Patents by Inventor Kouta Hibino

Kouta Hibino 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: 10257954
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery including a first end portion in a plan view, the first end portion including a first engagement portion, a first case member including an accommodation portion where the battery is accommodated, and a slide member which is held by the first case member and is slidable along the first end portion. The slide member includes a first structure which prevents the slide member from dropping off from the first case member. The slide member can take a first position at which the slide member is in engagement with the first engagement portion and a second position at which the slide member is not in engagement with the first engagement portion as a result of sliding along the first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouta Hibino
  • Patent number: 10219596
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case and a cover. The cover includes a hook to be engaged with the case. The case includes a receiving portion for receiving the hook. An end of the hook is configured to laterally extend from a body of the hook. The first portion is engaged with the end. The second portion is located at an opposite side of the end and supports the cover thereon. The second portion is softer than the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kouta Hibino
  • Patent number: 10182630
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case and a cover. The cover includes a hook to be engaged with the case. The case includes a receiving portion for receiving the hook. An end of the hook is configured to laterally extend from a body of the hook. The first portion is engaged with the end. The second portion is located at an opposite side of the end and supports the cover thereon. The second portion is softer than the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kouta Hibino
  • Publication number: 20180220543
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery including a first end portion in a plan view, the first end portion including a first engagement portion, a first case member including an accommodation portion where the battery is accommodated, and a slide member which is held by the first case member and is slidable along the first end portion. The slide member includes a first structure which prevents the slide member from dropping off from the first case member. The slide member can take a first position at which the slide member is in engagement with the first engagement portion and a second position at which the slide member is not in engagement with the first engagement portion as a result of sliding along the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Kouta HIBINO
  • Patent number: 9866969
    Abstract: A handheld device is disclosed. A housing member includes a first surface and a second surface. A first sound emitting hole is located in the first surface. A second sound emitting hole is located in the second surface. A film speaker comprises a piezoelectric element and a resin film that vibrates together with the piezoelectric element. A speaker holder comprises the film speaker disposed at an angle in the speaker holder such that the front of the resin film faces the first sound emitting hole and is tilted from the first surface of the housing member toward the second sound emitting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakamura, Kouta Hibino
  • Patent number: 9754741
    Abstract: An assembled structure includes a metal plate having a first main surface and a second main surface, and having a through hole, as well as a resin member assembled with the metal plate and disposed on the second main surface side so as to have a portion fitted within the through hole. Assuming that an opening when the through hole is viewed in a plan view has a first width at a point along the opening and a second width measured in parallel to the first width at a point shifted toward the outer side of the opening, a combination of the first width and the second width can be determined such that the second width is larger than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouta Hibino
  • Patent number: 9693473
    Abstract: A cover panel made of sapphire is provided on a surface of an electronic apparatus. The cover panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. An operation button is positioned in a hole provided in the cover panel. A case supports the second surface of the cover panel. The case supports and covers an edge of the hole of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kouta Hibino, Hiroyoshi Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20170027292
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case and a cover. The cover includes a hook to be engaged with the case. The case includes a receiving portion for receiving the hook. An end of the hook is configured to laterally extend from a body of the hook. The first portion is engaged with the end. The second portion is located at an opposite side of the end and supports the cover thereon. The second portion is softer than the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Kouta HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20160269832
    Abstract: A handheld device is disclosed. A housing member includes a first surface and a second surface. A first sound emitting hole is located in the first surface. A second sound emitting hole is located in the second surface. A film speaker comprises a piezoelectric element and a resin film that vibrates together with the piezoelectric element. A speaker holder comprises the film speaker disposed at an angle in the speaker holder such that the front of the resin film faces the first sound emitting hole and is tilted from the first surface of the housing member toward the second sound emitting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kotaro NAKAMURA, Kouta HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20160126033
    Abstract: An assembled structure includes a metal plate having a first main surface and a second main surface, and having a through hole, as well as a resin member assembled with the metal plate and disposed on the second main surface side so as to have a portion fitted within the through hole. Assuming that an opening when the through hole is viewed in a plan view has a first width at a point along the opening and a second width measured in parallel to the first width at a point shifted toward the outer side of the opening, a combination of the first width and the second width can be determined such that the second width is larger than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Kouta HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20150181736
    Abstract: A cover panel made of sapphire is provided on a surface of an electronic apparatus. The cover panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. An operation button is positioned in a hole provided in the cover panel. A case supports the second surface of the cover panel. The case supports and covers an edge of the hole of the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Kouta HIBINO, Hiroyoshi KAWANISHI
  • Patent number: 9001503
    Abstract: A cover panel made of sapphire is provided on a surface of an electronic apparatus. The cover panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. An operation button is positioned in a hole provided in the cover panel. A case supports the second surface of the cover panel. The case supports and covers an edge of the hole of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kouta Hibino, Hiroyoshi Kawanishi