Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Furukawa

Katsuhisa Furukawa 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: 6944429
    Abstract: A gutter-like antenna tube storage part having a half cylindrical shape, is recessed downward from a flat part of a battery storage part, integrally with a rear case of a housing of a portable terminal device. Therefore, the section modulus of the rear case in terms of the strength of materials can be large, and thus deterioration of the rigidity can be prevented even in the case the device main body is made thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kitamura, Nobutoshi Hamada, Katsuhisa Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6342932
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has: a liquid crystal display unit 11; a flexible circuit board 12 which is connected to the liquid crystal display unit 11, contact portions being formed in a tip end portion of the flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board being bent back outside a holding member 10; the holding member 10 which holds the liquid crystal display unit 11; a printed circuit board 20 to which the holding member 10 is attached, and on which contact portions are exposed; conductor-embedded elastic members 30 through which the contact portions on the printed circuit board 20 are connected to the contact portions of the flexible circuit board 12, respectively; and a corrugated elastic member 40 which is interposed between the holding member 10 and the flexible circuit board 12 to press the flexible circuit board 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Matshushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Terao, Toshiyasu Kitamura, Yutaka Masutani, Katsuhisa Furukawa