Patents by Inventor Hironobu Endo

Hironobu Endo 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: 20230110303
    Abstract: Buttons (41A, 41B) have a button moving part (42) disposed in front of a circuit board (51) and allowed to move in a front-back direction, and guided parts (42e) moving in conjunction with the button moving part (42). The buttons (41A, 41B) cause the button moving part (42) to operate a switch (52) of the circuit board (51). Guide parts (21E, 21F) are disposed along the guided parts (42e) and restrict the direction in which the button moving part (42) moves. The guide parts (21E, 21F) and the guided parts (42e) have portions located back of a front surface (51a) of the circuit board (51). This structure effectively prevents the buttons from tilting when they are operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta TAMAKI, Hironobu ENDO, Yasuhiro OOTORI
  • Patent number: 7597282
    Abstract: A drum support arm supports a cutting drum with a sector cross section and a receiving drum with a circular cross section, and moves between a web winding changeover position for causing the receiving drum to contact a core and a spacing position for keeping the receiving drum away from the core. The guide roller moves between an approaching position for lifting a web from the receiving drum and a retracted position for causing the web contact a peripheral surface of the receiving drum. When the drum support arm moves to the web winding changeover position, the guide roller moves to the retracted position, and when the drum support arm moves to the spacing position, the guide roller moves to the approaching position. When the drum support arm is set to the web winding changeover position, the cutting drum rotates once to cut the web. A front end of the web formed by cutting is pressed against the core by the receiving drum and wound around the periphery of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Endo, Yoshihito Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20080223973
    Abstract: A drum support arm supports a cutting drum with a sector cross section and a receiving drum with a circular cross section, and moves between a web winding changeover position for causing the receiving drum to contact a core and a spacing position for keeping the receiving drum away from the core. The guide roller moves between an approaching position for lifting a web from the receiving drum and a retracted position for causing the web contact a peripheral surface of the receiving drum. When the drum support arm moves to the web winding changeover position, the guide roller moves to the retracted position, and when the drum support arm moves to the spacing position, the guide roller moves to the approaching position. When the drum support arm is set to the web winding changeover position, the cutting drum rotates once to cut the web. A front end of the web formed by cutting is pressed against the core by the receiving drum and wound around the periphery of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Hironobu ENDO, Yoshihito Matsumura