Patents by Inventor Kenichi Shindo
Kenichi Shindo 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).
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Patent number: 10606311Abstract: Laptop computer according to the present disclosure includes a first housing provided with a display, a second housing provided with an operating portion, and a hinge that connects a first side on a rear of the first housing in a length direction and a second side of the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are capable of relative rotation. The second housing has a leg capable of protruding rearward of the second side from the second side. A shape of a section in the second side connected to the leg is set such that, when the leg is protruded rearward of the second side, a rear end of the leg protrudes downward from a vertical position of a mounted face which is a main face of the second housing opposite to a main face on which the operating portion is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Akira Iwamoto, Hitoshi Nakatani
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Publication number: 20190341719Abstract: A lid that blocks an opening of a housing of a computer includes an inner lid, an outer lid, and a water stop member. The inner lid includes an engagement hole at an end of the inner lid on a side close to a hinge axis. The housing includes an engagement projection that is engaged with the engagement hole when the inner lid is rotationally moved until the inner lid faces a bottom surface. The outer lid includes a right protrusion at an end of the outer lid on a side far from the hinge axis. The housing includes an engagement recess that is engaged with the right protrusion when the outer lid is slid away from the hinge axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Naoki HOSHIKA, Kenichi SHINDO
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Patent number: 10452107Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first unit having a display; and a second unit having an input part, and is constructed such that the first unit and the second unit are detachable. The second unit includes a socket capable of housing a lower side of the first unit. The socket has a bottomed socket body that opens on a side in which the lower side (a predetermined side) of the first unit is housed. The socket body is provided with a through-hole for draining water that establishes communication between an outside and an inside of the socket body.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Katsuyama, Kenichi Shindo
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Patent number: 10444801Abstract: A latching mechanism includes a latch provided to a first unit, provided with a first engaging portion at its tip, and is rotatable about a rotation shaft from a first rotation position to a second rotation position, a shaft support provided to the first unit, rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, and is movable between a first position and a second position, a biasing portion provided to the first unit, and biasing the shaft support in a direction from the first position to the second position, and a second engaging portion provided to a second unit, and is engageable with the first engaging portion. The first and second engaging portions engage when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the shaft support lies at the second position, and the latch lies at the second rotation position.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Hitoshi Nakatani, Tatsuo Kuromoto, Futoshi Kuriyama
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Patent number: 10413958Abstract: In a back pressure device for progressive die apparatus, a suitable back pressure can be produced during the blanking interval preventing the iron core laminates from being pushed upward by using a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KURODA PRECISION INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Hideo Horii, Kenichi Shindo
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Publication number: 20190259531Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An adhesive agent is accurately applied on an adhesive agent applying surface. [Solution] Provided are guiding members (100) that guide the conveyance of a sheet steel strip (F) along an intermittent conveyance direction of the sheet steel strip (F) and limit the upward movement of the sheet steel strip (F), and an adhesive agent applying apparatus (50) that applies an adhesive agent to an adhesive agent applying surface at a section corresponding to an iron core lamina (A, W).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu OKUDARIA, Hideo HORII, Kenichi SHINDO
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Patent number: 10359811Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit including a display, and a second unit including an input part, and the first unit and the second unit are formed to be detachable. The second unit includes a socket that is capable of accommodating a side part of the first unit. The socket includes a lock mechanism configured to detachably lock the first unit with the second unit, an operating member configured to operate the lock mechanism, and a dust discharge mechanism configured to discharge dust that has entered the socket out of the socket in conjunction with operation of the operating member.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Katsuyama, Kenichi Shindo
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Patent number: 10352077Abstract: The lid opening and closing mechanism in the present disclosure has an operating member which is displaceable relative to a housing body, and a drive mechanism. When the operating member is in a first position relative to the housing body, the drive mechanism locks the lid so that the lid does not move in a predetermined direction, and when the operating member is moved to a second position relative to the housing body, the drive mechanism releases the lock on the lid, moves the lid in the predetermined direction by at least a predetermined distance, and separates the lid from a predetermined face in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined face.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Panansonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Kenichi Shindo
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Patent number: 10349544Abstract: In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Katsuyama, Kenichi Shindo, Futoshi Kuriyama
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Patent number: 10296050Abstract: An electronic device includes a terminal cover that closes an opening. The opening is provided in a casing and houses a connection terminal. The terminal cover includes a lid, a fixing part for fixing the lid to the casing, and a slider mounted on the lid and slidable in a predetermined sliding direction. The lid is coupled to the fixing part in the sliding direction. The slider has first engagement parts provided at an end of the slider in the sliding direction, and has second engagement parts provided at each end in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction. When the slider is located at a predetermined lock position in a state in which the terminal cover is closed, the casing has third engagement parts engaged with the first engagement parts and fourth engagement parts engaged with the second engagement parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Takeshi Mori, Futoshi Kuriyama
