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).

  • Patent number: 10007301
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a terminal port disposed in a side surface of a housing and opened to an outside of the housing and a cover that openably and closably covers the terminal port. An outer circumferential part of the cover is provided with a sealing member that contacts an inner circumferential wall of the terminal port in such a state that the terminal port blocks a recess to seal an inside of the terminal port. An outer surface of the cover is provided with a locking member slidably attached to the outer surface of the cover. The locking member includes a protrusion portion that changes a protrusion amount in an interlocking manner with a slide operation on the outer surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Takeshi Mori, Noriyuki Maki
  • Publication number: 20170361369
    Abstract: When provisionally blanking a lamination sheet by using a punch for provisional blanking and a counter punch, the displacement of pilot holes located around the lamination sheet is minimized. The progressive die machine (1) comprises a pilot hole punch (72), a punch (9) for provisionally punching an iron core laminate (2) from a strip (W) formed with pilot holes (P), a counter punch (31) provided in a lower die assembly (5) and configured to push the iron core laminate (2) against the punch (9), a stripper plate (13) for separating the strip (W) from the provisional blanking punch after a provisional punching, a punch (10) for completely separating the iron core laminate from the strip. At least a part of the stripper plate (13) associated with the provisionally blanking is not in contact with the strip, and at least a part of an outer peripheral part of the provisionally blanked lamination sheet is formed with a connecting portion (79) connected to the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo HORII, Kenichi SHINDO, Shinichi SAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20170331933
    Abstract: The connector reception portion is configured such that, when the battery pack is housed in the battery housing portion, the battery cylindrical portion is positioned at the 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 down with respect to the battery mounting surface, the battery cylindrical portion is inserted and fitted within the 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 this fitted-and-inserted state, thereby the battery pack is laid on the battery mounting surface of the battery housing portion, and the battery connector is connected to the connection terminals in a direction parallel to the battery mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Akira IWAMOTO, Kenichi SHINDO, Takeshi MORI
  • Publication number: 20170293320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Akira IWAMOTO, Hitoshi NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20170283138
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Kenichi SHINDO
  • Patent number: 9756157
    Abstract: The connector reception portion is configured such that, when the battery pack is housed in the battery housing portion, the battery cylindrical portion is positioned at the 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 down with respect to the battery mounting surface, the battery cylindrical portion is inserted and fitted within the 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 this fitted-and-inserted state, thereby the battery pack is laid on the battery mounting surface of the battery housing portion, and the battery connector is connected to the connection terminals in a direction parallel to the battery mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Takeshi Mori
  • Patent number: 9740243
    Abstract: A holder includes stoppers that restrict movement of an operation member in a predetermined direction by an amount exceeding a predetermined amount by abutting against a projection of the operation member when the operation member is moved in the predetermined direction. The operation member is made from an elastic body to be movable between the first position and the second position, in a case where the operation member is present at a position either the first position or the second position, when a force is applied to the operation protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the main body is bent in the perpendicular direction and the projection moves over the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Urimoto, Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Takeshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20170072448
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo HORII, Kenichi SHINDO
  • Patent number: 9568949
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention has a bottom surface on which a first connection terminal is disposed, and a rear surface on which a second connection terminal is disposed. The first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are formed on a common substrate. An edge formed by the bottom surface and the rear surface is formed by the substrate. The electronic apparatus is to be connected to an expansion unit including a first connection-target terminal to which the first connection terminal is to be connected and a second connection-target terminal to which the second connection terminal is to be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Jun Sato
  • Publication number: 20160306395
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a terminal port disposed in the side surface of the housing and opened to outside of the housing and a cover that openably and closable covers the terminal port. An outer circumferential part of the cover is provided with a sealing member that contacts an inner circumferential wall of the terminal port in such a state that the terminal port blocks the recess to seal inside of the terminal port. An outer surface of the cover is provided with a locking member slidably attached to the outer surface of the cover. The locking member includes a protrusion portion that changes a protrusion amount in an interlocking manner with a slide operation on the outer surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Akira IWAMOTO, Kenichi SHINDO, Takeshi MORI, Noriyuki MAKI
  • Publication number: 20160306389
