Patents by Inventor Kazumi Otani

Kazumi Otani 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: 20150069593
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a lead frame including a chip mounting portion and a lead portion separated from the chip mounting portion and having the same thickness as the chip mounting portion, a level of an upper face of the chip mounting portion being same as a level of an upper face of the lead portion. The device further includes a semiconductor chip mounted on the upper face of the chip mounting portion and electrically connected to the lead portion. The device further includes a molding resin which collectively seals up the lead frame and the semiconductor chip. The device further includes a metal film covering parts of rear faces of the chip mounting portion and the lead portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi Koyama, Koji Araki, Tatsuo Tonedachi, Kazumi Otani
  • Patent number: 7915547
    Abstract: A key switch comprises: a plurality of conductive portions which are respectively positioned in dispersed directions from a center of a key top; and contact patterns provided on a print substrate, which respectively face the conductive portions. The contact patterns each have, in a conductive portion facing area thereof, at least four separate lands, and the at least four lands include: a first land and a second land which are separated by a first gap provided on a first reference line which extends from a position facing the center of the key top in the direction of the center of the conductive portion facing area; a third land which is separated from the first land by a second gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in one direction; and a fourth land which is separated from the second land by a third gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in another direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Otani, Yoshihide Sakano, Kazuo Yoneyama