Patents by Inventor Teruo Nanmoku

Teruo Nanmoku 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: 11985773
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a display panel having a display portion configured to display an image, a plate-shaped member having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, the display panel being disposed on a second principal surface side, the plate-shaped member including a screen portion disposed in a position corresponding to the display portion, an opaque frame member disposed at a peripheral edge of the screen portion, a bonding member that has transparency and is configured to bond the display panel and the plate-shaped member to each other, a holding member disposed on the second principal surface side of the plate-shaped member, and a fixing member configured to fix the frame member and the holding member to the plate-shaped member, the plate-shaped member further including a transparent peripheral edge portion disposed on an outside of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamakita, Teruo Nanmoku, Masaki Kawasaki, Tetsuro Nakamura, Shunsuke Itakura
  • Publication number: 20230061015
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a display panel having a display portion configured to display an image, a plate-shaped member having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, the display panel being disposed on a second principal surface side, the plate-shaped member including a screen portion disposed in a position corresponding to the display portion, an opaque frame member disposed at a peripheral edge of the screen portion, a bonding member that has transparency and is configured to bond the display panel and the plate-shaped member to each other, a holding member disposed on the second principal surface side of the plate-shaped member, and a fixing member configured to fix the frame member and the holding member to the plate-shaped member, the plate-shaped member further including a transparent peripheral edge portion disposed on an outside of the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAKITA, Teruo NANMOKU, Masaki KAWASAKI, Tetsuro NAKAMURA, Shunsuke ITAKURA
  • Patent number: 10159155
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first curved portion that is curved; and a drive circuit board on which a circuit for driving the display panel is formed. The drive circuit board includes a second curved portion that is curved following the first curved portion, and each of a plurality of components including one of a resistor and a capacitor and mounted on the second curved portion is mounted on the drive circuit board so that a crosswise direction of the component in plan view, which is a direction perpendicular to an alignment direction of a plurality of electrodes of the component, follows a curving direction of the second curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Ogasawara, Teruo Nanmoku
  • Publication number: 20160360625
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first curved portion that is curved; and a drive circuit board on which a circuit for driving the display panel is formed. The drive circuit board includes a second curved portion that is curved following the first curved portion, and each of a plurality of components including one of a resistor and a capacitor and mounted on the second curved portion is mounted on the drive circuit board so that a crosswise direction of the component in plan view, which is a direction perpendicular to an alignment direction of a plurality of electrodes of the component, follows a curving direction of the second curved portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Shinya OGASAWARA, Teruo NANMOKU
  • Patent number: 7856256
    Abstract: A foldable portable terminal device provided with a first housing includes a display unit, a speaker and a speaker sound hole, a second housing, and a hinge unit that couples the housings rotatably around two directions that perpendicularly intersect with each other. The device is configured such that coupling of the first housing and the hinge unit is coupled to a second rotary shaft of the hinge unit at a position closer to a surface having the speaker sound hole than a midpoint in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the first housing, and that a gap formed in a folded state in which the first housing is overlaid on the second housing with a surface having the speaker sound hole facing inside is greater than a gap formed in the folded state with the surface having the speaker sound hole facing outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Yokota, Teruo Nanmoku, Akira Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7746323
    Abstract: A 5-direction key operating device is provided in which the structure of diaphragm contacts disposed on a printed circuit board is improved to allow five diaphragms to be disposed in a minimum space, and a single button key is enabled to operate the five diaphragms. Moreover, a 5-direction key operating device is provided in which an operation space can be reduced, and desired one of information displayed on a display section can be selected and determined by a smooth key operation without causing an erroneous operation. In each of diaphragm contacts on which diaphragms (4) that are arranged in the shape of a cross in correspondence with 5-direction keys are to be placed, a circular contact (1) which is a first contact, and strip-like contact portions (3a to 3d) which are elongated in a fan-like shape with respect to the center of the first contact (1) are disposed in a second contact (2) and in the side opposite to the side of the first contact (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Otsuki, Mamoru Yoshida, Teruo Nanmoku, Toshiyasu Kitamura, Akinori Ohira, Koichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090149225
