Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu MINAMINO

Yoshiyasu MINAMINO 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).

  • OPERATION UNIT
    Publication number: 20110242064
    Abstract: The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatsugu ONO, Kazuyoshi KASAI, Takashi NIIYAMA, Satoshi SATO, Yoshiyasu MINAMINO