Patents by Inventor Fumitake Mizoguchi
Fumitake Mizoguchi 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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Publication number: 20200249717Abstract: A portable information device includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, a hinge mechanism, a display and a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first and second chassis members. The bezel member is arranged farther away from the inner surfaces of the first and second chassis members than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism. The bezel member has a buffer portion at least at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display. The buffer portion can absorb compressive force F applied thereto as the first and the second chassis members are folded from a flat opened state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10720693Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a conductive part provided to configure an outer wall of a main body chassis and formed of a conductive material, a radio wave transmission part provided to configure the outer wall of the main body chassis and formed of a resin material, and a first antenna provided at a position facing the radio wave transmission part inside the main body chassis. The conductive part has a first protrusion portion protruded toward the inside of the main body chassis and joined to the resin material which forms the radio wave transmission part. The first protrusion portion is electrically connected to the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Masaaki Bandoh
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Publication number: 20200194870Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a conductive part provided to configure an outer wall of a main body chassis and formed of a conductive material, a radio wave transmission part provided to configure the outer wall of the main body chassis and formed of a resin material, and a first antenna provided at a position facing the radio wave transmission part inside the main body chassis. The conductive part has a first protrusion portion protruded toward the inside of the main body chassis and joined to the resin material which forms the radio wave transmission part. The first protrusion portion is electrically connected to the first antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Masaaki Bandoh
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Publication number: 20200130336Abstract: A chassis member capable of improving manufacturing efficiency is disclosed. The chassis member includes a laminate in which an interlayer is provided between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates made of reinforced fiber impregnated with thermoplastic resin. A frame body formed of thermoplastic resin is joined to an edge of the laminate. The edge of the laminate is provided with a thin plate portion thinner than the other portion. The frame body is joined to the thin plate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Tsunenori Yanagisawa, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20200125145Abstract: The chassis member includes multiple plate-like fiber-reinforced resin members and a frame part made of material including at least resin. The frame part is bonded to respective outer peripheral end surfaces of the fiber-reinforced resin members and joins the multiple fiber-reinforced resin members together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Agata, Tetsuya Ohtani
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Publication number: 20200019216Abstract: An electronic device having a pointing stick is disclosed. The electronic device includes a base member for supporting a pointing stick. The base member has a first pressed part provided on one side of the pointing stick with respect to a sliding direction of a slide member and a second pressed part provided on the other side of the pointing stick. The slide member has a first pressing part capable of pressing the first pressed part of the base member and a second pressing part capable of pressing the second pressed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: KAZUYUKI KUBOTA, FUMITAKE MIZOGUCHI, YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA, TABITO MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190369661Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera, a camera cover configured to be movable within a range at least including a closed position where the camera cover covers the camera and an open position where the camera cover does not cover the camera, a guide part which comes into contact with the camera cover and guides movement of the camera cover, and at least one dust collection part which is provided on a contact route along which the guide part comes into contact with the camera cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: 10481633Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera, a camera cover configured to be movable within a range at least including a closed position where the camera cover covers the camera and an open position where the camera cover does not cover the camera, a guide part which comes into contact with the camera cover and guides movement of the camera cover, and at least one dust collection part which is provided on a contact route along which the guide part comes into contact with the camera cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: 10481634Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Kenji Watamura
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Patent number: 10416710Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
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Patent number: 10409332Abstract: A portable information device is capable of stably supporting a foldable display. The portable information device has a support plate which is fixed to the inner surface sides of a first chassis member and a second chassis member and supports the rear surface of a display. The support plate has a first plate member disposed on the inner surface side of the first chassis member, a second plate member disposed on the inner surface side of the second chassis member, and a flexible sheet-like member connecting the first plate member and the second plate member so as to be foldable into a double-folded state.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Seita Horikoshi
