Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ooya

Satoshi Ooya 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: 20080239641
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing to which a mounting component is attached, a second housing containing the display, and a hinge portion which rotatably connects the second housing to the first housing. A method of manufacturing the electronic apparatus includes preparing a subassembly product formed by connecting a cover member, which is to form part of the first housing and to which the mounting component is to be mounted, with a mask member, which is to form part of the second housing and is provided with an opening portion to expose a display screen of the display to outside, by the hinge portion, and mounting the mounting component on the cover member through the opening portion of the mask member, in a state where the subassembly product is folded such that the mask member is superposed on the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Tomomi Murayama, Satoshi Ooya, Naoya Shigenobu, Ryosuke Saito, Masataka Tokoro
  • Patent number: 6859357
    Abstract: A portable information apparatus comprises a first housing, and a second housing which is mounted to the first housing in such a manner that it can be rocked freely, with its main face facing the first housing, and which includes a panel-like display device with a display screen exposed at the main face and a hinge member to mount the display device in the second housing, wherein the hinge member includes a fixed member fixed to the second housing and an extended member mounted to the fixed member and intervening between the display device and the inner wall of the second housing, and the extended member includes a pressing section which presses against the side face of the display device and a flexible curved section which is provided so as to be continuous with the pressing section and which is formed convexly at the inner wall of the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Jun Morimoto, Satoshi Ooya
  • Publication number: 20030197111
    Abstract: A portable information apparatus comprises a first housing, and a second housing which is mounted to the first housing in such a manner that it can be rocked freely, with its main face facing the first housing, and which includes a panel-like display device with a display screen exposed at the main face and a hinge member to mount the display device in the second housing, wherein the hinge member includes a fixed member fixed to the second housing and an extended member mounted to the fixed member and intervening between the display device and the inner wall of the second housing, and the extended member includes a pressing section which presses against the side face of the display device and a flexible curved section which is provided so as to be continuous with the pressing section and which is formed convexly at the inner wall of the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Jun Morimoto, Satoshi Ooya
  • Patent number: 4995535
    Abstract: A nozzle device for discharging molten metal comprising a nozzle having a tapered portion whose outside diameter decreases toward the lower end, a metal holder mounted on the tapered portion and supporting the nozzle, and a ceramic receiving member whose inside surface is parallel with the surface of the tapered portion, the member provided between the tapered portion and the metal holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ooya, Sadanobu Sugiura, Teruhisa Kawashima, Toshio Kawamura