    Abstract: A foldable portable terminal device provided with a first housing includes a display unit, a speaker and a speaker sound hole, a second housing, and a hinge unit that couples the housings rotatably around two directions that perpendicularly intersect with each other. The device is configured such that coupling of the first housing and the hinge unit is coupled to a second rotary shaft of the hinge unit at a position closer to a surface having the speaker sound hole than a midpoint in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the first housing, and that a gap formed in a folded state in which the first housing is overlaid on the second housing with a surface having the speaker sound hole facing inside is greater than a gap formed in the folded state with the surface having the speaker sound hole facing outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Yokota, Teruo Nanmoku, Akira Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7331724
    Abstract: A portable device includes a camera section, a camera image display, a first case having a first surface having the display therein and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second case that can be positioned over the second surface of the first case, a rotation axis section supporting the second case to the first case rotatably about an axis perpendicular to the first surface of the first case, and a camera/display operation section. The camera section has an optical axis, and the rotation axis section accommodates the camera section so that the optical axis is parallel to the rotation axis. The operation section is on the first surface of the first case opposite an image-capturing direction of the rotation axis of the rotation axis section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hasegawa, Susumu Otsuki, Teruo Nanmoku, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Tsumura
  • Publication number: 20070097611
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a portable type electronic apparatus including a hinge portion having a rotating function in a plurality of directions, wherein two casings can be held stably without shaking in a state in which they are opened. A portable type electronic apparatus (101) includes a hinge portion (30) for coupling a first casing (10) and a second casing (20) in such a manner that both of the casings can be opened and closed through a first rotating axis (31) and the first casing (10) can be rotated through a second rotating axis (32) in an orthogonal direction to the first rotating axis (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takamori, Kenichi Nishikawa, Teruo Nanmoku, Muneoki Kamata, Hidehiro Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 7184275
    Abstract: There is provided a foldable electronic apparatus in which first and second casings are pivotally mounted by a bearing portion so as to be freely rotatable and these casings are automatically opened until a predetermined opening angle and then further manually opened. In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the first and second casings (1), (2) are freely rotatably connected to each other (pivotally mounted) through a bearing portion (3). An opening/closing device (4) for automatically opening the first and second casings (1), (2) until a predetermined opening angle by operating a push button (49) is secured to the bearing portion. The opening/closing device (4) includes a mechanism for opening the casings until a larger opening angle exceeding the predetermined opening angle, and the first and second casings (1), (2) can be manually opened till a larger opening angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Teruo Nanmoku, Shinichi Otsuka, Ryuichi Toyoda, Yoshihisa Naito
  • Patent number: 7103396
    Abstract: When the key operation area is pressed, a decision is made about whether the key is pre-registered a single button dialing telephone number or not (step 3). In case a decision is made that a single button dialing telephone number is pre-registered to the key in step 3, the timer starts when the key is pressed (step 6). In case the key is held down for the predetermined period (T1), an operation to instruct single button dialing via a so-called hold-down operation is assumed, thus causing the single button dialing telephone number pre-registered to the key held down to appear on the display (step 8). When a predetermined period (T2) has elapsed with the key held down (step 9), an operation to instruct a call origination to the telephone number on the display is assumed and a call is originated then conversation starts depending on the answer of the distant party (step 10). Keys on the cover can be used to operate keys on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Teruo Nanmoku, Mamoru Yoshida, Kuniko Onozuka, Naokazu Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20060104628
    Abstract: A portable device includes a camera section, a display capable of displaying an image captured by the camera section, a first case having a first surface having the display therein and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second case that can be positioned over the second surface of the first case, a rotation axis section supporting the second case to the first case rotatably about a rotation axis perpendicular to the first surface of the first case, and an operation section operates at least one of the camera section and the display. The camera section has an optical axis and is capable of capturing an image of an object in an image-capturing direction parallel to the optical axis. The rotation axis section accommodates the camera section so that the optical axis is parallel to the rotation axis, and the image-capturing direction is directed from the first surface of the first case to the second surface of the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Hasegawa, Susumu Otsuki, Teruo Nanmoku, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Tsumura
  • Patent number: 6914982
    Abstract: A folding portable cellular phone includes a first box member and a second box member. The first box member includes: an upper case having a window for a display unit; an upper substrate on which electric parts are mounted; an upper hinge frame; and an upper cover on which these components are mounted. The second box member includes: a lower cover in which key holes are formed to provide a key console unit; a lower substrate including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) on which electric parts are mounted; a lower hinge frame; and a lower case on which these components are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Toyoda, Ko Kondo, Akitoshi Mori, Teruo Nanmoku, Yuichiro Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20050128719
