Patents by Inventor Kohtaroh Higuchi

Kohtaroh Higuchi 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: 7315447
    Abstract: A system for mounting a hard disk drive inside an electronic apparatus in such a way that the hard disk drive is isolated from vibration and noise and heat generated by the hard disk dive is radiated to a cover of the electronic apparatus to prevent overheating. A foam heat transmission sheet is placed between the hard disk drive cover and an outer casing that is mounted to the electronic apparatus and far-infrared ray transmitting and receiving sheets are attached to the outside of the outer casing and to the inside of the cover of the electronic apparatus to transmit heat from the hard disk drive to the exterior of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kohtaroh Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7167360
    Abstract: In a hard disk drive (HDD) or an electronic apparatus in which the HDD is wrapped with a foam resin sheet with a noise absorption effect and a metal outer casing to thereby damp noise, a sub-assembly wrapping body incorporating therein the HDD wrapped with a wrapping body composed of a slippery film sheet with foam resin sheets attached thereto is mounted into the metal outer casing through the slippery surface of the slippery film sheet. In order to insulate a noise generated from a recording and reproducing drive apparatus such as the HDD, the system for use with the HDD and the electronic apparatus can simplify the assembly process required when the HDD is loaded into the outer casing serving as a noise insulation box through a noise absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kohtaroh Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050168935
    Abstract: In hard disk drive (HDD) or an electronic apparatus in which the HDD is wrapped with a foam resin sheet and a metal outer casing to damp noise, heat radiation sheets for radiating far-infrared rays are attached to an inner casing of the HDD or to tops of the metal outer casing and a pair of far-infrared ray transmitting and receiving members composed of heat radiation sheets for absorbing far-infrared rays are attached to the inner surface of the metal outer casing or the inner surface of the cover of the electronic apparatus, which are located at spatially spaced apart positions. In this way accumulated heat in the HDD or the metal outer casing is radiated from the metal outer casing or the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kohtaroh Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050168929
    Abstract: In a hard disk drive (HDD) or an electronic apparatus in which the HDD is wrapped with a foam resin sheet with a noise absorption effect and a metal outer casing to thereby damp noise, a sub-assembly wrapping body incorporating therein the HDD wrapped with a wrapping body composed of a slippery film sheet with foam resin sheets attached thereto is mounted into the metal outer casing through the slippery surface of the slippery film sheet. In order to insulate a noise generated from a recording and reproducing drive apparatus such as the HDD, the system for use with the HDD and the electronic apparatus can simplify the assembly process required when the HDD is loaded into the outer casing serving as a noise insulation box through a noise absorption member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kohtaroh Higuchi