Patents by Inventor Shoji Tatehata
Shoji Tatehata 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).
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Patent number: 9825263Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9793534Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Tomomichi Okada, Shoji Tatehata
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Publication number: 20170040574Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9508977Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150263327Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9023514Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140248530Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi OKADA, Shoji TATEHATA
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Patent number: 8728656Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Tomomichi Okada, Shoji Tatehata
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Patent number: 8691411Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Tomomichi Okada, Shoji Tatehata
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Publication number: 20140037993Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi Okada, Shoji Tatehata
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Publication number: 20120237801Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shoji Tatehata, Hideyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090186262Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Tomomichi OKADA, Shoji TATEHATA
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Patent number: 7243357Abstract: A disk device including a first disk holder movable with disk conveyance, a second disk holder opposed to a groove portion formed in the first disk holder and holding a disk grippingly in cooperation with the first disk holder when the first disk holder holds the disk, and a supporter which supports the first disk holder and which causes a support position for the first disk holder to be shifted in accordance with the movement of the first disk holder to be shifted in accordance with movement of the first disk holder, realizes reducing in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, shortening operation time for plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance and less expensive manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Kei Shirahata, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Eiji Sasaki, Kiichiro Murotani, Naohiko Obata, Yuichiro Suzui, Ryoto Adachi, Tetsuro Nagami, Takashi Matsuda, Yasuyuki Nakanishi, Masahiro Ieda
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Patent number: 7059211Abstract: A rack and pinion gear mechanism includes a rack forming member having a rack; a pinion gear which engages releasably with the rack of rack forming member; and an elastic member which contacts with one portion of the rack forming member and deformed by an elastic deformation corresponding to a displacement of the rack forming member by a confliction of tooth points, the one portion is located opposite side to a tooth of the rack that contacts firstly with a tooth of the pinion gear and the gear mechanism further includes a positioning means to fix the elastic member in a cantilever manner to define a positioning of a free end of the elastic member in height.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Sasaki, Kei Shirahata, Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Tetsurou Nagami, Kiichiro Murotani, Hisashi Morita, Nao Watanabe, Takeshi Inatani, Masaaki Takeshima, Eiji Niikura
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Patent number: 6996835Abstract: A disk device capable of storing a plurality of disks therein includes a disk holder capable of changing its vertical position to hold a disk, a driver to drive the disk holder, and the disk holder performs a rotational movement and the changing of its vertical height by means of the same driving mechanism of the driver. The disk device realizes a reduction in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, a shortened operation time for a plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance, and a reduced manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Kei Shirahata, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Eiji Sasaki, Kiichiro Murotani, Naohiko Obata, Yuichiro Suzui, Ryoto Adachi, Tetsuro Nagami, Takashi Matsuda, Yasuyuki Nakanishi, Masahiro Ieda
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Patent number: 6996034Abstract: A disk device realizing reducing in size and number of parts, prevention of damage to disks, shortening operation time for plurality of operations, improved vibration resistance and less expensive manufacturing cost is provided. The disk device capable of storing a plurality of disks includes an operation setting means to actuate the disk holding means according to an operation mode of the disk, and an operation mode switching means to switch the operation mode of the operation setting means based on contents of disk operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Kei Shirahata, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Eiji Sasaki, Kiichiro Murotani, Naohiko Obata, Yuichiro Suzui, Ryoto Adachi, Tetsuro Nagami, Takashi Matsuda, Yasuyuki Nakanishi, Masahiro Ieda
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Patent number: 6954935Abstract: A disk device for reproducing information includes a clamper that is used to clamp exchangeable disks. The disk device has a movement regulating member which is engaged with a sliding hole made on a base. A clamper base is engaged with a cam hole made on the movement regulating member to swing around a swinging axis on the base as a center. A clamper arm is supported on the clamper base to hold the clamper which clamps the disk. A positioning member is arranged on the base to abut with the clamper base when the clamper base swings. An energizing member urges the movement regulating member along a direction substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the movement regulating member.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Niikura, Takeshi Inatani, Masaaki Takeshima, Kei Shirahata, Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Eiji Sasaki, Tetsurou Nagami, Kiichiro Murotani, Hisashi Morita, Nao Watanabe
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Patent number: 6948178Abstract: A disk device including a movable portion which supports pivotally and enably to swing a feed screw axis, a thread motor to drive a small gear and the like which engage with a gear interlocked in an end portion of the feed screw axis thereby to rotate the feed screw axis, and a control screw to perform a height control of the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Inatani, Masaaki Takeshima, Eiji Niikura, Kei Shirahata, Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Takashi Kuzuu, Shoji Tatehata, Eiji Sasaki, Tetsurou Nagami, Kiichiro Murotani, Hisashi Morita, Nao Watanabe
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Patent number: D730287Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shigeki Motoyama, Shoji Tatehata, Naoto Hosoya
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Patent number: D803156Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Motoyama, Shoji Tatehata, Naoto Hosoya