Patents by Inventor Masahiko Hoshi

Masahiko Hoshi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180018022
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display part; a top panel having a manipulation surface; a coordinate detector configured to detect coordinates of a manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface; a vibrating element configured to generate a vibration at the manipulation surface; a drive controlling part configured to drive the vibrating element such that an intensity of the natural vibration changes in accordance with a position of the manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface and in accordance with a degree of time change of the position; and a housing to which the top panel is attached, wherein the top panel is fixed to the housing along an edge side of the top panel, and a first fixing force at first positions where antinodes of the natural vibration occur is smaller than a second fixing force at second positions where nodes of the natural vibration occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Hoshi, Toru Kohei
  • Patent number: 9563237
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes: a touch pad configured to detect a touched position on an input surface; a click button provided on a rear surface of the touch pad; and a touch pad cover including a through hole through which the click button passes, the touch pad cover being attached to the rear surface of the touch pad, wherein the touch pad cover includes: a mount configured to reduce deflection on an upper end of the touch pad cover; and a plurality of ribs, arranged at intervals on a rear surface of the touch pad cover, configured to distribute depression force to a first side of the touch pad cover when the depression force is applied on the input surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiko Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9113561
    Abstract: A case including a casing body formed with an opening and a cover attached to the opening to be capable of opening and closing. The case further including a first grip tab that extends from the cover towards the opening inner side and a second grip tab that includes an anchor portion that anchors in the cover opening direction to an anchored-to portion provided to the casing body. The second grip tab disposed facing towards the first grip tab and resiliently supported by the first grip tab to be capable of approaching and moving away from the first grip tab such that an insertion portion opened in the opening direction is formed between the first grip tab and the second grip tab and such that an anchored state of the anchor portion to the anchored-to portion is released by the second grip tab moving away from the first grip tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanao Kominami, Kaigo Tanaka, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9019697
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a board disposed inside the case and including a board main body section, a plurality of internal devices that are disposed inside the case at different positions to the board in plan view of the board and that are thicker than the board, a board extension portion that extends out from the board main body section between the plurality of internal devices, a board-side connection terminal that is provided to the board extension portion and is employed to connect to one of the internal devices or to an external device external to the case; and an internal device-side connection terminal that is provided to the internal device and is connected to the board-side connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tamura, Masahiko Hoshi, Eiji Takizawa
  • Patent number: 8908361
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a casing that is formed by press molding and that has positioning holes; a first assembly having positioning projections that are inserted into the positioning holes and at whose distal ends are provided buffer portions that project-out from the positioning holes, the first assembly being assembled to an inner side of the casing in a positioned state due to the positioning projections being inserted into the positioning holes; and a second assembly having engaging portions, and being assembled to the inner side of the casing in a state of being positioned at the first assembly, due to the engaging portions being engaged with engaged portions that are formed at the first assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masahiko Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20140293157
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes: a touch pad configured to detect a touched position on an input surface; a click button provided on a rear surface of the touch pad; and a touch pad cover including a through hole through which the click button passes, the touch pad cover being attached to the rear surface of the touch pad, wherein the touch pad cover includes: a mount configured to reduce deflection on an upper end of the touch pad cover; and a plurality of ribs, arranged at intervals on a rear surface of the touch pad cover, configured to distribute depression force to a first side of the touch pad cover when the depression force is applied on the input surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiko Hoshi
  • Patent number: 8840423
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, includes: a housing including a metallic outer wall part on which an insertion hole to a plug electrode part of a power plug being inserted is formed; a power connector which is stored in the housing and coupled to the plug electrode part inserted into the housing through the insertion hole; and an insulating stopper part which includes a facing surface facing an outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part with a gap, which is smaller than the gap between the outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part and an inner circumference surface of the insertion hole, and which is allocated between the outer wall part and the power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko Hoshi, Shinji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20140036424
