Patents by Inventor Hideaki Umehara

Hideaki Umehara 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).

  • Patent number: 9887492
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a guide part to which a male terminal is inserted, a connection part exposed on the guide part so as to make contact with a terminal member of the male terminal in a state where the male terminal is inserted, a cover member provided on the guide part so as to cover the connection part, while making contact with the connection part, in a state where the male terminal is not inserted, and a spring configured to urge the cover member toward an opening of the guide part in the state where the male terminal is not inserted. The cover member is moved, upon inserting the male terminal, to a side of the guide part opposite to the opening so as not to cover the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20160380384
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a guide part to which a male terminal is inserted, a connection part exposed on the guide part so as to make contact with a terminal member of the male terminal in a state where the male terminal is inserted, a cover member provided on the guide part so as to cover the connection part, while making contact with the connection part, in a state where the male terminal is not inserted, and a spring configured to urge the cover member toward an opening of the guide part in the state where the male terminal is not inserted. The cover member is moved, upon inserting the male terminal, to a side of the guide part opposite to the opening so as not to cover the connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Hideaki UMEHARA
  • Patent number: 9402017
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that accommodates therein at least one heating element. At least a part of an inner surface of the housing is applied with a heat conductive material. The electronic device may be incorporated in a communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Umehara
  • Patent number: 9063394
    Abstract: A lens protector is provided for a wide-angle lens of an imaging device, the wide-angle lens including a curved surface projecting towards a subject and forming an image circle partially protruding from an imaging plane on which an image of the subject is formed. The lens protector includes at least two projections opposing each other with an optical axis of the wide-angle lens in-between, extending along the curved surface of the wide-angle lens from a subject side of a device body, and projecting further towards the subject than the curved surface to cover a part of the curved surface which corresponds to a part of the image circle protruding from the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20150093103
    Abstract: A lens protector is provided for a wide-angle lens of an imaging device, the wide-angle lens including a curved surface projecting towards a subject and forming an image circle partially protruding from an imaging plane on which an image of the subject is formed. The lens protector includes at least two projections opposing each other with an optical axis of the wide-angle lens in-between, extending along the curved surface of the wide-angle lens from a subject side of a device body, and projecting further towards the subject than the curved surface to cover a part of the curved surface which corresponds to a part of the image circle protruding from the imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Hideaki Umehara
  • Publication number: 20140285711
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that accommodates therein at least one heating element. At least a part of an inner surface of the housing is applied with a heat conductive material. The electronic device may be incorporated in a communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Hideaki UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20130249959
    Abstract: A projector includes a projecting unit that generates an optical image by modulating light emitted from a light source according to image information and projects the optical image, and an illuminating unit that guides a part of the light emitted from the light source to a light diffusing plate with use of an optical member so as to diffuse the light at the light diffusing plate for illumination. The light diffusing plate includes a plurality of light diffusing members arranged with a gap interposed therebetween, and is mounted on an outlet that allows dissipation of heat generated in the projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Hideaki Umehara, Kiyoto Igarashi