    Abstract: There is provided a foldable electronic apparatus in which first and second casings are pivotally mounted by a bearing portion so as to be freely rotatable and these casings are automatically opened until a predetermined opening angle and then further manually opened. In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the first and second casings (1), (2) are freely rotatably connected to each other (pivotally mounted) through a bearing portion (3). An opening/closing device (4) for automatically opening the first and second casings (1), (2) until a predetermined opening angle by operating a push button (49) is secured to the bearing portion. The opening/closing device (4) includes a mechanism for opening the casings until a larger opening angle exceeding the predetermined opening angle, and the first and second casings (1), (2) can be manually opened till a larger opening angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Teruo Nanmoku, Shinichi Otsuka, Ryuichi Toyoda, Yoshihisa Naito
  • Patent number: 6831843
    Abstract: An earphone jack is fixed on a printed circuit board by soldering as well as a first holding rib and a second holding rib for holding in the horizontal direction and a third holding rib for holding in the perpendicular direction with respect to the printed circuit board are provided on a shield case. The shield case is held in the perpendicular direction with respect to the printed circuit board by a fourth holding rib provided on the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kitamura, Teruo Nanmoku, Taichi Tabata, Hideo Ono
  • Patent number: 6807275
    Abstract: First display (4) comprising a liquid crystal display is provided on the external surface of the first case body (1). In the near proximity of the first display (4), a non-voice radio communications service start button (5), scroll buttons (6a), (6b), and a selection/decision button (7) are provided. On the internal surface of the first case body (1), the second display 8, on the side of which is provided an antenna 9 retractable slantwise, is provided. In the first case body (1) is embedded a magnet (18) and in the second case body (2) is embedded a lead switch (19). When the main unit is folded to bring the magnet (18) in close proximity to the lead switch (19), the lead switch is turned ON. When the main unit is unfolded to place the magnet (18) apart from the lead switch (19), the lead switch is turned OFF. This allows detection of folding/unfolding of the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Ryouichi Kaiwa, Teruo Nanmoku, Mamoru Yoshida, Naokazu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 6728558
    Abstract: When the key operation area is pressed, a decision is made about whether the key is pre-registered a single button dialing telephone number or not (step 3). In case a decision is made that a single button dialing telephone number is pre-registered to the key in step 3, the timer starts when the key is pressed (step 6). In case the key is held down for the predetermined period (T1), an operation to instruct single button dialing via a so-called hold-down operation is assumed, thus causing the single button dialing telephone number pre-registered to the key held down to appear on the display (step 8). When a predetermined period (T2) has elapsed with the key held down (step 9), an operation to instruct a call origination to the telephone number on the display is assumed and a call is originated then conversation starts depending on the answer of the distant party (step 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Teruo Nanmoku, Mamoru Yoshida, Kuniko Onozuka, Naokazu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 6721420
    Abstract: The invention supports an antenna (9) retractably from bottom to top via an antenna receiver section (8) on the side of the second case body (2) so that it is possible to fold/unfold the first case body (1) irrespective of the direction of the antenna (9) and whether the antenna (9) is stretched or housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Masao Kobayashi, Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Teruo Nanmoku, Suguru Suzuki, Naokazu Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20040067784
    Abstract: When the key operation area is pressed, a decision is made about whether the key is pre-registered a single button dialing telephone number or not (step 3). In case a decision is made that a single button dialing telephone number is pre-registered to the key in step 3, the timer starts when the key is pressed (step 6). In case the key is held down for the predetermined period (T1), an operation to instruct single button dialing via a so-called hold-down operation is assumed, thus causing the single button dialing telephone number pre-registered to the key held down to appear on the display (step 8). When a predetermined period (T2) has elapsed with the key held down (step 9), an operation to instruct a call origination to the telephone number on the display is assumed and a call is originated then conversation starts depending on the answer of the distant party (step 10). Keys on the cover can be used to operate keys on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Teruo Nanmoku, Mamoru Yoshida, Kuniko Onozuka, Naokazu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 6633749
    Abstract: In a folding mobile wireless device, at least one of contact portions of connecting portions which come in contact with a coupling pin has a higher strength than a portion other than the contact portion or a housing provided with the connecting portion including the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Koritsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kubo, Masao Kobayashi, Suguru Suzuki, Teruo Nanmoku, Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Toshihisa Ubukata