Patents by Inventor Toshio Ooe

Toshio Ooe 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).

  • Publication number: 20140140000
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information apparatus includes a stand received in the receiving portion of a housing. The receiving portion has an attachment recess for receiving a chip card. A card slot for inserting the chip card therein is formed in a wall of the attachment recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Keiichi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20140078669
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a case, a circuit board, a heat sink, a heat pipe and a fan. The case includes a first wall which is provided with an input unit for receiving an input operation and a top surface and a second wall which is opposed to the first wall. Both the heat sink and the circuit board are housed in the case, where the circuit board is mounted with a heat generation body. The heat pipe is configured to thermally connect the heat generation body and the heat sink while the fan includes an air discharge outlet which is directed to the heat sink. According to one embodiment, the first wall includes a slant portion which inclines with respect to the top surface and extends toward the second wall and is provided with a first air inlet, and the second wall includes a second air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshio Ooe
  • Publication number: 20130329928
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing comprising a first opening; a speaker configured to be housed in the housing at a position where the speaker is exposed through the first opening; a cover comprising a plurality of second openings, the cover configured to be fixed to the housing on the first opening to cover the speaker; and a contact member in contact with the cover and configured to cover a part of the second openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Noriyoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130258212
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a display comprising a screen; a housing configured to house at least a part of the display when the screen is exposed; three supports configured to protrude from the housing and to support the housing; a container configured to be provided on a side of the housing and located among the three supports, the side opposite the screen; and a housed part configured to be housed in a detachable manner in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshio OOE, Minoru ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130070159
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing comprising a mask and a cover covering a display device from a side opposite to a display screen, the mask comprising an opening from which the display screen is exposed; and a stand comprising first and second portions, and an inclined portion, the first portion comprising an inner member and a cover member, the cover member having rigidity lower than the inner member and covering the inner member at a side closer to a placement surface, the cover member comprising a region facing the placement surface, the second portion being connected to the housing at a side of a rear surface of the display device and connecting the housing and the first portion, the inclined portion being provided in the cover member and inclined in a direction away from the placement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshio Ooe
  • Publication number: 20130070172
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a television receiver includes a display device, a housing, a stand, a circuit board, a second wall, a fan, and a heat dissipater. The display device includes a display screen. The housing includes a first wall covering a back surface of the display screen. The circuit board is arranged between the display device and the first wall. The second wall includes an opening positioned in an eccentric manner in a direction toward a side opposite the stand with respect to a center portion of the display screen. The second wall is arranged between the display device and a surface of the circuit board opposite a surface on which a heating element is mounted. The second wall covers the back surface with a gap therebetween. The fan is arranged between the first wall and the second wall, and includes an air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshio OOE
  • Publication number: 20110310557
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a case including a cover portion provided with an air outlet and a first air inlet; a mask portion provided with an opening which is connected to the cover portion via the display panel and through which the display panel is exposed, a slant portion which extends to the cover portion, and a second air inlet located at the slant portion. The apparatus further includes: a support stand which supports the case; a circuit board housed in the case and mounted with a heat generation body; a heat sink housed in the case and configured to face the air outlet; a heat pipe which thermally connects the heat generation body and the heat sink; and a fan including an air discharge outlet which is directed to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Toshio Ooe
  • Patent number: 8009411
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Yuji Nakajima, Noriyasu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7830331
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a circuit board that has a wireless communication module that is mounted thereon and a feed line that is formed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the wireless communication module; a planar member that is formed with an opening and has a flexible planar piece that is formed to protrude toward the circuit board from an edge of the opening; and an antenna pattern that includes an antenna part that is formed on the planar member and a feeder part that is formed on the flexible planar piece, wherein circuit board and the planar member are arranged to be in positions to flexibly bend the flexible planar piece by the circuit board to electrically connect the feeder part of the antenna pattern and the feed line formed on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fuminori Yamazaki, Kentaro Tomioka, Tomomi Murayama, Toshio Ooe, Satoshi Yokote
  • Publication number: 20100182758
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Yuji Nakajima, Noriyasu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7692921
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Yuji Nakajima, Noriyasu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7652729
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a cover, a rib, an elastic member, and a mask. A non-display surface of a display device is covered with the cover. The cover has a bottom wall and an side wall. The rib is disposed between a side portion of the display device and the side wall of the cover so as to be located in a position separate from the side wall. The rib rise out of the bottom wall of the cover. The elastic members is attached to at least one of an inner surface of the bottom wall and an inner surface of the rib facing the side portion of the display device. The elastic members retain the display device. The mask is fixed to the cover while exposing a display surface of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura, Noriyasu Kawamura, Toshio Ooe, Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090140934
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a circuit board that has a wireless communication module that is mounted thereon and a feed line that is formed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the wireless communication module; a planar member that is formed with an opening and has a flexible planar piece that is formed to protrude toward the circuit board from an edge of the opening; and an antenna pattern that includes an antenna part that is formed on the planar member and a feeder part that is formed on the flexible planar piece, wherein circuit board and the planar member are arranged to be in positions to flexibly bend the flexible planar piece by the circuit board to electrically connect the feeder part of the antenna pattern and the feed line formed on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fuminori YAMAZAKI, Kentaro TOMIOKA, Tomomi MURAYAMA, Toshio OOE, Satoshi YOKOTE
  • Publication number: 20090033569
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing that has a corner, a first side extending from the corner, and a second side extending from the corner, and an antenna provided in the housing. The antenna is formed in an area located along the first side and apart from the corner by at least 15% of a size of the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hironori Motoe, Toshiyuki Hirota, Toshio Ooe
  • Publication number: 20070023733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus that includes: a display device having four outer edges, and four corner sections formed with the four outer edges; a housing which incorporates the display device, and has a back wall covering a back surface of the display device and an outer peripheral wall surrounding an outer periphery of the display device; and a metal fastener which has a fastening member and is fastened to the display device. The back wall includes: a first region located between the four outer edges and the outer peripheral wall; and a second region which does not include the first region and a region facing the back surface of the display device, and is located between the corner section and the outer peripheral wall. The fastening member of the metal fastener is fastened to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Takahiro Omori, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tetsuya Kugimiya
  • Publication number: 20060245151
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Yuji Nakajima, Noriyasu Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060066769
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a cover, a rib, an elastic member, and a mask. A non-display surface of a display device is covered with the cover. The cover has a bottom wall and an side wall. The rib is disposed between a side portion of the display device and the side wall of the cover so as to be located in a position separate from the side wall. The rib rise out of the bottom wall of the cover. The elastic members is attached to at least one of an inner surface of the bottom wall and an inner surface of the rib facing the side portion of the display device. The elastic members retain the display device. The mask is fixed to the cover while exposing a display surface of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura, Noriyasu Kawamura, Toshio Ooe, Hiroyuki Takahashi