Patents by Inventor MASATERU UEKI

MASATERU UEKI 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).

  • Electric device
    Patent number: 11388842
    Abstract: An electric device includes an electric component mounted on a circuit board, a cabinet, a heat conducting member, and an elastic portion. The cabinet faces the circuit board. The heat conducting member has heat conductivity, a first contact portion that is in contact with the electric component, and at least one second contact portion that is in contact with the cabinet. The elastic portion has elasticity in a direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other in the direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The elastic portion applies an elastic force to at least one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion in a direction in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Nagasawa, Kenta Kawashima, Masayuki Kihara, Masateru Ueki
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220113580
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a frame disposed along an outer edge of the display panel. The frame has a first inclined face, of which a normal direction points to a rear face side of the display panel, at a position facing an end face of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: TATSUYA TERASHIMA, MASATERU UEKI
  • ELECTRIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210267089
    Abstract: An electric device includes an electric component mounted on a circuit board, a cabinet, a heat conducting member, and an elastic portion. The cabinet faces the circuit board. The heat conducting member has heat conductivity, a first contact portion that is in contact with the electric component, and at least one second contact portion that is in contact with the cabinet. The elastic portion has elasticity in a direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other in the direction in which the circuit board and the cabinet face each other. The elastic portion applies an elastic force to at least one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion in a direction in which the first contact portion and the second contact portion are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: AKIRA NAGASAWA, KENTA KAWASHIMA, MASAYUKI KIHARA, MASATERU UEKI