Patents by Inventor Hiromu Kubota

Hiromu Kubota 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: 7283322
    Abstract: The device to prevent cartridge incorrect insertion according to the present invention has a management information reading part wherein in the case where an information recording cartridge having a housing of substantially rectangular flat shape with a predetermined thickness that includes a notch for preventing incorrect insertion provided at one corner on right or left side in the foreside of the housing, a recording medium stored within the housing, a memory module that records management information therein, and an antenna for radio communication of the memory module disposed at a predetermined position with a displacement in the right or left direction in the rearward of the housing is inserted from its backside into a cartridge storage part, the management information reading part is disposed at the position so that it can perform radio communication with the memory module on a path through which an antenna for radio communication of the memory module passes, and a determining part that determines whet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromu Kubota
  • Patent number: 7252903
    Abstract: The battery 2 of the battery pack is temporarily held in a mold 30 to form a molded resin region 1, synthetic resin injected into the mold cavity 31 to form the molded resin region 1 attaches to the battery 2, and the molded resin region 1 attaches to a safety valve opening surface 20 established at the battery safety valve opening region 9. Further, insulating material 15 is attached at the interface between the battery safety valve opening surface 20 and the molded resin region 1 in a position which closes off the safety valve opening region 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kawabata, Atsushi Watanabe, Masatsugu Naka, Hiromu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20050080993
    Abstract: The device to prevent cartridge incorrect insertion according to the present invention has a management information reading part wherein in the case where an information recording cartridge having a housing of substantially rectangular flat shape with a predetermined thickness that includes a notch for preventing incorrect insertion provided at one corner on right or left side in the foreside of the housing, a recording medium stored within the housing, a memory module that records management information therein, and an antenna for radio communication of the memory module disposed at a predetermined position with a displacement in the right or left direction in the rearward of the housing is inserted from its backside into a cartridge storage part, the management information reading part is disposed at the position so that it can perform radio communication with the memory module on a path through which an antenna for radio communication of the memory module passes, and a determining part that determines whet
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Shiraishi, Hiromu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040091769
    Abstract: The battery of the battery pack is temporarily held in a mold to form a molded resin region, synthetic resin injected into the mold cavity to form the molded resin region attaches to the battery, and the molded resin region attaches to a safety valve opening surface established at the battery safety valve opening region. Further, insulating material is attached at the interface between the battery safety valve opening surface and the molded resin region in a position which closes off the safety valve opening region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kawabata, Atsushi Watanabe, Masatsugu Naka, Hiromu Kubota