Patents by Inventor Kazuumi Otani

Kazuumi 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).

  • Patent number: 7922505
    Abstract: A card connector 1 includes a slide member 21 movable along an inserting/withdrawing direction of a card, an urging member 22 for urging the slide member 21 toward a card insertion opening, and a pin member 26 having a slide end 26a slidable within and relative to a cam groove 25 provided in the slide member 21 and a support shaft end 26b supported to the body 2 side. As the slide end 26a is retained at a lock portion L formed in the cam groove 25, the card is retained at an appropriate position. The card connector 1 includes a switch mechanism M which is operated by the support shaft end 26b when the slide end 26a is pushed by the slide member 21 along the urging direction of the urging member 22 at the time of retention of the slide end 26a at the lock portion L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Hosiden Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Kazuumi Otani
  • Publication number: 20100317211
    Abstract: A card connector 1 includes a slide member 21 movable along an inserting/withdrawing direction of a card, an urging member 22 for urging the slide member 21 toward a card insertion opening, and a pin member 26 having a slide end 26a slidable within and relative to a cam groove 25 provided in the slide member 21 and a support shaft end 26b supported to the body 2 side. As the slide end 26a is retained at a lock portion L formed in the cam groove 25, the card is retained at an appropriate position. The card connector 1 includes a switch mechanism M which is operated by the support shaft end 26b when the slide end 26a is pushed by the slide member 21 along the urging direction of the urging member 22 at the time of retention of the slide end 26a at the lock portion L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: HOSIDEN CORPORATION, NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Kazuumi Otani
  • Publication number: 20090050464
    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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Yoshihide Sakano, Kazuo Yoneyama
  • Patent number: D518437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Tsushima Takada, Kazuumi Otani, Yutaka Masumoto
  • Patent number: D553922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaki Fujino, Kazuumi Otani
  • Patent number: D593031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Miyatake, Kazuumi Otani
  • Patent number: D601494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Takeshi Nabesaka
  • Patent number: D601502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Miyatake, Kazuumi Otani
  • Patent number: D623590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Takeshi Nabesaka
  • Patent number: D645814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Takeshi Nabesaka, Takumi Nakahira
  • Patent number: D684114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuumi Otani, Junichi Saito, Takumi Nakahira