Patents by Inventor Masato Murakata

Masato Murakata 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: 9317077
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing 1; a cover 11 capable of covering a portion of the first housing 1 to be covered; and a waterproofing member 12 placed around the portion to be covered. The cover 11 is displaceable between a closed position at which the cover covers the portion to be covered and an open position at which the cover opens the portion to be covered. The cover 11 is in contact with the waterproofing member 12 when it is at the closed position. Even if the number of terminals increases, since the waterproofing member 12 is provided on the first housing 1, the single waterproofing member can render all of the terminals waterproof. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of components and to reduce the number of assembling steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Masato Murakata, Masashi Toyota, Jun Sato
  • Patent number: 9161467
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Publication number: 20150212554
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing 1; a cover 11 capable of covering a portion of the first housing 1 to be covered; and a waterproofing member 12 placed around the portion to be covered. The cover 11 is displaceable between a closed position at which the cover covers the portion to be covered and an open position at which the cover opens the portion to be covered. The cover 11 is in contact with the waterproofing member 12 when it is at the closed position. Even if the number of terminals increases, since the waterproofing member 12 is provided on the first housing 1, the single waterproofing member can render all of the terminals waterproof. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of components and to reduce the number of assembling steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Masato MURAKATA, Masashi TOYOTA, Jun SATO
  • Patent number: 9052873
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that is user-friendly in both hand-held use and table-placed use, and furthermore is highly reliable with respect to external impact. The electronic device includes a main body part and a support member. The support member connected by the connection part are attached to a pivot shaft that is disposed on the rear surface side of the main body part, such that the support member can pivot from a position at which the connection part protrudes outward beyond an outer edge of the main body part in a plan view from the front surface side of the main body part. At least a portion of the support member is at the same position as or a position more rearward than the portion of the main body part that protrudes the most rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Murakata, Jun Sato, Kenichi Shindo, Yoshihiro Kawada, Toshiya Senoh
  • Patent number: 8982571
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first water cutoff member and a second water cutoff member on the periphery of a hole communicating from outside with a space in which an electric component such as an electric circuit board is provided. This can prevent liquid, dust, and the like, which enter a first housing from outside, from entering the space. Thus, the electric component, etc. placed in the space can be prevented from being damaged due to an electric short-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Reiji Matsumura, Takeshi Mori, Masato Murakata, Kenichi Shindo
  • Patent number: 8687353
    Abstract: Electronic equipment is obtained, which is capable of regulating the arrangement position of a connection cable connected to an antenna module and preventing antenna properties from being degraded by a positional shift of the connection cable. The electronic equipment includes a housing, an antenna module placed in an end portion of the housing, and a connection cable connecting the antenna module to another electric circuit, wherein a guide groove accommodating the connection cable and regulating an arrangement position of the connection cable is formed on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Publication number: 20140043781
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first water cutoff member and a second water cutoff member on the periphery of a hole communicating from outside with a space in which an electric component such as an electric circuit board is provided. This can prevent liquid, dust, and the like, which enter a first housing from outside, from entering the space. Thus, the electric component, etc. placed in the space can be prevented from being damaged due to an electric short-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiji MATSUMURA, Takeshi MORI, Masato MURAKATA, Kenichi SHINDO
  • Patent number: 8611073
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Patent number: 8593807
    Abstract: The rotation direction of a lock member is substantially the same as the rotation direction of a second housing when the second housing is rotated from a closed position to an opened position. Thus, when the second housing is in a closed state, a user presses a base in a direction indicated by an arrow D with a finger of a hand, engages the finger with an inner surface of a concave, and displaces the hand in a direction indicated by an arrow B, thereby performing lock cancel of the lock member and a rotation operation of the second housing continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Patent number: 8587961
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first water cutoff member and a second water cutoff member on the periphery of a hole communicating from outside with a space in which an electric component such as an electric circuit board is provided. This can prevent liquid, dust, and the like, which enter a first housing from outside, from entering the space. Thus, the electric component, etc. placed in the space can be prevented from being damaged due to an electric short-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Reiji Matsumura, Takeshi Mori, Masato Murakata, Kenichi Shindo
