Patents by Inventor Masuo Ogawa
Masuo Ogawa 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).
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Patent number: 8027570Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of increase in conveyance efficiency and reduce in conveyance cost of a disk unit, a holding member and a first circuit board unitized with each other can be obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes the disk unit having a drive portion, the holding member for supporting the disk unit, the first circuit board arranged between the disk unit and the holding member and having an opening at a position corresponding to the drive portion of the disk unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Sugamura, Masuo Ogawa
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Patent number: 7762518Abstract: A support structure for supporting a display device includes a base member mounted on a rear surface of the display device, a support member rotatably mounted on the base member that supports the display device in a state in which a lower surface of the display device is in contact with a setting plane and the support member is opened by a predetermined angle with respect to the base member, and a protruded portion formed integrally with an outer surface of the support member and extending in a widthwise direction of the support member, the protruded portion restricting rotation of the support member beyond a supporting position thereof by contact of the protruded portion with the base member when the display device is tilted.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Katsuhiko Makino
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Patent number: 7667782Abstract: A rear cover made of resin of the liquid crystal television is integrally formed to extend to a printed circuit board at a vicinity of a position in correspondence with an electronic part of the printed circuit board and at a vicinity of a center of a accommodating portion of a rear cover and includes a boss having a screw inserting hole at a front end thereof. By inserting and fastening a screw for fixing a frame made of a metal of a liquid crystal display panel and the printed circuit board into the screw inserting hole of the boss of the rear cover, the frame made of a metal of the liquid crystal display panel and the printed circuit board and the rear cover made of resin are fixed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Iwai, Masuo Ogawa
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Patent number: 7649576Abstract: A display device includes a casing of which a bottom portion is in contact with a setting face when the display device is set; a base member attached to a back face of the casing; and a stand member attached pivotably to the base member. The stand member supports a main body in cooperation with the bottom portion of the casing in an opened state and is capable of brought into a closed state when the stand member is not used. The bottom portion includes a first inclined face being in surface contact with the setting face in the opened state, and a second inclined face inclined relative to a horizontal direction when the casing is vertically erected. The stand member includes a contact portion having a third inclined face being in surface contact with the setting face in the opened state.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Hiroki Ishii
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Patent number: 7580248Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a cabinet constituting an apparatus main body; a stand member including: a base member attached to be contained in a recess portion of a back face of the cabinet; and a pivoting member attached to the base member; an engaging portion provided at the back face and engaged with a side of a wall in hanging on the wall; and a heat radiating hole provided at the back face, wherein: the stand member supports the apparatus main body by bringing the pivoting member into an opened state, and contains the pivoting member in the back face in mounting on the wall; the pivoting member is brought into contact with the wall at a front end side of the pivoting member to form a predetermined gap between the wall and the back face in hanging on the wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Hiroki Ishii
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Patent number: 7494105Abstract: This antislip rubber member for a support comprises a fit portion fitted into a mounting hole of a support supporting a display, a stop portion preventing the fit portion from slipping off the mounting hole of the support and a pull portion pulled in a direction for fitting the fit portion into the mounting hole of the support thereby fitting the fit portion into the mounting hole of the support. The pull portion includes a rib portion, slender in plan view, arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction of the stop portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ishii, Masuo Ogawa
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Patent number: 7472880Abstract: To prevent the occurrence of a situation in which a main stand component supporting a main display component from the rear closes and the main display component falls over backward when a main display component that has been placed in a tilted orientation is pushed to the rear. A locking mechanism 7 for keeping a main stand component 4 in a working orientation is added to a display device having a main display component 1 and a main stand component 4 that is attached to the main display component 1 and opens and closes between a storage orientation and a working orientation. The locking mechanism 7 has an engagement body 72 that is constantly biased toward a locked position by a spring 73. A control tab 75 is provided to the engagement body 72.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Yuuya Tanaka
