Patents by Inventor Masaharu Kasahara

Masaharu Kasahara 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: 6373706
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a body and a first slot formed in the body for selectively accommodating a battery and a first recording medium drive having substantially the same width as that of the battery. The first slot has a first width. The portable electronic device further has a second slot formed in the body for selectively accommodating a second recording medium drive having a width larger than that of the first recording medium drive and the battery with an attachment attached to a side surface thereof. The second slot has a second width larger than the first width of the first slot. With this configuration, the two batteries having the same shape can be simultaneously accommodated into the first and second slots, thereby allowing long-term driving of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masaharu Kasahara, Koichi Inoue, Takeshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20020027769
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a body and a first slot formed in the body for selectively accommodating a battery and a first recording medium drive having substantially the same width as that of the battery. The first slot has a first width. The portable electronic device further has a second slot formed in the body for selectively accommodating a second recording medium drive having a width larger than that of the first recording medium drive and the battery with an attachment attached to a side surface thereof. The second slot has a second width larger than the first width of the first slot. With this configuration, the two batteries having the same shape can be simultaneously accommodated into the first and second slots, thereby allowing long-term driving of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaharu Kasahara, Koichi Inoue, Takeshi Murakami
  • Patent number: D345147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Fukutake, Yoshihiro Ueda, Masaharu Kasahara, Shigeru Hidesawa, Mark A. Schiebl, Neil R. Taylor, Robin W. Chu