Patents by Inventor Atsuhide Yoshida

Atsuhide Yoshida 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).

  • Publication number: 20120133593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digitizer for a fingertip tactile-sense input device to which switches can be added without having to increase the number of wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: I'M CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Nakayama, Atsuhide Yoshida, Toyonaru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100253633
    Abstract: To provide a fingertip tactile-sense input device in an input device having a plurality of keys within an extremely small range such as within a range of person's fingertip movement, which while being made extremely small and thin, enables key input while maintaining a sufficient click feeling, and also which is excellent for mass production. A base plate (50) has one dome spring (51) arranged at an approximate center of a side of a hole space, and a contact structure (52) on an inside of the dome spring (51). A surface sheet (20) is fixed to a flange (11) so that in a free state, this becomes approximately the same level as an other face of a frame (10), and is provided with a plurality of surface protrusions (21) deployed within a range in which the person's fingertip moves, and has flexibility, elasticity, and pliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: I'M CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Nakayama, Shimpei Miyata, Atsuhide Yoshida