Patents by Inventor Manabu Hongo
Manabu Hongo 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: 9253899Abstract: An electronic device including: a protrusion portion that projects towards a bottom face of a groove from the opposite side face of a second hook portion, that is inserted into the groove, and that makes close contact with a sealing material; and a cut-away portion that is formed to a side wall portion positioned further to the casing inside out of a pair of side wall portions forming the groove, the cut-away portion being formed at a position corresponding to a first hook portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Manabu Hongo, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Hiroshi Kubo, Satoshi Watanabe, Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kanbayashi, Yasuhiro Ite
-
Patent number: 9119311Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including an opening-portion and an annular-projection provided in the vicinity of the opening-portion from the housing, the annular-projection projecting so as to surround a periphery of the opening-portion, a frame member including a tubular-portion having an outer surface that faces the annular-projection to be fitted with the annular-projection, a top plate exposed from the opening-portion with the tubular-portion fitted with the annular-projection, an extension-portion extending from the outer surface of the tubular-portion, the tubular-portion being expanded toward the annular-projection when a pressing force is applied to a surface of the top plate exposed from the opening-portion with the annular-projection and the tubular-portion fitted with each other, and an O-ring that contacts entire peripheries of the outer surface of the tubular-portion and an inner surface of the annular-projection.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Hiroshi Kubo, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Masahiro Fukuhara, Hiroyuki Takita
-
Patent number: 8947865Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a case that forms a storage space for storing a component and that includes an open section at a first surface, a display module that is stored in the open section of the case and that includes a display surface for allowing information to be displayed thereon adjacent to the first surface, a plate that is fixed to an inner surface of the case and that partitions the storage space into a space for storing the display module and a space for storing a component other than the display module, a panel that covers the open section of the case and that supports the display module such that the display module is sandwiched between the panel and the plate, and an adhesive that adheres the panel and a surrounding region of the open section of the case.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Matsuda, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita
-
Patent number: 8933908Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a face panel provided on an exterior of a housing, a sensor module that detects that the face panel is touched, where the sensor module is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the face panel, a light-emitting unit provided with a light-emitting member that emits light when the sensor module detects that the face panel is touched, where the light-emitting unit is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the sensor module, and a connection unit that makes an electrical connection between the sensor module and the light-emitting unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Sakashita, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Matsuda
-
Patent number: 8891237Abstract: A water-resistant cover placed on an electronic device in an attachable/removable manner, and for the water-resistant cover and the circumference of a water-resistant area of the electronic device, a sealing member is provided on the whole circumference in the circumference direction of the water-resistant area on one side, and a contact plane facing the sealing member is formed on the same plane on another side, and the water-resistant cover slides and put on the electronic device in the state in which the sealing member contacts the contact plane and pressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takao Shinoda, Shingo Yamaguchi, Kohei Choraku, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hidekatsu Kobayashi
-
Patent number: 8724299Abstract: An external component attachable to a portable electronic device includes a curved surface attachable to a convex surface of the portable electronic device and attaching portions formed at both ends of the curved surface and fixable to the portable electronic device. The curved surface curves such that the width between the attaching portions is narrower than the width between fixing portions of the portable electronic device to which the attaching portions are fixable.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Manabu Hongo, Tatsuhito Araki, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hiroaki Matsuda
-
Publication number: 20140118906Abstract: An electronic device including: a protrusion portion that projects towards a bottom face of a groove from the opposite side face of a second hook portion, that is inserted into the groove, and that makes close contact with a sealing material; and a cut-away portion that is formed to a side wall portion positioned further to the casing inside out of a pair of side wall portions forming the groove, the cut-away portion being formed at a position corresponding to a first hook portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Manabu HONGO, Yoshifumi KAJIWARA, Hiroyuki TAKITA, Hiroshi KUBO, Satoshi WATANABE, Shingo YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi KANBAYASHI, Yasuhiro ITE
-
Patent number: 8540403Abstract: An illumination device is provided including a light emitter; and a panel. The panel includes a recess configured to accept an optically transparent sealant that is illuminated by light from the light emitter. Moreover, the panel includes a hole in the recess that is sealed by the optically transparent sealant.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Wataru Murata