  • Patent number: 8576564
    Abstract: Operability of an electronic apparatus while grasping it in the hand is improved, and display panel visibility is improved. The electronic apparatus includes a main body part, a display device, and a handle portion. The handle portion includes first and second leg portions having first ends connected to the main body part, and a grip portion to which second ends of the leg portions are connected. The handle portion has a shape such that the grip portion is positioned on the back surface side relative to the main body part thickness direction centerline that is at an equal distance from the front surface and the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Murakata, Jun Sato, Kenichi Shindo
  • Publication number: 20130286569
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Masato MURAKATA
  • Patent number: 8559192
    Abstract: The display device includes: a panel module 4 that includes a display panel 16 and a driving circuit for driving the display panel 16; a metallic front housing 11 that partially covers the panel module 4 from a display surface side of the display panel 16; and a metallic back housing 12 that covers the panel module 4 from a back surface side of the display panel 16. A conductive cloth 24 is disposed between the panel module 4, and the front housing 11 and the back housing 12, the conductive cloth 24 continuously covering a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the display surface side, a side surface portion of the panel module 4 and a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the back surface side and being connected electrically to the front housing 11 and the back housing 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Murakata, Kazuhiro Oota, Toshiharu Ishimura
  • Patent number: 8405981
    Abstract: A notebook computer body is formed of a front casing and a rear casing having a keyboard. The computer body is provided on its rear surface with a protrusion having a substantially spherical surface and with a hand strap. The hand strap covers the protrusion and has an through hole, thereby allowing the user to securely hold the computer body in one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemasa, Masato Murakata
  • Publication number: 20120106043
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that is user-friendly in both hand-held use and table-placed use, and furthermore is highly reliable with respect to external impact. The electronic device includes a main body part and a support member. The support member connected by the connection part are attached to a pivot shaft that is disposed on the rear surface side of the main body part, such that the support member can pivot from a position at which the connection part protrudes outward beyond an outer edge of the main body part in a plan view from the front surface side of the main body part. At least a portion of the support member is at the same position as or a position more rearward than the portion of the main body part that protrudes the most rearward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato MURAKATA, Jun SATO, Kenichi SHINDO, Yoshihiro KAWADA, Toshiya SENOH
  • Publication number: 20120050970
    Abstract: Operability of an electronic apparatus while grasping it in the hand is improved, and display panel visibility is improved. The electronic apparatus includes a main body part, a display device, and a handle portion. The handle portion includes first and second leg portions having first ends connected to the main body part, and a grip portion to which second ends of the leg portions are connected. The handle portion has a shape such that the grip portion is positioned on the back surface side relative to the main body part thickness direction centerline that is at an equal distance from the front surface and the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato MURAKATA, Jun SATO, Kenichi SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20110286181
    Abstract: The rotation direction of a lock member is substantially the same as the rotation direction of a second housing when the second housing is rotated from a closed position to an opened position. Thus, when the second housing is in a closed state, a user presses a base in a direction indicated by an arrow D with a finger of a hand, engages the finger with an inner surface of a concave, and displaces the hand in a direction indicated by an arrow B, thereby performing lock cancel of the lock member and a rotation operation of the second housing continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato MURAKATA
  • Patent number: 8045323
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Publication number: 20110255229
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masato MURAKATA
  • Publication number: 20110222220
    Abstract: The display device includes: a panel module 4 that includes a display panel 16 and a driving circuit for driving the display panel 16; a metallic front housing 11 that partially covers the panel module 4 from a display surface side of the display panel 16; and a metallic back housing 12 that covers the panel module 4 from a back surface side of the display panel 16. A conductive cloth 24 is disposed between the panel module 4, and the front housing 11 and the back housing 12, the conductive cloth 24 continuously covering a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the display surface side, a side surface portion of the panel module 4 and a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the back surface side and being connected electrically to the front housing 11 and the back housing 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato MURAKATA, Kazuhiro OOTA, Toshiharu ISHIMURA