Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Yokota

Hiroaki Yokota 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: 20130329162
    Abstract: A display includes: a plate member having flexibility and including a first face and a second face that face each other; a frame member provided on the first face of the plate member and extending in one direction of the first face; and a display body having flexibility and disposed on a side of the plate member on which the second face is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani, Takefumi Ikenoya, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: 8520884
    Abstract: An audio/video device including a plurality of walls together forming a case, wherein one wall of the plurality of walls includes an inner peripheral edge. A surface extends from the inner peripheral edge inwardly of the case and defines an open-sided outwardly facing cavity. At least one item of connection is located within the cavity. A tongue is provided having a base and an outer peripheral edge. The inner peripheral edge of the one wall is divided into a first portion and a second portion. At the base, the tongue joins with the first portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall. The tongue extends substantially parallel with the one wall from the base to the outer peripheral edge so as to partially close the cavity and define a gap around the tongue, the gap extending between the outer peripheral edge of the tongue and the second portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Aleix Ingles Elias, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Publication number: 20110216934
    Abstract: An audio/video device including a plurality of walls together forming a case, wherein one wall of the plurality of walls includes an inner peripheral edge. A surface extends from the inner peripheral edge inwardly of the case and defines an open-sided outwardly facing cavity. At least one item of connection is located within the cavity. A tongue is provided having a base and an outer peripheral edge. The inner peripheral edge of the one wall is divided into a first portion and a second portion. At the base, the tongue joins with the first portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall. The tongue extends substantially parallel with the one wall from the base to the outer peripheral edge so as to partially close the cavity and define a gap around the tongue, the gap extending between the outer peripheral edge of the tongue and the second portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Aleix Ingles ELIAS, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D599756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D614176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D615965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D633453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yokota, Daigaku Kumano
  • Patent number: D633881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yokota, Daigaku Kumano
  • Patent number: D636745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yokota, Yusuke Otani
  • Patent number: D642559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mirko Goetzen, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D646675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Aleix Ingles Elias, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D656470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Kubota, Hiroaki Yokota, Yusuke Otani, Michio Deguchi
  • Patent number: D659670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mirko Goetzen, Aleix Ingles Elias, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D666565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daigaku Kumano, Hiroaki Yokota, Kenji Katsumata, Yusuke Otani, Koji Shindo
  • Patent number: D673525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mirko Goetzen, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D743363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D757667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D776654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yokota, Shigeya Kuwao
  • Patent number: D778856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D787462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shiono, Hiroaki Yokota, Kirio Masui