Patents Assigned to Orion Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 7791868Abstract: A display panel stand holding portion for supporting the display panel in the standing position is formed at the upper end portion of the back cabinet as a part of the casing of the display device. The display panel stand holding portion includes the display panel stand mount portion, and the display panel support members. This makes it possible to support the display panel vertically when it is mounted on the display panel stand mount portion. The connector cables extending from the power supply circuit board is clamped to the temporary holding portion to be formed on the back cabinet before assembly of the display panel to be inclined at the predetermined position. The deterioration in the working efficiency caused by entanglement of the connector cables may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Kataoka, Hidenobu Mukougawa, Tamotsu Mitamura, Takanori Maeno, Yoshikazu Saga
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Patent number: 7744045Abstract: The invention provides a display device having an improved exterior appearance by covering a bracket including a display unit with a back cabinet, capable of having a stand attached thereto and removed therefrom without taking off the back cabinet. A display unit 1 is fixed inside a cabinet 5 composed of a front cabinet 5A and a back cabinet 5B. An opening 28 is formed to the back cabinet 5B having an inner diameter D1 greater than an outer diameter D of a head portion 25A of a fixing screw 25. Thus, the stand 15 can be disassembled from the display unit 1 without taking off the back cabinet 5B, by removing a disengaged fixing screw 25 through the opening 28 to the exterior.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Akagawa, Kenji Shimoshita
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Patent number: 7707595Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of being prevented from rattling due to vibrations by a motor or eccentricity of a disk, support arms formed at both sides of a U-shaped traverse holder of a traverse unit have ribs protruding therefrom. Shaft portions protrude outward from front ends of the arms while bearing portions are provided on sidewalls of a chassis. The bearing portion has an axial hole formed in the side wall and a flexibly deformable, resilient arm extending forward spaced from the sidewall by a given distance, the axial hole having a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion being smaller in height than the rear portion, and the height of the front portion of the axial hole being slightly larger than outside diameter of the shaft portions. The shaft portions are fitted in the axial holes. The ribs are squeezed within the resilient arms.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Makino
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Patent number: 7565670Abstract: The invention provides an electronic device with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a claming mechanism having superior vibration resistance, capable of securely supporting the disk clamped via a clamper and a turntable. The electronic device according to the present invention comprises a supporting portion 41 having a retention frame 46 and a screw hole 44, wherein one end of a leaf spring 51 is locked thereto and the other end is screw-engaged thereto so that a depressed portion 51A of the leaf spring 51 is elastically in contact with a projection 32B of the clamper 32, by which the disk D clamped by the clamper 32 and the turntable 12 is biased without fail by the leaf spring 51. Thereby, the present invention enables to provide a clamping mechanism having enhanced vibration resistance.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiko Nishide
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Publication number: 20090168320Abstract: A display panel stand holding portion for supporting the display panel in the standing position is formed at the upper end portion of the back cabinet as a part of the casing of the display device. The display panel stand holding portion includes the display panel stand mount portion, and the display panel support members. This makes it possible to support the display panel vertically when it is mounted on the display panel stand mount portion. The connector cables extending from the power supply circuit board is clamped to the temporary holding portion to be formed on the back cabinet before assembly of the display panel to be inclined at the predetermined position. The deterioration in the working efficiency caused by entanglement of the connector cables may be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke KATAOKA, Hidenobu MUKOUGAWA, Tamotsu MITAMURA, Takanori MAENO, Yoshikazu SAGA
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Publication number: 20090168321Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that facilitates product inspection and maintenance. A button section is mounted to a back cabinet, and a power-source circuit board is fitted into a circuit-board fitting slit. Furthermore, the power-source circuit board is locked and fixed by a first circuit-board locking claw, and a main circuit board is locked and fixed by a second circuit-board locking claw. A speaker integrally assembled in a speaker holder is locked and fixed by a speaker locking claw, and thereafter a display panel is caused to be held by a display panel standing holding portion in a standing manner. The wire connection work of a display panel, each of the circuit boards, and the like is performed, the display panel is brought down and placed on a display panel placement portion, a front cabinet is mounted, and a leg portion is mounted to a leg-portion mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke KATAOKA, Hidenobu MUKOUGAWA, Masahide MOROISHI, Seigo OHKUBO, Shinichi TANIKAWA, Takanori MAENO, Yoshikazu SAGA, Kenji TSUBOTA, Tamotsu MITAMURA
