Patents by Inventor Nobuyasu Tajima

Nobuyasu Tajima 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).

  • Publication number: 20140009111
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, configured to be charged by a charger, an electronic apparatus comprises a first housing, a display device, a power reception unit and a second housing. Arranged in the first housing, the display device comprises a display screen. The power reception unit is arranged at the first housing in a position overlapping the display device on a side opposite to the display screen and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device, and configured to receive an electricity transmitted from a power transmission unit of the charger with the first housing standing on an exterior setting surface. The second housing is configured to support the first housing with standing on the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Terumasa Nagasaki, Nobuyasu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20110204842
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a charger includes a fuel cell configured to generate electricity, an intake/exhaust unit configured to supply air to the fuel cell and discharge an emission from the fuel cell, a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the fuel cell, and a power transmission unit configured to transmit the electricity generated in the fuel cell in a non-contact manner. The power transmission unit and the intake/exhaust unit are oriented in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Terumasa Nagasaki, Nobuyasu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20090297902
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cell stack of a fuel cell device comprises a positive electrode including a anode separator, and a pair of anode plates laminated opposite first and second contact surfaces of the anode separator, a pair of negative electrodes laminated individually on the opposite sides of the positive electrode, and electrolyte layers. The negative electrode includes a cathode plate opposed to each corresponding anode plate with a gap therebetween and a cathode separator provided with a contact surface opposed to the cathode plate. The anode separator includes first fuel channels formed in the first contact surface, second fuel channels formed in the second contact surface, and cooling channels formed between the first and second contact surfaces and through which a coolant is circulated. The cathode separator includes a plurality of air channels formed in the contact surface and through which air is supplied to the cathode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hirayama, Terumasa Nagasaki, Nobuyasu Tajima, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090297903
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell device comprises an electromotive section which is provided with a cell including an anode and a cathode opposed to each other and configured to generate electricity in consequence of a chemical reaction, a fuel tank configured to store a fuel, a fuel channel in which the fuel flows through the anode, an air channel in which air flows through the cathode, a cooling channel which diverges from the fuel channel and extends through the electromotive section, and a fuel supply section configured to supply the fuel from the fuel tank to the anode through the fuel channel and configured to flow some of the fuel from the cooling channel through the electromotive section to cool the electromotive section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hirayama, Terumasa Nagasaki, Nobuyasu Tajima, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7603680
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing having a receptacle, a disk drive removably stored in the receptacle, and a grounding metal member attached to the disk drive. The disk drive has a depressed section, and this depressed section is exposed to the receptacle when the disk drive is stored in the receptacle. The grounding metal member is located in the depressed section and includes a first conduction portion. The receptacle of the housing has a second conduction portion. When the disk drive is stored in the receptacle, the second conduction portion comes into contact with the first conduction portion of the grounding metal member, thereby providing ground-connection between the disk drive and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Publication number: 20090083774
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing having a receptacle, a disk drive removably stored in the receptacle, and a grounding metal member attached to the disk drive. The disk drive has a depressed section, and this depressed section is exposed to the receptacle when the disk drive is stored in the receptacle. The grounding metal member is located in the depressed section and includes a first conduction portion. The receptacle of the housing has a second conduction portion. When the disk drive is stored in the receptacle, the second conduction portion comes into contact with the first conduction portion of the grounding metal member, thereby providing ground-connection between the disk drive and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Patent number: 7500254
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing having a receptacle, a disk drive removably stored in the receptacle, and a grounding metal member attached to the disk drive. The disk drive has a depressed section, and this depressed section is exposed to the receptacle when the disk drive is stored in the receptacle. The grounding metal member is located in the depressed section and includes a first conduction portion. The receptacle of the housing has a second conduction portion. When the disk drive is stored in the receptacle, the second conduction portion comes into contact with the first conduction portion of the grounding metal member, thereby providing ground-connection between the disk drive and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Patent number: 7318969
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes an electromotive section, a fuel tank, an anode line through which a fuel is circulated between the electromotive section and the fuel tank, an air supply section, a cathode line which is connected to the electromotive section and through which products from the electromotive section are discharged, a cooler which is provided in the cathode line, cools the products, and condenses water, and an exhaust filter provided in the cathode line. The fuel cell has a reservoir portion which stores the condensed water and water discharged from the electromotive section, a first recovery line through which the water stored in the reservoir portion is guided into the fuel tank, and a second recovery line through which the water produced in the cathode line is guided into the reservoir portion between the cooler and the exhaust filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Eiichi Sakaue, Kei Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7252899
    Abstract: A generator section of a fuel cell comprises an electromotive unit, a fuel tank, a passage through which fluids, including fuel, water, and air, are circulated, and a valve mechanism in the passage. A control section has a connector connectable to an electronic device and controls operation of the generator section. A locking mechanism has a locking member, movable between a locking position in which the electronic device connected to the connector is locked in a connected position and a release position in which the electronic device is unlocked, and an eject member which moves the locking member to the release position. The control section has a detector which detects movement of the eject member and a valve drive unit which closes the valve mechanism of the generator section when the movement of the eject member is detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Nobuo Shibuya, Eiichi Sakaue
