Patents by Inventor Hiroya Morikawa

Hiroya Morikawa 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: 10983548
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, and an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing. The housing includes a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing and a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes. The operation member includes a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall, an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall, a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light, and a receiving part configured to receive a user's operation from an outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya Morikawa, Eiji Saitou
  • Patent number: 10856061
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a housing that has a sound guide space having a vertically flattened shape, a first speaker disposed in the housing to be oriented toward a front of the housing, and a second speaker that is disposed in the housing and is oriented upward or downward to output sound into the sound guide space positioned at an internal upper part or an internal lower part of the housing. The sound guide space opens at an opening that is formed in vertically flattened form in the housing, and the opening has a vertical height that is smaller than an aperture of the first speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Umesako, Takuto Takizawa, Yukiharu Wakiguchi, Hiroya Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20190261075
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a housing that has a sound guide space having a vertically flattened shape, a first speaker disposed in the housing to be oriented toward a front of the housing, and a second speaker that is disposed in the housing and is oriented upward or downward to output sound into the sound guide space positioned at an internal upper part or an internal lower part of the housing. The sound guide space opens at an opening that is formed in vertically flattened form in the housing, and the opening has a vertical height that is smaller than an aperture of the first speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: MINORU UMESAKO, TAKUTO TAKIZAWA, YUKIHARU WAKIGUCHI, HIROYA MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190121384
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, and an operation member mounted on an inner surface of the housing. The housing includes a projection inwardly projected from a main surface of the housing and a wall erected on the main surface and having a light guide hole through which light passes. The operation member includes a holding part extending along the main surface from the projection to the wall, an erecting part erected from the holding part along the wall, a transmission part engaged with peripheral edges of the light guide hole while being fitted into the light guide hole and configured to transmit the light, and a receiving part configured to receive a user's operation from an outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: HIROYA MORIKAWA, EIJI SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20130063050
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of displaying a light pattern in a section of a surface by turning on a light source includes: the light source; a first light-transmissive colored layer provided on the surface and having reflectance and transmittance that peak in a wavelength range of light of a first color; and a second light-transmissive colored layer provided on a path of light that is emitted from the light source and reaches the first light-transmissive colored layer, the second light-transmissive colored layer having transmittance that peaks in a wavelength range of light of a second color different from the first color. The second light-transmissive colored layer has light transmission characteristics adjusted such that light of a desired color exits the section of the surface where the light emitted from the light source reaches when the light source is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya MORIKAWA, Eiji SAITOU, Kazuhiko SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 7851718
    Abstract: Electronic equipment of the present invention includes a first housing 2 with an elastically deformable thin-wall portion 25 formed as a part of the front wall, an elastically deformable spacer member 4, and a sub board 5 on which switches 51 are mounted. The spacer member 4 includes a plurality of elastic members 41 and a second supporting member 46. Each of the elastic members 41 includes an operating strip 41a that is formed so that when the thin-wall portion 25 is deformed elastically, one surface of the operating strip 41a can be brought into contact with a back surface of the thin-wall portion 25 and the other surface can be pressed against the switch 51. The second supporting member 46 is formed so as to protrude between each of the elastic members 41, and can be brought into contact with the back surface of the thin-wall portion 25 at least when the thin-wall portion 25 is deformed elastically. The elastic members 41 and the second supporting member 46 are formed integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Shibuya, Takayoshi Yamasaki, Hiroichi Yoshida, Hiroya Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20080237013
    Abstract: Electronic equipment of the present invention includes a first housing 2 with an elastically deformable thin-wall portion 25 formed as a part of the front wall, an elastically deformable spacer member 4, and a sub board 5 on which switches 51 are mounted. The spacer member 4 includes a plurality of elastic members 41 and a second supporting member 46. Each of the elastic members 41 includes an operating strip 41a that is formed so that when the thin-wall portion 25 is deformed elastically, one surface of the operating strip 41a can be brought into contact with a back surface of the thin-wall portion 25 and the other surface can be pressed against the switch 51. The second supporting member 46 is formed so as to protrude between each of the elastic members 41, and can be brought into contact with the back surface of the thin-wall portion 25 at least when the thin-wall portion 25 is deformed elastically. The elastic members 41 and the second supporting member 46 are formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Shibuya, Takayoshi Yamasaki, Hiroichi Yoshida, Hiroya Morikawa