Patents by Inventor Asano Takeshi

Asano Takeshi 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).

  • Portable computer and docking device for portable computer
    Patent number: 5557562
    Abstract: A notebook-type personal computer (hereinafter, personal computer) is provided with electrically conductive contact members, which are connected to a reference electric potential portion of a main body of the personal computer. The contact members are provided within concave portions which are formed at a bottom surface of the personal computer at a location which is separated from a connector. A docking device is provided with an engagement member which is electrically conductive and which is connected to a reference electric potential portion of a main body of the docking device and which can protrude from and withdraw into an opening. The opening is formed at a position which corresponds to the concave portion of the personal computer when the personal computer is completely loaded at the docking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Uchiyama Yoshiharu, Asano Takeshi, Fukuda Kaoru, Maeda Kazuhiko, Usui Hideyuki