  • Publication number: 20070111049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell unit is provided with a housing, a circulation section which is housed in the housing and in which a fluid is circulated, and a valve which is provided for the circulation section and releases a pressure more than predetermined value produced in the circulation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Takaiwa, Nobuyasu Tajima
  • Patent number: 7102880
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body containing an electronic component. The main body includes a receptacle in which a functional component is detachably received therein, and a label indicating that the electronic apparatus provided with the electronic component is certified. The label is exposed to the outside of the main body through the receptacle when the functional component is detached from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masataka Tokoro, Takayuki Arisaka, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060177724
    Abstract: According one embodiment, a fuel cell includes an electromotive section, a fuel tank, a mixing tank in which a fuel supplied from the fuel tank is mixed with water and an aqueous fuel solution to be supplied to the electromotive section is formed, an anode line through which the fuel is circulated between the electromotive section and the mixing tank, an air supply section which supplies air to the electromotive section, and a cathode line through which water obtained by condensing steam delivered from the electromotive section is guided to the mixing tank. The mixing tank has a water inlet, which is connected to the cathode line, extends at an angle to a vertical direction, and produces convection currents in the mixing tank, and a fuel inlet, which is connected to the fuel supply line and situated above the water inlet with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Eiichi Sakaue
  • Publication number: 20060177713
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes an electromotive section, a fuel tank, an anode line through which a fuel is circulated between the electromotive section and the fuel tank, an air supply section, a cathode line which is connected to the electromotive section and through which products from the electromotive section are discharged, a cooler which is provided in the cathode line, cools the products, and condenses water, and an exhaust filter provided in the cathode line. The fuel cell has a reservoir portion which stores the condensed water and water discharged from the electromotive section, a first recovery line through which the water stored in the reservoir portion is guided into the fuel tank, and a second recovery line through which the water produced in the cathode line is guided into the reservoir portion between the cooler and the exhaust filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Eiichi Sakaue, Kie Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20060177710
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes an electromotive section which generates power based on a chemical reaction, a fuel tank which contains a fuel, an anode line through which the fuel is circulated between the electromotive section and the fuel tank, a cathode line which is connected to the electromotive section and through which products from the electromotive section are discharged, a cooling section which is connected to the cathode line and cools the products to condense water, a water recovery line which guides the water condensed in the cooling section into the fuel tank, and a base manifold which defines a plurality of lines including the anode line and the cathode line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Norihiro Tomimatsu
  • Patent number: 7075785
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a lower housing, an electronic component provided in the lower housing, an upper housing connected to the lower housing, a plurality of fastening members fastening the upper housing and the lower housing to each other and fixed to the lower housing through the upper housing, and a plurality of top covers connected to the upper housing and covering the plurality of fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Patent number: 6992884
    Abstract: A display device including a housing having a support wall and an opening opposite to the support wall, a display unit provided in the housing, and having a display screen exposed through the opening, and one pair of brackets provided between lateral sides of the display main unit. Each of the pair of brackets includes a pair of first portions fixed to the display unit, a connecting portion connecting the pair of first portions, and a second portion provided on the connecting portion and fixed to the housing, wherein the connecting portion being elastically deformable between a side of the display unit and the housing. An electronic apparatus with the display device includes a main body having a data processor, data processed by the processor being displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Publication number: 20050095467
    Abstract: A generator section of a fuel cell comprises an electromotive unit, a fuel tank, a passage through which fluids, including fuel, water, and air, are circulated, and a valve mechanism in the passage. A control section has a connector connectable to an electronic device and controls operation of the generator section. A locking mechanism has a locking member, movable between a locking position in which the electronic device connected to the connector is locked in a connected position and a release position in which the electronic device is unlocked, and an eject member which moves the locking member to the release position. The control section has a detector which detects movement of the eject member and a valve drive unit which closes the valve mechanism of the generator section when the movement of the eject member is detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Nobuo Shibuya, Eiichi Sakaue
  • Publication number: 20050069738
    Abstract: A housing of a fuel cell has a first region, a second region, and a partition which divides the first and second regions. A generator section in the first region has an electromotive unit which generates power based on a chemical reaction and a fuel tank which contains a fuel. Located in the second region is a control section which has a control circuit board and controls operation of the generator section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Tajima, Nobuo Shibuya, Hiroaki Hirazawa, Hirohisa Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20050069742
    Abstract: A generator section and a control section are arranged in a housing of a fuel cell. The generator section has an electromotive unit which generates power based on a chemical reaction, a fuel tank which contains a fuel, a fuel circulation passage through which the fuel is circulated between the electromotive unit and the fuel tank, and a radiator section which cools the fuel circulation passage. The control section has a heat generating electronic component and controls the operation of the generator section. A part of the fuel circulation passage is connected thermally to the heat generating electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Yuusuke Sato, Nobuyasu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20040246669
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a lower housing, an electronic component provided in the lower housing, an upper housing connected to the lower housing, a plurality of fastening members fastening the upper housing and the lower housing to each other and fixed to the lower housing through the upper housing, and a plurality of top covers connected to the upper housing and covering the plurality of fastening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Nobuyasu Tajima, Masanori Sato, Hidemi Itakura, Takayuki Arisaka