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Patent number: 7467773Abstract: A support structure for a display device includes a base member fixed to a rear surface of the display device, a support member which is fixed pivotably to the base member and supports the display device in a supporting position in an opened state where the display device is inclined at a predetermined angle and capable of being stored in a closed state, a holding member fixed to the base member including a regulation portion that regulates rotation of the support member beyond the supporting position, a pressure member that presses an end portion of the support member, and a compression coiled spring that urges the pressure member toward the support member. The pressure member includes a protruded portion having a triangular cross section, and inclined surfaces contacting with the support member while pressing the end portion when the support member rotates from the closed state to the opened state.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Katsuhiko Makino
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Patent number: 7320451Abstract: In a stand of liquid crystal display, a holding member may include a slider, a lower cover, a leaf spring that abuts against a side of the slider, a push-force adjusting member. The push-force adjusting member includes a push member, which has a tapered portion and pushes the leaf spring, and a screw member, which adjusts a height of the tapered portion of the push member relative to the leaf spring. The push-force adjusting member serves to adjust a push force of the leaf spring on the side of the slider. The lower cover has an adjustment hole, through which the screw member can be adjusted from outside. The slider may have a rectangular-shaped. The lower cover may have a first stopper, against which an upper end surface of the slider abuts, and a second stopper, against which a lower end surface of the slider abuts.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masuo Ogawa
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Patent number: 7251124Abstract: A cabinet cord eject structure includes a cord eject port penetrated in a rear part of a rear cabinet molded of a flame retardant synthetic resin, and a movable lid for closing the cord eject port integrally formed via a thin hinge portion on the rear cabinet. The movable lid is rotated open around the thin hinge portion, a chassis is inserted into the rear cabinet, an AC cord is pulled out through the cord eject port, the chassis is placed on a bottom plate portion of the rear cabinet, and the movable lid is rotated closed around the thin hinge portion to close the cord eject port.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Shinichiro Sakamoto
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Patent number: 7239506Abstract: With a display device in which a main display component is supported in a tilted orientation by a stand unit, the leg of the stand unit will not be pushed in, causing the main display component to readily fall over backwards, even if the main display component in a tilted orientation should be accidentally pushed by hand. A stand unit A has a slider 2 affixed to the upper end of a leg 3, a case 1 that houses the slider 2, and a slider position restriction means 5 for restricting the slider 2 to two positions: an upper position and a lower position. The slider position restriction means 5 is equipped with a cam component 6 and a spring 7. The spring 7 has an engagement component 71, and the cam component 6 is equipped with a upper latching component 61, a lower latching component 62, and a wavy serrated face 65 that links these. The function of increasing the moving resistance when the engagement component 71 moves is imparted to the serrated face 65.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Yuuya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070147796Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of increase in conveyance efficiency and reduce in conveyance cost of a disk unit, a holding member and a first circuit board unitized with each other can be obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes the disk unit having a drive portion, the holding member for supporting the disk unit, the first circuit board arranged between the disk unit and the holding member and having an opening at a position corresponding to the drive portion of the disk unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Sugamura, Masuo Ogawa
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Publication number: 20070018061Abstract: To prevent the occurrence of a situation in which a main stand component supporting a main display component from the rear closes and the main display component falls over backward when a main display component that has been placed in a tilted orientation is pushed to the rear. A locking mechanism 7 for keeping a main stand component 4 in a working orientation is added to a display device having a main display component 1 and a main stand component 4 that is attached to the main display component 1 and opens and closes between a storage orientation and a working orientation. The locking mechanism 7 has an engagement body 72 that is constantly biased toward a locked position by a spring 73. A control tab 75 is provided to the engagement body 72.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Yuuya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070019512Abstract: In a television set integrated with a disk unit in which the television set and the disk unit are arranged in an enclosure, the television set integrated with the disk unit is characterized in that: the television set is a flat-screen television set; the disk unit is a slot-in type DVD recorder and arranged on a rear side of the flat-screen television set; a disk insertion hole is formed in a top panel portion of the enclosure being opposed to the slot-in type DVD recorder; and an opening and closing cover for opening and closing the disk insertion hole is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Akio Iwai
