Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Asawa

Tsutomu Asawa 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: 7852625
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display section and a main body section. The display section is disposed on a first surface and has a display panel and a display panel case. The display panel case houses the display panel such that the display panel can display an image. The display panel case has a protrusion portion formed at a first end. The main body section is disposed on a second surface and has an input section and a depressed portion. The depressed portion is formed at a second end of the second surface and has a pierced portion and a housing portion. The pierced portion is formed from the second surface to an opposite surface thereof such that a battery is attached to the pierced portion. The housing portion axially houses the protrusion portion on a side opposite to the input section with respect to the pierced portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Asawa, Kenji Saito, Shingo Harada, Noriko Kito, Kaya Kanamori, Yosuke Suzuki, Kiyohito Fujita
  • Patent number: 7724519
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to have: a display section (2) pivotally provided with respect to an apparatus main body (3) with a pair of hinges (9a, 9b) so as to pivot between a close position to close the apparatus main body and an open position to open the apparatus main body; and an operation section (18) executing a predetermined function by being operated is disposed between the pair of hinges, so that operations to the operation section are possible in the both states of the open position and the close position of the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Asawa, Atsushi Kawase, Chiharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080291616
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to have: a display section (2) pivotally provided with respect to an apparatus main body (3) with a pair of hinges (9a, 9b) so as to pivot between a close position to close the apparatus main body and an open position to open the apparatus main body; and an operation section (18) executing a predetermined function by being operated is disposed between the pair of hinges, so that operations to the operation section are possible in the both states of the open position and the close position of the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tsutomu Asawa, Atsushi Kawase, Chiharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080101000
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display section and a main body section. The display section is disposed on a first surface and has a display panel and a display panel case. The display panel case houses the display panel such that the display panel can display an image. The display panel case has a protrusion portion formed at a first end. The main body section is disposed on a second surface and has an input section and a depressed portion. The depressed portion is formed at a second end of the second surface and has a pierced portion and a housing portion. The pierced portion is formed from the second surface to an opposite surface thereof such that a battery is attached to the pierced portion. The housing portion axially houses the protrusion portion on a side opposite to the input section with respect to the pierced portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu ASAWA, Kenji SAITO, Shingo HARADA, Noriko KITO, Kaya KANAMORI, Yosuke SUZUKI, Kiyohito FUJITA
  • Patent number: 6386908
    Abstract: An electronic device including a body and a connecting line. The connecting line is provided with an electrical connector for electrical connection and extends out from the body. The body has a recess for removably retaining therein the connector of the connecting line by inserting the connector into the recess. The electronic device is easy to carry around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Tsutomu Asawa
  • Patent number: 6370608
    Abstract: A mounting/demounting device for mounting and demounting a card-type peripheral device that enhances or adds to functions of a portable computer or the like. The mounting/demounting device has a supporting structure having a slot for receiving the card-type peripheral device, for supporting said card-type peripheral device received through the slot. The mounting/demounting device further has a releasing structure having an operating portion which when operated causes the card-type peripheral device supported in the supporting structure to be ejected out of the supporting structure. The operating portion has a part that is foldable toward the slot of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigemi Yamada, Tsutomu Asawa
  • Publication number: 20020002649
    Abstract: A mounting/demounting device for mounting and demounting a card-type peripheral device that enhances or adds to functions of a portable computer or the like. The mounting/demounting device has a supporting structure having a slot for receiving the card-type peripheral device, for supporting said card-type peripheral device received through the slot. The mounting/demounting device further has a releasing structure having an operating portion which when operated causes the card-type peripheral device supported in the supporting structure to be ejected out of the supporting structure. The operating portion has a part that is foldable toward the slot of the supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: SHIGEMI YAMADA, TSUTOMU ASAWA
  • Publication number: 20010024905
    Abstract: An electronic device including a body and a connecting line. The connecting line is provided with an electrical connector for electrical connection and extends out from the body. The body has a recess for removably retaining therein the connector of the connecting line by inserting the connector into the recess. The electronic device is easy to carry around.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: MASAHIRO KATO, TSUTOMU ASAWA
  • Patent number: 6191941
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a body, and a display portion which is openably and closably provided with respect to the body, wherein a short battery portion is provided at the back end of the body, and a long battery portion is rotatably provided with respect to the short battery portion; and an electronic device battery. In the electronic device and the electronic device battery, a simple structure for electrically connecting the battery to the body can be used to support the back end of the body of the electronic device above a supporting surface in order to easily tilt the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Ito, Makoto Tanahashi, Teiyu Goto, Tsutomu Asawa
  • Patent number: 6189602
    Abstract: A portable electronic device such as a portable personal computer has a first part such as a main unit incorporating a heat-generating component, e.g., a CPU, a second part such as a display unit, and a connector for pivotally connecting the first and second parts. The connector includes hinges that provide mechanical connection between the first and the second parts, while conducting heat from the heat-generating component in the first part to the second part, so that the heat is dissipated from the second part. The electronic device this has enhanced heat dissipation without being required to have a greater size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Tanahashi, Tsutomu Asawa, Mitsuru Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 6128184
    Abstract: A portable electronic means including a body and a display portion which is openably and closably mounted with respect to the body, and an electronic device battery. The portable electronic means further includes a pair of hinges (opening-and-closing portions) for openably and closably mounting the display portion to the body, with a battery being mechanically and electrically mounted between the pair of hinges so as to be removable therefrom. The electronic means makes it possible to eliminate all the factors that prevent a reduction in the thickness of the electronic device due to the use of an externally mounting type battery, and has a display portion capable of being opened and closed with respect to its body by more than 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Ito, Makoto Tanahashi, Teiyu Goto, Tsutomu Asawa
  • Patent number: 6081969
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge for electronic apparatus which is capable of effecting heat dissipation without having to increase the size of the electronic apparatus. Hinges 1A and 1B for electronic apparatus are provided for the purpose of foldably connecting a first portion 2 and a second portion 3 of an electronic apparatus. Each hinge includes a stationary member 11 which has a strength maintaining portion 11a for maintaining mechanical strength and a heat conducting portion 12 for effecting heat conduction and which is provided on the first portion 2, a movable member 17 which has a strength maintaining portion 17a for maintaining mechanical strength and a heat conducting portion 13 for effecting heat conduction and which is provided on the second portion 3, and a joint portion 30 for joining the stationary member 11a and the movable member 17 to each other while effecting heat conduction between the heat conducting portion 11a of the stationary member and the heat conducting portion 13 of the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Tanahashi, Tsutomu Asawa