Patents by Inventor Katsumi Hisano

Katsumi Hisano 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: 20060050062
    Abstract: An input device includes: a display unit indicating an image of an input position; a contact position detecting unit detecting a position of an object brought into contact with a contact detecting layer provided on a display layer of the display unit; a contact strength detecting unit detecting contact strength of the object brought into contact with the contact detecting layer; and a contact state determining unit which extracts a feature quantity of the detected contact strength, compares the extracted feature quantity with a predetermined threshold, and determines a contact state of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Masanori Ozawa, Katsumi Hisano, Ryo Furukawa, Minoru Mukai
  • Publication number: 20060034043
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display device having a display screen, an input device for acquiring a first information indicating a touch position on the display screen, a storing device for storing emulation information used to convert the first information into a second information indicating a touch position on an operating system, and a converting means for converting the first information indicating the touch position acquired by the input device into the second information indicating the touch position on the operating system, based on the emulation information stored in the storing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Katsumi Hisano, Masanori Ozawa, Ryo Furukawa, Minoru Mukai
  • Publication number: 20060034042
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes first and second display devices having first and second display screens held in first and second housings, respectively. The second display screen is provided with a sensor which generates an output signal determining an input area in response to an external predetermined input to the second display screen. The first and second housings are connected together by a connecting mechanism so that an opening angle between the first and second housings can be adjusted. A first interface image is displayed on the second display screen. An instruction input to the interface image is determined on the basis of a sensor output signal. In response to the instruction input, a second display image is displayed in place of the first display image. In response to the instruction input, a second interface image is displayed in place of the first interface image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Katsumi Hisano, Masanori Ozawa, Ryo Furukawa, Minoru Mukai
  • Publication number: 20060012958
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a heat-generating component, a heat receiving portion thermally connected to the heat-generating component, a heat radiating portion to radiate heat generated y the heat-generating component, and a circulation path to circulate a liquid coolant between the heat receiving and radiating portions. The heat radiating portion has a circulation passage defined therein, a first region including a coolant inlet port, and a second region including a coolant outlet port. The circulation passage has first and second circulation passages. The first circulation passage extends from the coolant inlet port in the first region to a position distant from the coolant inlet port, and reaches the second region after passing beside the coolant inlet port again. The second circulation passage extends between the first circulation passage and the coolant outlet port in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20050264996
    Abstract: A pump has a pump casing and an impeller. The pump casing has a pump chamber, an inlet path through which a liquid is guided to the pump chamber and an outlet path through which the liquid is discharged from the pump chamber. The impeller is housed in the pump chamber. With the rotation of the impeller, the liquid is sucked through the inlet path into the pump chamber and pushed out of the pump chamber into the outlet path. The outlet path has a first opening end which is opened in the pump chamber, and a second opening end located downstream of the first opening end. The first opening end has an opening area larger than that of the second opening end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano, Tomonao Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20050265833
    Abstract: There is disclosed a pump comprising a pump housing, an impeller, and a motor. The pump housing comprises a pump chamber and at least one communication port opening into this pump chamber. The impeller comprises a plurality of vanes and is rotatably disposed in the pump chamber. The motor has a plurality of phases, and rotates the impeller. The number of communication ports, the number of vanes, and the number of phases of the motor are set in such a manner as to indicate prime numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano, Tomonao Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20050174714
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a housing for accommodating a heat generating component and a display unit supported by the housing. A heat receiving head thermally connected to the heat generating component is accommodated inside the housing. A heat radiator is disposed in the display unit. A heat receiving head and the heat radiator are connected to each other through a circulating path for circulating cooling medium. The circulating path is provided with an intermediate cooling unit. Before cooling medium heated by heat transfer by the heat receiving head reaches the heat radiator, the intermediate cooling unit forces cooling medium to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano
  • Patent number: 6920043
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first housing including a convex portion and housing a heat generating component, a second housing including a leg portion rotatably supported by the convex portion, a heat receiving portion provided in the first housing and thermally connected to the heat generating component, a heat radiating portion provided in the second housing, and a circulation path for circulating a cooling medium between the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion. The circulation path extends between the first housing and the second housing through the interior of the convex portion and the interior of the leg portion. The leg portion includes an opening at the part corresponding to the circulation path for exposing the circulation path. The opening is covered with a removable lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano
  • Patent number: 6917521
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing containing a heat generating component, and a blower unit contained in the housing and used to cool the heat generating component. The blower unit includes an impeller, and a casing containing the impeller. The casing has suction ports, a chamber located around the impeller and a discharge port located at the downstream end of the chamber. The chamber has a depth gradually increased radially away from the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano, Kei Matsuoka, Hideyuki Toma
  • Publication number: 20050095499
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery pack comprising an outer case, and a plurality of cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries accommodated in the outer case in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows?M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries, wherein the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the secondary batteries in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in each secondary battery in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kanai, Motoya Kanda, Katsumi Hisano, Hideo Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20050082035