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Patent number: 10168735Abstract: An electronic device includes a display member, a glass plate that has an area larger than that of a front face of the display member, the glass plate covering the overall front face of the display member, a frame that has a first holding portion holding a portion of the glass plate corresponding to a circumference of the display member, and an outer covering member surrounding a side portion of the glass plate. The outer covering member has a second holding portion that is inserted between the glass plate and the frame and holds a portion of the glass plate not held by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Tetsuya Urimoto
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Publication number: 20180314300Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit including a display, and a second unit including an input part, and the first unit and the second unit are formed to be detachable. The second unit includes a socket that is capable of accommodating a side part of the first unit. The socket includes a lock mechanism configured to detachably lock the first unit with the second unit, an operating member configured to operate the lock mechanism, and a dust discharge mechanism configured to discharge dust that has entered the socket out of the socket in conjunction with operation of the operating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Yusuke KATSUYAMA, Kenichi SHINDO
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Patent number: 10063676Abstract: A connector reception portion is configured such that, when a battery pack is housed in a battery housing portion, a battery cylindrical portion is positioned at a connector reception portion of the battery housing portion, and thereafter, while the battery pack is inclined so that the battery cylindrical portion is located diagonally forward and downward with respect to a battery mounting surface, the battery cylindrical portion is fitted within a peripheral wall of the connector reception portion, and the battery pack is inclined so that an inclination angle is smaller while the battery pack is pushed forward in a fitted state, and thereby the battery pack is laid on the battery mounting surface of the battery housing portion, and a battery connector is connected to connection terminals in a direction parallel to the battery mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Takeshi Mori
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Publication number: 20180239398Abstract: A latching mechanism includes a latch provided to a first unit, provided with a first engaging portion at its tip, and is rotatable about a rotation shaft from a first rotation position to a second rotation position, a shaft support provided to the first unit, rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, and is movable between a first position and a second position, a biasing portion provided to the first unit, and biasing the shaft support in a direction from the first position to the second position, and a second engaging portion provided to a second unit, and is engageable with the first engaging portion. The first and second engaging portions engage when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the shaft support lies at the second position, and the latch lies at the second rotation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Hitoshi NAKATANI, Tatsuo KUROMOTO, Futoshi KURIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180235096Abstract: An electronic device includes: a casing having an opening that houses a connection terminal inside; and a terminal cover that seals the opening such that the connection terminal is not exposed. The terminal cover includes a lid that seals the opening and a fixing part that fixes the terminal cover to the casing. The lid includes a protrusion and a cushion member, the cushion member being mounted around the protrusion and having a surface lower than a surface of the protrusion. The cushion member seals the opening by being in close contact with a member provided around the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Futoshi KURIYAMA, Yusuke KATSUYAMA, Tatsuo KUROMOTO
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Publication number: 20180232543Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit having an input part and a second unit having a display. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled. The first unit includes a socket capable of housing a predetermined side of the second unit. Locked holes, into which a lock projection of a lock member can be inserted, are provided on one of right and left sides of the socket and the second unit. An interlocking lock mechanism is provided on another of the right and left sides of the socket and the second unit. The interlocking lock mechanism locks the second unit to the socket when the lock projection of the lock member is inserted into the locked holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Kenichi SHINDO, Yusuke KATSUYAMA
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Publication number: 20180224896Abstract: An electronic device includes a terminal cover that closes an opening. The opening is provided in a casing and houses a connection terminal. The terminal cover includes a lid, a fixing part for fixing the lid to the casing, and a slider mounted on the lid and slidable in a predetermined sliding direction. The lid is coupled to the fixing part in the sliding direction. The slider has first engagement parts provided at an end of the slider in the sliding direction, and has second engagement parts provided at each end in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction. When the slider is located at a predetermined lock position in a state in which the terminal cover is closed, the casing has third engagement parts engaged with the first engagement parts and fourth engagement parts engaged with the second engagement parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Takeshi MORI, Futoshi KURIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180181166Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first unit having a display; and a second unit having an input part, and is constructed such that the first unit and the second unit are detachable. The second unit includes a socket capable of housing a lower side of the first unit. The socket has a bottomed socket body that opens on a side in which the lower side (a predetermined side) of the first unit is housed. The socket body is provided with a through-hole for draining water that establishes communication between an outside and an inside of the socket body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Yusuke KATSUYAMA, Kenichi SHINDO
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Publication number: 20180184535Abstract: In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Yusuke KATSUYAMA, Kenichi SHINDO, Futoshi KURIYAMA
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Patent number: D841656Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Yanai, Kenichi Shindo, Ryo Yonezawa