Patents by Inventor Nobutoshi Hamada

Nobutoshi Hamada 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: 10143929
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20170128845
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi OGASAWARA, Masayasu ITO, Hajime ISHIHARA, Nobutoshi HAMADA, Shuuichi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160070308
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi OGASAWARA, Masayasu ITO, Hajime ISHIHARA, Nobutoshi HAMADA, Shuuichi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9207718
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140139988
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8672767
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20120087073
    Abstract: A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi OGASAWARA, Masayasu ITO, Hajime ISHIHARA, Nobutoshi HAMADA, Shuuichi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8105169
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (100) has a long sideways housing (10) whose both ends are held by the hands of a user and an LCD fitted in the surface of the housing (10). Bulges (42L, 42R) projecting outward are formed on both end portions of the rear face of the housing (10), which both end portions being held by fingers of the user holding the housing. When the fingers and palms of user's hands are placed along the bulges (42L, 42R) with the fingers and palms bent naturally, the device fits the hands and operability is less likely to be impaired even the user violently moves in game play with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7753200
    Abstract: In a disk containing body including a containing section (1) for containing a disk (D) formed by mounting a disk main body in a cabinet and a lid section (2) for closing a disk receiving aperture of the containing section (1), the containing section (1) has a rising wall (11) that surrounds at least part of the outer periphery of the disk (D) and rises from the bottom surface of the containing section (1), a pair of anchoring claws (12) projecting from the lateral surface of the rising wall (11) toward each other with the disk (D) interposed between them so as to press the contained disk (D) from the aperture side of the containing section (1) toward the bottom surface thereof and a plurality of supporting projections (13) formed at the opposite sides of the line (A) connecting the pair of anchoring claws (12) and adapted to support the disk (D) at the bottom surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Teiyu Goto, Takamasa Araki, Nobutoshi Hamada, Hajime Ishihara, Mitsuyuki Tokusashi
  • Patent number: 7625286
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a casing provided with a display on its front face and having ends gripped by both hands of a user, and at least one LR-button provided on a side face of the casing. The LR-button includes: an elongated button body having seizing members on both ends, the seizing members contacting against an inner side of the casing to prevent the button body from being detached from the casing; a deformation member pressed by a back of the button body when the button body is pressed; and switch contacts electrically conducted due to the deformation of the deformation member. When one end of the button body is pressed, the button body pivots about a contact point where said seizing means provided on the other end of the button body comes into contact with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Nobutoshi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20070202956
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (100) has a long sideways housing (10) whose both ends are held by the hands of a user and an LCD fitted in the surface of the housing (10). Bulges (42L, 42R) projecting outward are formed on both end portions of the rear face of the housing (10), which both end portions being held by fingers of the user holding the housing. When the fingers and palms of user's hands are placed along the bulges (42L, 42R) with the fingers and palms bent naturally, the device fits the hands and operability is less likely to be impaired even the user violently moves in game play with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogasawara, Masayasu Ito, Hajime Ishihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Shuuichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20050247550
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a casing provided with a display on its front face and having ends gripped by both hands of a user, and at least one LR-button provided on a side face of the casing. The LR-button includes: an elongated button body having seizing members on both ends, the seizing members contacting against an inner side of the casing to prevent the button body from being detached from the casing; a deformation member pressed by a back of the button body when the button body is pressed; and switch contacts electrically conducted due to the deformation of the deformation member. When one end of the button body is pressed, the button body pivots about a contact point where said seizing means provided on the other end of the button body comes into contact with the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventor: Nobutoshi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20050205441
    Abstract: In a disk containing body including a containing section (1) for containing a disk (D) formed by mounting a disk main body in a cabinet and a lid section (2) for closing a disk receiving aperture of the containing section (1), the containing section (1) has a rising wall (11) that surrounds at least part of the outer periphery of the disk (D) and rises from the bottom surface of the containing section (1), a pair of anchoring claws (12) projecting from the lateral surface of the rising wall (11) toward each other with the disk (D) interposed between them so as to press the contained disk (D) from the aperture side of the containing section (1) toward the bottom surface thereof and a plurality of supporting projections (13) formed at the opposite sides of the line (A) connecting the pair of anchoring claws (12) and adapted to support the disk (D) at the bottom surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Teiyu Goto, Takamasa Araki, Nobutoshi Hamada, Hajime Ishihara, Mitsuyuki Tokusashi
  • Patent number: 6944429
    Abstract: A gutter-like antenna tube storage part having a half cylindrical shape, is recessed downward from a flat part of a battery storage part, integrally with a rear case of a housing of a portable terminal device. Therefore, the section modulus of the rear case in terms of the strength of materials can be large, and thus deterioration of the rigidity can be prevented even in the case the device main body is made thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kitamura, Nobutoshi Hamada, Katsuhisa Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6718188
    Abstract: The mounting portion formed on the cover (1) is provided with a fitting boss (8) in a fitting recess (7). On the other hand, the mounting portion formed on the key sheet (3) is provided with fitting recess (10) in the fitting boss (9). The key sheet (3) is constructed in such a manner that the packaged component (11) is placed between the key sheet (3) and the printed substrate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Ohira, Nobutoshi Hamada, Takefumi Ishida
  • Patent number: 6326928
    Abstract: An external thread portion of an antenna holder (12), mounted on an antenna body (11), is connected to an internal thread portion of an antenna holder-receiving member (15) provided on an antenna guide (18), and in this connected condition, an antenna is passed through an antenna body passage hole (17) formed in a casing (13). Then, a fastening member (19) is mounted in a fitting portion (20), which is formed in the casing (13) so as to fix the antenna, and is disposed in the vicinity of the antenna body passage hole (17), thereby fixing the antenna. Therefore, the antenna can be mounted and fixed without using much labor and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Kitamura, Hiroyuki Chihara, Nobutoshi Hamada, Hideo Ono