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Publication number: 20090161307Abstract: A cabinet-fixing locking nail and a locking stopper are formed at a fixing unit which is integrally attached to a button portion. The button portion is fixed to a back cabinet through the fixing unit, by locking the cabinet-fixing locking nail and the locking stopper to the back cabinet. A power circuit board is clipped to circuit board engagement slits which are guide grooves formed at the fixing unit and the button portion, and the power circuit board is locked by a first circuit board locking nail which is formed at the back cabinet to be fixed. The power circuit board and the button portion can be readily fixed only by a locking unit such as the cabinet-fixing locking nail, the locking stopper, the circuit board engagement slits the first circuit board locking nail and the like without using screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke KATAOKA, Shinichi TANIKAWA, Takanori MAENO
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Patent number: 7444653Abstract: Disc unit having a small number of parts and capable of effecting fitting operation with ease. A chassis is fitted via elastic members to a holder which is disposed to be moveable vertically with respect to the plane of a body frame. Each elastic member is a substantially cylindrical body having flange portions at the upper and lower end portions thereof. Further, each elastic member includes a pair of first fitting portions disposed adjacent to the inner sides of the flange portions. In addition, each elastic member includes a pair of expansion portions characterized by large diameter and disposed between the first fitting portions. The holder has supporting portions provided with a holder interface formed to fit into the first fitting portions of each elastic member. The chassis has a front holding interface formed to fit into the second fitting portion of each elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Makino
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Patent number: 7409697Abstract: The invention provides increased stroke of the clamper and a reduction in thickness of the entire disk device by improving structures of a clamper for clamping the recording medium to turn freely and a clamper plate engaging with the clamper. Plural connecting sections that connect an inner torus and an outer torus, plural L-shaped hook sections at an upper end of an inner rim wall of substantially a cylindrical shape extended upward from a border of the connecting sections and the outer torus, and an outer rim wall of substantially a cylindrical shape extended upward from the outer torus are integrally formed on a clamper body. Engaging holes engaging with the L-shaped hook sections are provided in a clamper plate. A step section, an outer peripheral side of which is high, is provided in a position where an upper end of the outer rim wall collides with the clamper plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirotoshi Hara
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Patent number: 7382418Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal television receiver, a liquid crystal display of a desktop computer and the like, which is equipped with a pivoting means capable of statically maintaining the image display portion stably with the hinge portion prevented from being loosened even after performing tilting operation repeatedly for a long period of time. The invention provides a liquid crystal television receiver comprising a television receiver body equipped with a liquid crystal panel and a control unit, which is pivotally supported on a leg portion so as to enable tilting of the television receiver body, wherein a hinge portion pivotally supporting the television receiver body in a tiltable manner is composed of a pair of left and right hinge portions, the left and right hinge portions are respectively composed of a stand portion attached to the leg portion and a swing portion attached to the television receiver body, and the left and right hinges are assembled to form an integral hinge portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Uchizono, Kenji Shimoshita
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Patent number: 7382619Abstract: The invention provides an electric apparatus having a printed circuit board with an improved heat dissipation capacity, and, in particular, to provide an electric apparatus requiring plural printed circuit boards that has an improved heat dissipation efficiency and can be produced at a low cost. A main printed circuit board 10 and a sub board 17 are composite-molded, and the sub board 17 is formed at an area close to or immediately below a heat-generating electronic component 23 or a heat dissipation plate 23a. Thus, by separating the sub board 17 off the main printed circuit board 10, a hole serving as a ventilating hole is formed in the main printed circuit board 10 at the area close to or immediately below the heat-generating electronic component 23 or the heat dissipation plate 23a.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshitaka Mouri
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Patent number: 7367034Abstract: To provide a disk drive having a mechanism to limit position of a tray while being transferred by a simple configuration, guiding parts each having a guide rib and a supporting portion are provided on at least one outer wall on the side facing inside the chassis, and a sliding part having a guide groove is provided on a sidewall of the tray corresponding to the guiding part. The guide rib of the guiding part is slidably fitted in the guide groove. A horizontal limiting-rib sliding face is formed on a connecting part connecting outer and inner walls of the chassis. The sliding part includes a position-limiting rib extending upward and downward from the leading edge of the tray sidewall with a guide groove formed between the position-limiting rib and the edge of the sidewall. The position-limiting rib is slidably held between the supporting portion and the limiting-rib sliding face.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirotoshi Hara
