Patents by Inventor Hirosi Tasiro

Hirosi Tasiro 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).

  • Keyboard slide mechanism
    Patent number: 6773178
    Abstract: A keyboard slide mechanism for use in a keyboard that is so structured that key tops are raised and lowered as a sliding member is slid has a rotary member that can be rotated, converting means for converting the rotating movement of the rotary member into translating movement, and movement magnifying means for magnifying the translating movement produced by the converting means. The key tops are raised and lowered by converting the rotating movement of the rotary member into translating movement with the converting means, then magnifying the translating movement with the movement magnifying means, and then transmitting the magnified translating movement to the sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Miyako, Yukihiro Tsubosaka, Hirosi Tasiro, Masayuki Katagiri
  • Keyboard slide mechanism
    Publication number: 20020126446
    Abstract: A keyboard slide mechanism for use in a keyboard that is so structured that key tops are raised and lowered as a sliding member is slid has a rotary member that can be rotated, converting means for converting the rotating movement of the rotary member into translating movement, and movement magnifying means for magnifying the translating movement produced by the converting means. The key tops are raised and lowered by converting the rotating movement of the rotary member into translating movement with the converting means, then magnifying the translating movement with the movement magnifying means, and then transmitting the magnified translating movement to the sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Shunichi Miyako, Yukihiro Tsubosaka, Hirosi Tasiro, Masayuki Katagiri