Patents by Inventor Rui Morisawa

Rui Morisawa 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: 8125759
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display portion, a main body portion, an articulated coupling mechanism, and an interlock mechanism. The display portion includes a display screen. The main body portion is coupled to the display portion. The articulated coupling mechanism includes, at each of end portions, a plurality of coupling members each having a rotation axis and being rotatably coupled to one another in series about the rotation axis, the plurality of coupling members coupled in series having one end coupled to the main body portion side and the other end coupled to the display portion side. The interlock mechanism interlocks rotations of the plurality of coupling members with one another in the articulated coupling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Rui Morisawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Naofumi Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20100232100
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display portion, a main body portion, an articulated coupling mechanism, and an interlock mechanism. The display portion includes a display screen. The main body portion is coupled to the display portion. The articulated coupling mechanism includes, at each of end portions, a plurality of coupling members each having a rotation axis and being rotatably coupled to one another in series about the rotation axis, the plurality of coupling members coupled in series having one end coupled to the main body portion side and the other end coupled to the display portion side. The interlock mechanism interlocks rotations of the plurality of coupling members with one another in the articulated coupling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yohei FUKUMA, Rui Morisawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Naofumi Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20100177907
    Abstract: There is provided a headphone comprising: a pair of right and left housings each for accommodating a speaker unit; a headband having a shape curved in a longitudinal direction to which the pair of right and left housings are connected on both sides in the longitudinal direction, respectively; and first to third hinges provided on the headband so as to be arranged in the longitudinal direction and capable of folding the headband in an inner side direction of curvature; wherein the first hinge positioned between the second and third hinges is capable of folding the headband about a hinge axis tilted relative to a forward and backward direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the headband such that both ends in the longitudinal direction of the headband folded only by the first hinge do not contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Publication number: 20100164888
    Abstract: There is provided a device with a part or a whole of a housing thereof having flexibility. The device includes a display unit; a detection unit that detects a bent portion of the display device; and a display switching unit that switches display content of the display unit according to a position and a bent level of the bent portion of the display device detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi OKUMURA, Naofumi Yoneda, Rui Morisawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: D596156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D601548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D602905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D604715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Shimizu, Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D616418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D633472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinpei Hirano, Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D633899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Zheng, Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D634731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D635574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D635957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinpei Hirano, Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D636377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa
  • Patent number: D663286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rui Morisawa