Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kurachi

Hideaki Kurachi 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: 20140063772
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body having a first surface having a display surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first support disposed between the first surface and the second surface being capable of contacting with a put-on surface; a stand member attached to the main body having a second support being capable of contacting with the put-on surface; and a hinge unit having a hinge rotatably supporting the stand member against the main body between a first rotational position for standing up the main body on the put-on surface and a second rotational position for laying the main body over the put-on surface, and an elastic member disposed at the hinge for adding a rotational force from a second rotational position side to a first rotational position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kurachi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Mitsuhiro Uehara
  • Patent number: 8218303
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a main body portion, a support portion, and a communication portion. The main body portion includes a display portion. The support portion supports the main body portion and forms a space below the main body portion in which information equipment connectable to the main body portion can be accommodated. The communication portion is provided to the support portion and performs communication with a noncontact-type communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kurachi, Masayoshi Koganei
  • Patent number: 7885496
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light receiving apparatus, including: a light receiving section including a light receiving element; a transparent part; and a light guiding part inserted in the groove; the groove having, on the front face side, a side face formed as an arcuately curved face convex toward the front face side and having the same shape in any cross section perpendicular to the front face and also to the depthwise direction of the groove; the light guiding part having a side face opposing to the side face of the groove on the front face side and formed as an arcuately curved face which is convex toward the front face side in a state wherein the light guiding part is inserted in the groove and which has the same shape in any cross section perpendicular to the front face and also to the depthwise direction of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Fukui, Yutaka Ogasawara, Hideaki Kurachi, Yoshiyuki Nida
  • Publication number: 20100053875
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a main body portion, a support portion, and a communication portion. The main body portion includes a display portion. The support portion supports the main body portion and forms a space below the main body portion in which information equipment connectable to the main body portion can be accommodated. The communication portion is provided to the support portion and performs communication with a noncontact-type communication medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KURACHI, Masayoshi Koganei
  • Publication number: 20090166537
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light receiving apparatus, including: a light receiving section including a light receiving element; a transparent part; and a light guiding part inserted in the groove; the groove having, on the front face side, a side face formed as an arcuately curved face convex toward the front face side and having the same shape in any cross section perpendicular to the front face and also to the depthwise direction of the groove; the light guiding part having a side face opposing to the side face of the groove on the front face side and formed as an arcuately curved face which is convex toward the front face side in a state wherein the light guiding part is inserted in the groove and which has the same shape in any cross section perpendicular to the front face and also to the depthwise direction of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki FUKUI, Yutaka Ogasawara, Hideaki Kurachi, Yoshiyuki Nida
  • Patent number: 6830458
    Abstract: A housing having openings for exposing the operation surfaces of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) expansion card and a communication and network riser (CNR) expansion card to the outside at its front surface and at its back surface, respectively. A motherboard, which is incorporated in the housing, has multiple connectors arranged at specific intervals. The PCI expansion card has a PCI card electrode and is inserted into and connected with one of the connectors of the motherboard. A CNR expansion card has a CNR card electrode and is inserted into and connected with another one of the connectors of the motherboard. The PCI expansion card and the CNR expansion card are attached to the corresponding connectors in the motherboard, with the electronic-parts-implementing surface of the PCI expansion card and the electronic-parts-implementing surface of the CNR expansion card facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Kobayashi, Hideaki Kurachi, Shuhei Nakada
  • Publication number: 20040196624
    Abstract: A housing having openings for exposing the operation surfaces of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) expansion card and a communication and network riser (CNR) expansion card to the outside at its front surface and at its back surface, respectively. A motherboard, which is incorporated in the housing, has multiple connectors arranged at specific intervals. The PCI expansion card has a PCI card electrode and is inserted into and connected with one of the connectors of the motherboard. A CNR expansion card has a CNR card electrode and is inserted into and connected with another one of the connectors of the motherboard. The PCI expansion card and the CNR expansion card are attached to the corresponding connectors in the motherboard, with the electronic-parts-implementing surface of the PCI expansion card and the electronic-parts-implementing surface of the CNR expansion card facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Norio Kobayashi, Hideaki Kurachi, Shuhei Nakada