Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kubota
Shinichi Kubota 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).
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Publication number: 20230280799Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis and a second chassis; a hinge connecting the second chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; an electrical device including a display provided in the first chassis; a printed circuit board provided in the second chassis; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the electrical device and the printed circuit board, the first chassis including a rotating body that rotates coaxially with the hinge by a rotational movement with respect to the second chassis and has the flexible substrate passed therethrough, and the rotating body including: a first opening guiding the flexible substrate to the electrical device; a second opening guiding the flexible substrate to the printed circuit board; and a substrate opening through which the flexible substrate passes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Kazuya Tatsuno, Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Hosoya
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Publication number: 20230080137Abstract: A vehicle maintenance support device that assigns a work relevant to vehicle maintenance to a worker and a work pit to efficiently and accurately manage the process of the work includes: an attribute data acquisition unit acquiring “vehicle attribute data” indicating attributes of a vehicle; a skill data acquisition unit acquiring “worker skill data” indicating skill information of a worker; an equipment data acquisition unit acquiring “pit equipment data” indicating equipment information of a work pit; a worker/work pit selection unit selecting a worker having a skill required for a specific work and a work pit having required equipment from information of a specific work specified based on the vehicle attributes, the skill information, and the equipment information; a work assignment unit assigning a specific work to the free time of the selected worker and work pit; and a work display unit displaying the assigned specific work for each worker.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Toshifumi NAGANO, Shinichi KUBOTA, Takafumi MISAKI
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Patent number: 11231753Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a hinge device rotatably coupling a main body chassis and a display chassis; and an antenna device for transmitting and receiving a radio wave. The hinge device includes a metal hinge shaft, a metal bearing part, a metal chassis mount member, and a hinge chassis that is made of a radio wave transmissive material. The antenna device includes a holder component housed in the hinge chassis, an antenna element supported by the holder component and a ground element supported by the holder component and electrically connected to the bearing part.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10942149Abstract: An ion sensor, an ion sensor manufacturing method, and a field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) system. The ion sensor includes an ion filter including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an ion sensing electrode with which an ion that has passed through the ion filter collides, and an insulator to electrically insulate the ion sensing electrode from the first electrode and the second electrode. The method includes forming a first slit on an active layer of an at least one SOI substrate, the at least one SOI substrate including a base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer, and the active layer on the insulating layer, dividing the active layer into two, forming a second slit through the base layer, the second slit overlapping with the first slit in a planar view, and forming a third slit through the insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Katsuya Ujimoto, Shinichi Kubota, Kunihiro Tan
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Publication number: 20200371562Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a hinge device rotatably coupling a main body chassis and a display chassis; and an antenna device for transmitting and receiving a radio wave. The hinge device includes a metal hinge shaft, a metal bearing part, a metal chassis mount member, and a hinge chassis that is made of a radio wave transmissive material. The antenna device includes a holder component housed in the hinge chassis, an antenna element supported by the holder component and a ground element supported by the holder component and electrically connected to the bearing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20200371565Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge device rotatably connecting a main body chassis and a display chassis, a notch-shaped part provided in a bottom surface of the main body chassis at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface from its one edge part toward the other edge part, a support base made of resin and provided so as to cover a part of the notch-shaped part, and a rubber foot provided on the support base and protruding from the bottom surface of the main body chassis through the notch-shaped part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Sara Akiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Shinichi Kubota
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Publication number: 20200363372Abstract: An analysis system includes: an ionizer to ionize sample gas so as to have a first polarity; a detection circuit to detect at least a part of ions of the sample gas; a housing accommodating the ionizer and the detection circuit; and a voltage generation circuit to apply a voltage having the first polarity to the housing to generate an electric field inside the housing between the ionizer and the detection circuit, the electric field having a first component in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction parallel to a flow direction of the sample gas and a second component in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: SHINICHI KUBOTA, KATSUYA UJIMOTO, KUNIHIRO TAN
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Patent number: 10831245Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge device rotatably connecting a main body chassis and a display chassis, a notch-shaped part provided in a bottom surface of the main body chassis at a position overlapping with at least a part of the hinge device and formed by removing a part of the bottom surface from its one edge part toward the other edge part, a support base made of resin and provided so as to cover a part of the notch-shaped part, and a rubber foot provided on the support base and protruding from the bottom surface of the main body chassis through the notch-shaped part.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Sara Akiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Shinichi Kubota
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Patent number: 10775847Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and retracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of the portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Eiji Shinohara, Tetsuo Ogawa, Shinichi Kubota, Xiangyang Liu
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Publication number: 20200228688Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a lens cover unit that is installed so as to be able to move between a first position where a transmission window overlaps with a lens of a camera and at least one of multiple switches is put into an ON state and a second position where a portion other than the transmission window covers the lens of the camera and the multiple switches are put into an OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Hosoya