-
Patent number: 8320979Abstract: The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
-
Patent number: 8301213Abstract: An electronic device includes an outer case having a sound hole, an acoustic unit included in the outer case in a position corresponding to a position of the sound hole, a sheet member provided between the acoustic unit and the outer case in a position corresponding to the position of the sound hole, and placed over the acoustic unit to cover an outside of an outer edge of the acoustic unit, a mounting portion circumferentially provided on an outer peripheral portion of the sheet member and mounted to the outer case, and an extension portion that extends the mounting portion toward an inner periphery thereof on a side of the sheet member facing the acoustic unit and to which the acoustic unit is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Wataru Murata, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Takashi Suzuki, Ryo Hattori, Kouki Murakami
-
Publication number: 20120129582Abstract: The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
-
Patent number: 8180415Abstract: The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
-
Publication number: 20120071204Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a face panel provided on an exterior of a housing, a sensor module that detects that the face panel is touched, where the sensor module is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the face panel, a light-emitting unit provided with a light-emitting member that emits light when the sensor module detects that the face panel is touched, where the light-emitting unit is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the sensor module, and a connection unit that makes an electrical connection between the sensor module and the light-emitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroaki SAKASHITA, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Matsuda
-
Publication number: 20120063075Abstract: An external component attachable to a portable electronic device includes a curved surface attachable to a convex surface of the portable electronic device and attaching portions formed at both ends of the curved surface and fixable to the portable electronic device. The curved surface curves such that the width between the attaching portions is narrower than the width between fixing portions of the portable electronic device to which the attaching portions are fixable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Manabu HONGO, Tatsuhito Araki, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hiroaki Matsuda
-
Publication number: 20120063074Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a case that forms a storage space for storing a component and that includes an open section at a first surface, a display module that is stored in the open section of the case and that includes a display surface for allowing information to be displayed thereon adjacent to the first surface, a plate that is fixed to an inner surface of the case and that partitions the storage space into a space for storing the display module and a space for storing a component other than the display module, a panel that covers the open section of the case and that supports the display module such that the display module is sandwiched between the panel and the plate, and an adhesive that adheres the panel and a surrounding region of the open section of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroaki MATSUDA, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita
-
Publication number: 20120055838Abstract: A water-resistant cover placed on an electronic device in an attachable/removable manner, and for the water-resistant cover and the circumference of a water-resistant area of the electronic device, a sealing member is provided on the whole circumference in the circumference direction of the water-resistant area on one side, and a contact plane facing the sealing member is formed on the same plane on another side, and the water-resistant cover slides and put on the electronic device in the state in which the sealing member contacts the contact plane and pressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takao Shinoda, Shingo Yamaguchi, Kohei Choraku, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hidekatsu Kobayashi
-
Patent number: 8045341Abstract: A terminal is formed by plating a terminal substrate in which a first material capable of being plated and a second material incapable of being plated are two-color molded. For example, by two-color molding an ABD resin and a PC resin to form a terminal substrate and plating the terminal substrate, a terminal having a conductive part corresponding to the ABS resin and a nonconductive part corresponding to the PC resin is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Wataru Murata, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Sudo, Tatsuhito Araki
-
Publication number: 20110222300Abstract: An illumination device is provided including a light emitter; and a panel. The panel includes a recess configured to accept an optically transparent sealant that is illuminated by light from the light emitter. Moreover, the panel includes a hole in the recess that is sealed by the optically transparent sealant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Wataru Murata
-
Publication number: 20110159933Abstract: The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Manabu HONGO, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
-
Patent number: 7965519Abstract: A terminal is formed by plating a terminal substrate in which a first material capable of being plated and a second material incapable of being plated are two-color molded. For example, by two-color molding an ABD resin and a PC resin to form a terminal substrate and plating the terminal substrate, a terminal having a conductive part corresponding to the ABS resin and a nonconductive part corresponding to the PC resin is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Wataru Murata, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Sudo, Tatsuhito Araki