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Patent number: 10394275Abstract: A member for chassis capable of achieving high strength is disclosed. The member for chassis is used for a chassis making up a lid of an electronic device in which the lid and the body are coupled with each other openably/closably via a hinge. The member for chassis has a configuration in which a frame formed of thermoplastic resin is joined with at least a part of an outside end face of a laminated plate including an intermediate layer disposed between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates, wherein the thermoplastic resin extends to a surface of the laminated plate and a nut serving as a female thread part is provided in the thermoplastic resin extending to the surface of the laminated plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Keita Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20190196544Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
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Publication number: 20190196543Abstract: A portable information device is capable of securing the appearance quality and the durability of products while having a foldable configuration. The portable information device has a backbone member provided throughout and between the inner surface of one edge portion of a first chassis member and the inner surface of one edge portion of a second chassis member so as to cover a gap between the one edge portion of the first chassis member and the one edge portion of the second chassis member connected by a hinge mechanism. The backbone member is provided to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the first chassis member so as to be slidable in an X direction from the second chassis member to the first chassis member along the inner surface, and is non-slidably fixed to the inner surface of the one edge portion of the second chassis member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Kenji Watamura
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Publication number: 20190146556Abstract: A portable information device is capable of stably supporting a foldable display. The portable information device has a support plate which is fixed to the inner surface sides of a first chassis member and a second chassis member and supports the rear surface of a display. The support plate has a first plate member disposed on the inner surface side of the first chassis member, a second plate member disposed on the inner surface side of the second chassis member, and a flexible sheet-like member connecting the first plate member and the second plate member so as to be foldable into a double-folded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Seita Horikoshi
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Patent number: 10289153Abstract: A member for chassis is provided. The member for chassis includes a frame part that is made of a thermoplastic resin bonded to at least a part of an external-form end face of a laminated sheet with an intermediate layer arranged between a pair of fiber reinforced resin sheets. The thermoplastic resin that configures the frame part is extended to a surface of the laminated sheet. An opening is provided on the surface of the laminated sheet that has been covered with the extended thermoplastic resin, and the member for chassis includes an anchor part formed by putting the thermoplastic resin into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTDInventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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Publication number: 20190056764Abstract: A connector?substrate assembly can be disposed at a position where a tip portion of the connector is inserted into a connector hole simply and at a low cost without using an additional small substrate, an additional relay cable, and the like; an electronic device; and a method for assembling the same are provided. A connector is supported so as to be slidable with respect to a substrate, from a preparation position to a mounting position, and the tip of the connector projects outwardly from a right side of an end portion of the substrate at least at the mounting position. A chassis has a connector hole in the side surface. The connector does not interfere with a frame portion of the connector hole at the preparation position and the substrate can be properly attached to the chassis. The tip of the connector enters the connector hole at the mounting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: MASAAKI BANDOH, HIROAKI KINOSHITA, FUMITAKE MIZOGUCHI, TOMOO YAMADA, OSAMU OHSAWA, KOJI YAMAUCHI
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Patent number: 10191510Abstract: A connector?substrate assembly can be disposed at a position where a tip portion of the connector is inserted into a connector hole simply and at a low cost without using an additional small substrate, an additional relay cable, and the like; an electronic device; and a method for assembling the same are provided. A connector is supported so as to be slidable with respect to a substrate, from a preparation position to a mounting position, and the tip of the connector projects outwardly from a right side of an end portion of the substrate at least at the mounting position. A chassis has a connector hole in the side surface. The connector does not interfere with a frame portion of the connector hole at the preparation position and the substrate can be properly attached to the chassis. The tip of the connector enters the connector hole at the mounting position.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Bandoh, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Tomoo Yamada, Osamu Ohsawa, Koji Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10088873Abstract: A chassis structure is disclosed. A chassis includes a plate-like body in which a foam layer is located between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates, and a frame body formed of a thermoplastic resin and joined to a peripheral portion of the plate-like body. The plate-like body is configured such that its peripheral portion is formed by an ear-like joint portion where the pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates are joined together without the foam layer located therebetween, thereby sealing the foam layer inside the pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates. The frame body is joined to the plate-like body in a state where the frame body is in contact with the joint portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTD LTEInventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Ryota Nohara, Takehito Yamauchi, Ryo Otsuka
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Patent number: 9874903Abstract: Disclosed is a foot assembly system comprising a foot member configured to attach to a base of a device through a cutout in the base. The system may further comprise a cap configured to affix the foot member to the base, wherein the foot member and cap are configured to engage from opposite sides of the base, through the cutout in the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Masaaki Bandoh, Tatsuya Ushioda