Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Sugisawa

Kazutoshi Sugisawa 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: 11079859
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a keyboard having a support plate, a set of keytops configured to be supported on an upper face side of the support plate to be vertically movable, a pointing stick configured to be installed on the upper face side of the support plate and to be surrounded by the set of keytops, a bracket member installed on the lower face side of the support plate and to support the pointing stick, and a screw, which is located in a space between the set of keytops, secures the bracket member to the support plate, in which a head or a tip of the screw projects more upward than the upper face of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Satoshi Douzono, Kazutoshi Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20210022246
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit (FPC) terminal connection structure is provided. The FPC terminal connection structure includes a base material; a substrate secured to the base material, wherein the substrate includes a second terminal group on one surface thereof an FPC including a first terminal group on a first surface thereof, corresponding terminals of the first terminal group and the second terminal group being in contact with each other; a flat spring disposed on top of a first position that interferes with at least the first terminal group on a second surface of the FPC; and a fastening member for fastening the flat spring and the FPC to the base material at a second position different from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Wenjin Niu, Takehito Yamauchi, Kazutoshi Sugisawa, Shigehiro Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20200225769
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a keyboard having a support plate, a set of keytops configured to be supported on an upper face side of the support plate to be vertically movable, a pointing stick configured to be installed on the upper face side of the support plate and to be surrounded by the set of keytops, a bracket member installed on the lower face side of the support plate and to support the pointing stick, and a screw, which is located in a space between the set of keytops, secures the bracket member to the support plate, in which a head or a tip of the screw projects more upward than the upper face of the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Satoshi Douzono, Kazutoshi Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20180373355
    Abstract: A touchpad has a pad plate which is less expensive and has better surface feeling and oil resistance than a glass pad plate and a method for manufacturing the same. The touchpad has a resin base portion having electrical insulation properties, a photocurable resin layer laminated so as to cover the top of the base portion, and an anti-finger film laminated so as to cover the top of the photocurable resin layer, in which the anti-finger film is a touch operation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Sugisawa, Masahiro Kitamura