Patents by Inventor Noboru Saitoh

Noboru Saitoh 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).

  • Zoom electronic camera
    Patent number: 5860031
    Abstract: A zoom electronic camera comprising a lens casing which contains therein a zoom lens having at least two movable zooming lens groups, a drive mechanism including a motor for driving the movable zooming lens groups, a solid state image pickup device which picks up an object image through the zoom lens, a lens CPU which controls the drive mechanism including the motor, and a body casing which contains therein a signal processing circuit which processes an image signal supplied from the solid state image pickup device and which is relatively rotatably connected to the lens casing through a cylindrical portion about which the relative rotation takes place. The zoom lens, the drive mechanism including the motor and the solid state image pickup device are located on the side of the cylindrical portion opposite to the lens CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Oono, Hisao Iwanade, Noboru Saitoh, Koji Sato, Sukenori Shiba, Tatsuya Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nagai
  • Front panel mounting structure for a disk drive
    Patent number: 5564585
    Abstract: A structure to mount a front panel to a disk drive frame using a set of top L-shaped hooks that mate with L-shaped grooves, and a set of bottom fastening tabs which are either snap-fit or fastened with screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Noboru Saitoh