    Abstract: A holder includes stoppers that restrict movement of an operation member in a predetermined direction by an amount exceeding a predetermined amount by abutting against a projection of the operation member when the operation member is moved in the predetermined direction. The operation member is made from an elastic body to be movable between the first position and the second position, in a case where the operation member is present at a position either the first position or the second position, when a force is applied to the operation protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the main body is bent in the perpendicular direction and the projection moves over the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya URIMOTO, Akira IWAMOTO, Kenichi SHINDO, Takeshi MORI
  • Publication number: 20160299536
    Abstract: An electronic device has a microphone. The electronic device comprises a display member, an inner case disposed on a non-display face side of the display member and housing the microphone, and an outer case surrounding a side portion of the display member and housing the inner case. A gap is provided between the side portion of the display member and the outer case, the inner case has an opening formed in the vicinity of the gap, the microphone is disposed in the vicinity of the opening in a space within the inner case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Akira IWAMOTO, Kenichi SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20160301997
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a speaker. The electronic device includes an inner case that accommodates the speaker, and an outer case that accommodates the inner case, the outer case having therein an opening, or a gap between the outer case and a member adjacent thereto. A predetermined space is formed between the inner case and the outer case. A communicating portion connecting a space inside the inner case and the predetermined space is provided at a position close to the speaker in the inner case. The gap or the opening connects with the predetermined space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Takeshi MORI, Akira IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160299528
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Akira IWAMOTO, Kenichi SHINDO, Tetsuya URIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9405321
    Abstract: When the lid is rotated in the closing direction toward the first predetermined state from a second predetermined state where the lid is in an open state and the outer lid at a locked position, the projection of the outer lid and a wall portion of the case are brought into contact with each other in the gap, an inclined surface is formed on at least one of a portion, which is brought into contact with the wall portion of the case, of the projection of the outer lid and a portion, which is brought into contact with the projection of the outer lid, of the wall portion of the case, wherein the inclined surface is formed in an inclined manner such that as the inclined surface is farther from the axis of rotation, the inclined surface becomes farther from the predetermined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Kenichi Shindo, Noriyuki Maki
  • Patent number: 9326392
    Abstract: There is provided a display device comprising: a plate-type display section with a display surface; a front-surface plate placed on a front surface of the display surface; and a supporting portion for supporting the display section and the front-surface plate. The supporting portion includes a first surface adapted to support the front-surface plate, and a second surface which is formed in such a way as to rise up substantially vertically from the first surface such that the second surface faces a side surface of the display portion and, further, includes at least a rising base end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawada, Kenichi Shindo, Ryo Yonezawa, Yoshinari Matsuyama, Hirofumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9253903
    Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a hinge mechanism 120 configured to rotate, on a portion in which a first casing 101 is connected to a second casing 102, the second casing 102 to allow the electronic device 100 to switch from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position; and exterior components 123 and 124 each configured to rotate with the second casing 102 when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, and to switch between a state where the exterior component projects from the back surface of the first casing 101 to be a leg for the electronic device 100 in the opened position, and a state where the exterior component projects from the top surface of the first casing 101 to be a leg for the electronic device 100 in the inverted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawada, Kenichi Shindo, Ryo Yonezawa, Yoshinari Matsuyama, Hirofumi Sasaki, Haruka Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9226419
    Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a hinge mechanism 120 configured to rotate, on a connection portion in which a first casing 101 is connected to a second casing 102, the second casing 102 to switch the electronic device 100 from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position, and configured to rotate according to the second casing 102 being rotated when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed; and a leg component 140 configured to switch, by rotating with the hinge mechanism 120 when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, between a state where the leg component 140 projects from the back surface of the first casing 101 in the opened position, and a state where the leg component 140 projects from the top surface of the first casing 101 in the inverted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawada, Kenichi Shindo, Ryo Yonezawa, Yoshinari Matsuyama, Hirofumi Sasaki, Haruka Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20150362953
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention has a bottom surface on which a first connection terminal is disposed, and a rear surface on which a second connection terminal is disposed. The first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are formed on a common substrate. An edge formed by the bottom surface and the rear surface is formed by the substrate. The electronic apparatus is to be connected to an expansion unit including a first connection-target terminal to which the first connection terminal is to be connected and a second connection-target terminal to which the second connection terminal is to be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi SHINDO, Jun SATO
  • Patent number: D756994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Katsuhiro Kitade, Hitoshi Nakatani, Takeshi Mori