    Abstract: The mounting structure provided with pluralities of guide ribs having a fixed part and a moving part at both sides of a mounting region of an optical disk unit in an electronic apparatus, the fixed part projects out from a bottom surface of the mounting region along a direction of insertion of the optical disk unit into the mounting region and the moving part which swingably extends from the downstream side of the fixed part, the vicinity of a front end part of the moving part of at least one of the plurality of guide ribs which are provided at one side of the mounting region being provided with a projection which engages with a screw hole which is provided in advance in the optical disk unit, so that the optical disk unit is locked by the projection when the optical disk unit is completely housed in the mounting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko HOSHI, Kaigo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140036422
    Abstract: A case including a casing body formed with an opening and a cover attached to the opening to be capable of opening and closing. The case further including a first grip tab that extends from the cover towards the opening inner side and a second grip tab that includes an anchor portion that anchors in the cover opening direction to an anchored-to portion provided to the casing body. The second grip tab disposed facing towards the first grip tab and resiliently supported by the first grip tab to be capable of approaching and moving away from the first grip tab such that an insertion portion opened in the opening direction is formed between the first grip tab and the second grip tab and such that an anchored state of the anchor portion to the anchored-to portion is released by the second grip tab moving away from the first grip tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Takanao Kominami, KAIGO TANAKA, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20140029192
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a board disposed inside the case and including a board main body section, a plurality of internal devices that are disposed inside the case at different positions to the board in plan view of the board and that are thicker than the board, a board extension portion that extends out from the board main body section between the plurality of internal devices, a board-side connection terminal that is provided to the board extension portion and is employed to connect to one of the internal devices or to an external device external to the case; and an internal device-side connection terminal that is provided to the internal device and is connected to the board-side connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tamura, Masahiko Hoshi, EIJI TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130258572
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a casing that is formed by press molding and that has positioning holes; a first assembly having positioning projections that are inserted into the positioning holes and at whose distal ends are provided buffer portions that project-out from the positioning holes, the first assembly being assembled to an inner side of the casing in a positioned state due to the positioning projections being inserted into the positioning holes; and a second assembly having engaging portions, and being assembled to the inner side of the casing in a state of being positioned at the first assembly, due to the engaging portions being engaged with engaged portions that are formed at the first assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiko HOSHI
  • Patent number: 8437130
    Abstract: In a medium drive unit, a flexible portion of a frame body deflects toward a tray when pressed. Then, the tip of the protrusion disposed on the back surface of the frame body, which surface is directed toward the tray, pushes a button disposed on the front surface of the tray, thereby causing the tray to slide out from a housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko Hoshi, Sonomasa Kobayashi, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130084756
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, includes: a housing including a metallic outer wall part on which an insertion hole to a plug electrode part of a power plug being inserted is formed; a power connector which is stored in the housing and coupled to the plug electrode part inserted into the housing through the insertion hole; and an insulating stopper part which includes a facing surface facing an outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part with a gap, which is smaller than the gap between the outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part and an inner circumference surface of the insertion hole, and which is allocated between the outer wall part and the power connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko HOSHI, Shinji AOKI
  • Publication number: 20120229435
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a display screen and displaying an image on the display screen; a chassis containing the display module, exposing the display screen, and holding the display screen so as to stand the display screen; a light receiving window disposed on a first part on the chassis, the first part being adjacent to a second part where the display screen is exposed, shifted toward a back side from a surface of the chassis on a periphery of the second part, and receiving incident light from outside of the chassis into the chassis; and an illumination sensor contained in the chassis, detecting illuminance of incident light through the light receiving window, and having an illuminance detection range having a center line extending in a direction inclined downward from a direction of a normal line of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko HOSHI, Sonomasa Kobayashi, Daisuke Mihara, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7920378
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Daisuke Mihara, Ikki Tatsukami, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20100182742
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke MIHARA, Ikki Tatsukami, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Patent number: 7719827
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Daisuke Mihara, Ikki Tatsukami, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20090302722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Mihara, Ikki Tatsukami, Masahiko Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20090040712
    Abstract: In a medium drive unit, a flexible portion of a frame body deflects toward a tray when pressed. Then, the tip of the protrusion disposed on the back surface of the frame body, which surface is directed toward the tray, pushes a button disposed on the front surface of the tray, thereby causing the tray to slide out from a housing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiko Hoshi, Sonomasa Kobayashi, Wataru Tanaka