Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kotaka

Hiroshi Kotaka 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: 9436227
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus including a top layer portion, a bottom layer portion, and a frame layer portion provided between the top layer portion and the bottom layer portion, wherein the frame layer portion is formed of a rigid material and comprises a plurality of compartmented openings, and wherein the compartmented openings are formed as volumes of spaces partitioned by an arrangement of crosspiece portions forming at least a part of the frame layer portion, and a circuitry component constituting a part of the portable apparatus is placed within at least one of the compartmented openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kotaka, Hiroyoshi Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20140192468
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus including a top layer portion, a bottom layer portion, and a frame layer portion provided between the top layer portion and the bottom layer portion, wherein the frame layer portion is formed of a rigid material and comprises a plurality of compartmented openings, and wherein the compartmented openings are formed as volumes of spaces partitioned by an arrangement of crosspiece portions forming at least a part of the frame layer portion, and a circuitry component constituting a part of the portable apparatus is placed within at least one of the compartmented openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOTAKA, Hiroyoshi ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 5671274
    Abstract: A lid of the lid opening/closing mechanism is rotatably mounted on a slide member arranged in the casing for movement along a linear guide formed on the inner surface of the casing and is moved along with the slide member along the guide direction by the linear guide while being rotated in a direction of opening the aperture. A holding unit is provided between the lid and the casing for holding the lid at an aperture closure position. The holding unit is made up of an engagement portion in the lid or in the casing and a mating engagement portion in the casing or the lid. The slide member supporting the lid for rotation is guided by the linear guide so as to be moved between a first position in which the engagement portion and the mating engagement portion of the holding unit are engaged with each other and a second position in which the engagement between the engagement portion and the mating engagement portion are released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kotaka