Patents by Inventor Shigeki Nishiyama

Shigeki Nishiyama 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: 20140111704
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a display in the housing; a substrate configured to be accommodated in the housing and comprising a first opening; and a part configured to be mounted on a surface of the substrate and exhibit a square outer shape on a line of sight from a thickness direction of the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a second opening in a first region that is sandwiched between extended lines of two sides sandwiching a corner of the part on the line of sight from the thickness direction of the substrate and is at a side opposite to the part with respect to the corner, at a position that is overlapped with a straight line connecting the corner of the part and center of the first opening on the line of sight from the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Shinya HAYASHIYAMA, Shigeki NISHIYAMA, Hirofumi MORITA, Hideo SHIRASAKA, Makoto TANAKA, Daisuke MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20130265505
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a rear cover, a supporter, and a front mask. The rear cover is configured to cover a rear surface of the display. The supporter is between the display and the rear cover. The supporter is configured to support the rear surface of the display. The front mask is exposed to an outside. The front mask includes an opening and a protrusion. The opening is configured to expose a front surface of the display. The protrusion is configured to support the display. The protrusion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to face a side surface of the display. The second portion is configured to face a side surface of the supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Morita HIROFUMI, Shigeki NISHIYAMA, Yuki SATO, Jun MORIMOTO, Yuji SASAKI, Takyua MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20130265504
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a rear cover, and a front mask. The rear cover is configured to cover a rear surface of the display. The front mask is configured to be exposed to an outside and includes an opening and a supporter. The opening is configured to expose a front surface of the display. The supporter is configured to support the display and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to face a side surface of the display. The second portion protrudes from the first portion toward the rear cover. The second portion is closer to the rear cover than the rear surface of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki SATO, Shigeki NISHIYAMA, Hirofumi MORITA, Jun MORIMOTO, Yuji SASAKI, Takuya MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 8537530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device incorporates a housing, and a keyboard unit attached to the housing. The keyboard unit includes a plate-like base, a plurality of keys mounted on the base, a base cover including a plurality of through holes through which the keys are inserted, and a plurality of peripheral surfaces defining four sides of each of the through holes, and a hook portion provided in one of the peripheral surfaces of the base cover, and used to detach the keyboard unit from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murakami, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8531850
    Abstract: A capacitor circuit includes a first capacitor line including a film capacitor and a second capacitor line including a ceramic capacitor that are connected in parallel with each other. The second capacitor line includes an inductance element that is connected in series with the ceramic capacitor. The inductance element is set to a value such that a series resonant frequency of the first capacitor line and a series resonant frequency of the second capacitor line are matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Oka, Shigeki Nishiyama, Shinichi Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Obara
  • Patent number: 8403384
    Abstract: A door handle device capable of operating a door opening/closing mechanism of a vehicle is disclosed. The door handle device includes a support member, a door handle, a circuit substrate, a lock detection electrode, a capacitance sensor, and an auxiliary electrode. The circuit substrate is arranged in the door handle and includes a ground electrode. The lock detection electrode is mounted on the circuit substrate and capacitance-coupled to an outer panel of the door. The capacitance sensor is connected to the lock detection electrode and detects the issuance of a door lock command based on a change in a first capacitance between the outer panel and the lock detection electrode. The auxiliary electrode is capacitance-coupled to the ground electrode to form a second capacitance connected in parallel to the first capacitance between the auxiliary electrode and the ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Hisashi Inaba, Takehiro Tabata, Tomoo Kakegawa, Tomoyuki Funayama, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120235945
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Shigeki NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120200970
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a substrate, a plurality of component-mounted wires disposed on the substrate, a plurality of electronic components mounted on the respective component-mounted wires, a common wire disposed on the substrate and coupled with each of the electronic components, an interrupt wire coupled between one of the component-mounted wires and the common wire, a connection wire via which the interrupt wire is coupled with one of the common wire and the one of the component-mounted wires, and a solder disposed between each of the electronic components and a corresponding one of the component-mounted wires and having a lower melting point than the interrupt wire. The interrupt wire is configured to melt in accordance with heat generated by an overcurrent so as to interrupt a coupling between the one of the component-mounted wires and the common wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru ITABASHI, Yuuki Mikami, Takahiko Furuta, Ryoichi Shiraishi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120201010
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes one or more substrates, a casing, a plurality of circuit blocks, a common wire, a plurality of branch wires and two interrupt wires. The circuit blocks are disposed on the substrates and the substrates are disposed in the casing. The common wire is shared by the circuit blocks. The branch wires are respectively coupled between the circuit blocks and the common wire. The two interrupt wires are respectively coupled with two of the common wire and the branch wires for overcurrent protection of the circuit blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko FURUTA, Toru Itabashi, Yuuki Mikami, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120200974
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a substrate, a plurality of component-mounted wires, a plurality of electronic components, a common wire, an interrupt wire and a protective layer. The component-mounted wires and the common wire are disposed on the substrate. The electronic components are mounted on the respective component-mounted wires and are coupled with the common wire. The interrupt wire is coupled between one component-mounted wire and the common wire, and is configured to melt in accordance with heat generated by an overcurrent to interrupt a coupling between the component-mounted wire and the common wire. The protective layer covers a surface of the substrate including the interrupt wire and defines an opening portion so that at least a portion of the interrupt wire is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Mikami, Toru Itabashi, Takahiko Furuta, Ryoichi Shiraishi, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120200973