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Publication number: 20070021012Abstract: With a display device in which a main display component is supported in a tilted orientation by a stand unit, the leg of the stand unit will not be pushed in, causing the main display component to readily fall over backwards, even if the main display component in a tilted orientation should be accidentally pushed by hand. A stand unit A has a slider 2 affixed to the upper end of a leg 3, a case 1 that houses the slider 2, and a slider position restriction means 5 for restricting the slider 2 to two positions: an upper position and a lower position. The slider position restriction means 5 is equipped with a cam component 6 and a spring 7. The spring 7 has an engagement component 71, and the cam component 6 is equipped with a upper latching component 61, a lower latching component 62, and a wavy serrated face 65 that links these. The function of increasing the moving resistance when the engagement component 71 moves is imparted to the serrated face 65.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Yuuya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20060231701Abstract: This antislip rubber member for a support comprises a fit portion fitted into a mounting hole of a support supporting a display, a stop portion preventing the fit portion from slipping off the mounting hole of the support and a pull portion pulled in a direction for fitting the fit portion into the mounting hole of the support thereby fitting the fit portion into the mounting hole of the support. The pull portion includes a rib portion, slender in plan view, arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction of the stop portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ishii, Masuo Ogawa
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Publication number: 20060221263Abstract: A display device includes a casing of which a bottom portion is in contact with a setting face when the display device is set; a base member attached to a back face of the casing; and a stand member attached pivotably to the base member. The stand member supports a main body in cooperation with the bottom portion of the casing in an opened state and is capable of brought into a closed state when the stand member is not used. The bottom portion includes a first inclined face being in surface contact with the setting face in the opened state, and a second inclined face inclined relative to a horizontal direction when the casing is vertically erected. The stand member includes a contact portion having a third inclined face being in surface contact with the setting face in the opened state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Hiroki Ishii
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Publication number: 20060221264Abstract: A support structure for a display device includes a base member fixed to a rear surface of the display device, a support member which is fixed pivotably to the base member and supports the display device in a supporting position in an opened state where the display device is inclined at a predetermined angle and capable of being stored in a closed state, a holding member fixed to the base member including a regulation portion that regulates rotation of the support member beyond the supporting position, a pressure member that presses an end portion of the support member, and a compression coiled spring that urges the pressure member toward the support member. The pressure member includes a protruded portion having a triangular cross section, and inclined surfaces contacting with the support member while pressing the end portion when the support member rotates from the closed state to the opened state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Katsuhiko Makino
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Publication number: 20060221262Abstract: A support structure for supporting a display device includes a base member mounted on a rear surface of the display device, a support member rotatably mounted on the base member that supports the display device in a state in which a lower surface of the display device is in contact with a setting plane and the support member is opened by a predetermined angle with respect to the base member, and a protruded portion formed integrally with an outer surface of the support member and extending in a widthwise direction of the support member, the protruded portion restricting rotation of the support member beyond a supporting position thereof by contact of the protruded portion with the base member when the display device is tilted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Katsuhiko Makino
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Publication number: 20060221261Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a cabinet constituting an apparatus main body; a stand member including: a base member attached to be contained in a recess portion of a back face of the cabinet; and a pivoting member attached to the base member; an engaging portion provided at the back face and engaged with a side of a wall in hanging on the wall; and a heat radiating hole provided at the back face, wherein: the stand member supports the apparatus main body by bringing the pivoting member into an opened state, and contains the pivoting member in the back face in mounting on the wall; the pivoting member is brought into contact with the wall at a front end side of the pivoting member to form a predetermined gap between the wall and the back face in hanging on the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Hiroki Ishii