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Publication number: 20080008441Abstract: The invention provides a recording and reproducing apparatus capable of facilitating understanding of the edited portion. If a user wishes to delete a portion of data in a file recording video and audio data, a start point and an end point of the area to be deleted are designated to determine the delete area. In order to confirm the delete editing process, the video to be deleted is displayed as monochrome image when reproducing the file in a temporarily edited state, so that the user can easily understand that the portion of the data is designated to be deleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Naofusa Higashide
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Patent number: 7309856Abstract: The present invention allows illumination light of a light source which leaks out to a light receiving element to be reliably shielded and allows components to be assembled to be unitized into a compact body. A light-shielding cylindrical section 31 and a light-shielding plate 32 interposed between a light-receiving side light guide 10 and a light emitting side light guide 11 are formed on a frame body 29 of a push button 2 as a single piece. Illumination light which leaks out from a light emitting element 6 and the light emitting side light guide 11 to a light receiving element 5 is shielded by the light-shielding cylindrical section 31 and the light-shielding plate 32. Support ribs 35 and a hook 41 for positioning a circuit substrate 7 are formed in the frame body 29, whereby the light guides 10, 11, light-shielding cylindrical section 31 and light-shielding plate 32 are unitized on the frame body 29.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masateru Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070277190Abstract: The present invention provides a disk reproducing device with a disk clamp mechanism capable of securely grasping a disk and making the device smaller. An inclined portion and a clamper supporting annular portion are formed in a clamper support plate, and a clamper is mounted in an opening formed in the inner circumference of the damper supporting annular portion. Thereby, even if an upper brim portion is located in the middle of the inclined portion when a disk is removed, the upper brim portion slides down along the inclined portion so that the clamper is placed on the damper supporting annular portion. When the disk is again inserted and rotated, the disk can be securely grasped between the clamper and a turntable without a displacement of the clamper. Further, the inclined portion can improve the strength of the damper supporting annular portion, thereby making it possible to thin the clamper supporting annular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiko NISHIDE
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Patent number: 7298608Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal television including a cord binding hook excellent in design and beautiful appearance by making it to be able to bind cords easily, and by covering the binding part of the cords with a detachable cover member. An oblong stepped recessed part 11, which makes it possible to dispose a number of input and output terminals 7 and cords 8 such as a power supply cord, is formed at a lower side of the back casing 5, a cord binding hook 21 is formed at a step surface 12 of the stepped recessed part 11 to make it possible to easily bind the number of cords 8 and lead out them downward, and a cover member 6 which covers and hides the stepped recessed part 11 is provided to be easily attached and detached.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hikari Okumura
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Patent number: 7291912Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit board which prevents an adverse effect to be caused on electronic components by flux or the like that is produced at the time of soldering. According to this invention, land patterns 6 and 7 for connecting a flat cable 5 and a slide switch 4 are formed apart from each other on a circuit board and a slit 10 is formed between the land patterns 6 and 7. Consequently, although flux is produced when terminals 5a to 5f of the flat cable 5 are soldered to the land pattern 7, the flux can escape from the slit 10 and does not intrude into the slide switch 4 easily.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20070253681Abstract: To enable editing of contents even in a play-only optical disk reproducing apparatus. An optical disk reproducing apparatus includes a data editing means and a nonvolatile memory, wherein editing of a reproducing order of a video object of an optical disk medium is stored in the nonvolatile memory, so that next time the same disk is set to be reproduced, the video object is reproduced not based on a management information and an address reference information stored in the optical disk medium but based on an edited management information and address information for the optical disk medium stored in the nonvolatile memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirotaka Hayashi
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Patent number: D633225Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yoshimura, Hidenobu Mukougawa
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Patent number: D640652Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Orion Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Harunobu Hasegawa