Patents by Inventor MASAMI FUKUHARA

MASAMI FUKUHARA 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: 9264590
    Abstract: A holding structure for a display panel includes a case that has a substantially quadrangle-shaped opening, a plurality of elastic strips that is disposed to surround the periphery of the opening, the display panel that is disposed to close the opening via the plurality of the elastic strips, and a holding plate that is disposed to press the display panel against the plurality of the elastic strips. The case has recesses in parts of the periphery of the opening. The plurality of the elastic strips is disposed such that each strip has a part overlapping with the corresponding part of another strip, one on another. The overlapping parts of the plurality of the elastic strips are configured to fill at least a part of the respective recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Kitajima, Masami Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20150042876
    Abstract: A holding structure for a display panel includes a case that has a substantially quadrangle-shaped opening, a plurality of elastic strips that is disposed to surround the periphery of the opening, the display panel that is disposed to close the opening via the plurality of the elastic strips, and a holding plate that is disposed to press the display panel against the plurality of the elastic strips. The case has recesses in parts of the periphery of the opening. The plurality of the elastic strips is disposed such that each strip has a part overlapping with the corresponding part of another strip, one on another. The overlapping parts of the plurality of the elastic strips are configured to fill at least a part of the respective recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KITAJIMA, Masami FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 8779289
    Abstract: A lid opening and closing mechanism includes a casing having an opening, an inner lid provided in the opening, and an outer lid operable to close the opening. The outer lid has a door operable to cover the inner lid, a hinge operable to be bended and unbended to open and close the door. The inner lid has a projection portion that protrudes from a surface of the inner lid. The hinge can move in a direction from the hinge to the door, so that the hinge is accommodated inside the casing when the door is closed, and is pulled outside the casing when the door is opened. When the hinge moves while the state of the door changes from the closed state to the opened state, the hinge goes onto the projection portion to be bended by the projection portion to a direction to outside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masami Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20130016482
    Abstract: A lid opening and closing mechanism includes a casing having an opening, an inner lid provided in the opening, and an outer lid operable to close the opening. The outer lid has a door operable to cover the inner lid, a hinge operable to be bended and unbended to open and close the door. The inner lid has a projection portion that protrudes from a surface of the inner lid. The hinge can move in a direction from the hinge to the door, so that the hinge is accommodated inside the casing when the door is closed, and is pulled outside the casing when the door is opened. When the hinge moves while the state of the door changes from the closed state to the opened state, the hinge goes onto the projection portion to be bended by the projection portion to a direction to outside the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masami FUKUHARA
  • Publication number: 20110279747
    Abstract: The display panel unit includes a display panel, a panel-shaped member having a portion of which an outside size is larger than that of the display panel, a metal frame having a first housing section configured to house the display panel and a second housing section configured to house the panel-shaped member with the panel-shaped member stacked on the display panel. The metal frame has a bottom portion and a side wall portion configured to rise from an edge of the bottom portion, and is box-shaped so that an upper side of the metal frame is open, and the side wall portion is formed to be step-shaped so that an upper portion of the side wall portion protrudes outward. In an internal space formed by the bottom wall portion and the side wall portion of the metal frame, the first housing section is defined by a space formed by the bottom wall portion and a portion of the side wall potion other than the upper portion, and the second housing section is defined by a space other than the first housing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUN SAIKI, MASAMI FUKUHARA