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Patent number: 10678306Abstract: A viewing angle changing film capable of changing the viewing angle of a display panel is provided. The viewing angle changing film includes a base film opposed to a display panel, and an attachment having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the base film. The base film can change the viewing angle of the display panel. The attachment is inserted into air gap defined between the display panel and a bezel. The attachment is a separate member from the base film, and is fixed to the base film.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Osamu Ohsawa, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hiroyuki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20190361499Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and retracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of the portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA, EIJI SHINOHARA, TETSUO OGAWA, SHINICHI KUBOTA, XIANGYANG LIU
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Patent number: 10416716Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and refracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of thy portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Eiji Shinohara, Tetsuo Ogawa, Shinichi Kubota, Xiangyang Liu
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Patent number: 10345862Abstract: A support for an electronic device is able to prevent a chassis from wobbling without coming off from the chassis. The support is attached to an opening of the chassis of the electronic device. The support includes a base portion positioned on an exterior surface side of the chassis so as to overlap the opening, a retaining portion that is positioned on an inner surface side of the chassis and provided so that the opening is able to retain the retaining portion with or without interposing a separate member, a connecting portion that connects the base portion and the retaining portion with each other and is inserted through the opening, and an elastic protruding portion provided on the base portion and structures a contact point with the exterior surface of the chassis. The base portion is structured so as to support the chassis through the elastic protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Douzono, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota
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Publication number: 20190204273Abstract: An ion sensor, an ion sensor manufacturing method, and a field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) system. The ion sensor includes an ion filter including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an ion sensing electrode with which an ion that has passed through the ion filter collides, and an insulator to electrically insulate the ion sensing electrode from the first electrode and the second electrode. The method includes forming a first slit on an active layer of an at least one SOI substrate, the at least one SOI substrate including a base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer, and the active layer on the insulating layer, dividing the active layer into two, forming a second slit through the base layer, the second slit overlapping with the first slit in a planar view, and forming a third slit through the insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Katsuya UJIMOTO, Shinichi KUBOTA, Kunihiro TAN
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Publication number: 20190086967Abstract: A viewing angle changing film capable of changing the viewing angle of a display panel is provided. The viewing angle changing film includes a base film opposed to a display panel, and an attachment having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the base film. The base film can change the viewing angle of the display panel. The attachment is inserted into air gap defined between the display panel and a bezel. The attachment is a separate member from the base film, and is fixed to the base film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Osamu Ohsawa, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hiroyuki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20190011951Abstract: A docking station is provided. The docking station has an engagement member, a coupling detector, a connector, an advancing and refracting mechanism, and a controller. The engagement member can be inserted into an engagement hole of a portable information device. The coupling detector detects whether or not the engagement member has been engaged with the engagement hole. The connector can be connected to a connection terminal provided in a side surface of thy portable information device. The advancing and retracting mechanism is operated by the driving force of a motor to advance and retract the connector to connect and separate the connector to/from the connection terminal. The controller operates the advancing and retracting mechanism when it is detected that the portable information device is coupled with the docking station to advance the connector to connect the connector to the connection terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA, EIJI SHINOHARA, TETSUO OGAWA, SHINICHI KUBOTA, XIANGYANG LIU
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Patent number: 10038263Abstract: A connector is capable of preventing an adverse effect due to the extra length of a flat cable. The connector includes: a main body to which a terminal of the flat cable having notches formed on both sides can be connected; a slider having engaging portions engageable with the notches, respectively, and configured to reciprocate relative to the main body along an insertion direction of the flat cable; and an actuator which sandwiches and fixes the flat cable in cooperation with the main body.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Douzono, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 9746436Abstract: A detecting device includes a substrate having a cavity portion in the surface thereof; a thin-film layer formed over the cavity portion; an on-thin-film layer pattern formed on the thin-film layer; an on-substrate pattern formed on the substrate; and a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal. A resistance between the first terminal and the second terminal includes a resistance of the on-thin-film layer pattern, a resistance between the third terminal and the fourth terminal includes the resistance of the on-thin-film layer pattern and a resistance of the on-substrate pattern, and the resistance between the first terminal and the second terminal is less than the resistance between the third terminal and the fourth terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Shinichi Kubota
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Publication number: 20150253270Abstract: A detecting device includes a substrate having a cavity portion in the surface thereof; a thin-film layer formed over the cavity portion; an on-thin-film layer pattern formed on the thin-film layer; an on-substrate pattern formed on the substrate; and a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal. A resistance between the first terminal and the second terminal includes a resistance of the on-thin-film layer pattern, a resistance between the third terminal and the fourth terminal includes the resistance of the on-thin-film layer pattern and a resistance of the on-substrate pattern, and the resistance between the first terminal and the second terminal is less than the resistance between the third terminal and the fourth terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Shinichi Kubota