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a substrate, component-mounted wires disposed on the substrate, electronic components mounted on the respective component-mounted wires, a common wire disposed on the substrate and coupled with each of the electronic components, and an interrupt wire coupled between one of the component-mounted wires and the common wire. The interrupt wire melts in accordance with heat generated by an overcurrent. The interrupt wire includes a first wire section and a second wire section shorter than the first wire section. The first wire section and the second wire section is coupled with each other at a predetermined angle that is determined so that one of the wire sections is coupled with the common wire and the other is coupled with the one of the component-mounted wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi SHIRAISHI, Toru Itabashi, Takahiko Furuta, Yuuki Mikami, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120200972
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a substrate, a plurality of component-mounted wires disposed on the substrate, a plurality of electronic components mounted on the respective component-mounted wires, a common wire coupled with each of the electronic components, an interrupt wire coupled between one of the component-mounted wires and the common wire, and a heat release portion. The interrupt wire melts in accordance with heat generated by an overcurrent. The heat release portion is attached to the common wire and is disposed at a position where a wiring distance from the interrupt wire is shorter than a wiring distance between the interrupt wire and any of the electronic components except for one of the electronic components mounted on the one of the component-mounted wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko FURUTA, Toru Itabashi, Yuuki Mikami, Naoki Tanimoto, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8124247
    Abstract: A high-strength steel pipe has a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more and includes a weld metal having high cold-cracking resistance and high low-temperature toughness, wherein the weld metal contains C: 0.04% to 0.09% by mass, Si: 0.32% to 0.50% by mass, Mn: 1.4% to 2.0% by mass, Cu: less than 0.5% by mass, Ni: more than 0.9% by mass but not more than 4.2% by mass, Mo: 0.4% to 1.5% by mass, Cr: less than 0.5% by mass, V: less than 0.2% by mass, and the remainder of Fe and incidental impurities, and CS values calculated from the weld metal components using the equation CS=5.1+1.4[Mo]?[Ni]?[Mn]?36.3[C] are equal to zero or more at both an internal surface and an external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Naoya Hayakawa, Fumimaru Kawabata, Shuichi Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiro Okatsu, Makoto Ota, Shigeki Nishiyama, Kaoru Nagatani, Keito Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20120025051
    Abstract: A docking station includes a main body, a pin, an operation element, a locking mechanism, and a lock releasing mechanism. An electronic device is mounted on the main body. The pin is supported on the main body in a protrudable-retractable manner. The operation element is supported on the main body in a protrudable-retractable manner. The locking mechanism locks the pin in a protruding position. The lock releasing mechanism unlocks the pin locked by the locking mechanism in response to the pressing of the operation element in a direction in which the operation element is retracted by the electronic device. A tip of the pin in the protruding position is located at a higher level than a tip of the operation element in a protruding position. The operation element is located adjacent to the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shigeki Nishiyama, Tomofumi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20120019014
    Abstract: A door handle device for a vehicle includes a door handle configured to be supported by a door panel, the door handle including a first handle case arranged to have a void relative to the door panel, a second handle case fixed to the first handle case at a side opposite from the door panel, and a lock command detection sensor including a lock detection signal processing circuit fixed to an inner side of the first handle case, a circuit connection portion electrically connected to the lock detection signal processing circuit, and a lock detection electrode assembled on the second handle case in a state to be arranged along an inner surface of the second handle case, the lock detection electrode being electrically connected to the circuit connection portion in a state where the second handle case is fixed to the first handle case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi TATEISHI, Eiji Mushiake, Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20110292686
    Abstract: A capacitor circuit includes a first capacitor line including a film capacitor and a second capacitor line including a ceramic capacitor that are connected in parallel with each other. The second capacitor line includes an inductance element that is connected in series with the ceramic capacitor. The inductance element is set to a value such that a series resonant frequency of the first capacitor line and a series resonant frequency of the second capacitor line are matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: SHIZUKI ELECTRIC CO., INC., MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji OKA, Shigeki NISHIYAMA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Kazuyoshi OBARA
  • Publication number: 20110211306
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device incorporates a housing, and a keyboard unit attached to the housing. The keyboard unit includes a plate-like base, a plurality of keys mounted on the base, a base cover including a plurality of through holes through which the keys are inserted, and a plurality of peripheral surfaces defining four sides of each of the through holes, and a hook portion provided in one of the peripheral surfaces of the base cover, and used to detach the keyboard unit from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murakami, Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20110141049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shigeki NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110141056
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Shigeki NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7921562
    Abstract: A method of welding a deck plate and a closed section rib both constituting a steel plate deck, comprising: working a root portion of the closed section rib to have a flat surface in parallel with a surface of the deck plate; and welding the deck plate and the closed section rib while making the flat surface of the closed section rib to be in contact with the surface of the deck plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Ihi Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Noboru Kiji, Masashi Fujiwara, Tsutomu Matsuoka, Shigeki Nishiyama, Makoto Ota