Patents by Inventor Osamu Kuwaki

Osamu Kuwaki 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).

  • Operation input device and character input device
    Patent number: 8188977
    Abstract: Provided is an operation input device to be attached to a base having a recessed portion including a side surface that faces one end of the base. The operation input device includes: a side surface portion formed into a shape corresponding to the side surface of the recessed portion; and first and second holding portions which fix the operation input device to the base by sandwiching the base, in which: a surface of one of the holding portions, which contacts the base, is bent toward the other holding portion; a tip end portion of the first holding portion moves toward an opposite side to the second holding portion, whereby the operation input device is attached to or detached from the base; and the side surface portion contacts with the side surface of the recessed portion, when the operation input device is attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Kuwaki, Munenori Shimada
  • OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100045607
    Abstract: Provided is an operation input device to be attached to a base having a recessed portion including a side surface that faces one end of the base. The operation input device includes: a side surface portion formed into a shape corresponding to the side surface of the recessed portion; and first and second holding portions which fix the operation input device to the base by sandwiching the base, in which: a surface of one of the holding portions, which contacts the base, is bent toward the other holding portion; a tip end portion of the first holding portion moves toward an opposite side to the second holding portion, whereby the operation input device is attached to or detached from the base; and the side surface portion contacts with the side surface of the recessed portion, when the operation input device is attached to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Kuwaki, Munenori Shimada