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: 9253899
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Hongo, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Hiroshi Kubo, Satoshi Watanabe, Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kanbayashi, Yasuhiro Ite
  • Patent number: 9119311
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Yamanaka, Hiroshi Kubo, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Masahiro Fukuhara, Hiroyuki Takita
  • Patent number: 8947865
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsuda, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8933908
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakashita, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8891237
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takao Shinoda, Shingo Yamaguchi, Kohei Choraku, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hidekatsu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8724299
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Hongo, Tatsuhito Araki, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hiroaki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20140118906
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu HONGO, Yoshifumi KAJIWARA, Hiroyuki TAKITA, Hiroshi KUBO, Satoshi WATANABE, Shingo YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi KANBAYASHI, Yasuhiro ITE
  • Patent number: 8540403
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Wataru Murata
  • Patent number: 8320979
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8301213
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Murata, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Takashi Suzuki, Ryo Hattori, Kouki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20120129582
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8180415
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Hongo, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120071204
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKASHITA, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20120063075
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu HONGO, Tatsuhito Araki, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hiroaki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20120063074
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUDA, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20120055838
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Shinoda, Shingo Yamaguchi, Kohei Choraku, Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Sakashita, Hidekatsu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8045341
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Murata, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Sudo, Tatsuhito Araki
  • Publication number: 20110222300
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Komuro, Manabu Hongo, Wataru Murata
  • Publication number: 20110159933
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu HONGO, Hidehiko Hizuka, Tatsuhito Araki, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Satoshi Sudo, Wataru Murata, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7965519
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Murata, Manabu Hongo, Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Matsuda, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Sudo, Tatsuhito Araki