Patents by Inventor Akinori Tsukaguchi
Akinori Tsukaguchi 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).
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Patent number: 11221692Abstract: It includes a knob including: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive material, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive material and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, for rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and a conductive conducting terminal portion electrically connected to the operation portion and rotating inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, the position of the conducting terminal portion being detected by the touch panel, wherein the conducting terminal portion is comprised of a plurality of conducting terminal portions, surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being in contact with the concave groove, at least two of the surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being different in contact area from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Takaoka, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Patent number: 11106291Abstract: It includes: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive member, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive member and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, the rotary supporting member rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and conductive conducting terminal portions electrically connected to the operation portion, the conductive conducting terminal portions being rotated inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, positions of the conducting terminal portions being detected by the touch panel, wherein the operation portion is divided into a plurality of areas electrically insulated from each other in a circumferential direction, and at least two of the conducting terminal portions are mounted to different areas of the plurality of areas.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Takaoka, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20210200337Abstract: It includes a knob including: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive material, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive material and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, for rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and a conductive conducting terminal portion electrically connected to the operation portion and rotating inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, the position of the conducting terminal portion being detected by the touch panel, wherein the conducting terminal portion is comprised of a plurality of conducting terminal portions, surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being in contact with the concave groove, at least two of the surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being different in contact area from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinya TAKAOKA, Akinori TSUKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200278761Abstract: It includes: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive member, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive member and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, the rotary supporting member rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and conductive conducting terminal portions electrically connected to the operation portion, the conductive conducting terminal portions being rotated inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, positions of the conducting terminal portions being detected by the touch panel, wherein the operation portion is divided into a plurality of areas electrically insulated from each other in a circumferential direction, and at least two of the conducting terminal portions are mounted to different areas of the plurality of areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya TAKAOKA, Akinori TSUKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10311910Abstract: A cam projection sliding in a cam slot of an arm causes the arm to proceed to an arm when a shutter is in the closed position or the open position and to recede from the arm when the shutter is sliding between the open position and the closed position. A spring is thereby considerably displaced, providing a satisfactory operation of the shutter.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Nagami, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20180240497Abstract: A cam projection sliding in a cam slot of an arm causes the arm to proceed to an arm when a shutter is in the closed position or the open position and to recede from the arm when the shutter is sliding between the open position and the closed position. A spring is thereby considerably displaced, providing a satisfactory operation of the shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro NAGAMI, Akinori TSUKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 8587894Abstract: A disc device includes a first cam gear 13 having a cam groove 13d, and engaged with and released from one gear of a power transmission system, and a second cam gear 14 having a hole portion 14d corresponding to the cam groove 13d, laid on the first cam gear 13 and rotatably supported relative to the first cam gear 13, and engaged with and released from one gear of the power transmission system.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akihito Onishi, Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Patent number: 8381605Abstract: A disc device has a sliding member 16 that operates in response to a rotational force of the first partially toothless gear 13 to disconnect a power transmission system from a disc conveying roller, and a protruding portion 16a disposed on this sliding member 16 is brought into contact with a rising portion 17b of a rotary lever 17 at an initial position of the sliding member before the sliding member starts operating, so as to restrict a rotation of the rotary lever 17 in such a way that a pin 17a does not come into contact with a wall surface of a cam groove 13d.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akihito Onishi, Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Patent number: 8272003Abstract: A disc apparatus includes: a playback unit 1 provided with a conveying roller 5 and a disc guide 3 to be vertically movable with respect to an apparatus main body; a moving means for moving downward the conveying roller and the disc guide in amounts of travel which are different from each other to avoid contact of the roller and the guide with a disc 14 with interlocking an operation that the loaded disc 14 is moved downward to be mounted on a turntable 6; and a disc-guide-cum-position-regulating member 102 attached to the apparatus main body corresponding to a disc loading port such that the playback unit is restrained from moving to the disc loading port side.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Akihito Onishi, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20110202937Abstract: A disc apparatus includes: a playback unit 1 provided with a conveying roller 5 and a disc guide 3 to be vertically movable with respect to an apparatus main body; a moving means for moving downward the conveying roller and the disc guide in amounts of travel which are different from each other to avoid contact of the roller and the guide with a disc 14 with interlocking an operation that the loaded disc 14 is moved downward to be mounted on a turntable 6; and a disc-guide-cum-position-regulating member 102 attached to the apparatus main body corresponding to a disc loading port such that the playback unit is restrained from moving to the disc loading port side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Akihito Onishi, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20110161993Abstract: A disk device includes: a disk detecting member 17 pushed and moved by a disk; a rotation body 20 driven by the movement of the disk detecting member 17 to move a slide member 11; a tubular body 23 provided coaxially on the surface of the rotation body 20 and having an axially cutaway section; and an arm section 24 provided on the slide member 11 and abutted against the peripheral surface of the tubular body to cause the moving force exerted on the slide member 11 to act on the center of the rotation body 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Akinori Tsukaguchi, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Takaharu Eguchi, Akihito Onishi, Yoshifumi Awakura
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Publication number: 20110100142Abstract: A disc device has a sliding member 16 that operates in response to a rotational force of the first partially toothless gear 13 to disconnect a power transmission system from a disc conveying roller, and a protruding portion 16a disposed on this sliding member 16 is brought into contact with a rising portion 17b of a rotary lever 17 at an initial position of the sliding member before the sliding member starts operating, so as to restrict a rotation of the rotary lever 17 in such a way that a pin 17a does not come into contact with a wall surface of a cam groove 13d.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Akihito Onishi, Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Tatsunori Fujiwara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20110080818Abstract: A disc device includes a first cam gear 13 having a cam groove 13d, and engaged with and released from one gear of a power transmission system, and a second cam gear 14 having a hole portion 14d corresponding to the cam groove 13d, laid on the first cam gear 13 and rotatably supported relative to the first cam gear 13, and engaged with and released from one gear of the power transmission system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Akihito Onishi, Takaharu Eguchi, Yoshifumi Awakura, Tatsunori Fuji Wara, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Patent number: 7817504Abstract: The disk apparatus according to the present invention includes a tray which is elevationally movably disposed within a casing of apparatus integrating a disk reproducing system mechanism and holds a disk to be reproduced thereon, and the tray is provided with a disk supporting section supporting the peripheral edge of the disk such that the recording surface of the disk is floated on the tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Publication number: 20090128956Abstract: The disk apparatus according to the present invention includes a tray which is elevationally movably disposed within a casing of apparatus integrating a disk reproducing system mechanism and holds a disk to be reproduced thereon, and the tray is provided with a disk supporting section supporting the peripheral edge of the disk such that the recording surface of the disk is floated on the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akinori Tsukaguchi