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).

  • Publication number: 20230280799
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Kazuya Tatsuno, Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20230080137
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Toshifumi NAGANO, Shinichi KUBOTA, Takafumi MISAKI
  • Patent number: 11231753
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10942149
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Ujimoto, Shinichi Kubota, Kunihiro Tan
  • Publication number: 20200371562
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200371565
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Sara Akiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Shinichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200363372
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: SHINICHI KUBOTA, KATSUYA UJIMOTO, KUNIHIRO TAN
  • Patent number: 10831245
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Sara Akiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Shinichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10775847
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Eiji Shinohara, Tetsuo Ogawa, Shinichi Kubota, Xiangyang Liu
  • Publication number: 20200228688
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Hosoya
  • Patent number: 10678306
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Osamu Ohsawa, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hiroyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190361499
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA, EIJI SHINOHARA, TETSUO OGAWA, SHINICHI KUBOTA, XIANGYANG LIU
  • Patent number: 10416716
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Eiji Shinohara, Tetsuo Ogawa, Shinichi Kubota, Xiangyang Liu
  • Patent number: 10345862
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Douzono, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190204273
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuya UJIMOTO, Shinichi KUBOTA, Kunihiro TAN
  • Publication number: 20190086967
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu Ohsawa, Takehito Yamauchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hiroyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190011951
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA, EIJI SHINOHARA, TETSUO OGAWA, SHINICHI KUBOTA, XIANGYANG LIU
  • Patent number: 10038263
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kubota, Satoshi Douzono, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9746436
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150253270
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kubota