    Abstract: One surface of a base section having an open portion forming an inlet port of a fluid is thermally connected to a target module to be cooled. Pluralities of fins arranged in parallel are mounted on the other surface of a base section in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base section. A fan is arranged to permit the fluid to flow through the clearance between the adjacent fins. A wall section open to the inlet port of the fluid is mounted on the base section. A part of the wall section constitutes a detachable lid section. A partition plate having through-holes formed therein is arranged between the base section and the lid section so as to divide the space between the base section and the lid section into two fluid flowing channels consisting of a main flowing channel and an auxiliary flowing channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Bisuwasu Debashisu, Tomonao Takamatsu, Katsumi Hisano, Hideo Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6845011
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing incorporates a pump. The second housing incorporates a heat-radiating portion. The pump has a heat-receiving portion. A circulation path for circulating liquid coolant connects the pump and the heat-radiating portion. The circulation path has two pipes. The first pipe connects the pump to the coolant inlet port of the heat-radiating portion. The second pipe connects the pump to the coolant outlet port of the heat-radiating portion. The first and second pipes extend from two adjacent points on the pump, toward a midpoint between the coolant inlet port and coolant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano, Tomonao Takamatsu, Mitsuyoshi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Teruo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20040196628
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising a housing, a first heat conductor, a second heat conductor, and a circulation path. The housing contains a first heat-generating component and a second heat-generating component. The first heat conductor and the second heat conductor are provided in the housing. The first heat conductor is interposed between the first heat-generating component and the second heat-generating component and thermally connected to the first and second heat-generating components. The second heat conductor faces the first heat conductor in the housing. The circulation path circulates liquid coolant between the first heat conductor and the second heat conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Katsumi Hisano, Kentaro Tomioka, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Teruo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20040188069
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus that comprises a housing, and a circulating path. A heat-generating component is contained in the housing. Liquid coolant for cooling the heat-generating component flows through the circulating path. The circulating path has a first connecting end and a second connecting end connected to the first connecting end. The junction between the first connecting end and the second connecting end is covered with a coolant-absorbent member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20040161642
    Abstract: An electronic equipment is provided with a fluid device using fluid including an additive, a main body comprising an installation site for installation of the fluid device and a detection part reserving the fluid. The detection part makes the fluid visible by means of the additive or is provided with a detection substance changing its nature when contacting the fluid, thereby leakage of the fluid is detected. The detection part may be further provided with electrodes to measure an electric property change therebetween. The detection part is disposed on either the installation site or the fluid device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsumi Hisano, Eiichi Sakaue, Nobutaka Kikuiri, Tomonao Takamatsu, Hideo Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6751095
    Abstract: A cooling unit for cooling a heat generating component includes a heat receiving portion thermally connected to the heat generating component and a heat radiating portion including first and second radiating members having thermal conductivity. The first and second radiating members are overlaid on each other and define a path for allowing a cooling medium heated by the heat generating component to flow through the path. A pump circulates the cooling medium between the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20040085734
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a housing for accommodating a heat generating component and a display unit supported by the housing. A heat receiving head thermally connected to the heat generating component is accommodated inside the housing. A heat radiator is disposed in the display unit. A heat receiving head and the heat radiator are connected to each other through a circulating path for circulating cooling medium. The circulating path is provided with an intermediate cooling unit. Before cooling medium heated by heat transfer by the heat receiving head reaches the heat radiator, the intermediate cooling unit forces cooling medium to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOHSIBA
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano
  • Patent number: 6728102
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a heat receiving portion thermally connected to a heat generating component, a heat exchanging portion for radiating heat of the heat generating component, a circulation path for circulating a cooling medium between the heat exchanging portion and the heat receiving portion, and a cooling unit provided separate from the heat exchanging portion. The circulation path transmits heat of the heat generating component which is transmitted to the heat receiving portion to the heat exchanging portion through the cooling medium. The cooling unit is thermally connected to the heat receiving portion, and radiates the heat of the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Katsumi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20040070942
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a heat-generating component therein, a heat receiving portion thermally connected to the heat-generating component, a heat radiating portion to radiate heat generated by the heat-generating component, and a circulation pipe to circulate a liquid coolant between the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion. A part of the circulation pipe has pipes different from the other part in inside diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20040070935
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a first housing and a second housing. A junction between the first and second housings has three passages that connect an interior of the first housing and an interior of the second housing. A cable in which electric signals flow extends through one of the three passages. Two pipes are provided. The first pipe supplies liquid coolant heated in a heat-receiving portion. The second pipe supplies the liquid coolant cooled in a heat-radiating portion. The first and second pipes extend through the remaining two of the three passages, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Katsumi Hisano, Tomonao Takamatsu, Mitsuyoshi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Teruo Kinoshita