a flat panel display component. The front cabinet includes a front panel, an edge portion, a plurality of contact ribs, a plurality of first bosses, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs. The contact ribs are disposed on the rear face of the front panel along side parts of the edge portion, respectively. The contact ribs have a main rib that extends parallel to a respective one of the side parts of the edge portion, and a sub rib that extends between the main rib and the respective one of the side parts of the edge portion in a direction perpendicular to the main rib. The reinforcing ribs are disposed on the rear face of the front panel. The reinforcing ribs extend between the first bosses and the main ribs of the contact ribs, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi KAMEOKA, Nobuhiro MATSUTANI
  • Publication number: 20090116679
    Abstract: A display includes a frame-shaped front housing for fixing a display portion so as to expose the display portion, a speaker and a speaker mounting portion for mounting to be capable of outputting a sound downward and forward in a state where the speaker is inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a front surface of the front housing, integrally formed in the vicinity of a lower end of a back surface of the front housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kameoka
  • Publication number: 20080309843
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a rear cabinet and a front cabinet. The front cabinet has a front frame portion, a first rib and a second rib. The front frame portion defines a window. The first rib has a peak ridge. The first rib is integrally formed on the front frame portion, extends along the front frame portion to surround the window and protrudes rearward from the front frame portion so that the peak ridge contacts with a peripheral edge portion of the front face of the display module. The second rib has a flat top face. The second rib is integrally formed on the front frame portion, is located outward of the first rib with respect to the window with a spacing therebetween and protrudes rearward from the front frame portion. The second rib has shorter height than the first rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro MATSUTANI, Shinichi KAMEOKA
  • Publication number: 20080277548
    Abstract: A wall hanger for hanging a display device on a wall includes a latching member, an outer hanger member, an inner hanger member and a screw. The inner hanger member includes a threaded portion with a threaded hole and a lock portion with a lock hole. The lock portion is integrally formed with the threaded portion and bent to face the threaded portion with a predetermined space therebetween so that the threaded hole and the lock hole are concentrically positioned. The screw has a predetermined length so that the inner and outer hanger members sandwich a rear cover of the display device when the rear cover of the display device is disposed therebetween. The lock hole prevents a long screw from being threaded into the display device by mating an inner peripheral face of the lock hole with a distal end of the long screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi KAMEOKA
  • Publication number: 20080180002
    Abstract: A cabinet of electronic equipment includes a box-type first case with an open side made of a resin, and a box-type second case with an open side made of a resin to be fixed to the first case by engagement. An open part of the second case is engaged with an open part of the first case, and a plurality of hook formed on an inner wall of the open part of the first case are engaged with a plurality of engaging holes that are formed to pass through a wall of the open part of the second case and are elongated in the direction perpendicular to an engaging direction of the first and the second cases from an outer face side of the second case, so that the first and the second cases are coupled. A rib that crosses the engaging hole in its short side direction is formed integrally to the second case on its inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Shinichi Kameoka
  • Publication number: 20080035821
    Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20070252064
    Abstract: A swivel device for a display apparatus includes: a swivel mechanism to which a lead wire is connected; a swivel member that is capable of being turned by the swivel mechanism; a swivel mechanism housing portion that houses the swivel mechanism that is disposed so as to overlap the swivel member; a fixing member that fixes the swivel mechanism housing portion; and an attachment member that is attached to the swivel mechanism housing portion, and the swivel mechanism housing portion is provided with a first engaging portion for positioning the attachment member, and the attachment member is provided with a second engaging portion that engages the first engaging portion and has a draw out portion for drawing out the lead wire from the swivel mechanism housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa