Patents by Inventor Shogo Akiyama

Shogo Akiyama 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: 20240100857
    Abstract: A heat generating member includes: a hollow cylindrical part that is rotatable about a rotation axis and extends in an axial direction; a first heat generating component provided on an inner surface of the cylindrical part and configured to generate heat when energized; a first connecting component provided on an inner side relative to the cylindrical part and electrically connected to the first heat generating component, the first connecting component being rotatable together with the cylindrical part; a second connecting component provided on a further inner side relative to the cylindrical part than the first connecting component and electrically connected to a power source, the second connecting component being rotatable relative to the cylindrical part; a rotary supporting component that electrically connects the first connecting component and the second connecting component to each other and supports the first connecting component while allowing the first connecting component to rotate relative to the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shingo AKIYAMA, Shogo KAMIYA, Kotaro ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20240094665
    Abstract: A belt unit includes: a belt-shaped member being endless; and a support member that supports the belt-shaped member and rotates, the support member having a rotating shaft that tilts in: a tilt direction having a component in a first direction intersecting a bisector of a central angle of a wrapping range where the belt-shaped member is wrapped around the support member and a component in a second direction where the belt-shaped member elongates and contracts; and a direction where extent of shifting of the belt-shaped member to one side in the width direction of the belt-shaped member is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro ARAKI, Shogo KAMIYA, Shingo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230241659
    Abstract: A press brake includes elevating members each provided to respective one of a pair of support blocks so as to be able to ascend and descend, and extending vertically. A ball screw is provided to a first elevating member so as to be rotatable, and a nut member to be screwed into the ball screw is provided to a first support block. One end side of a stretch in the lateral direction is connected to an upper end portion of the first elevating, and the other end side of the stretch in the lateral direction is connected, so as to be rotationally movable, to an upper end portion of a second elevating member. A support mechanism for supporting the stretch from below is provided to the first elevating member, and an abutting member is provided to the stretch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Shogo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230083498
    Abstract: A press brake is equipped with an upper table provided so as to be vertically movable at an upper part of a main frame and holding a punch tool on a lower side thereof, and a lower table provided at a lower part of the main frame and holding a die tool on an upper side thereof. A pair of slits extending symmetrically in a lateral direction are formed in the lower table, and an end portion of each slit on an outer side in the lateral direction is opened. An elastic member is provided in the end portion of each slit on the outer side in the lateral direction. The elastic member is configured to be switchable between a load-receiving state for receiving a bending load acting on the lower table and a released state in which the load-receiving state has been released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Shogo AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11582882
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first chassis having a first surface provided with at least an air intake port; a second chassis which is connected to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner and has a second surface that overlaps the first surface of the first chassis by the rotation; a heat dissipation unit having a fan for replacing air in the first chassis with outside air through at least the air intake port; a state detection unit that detects whether a state is a first state in which the first surface and the second surface overlap; and a control unit which changes control of the fan according to whether the state is the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Shogo Akiyama, Takuroh Kamimura, Atsunobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220357114
    Abstract: A stacked conductance fin assembly, that is connected to a heatpipe and an exhaust fan of a computing device, includes: a plurality of fins that are partially overlapped and stacked in a linear array along a first axis of the stacked conductance fin assembly. Overlapping regions of the plurality of fins form two parallel structural walls along the first axis. The overlapping regions overlap along a second axis of the stacked conductance fin assembly, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis. Each of the plurality of fins includes: a main surface that extends along the second axis between two outermost ends of the main surface; two walls that extend along the first axis, each wall extending from each of the outermost ends of the main surface, respectively; and two offset walls that extend along the first axis, each offset wall extending from each wall, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chonan, Shogo Akiyama, Yusuke Onoue
  • Publication number: 20220174841
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first chassis having a first surface provided with at least an air intake port; a second chassis which is connected to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner and has a second surface that overlaps the first surface of the first chassis by the rotation; a heat dissipation unit having a fan for replacing air in the first chassis with outside air through at least the air intake port; a state detection unit that detects whether a state is a first state in which the first surface and the second surface overlap; and a control unit which changes control of the fan according to whether the state is the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Shogo Akiyama, Takuroh Kamimura, Atsunobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11269388
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an apparatus chassis including therein an electronic board; a keyboard provided on a top of the apparatus chassis; and a fan device that includes a fan chassis and a blade part. The fan chassis includes a first air intake formed on a bottom surface thereof, a second air intake formed on a top surface thereof, and an air outlet formed on a side surface thereof. The blade part rotates inside the fan chassis. The fan device is arranged between a basal plate and a bottom surface of the keyboard inside the apparatus chassis. The basal plate includes a first inlet at a position overlapping the first air intake. The keyboard includes a second inlet that makes air pass through the keyboard in an up-down direction thereof. The electronic apparatus further includes a first water stop member that separates the first air intake from the electronic board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Shogo Akiyama, Satoshi Douzono, Akinori Uchino
  • Patent number: 11189444
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having key tops that can be illuminated without cooling performance being affected is described. The electronic apparatus includes: a chassis and a keyboard device having a set of key tops; a base plate for supporting the key tops; a membrane sheet laminated on a top surface side of the base plate; a light guide plate laminated on a bottom surface side of the base plate; and a light source module for irradiating the key tops with light via the light guide plate. The keyboard device, which is located on a top surface side of the chassis, includes an inlet port for passing air in a top-bottom direction and a set of individual light sources arranged respectively on bottom surface sides of a part of the key tops that is located to overlap the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Shogo Akiyama, Satoshi Douzono
  • Publication number: 20210225603
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having key tops that can be illuminated without cooling performance being affected is described. The electronic apparatus includes: a chassis and a keyboard device having a set of key tops; a base plate for supporting the key tops; a membrane sheet laminated on a top surface side of the base plate; a light guide plate laminated on a bottom surface side of the base plate; and a light source module for irradiating the key tops with light via the light guide plate. The keyboard device, which is located on a top surface side of the chassis, includes an inlet port for passing air in a top-bottom direction and a set of individual light sources arranged respectively on bottom surface sides of a part of the key tops that is located to overlap the inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Shogo Akiyama, Satoshi Douzono
  • Publication number: 20210216120
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an apparatus chassis including therein an electronic board; a keyboard provided on a top of the apparatus chassis; and a fan device that includes a fan chassis and a blade part. The fan chassis includes a first air intake formed on a bottom surface thereof, a second air intake formed on a top surface thereof, and an air outlet formed on a side surface thereof. The blade part rotates inside the fan chassis. The fan device is arranged between a basal plate and a bottom surface of the keyboard inside the apparatus chassis. The basal plate includes a first inlet at a position overlapping the first air intake. The keyboard includes a second inlet that makes air pass through the keyboard in an up-down direction thereof. The electronic apparatus further includes a first water stop member that separates the first air intake from the electronic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Shogo Akiyama, Satoshi Douzono, Akinori Uchino
  • Publication number: 20210076537
    Abstract: A heat dissipation mechanism is provided. The heat dissipation mechanism includes a heat receiving plate and a heat transport member. The heat receiving plate includes a heat receiving surface surrounded by a recessed portion. The heat receiving surface is to be in contact with a heat transfer region of an electronic component in order to receive heat generated by the electronic component while the recessed portion receives at least one corner of the heat transfer region when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the heat receiving surface. The heat transport member transfers heat away from the heat receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chonan, Shogo Akiyama, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10681840
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce noise derived from an operation sound of a fan while maintaining cooling capacity of the fan. A cooling system includes a fan which is disposed in a chassis in which a CPU which is exemplified as a heating element is housed, one temperature sensor which is disposed in the chassis, another temperature sensor which is disposed at a position which is different from a position of the one temperature sensor, and a fan control unit which drives the fan in a case where one temperature, which is based on a measured value of one temperature sensor, is at least a first threshold value or in a case where another temperature, which is based on a measured value of the other temperature sensor, is at least a second threshold value which is set to a value lower than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chonan, Takuroh Kamimura, Takateru Adachi, Atsushi Ohyama, Shogo Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10455903
    Abstract: A buckle device including: a tongue plate; and a buckle main body configured to be engaged with the tongue plate, the buckle main body including: a cover having a tongue plate guide portion; a resin release button forming a tongue plate insertion port between the tongue plate guide portion and the release button; and a frame configured to slidably support the release button and having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, wherein protruding portions protruding inward so as to overlap with the tongue plate inserted from the tongue plate insertion port are provided on end portions of the pair of side walls of the frame on the side of the tongue plate insertion port, respectively, and wherein the release button has a front wall and at least one extending portion extending from the front wall through a space between the protruding portions and the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nimura, Hiroki Yamakawa, Shogo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20190313548
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce noise derived from an operation sound of a fan while maintaining cooling capacity of the fan. A cooling system includes a fan which is disposed in a chassis in which a CPU which is exemplified as a heating element is housed, one temperature sensor which is disposed in the chassis, another temperature sensor which is disposed at a position which is different from a position of the one temperature sensor, and a fan control unit which drives the fan in a case where one temperature, which is based on a measured value of one temperature sensor, is at least a first threshold value or in a case where another temperature, which is based on a measured value of the other temperature sensor, is at least a second threshold value which is set to a value lower than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Chonan, Takuroh Kamimura, Takateru Adachi, Atsushi Ohyama, Shogo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20180332930
    Abstract: A buckle device including: a tongue plate; and a buckle main body configured to be engaged with the tongue plate, the buckle main body including: a cover having a tongue plate guide portion; a resin release button forming a tongue plate insertion port between the tongue plate guide portion and the release button; and a frame configured to slidably support the release button and having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, wherein protruding portions protruding inward so as to overlap with the tongue plate inserted from the tongue plate insertion port are provided on end portions of the pair of side walls of the frame on the side of the tongue plate insertion port, respectively, and wherein the release button has a front wall and at least one extending portion extending from the front wall through a space between the protruding portions and the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi NIMURA, Hiroki YAMAKAWA, Shogo AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9971387
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a housing with an exhaust port and an intake port; a heat source contained in the housing; a heat transfer unit connected to the heat source; a first radiator located adjacent to the exhaust port, wherein the first radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit; a first blower fan, wherein the first blower fan discharges heat transmitted to the first radiator; and a second radiator located adjacent to the intake port, wherein the second radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Kamimura, Tsutomu Chonan, Takateru Adachi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Shogo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20140185231
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a housing with an exhaust port and an intake port; a heat source contained in the housing; a heat transfer unit connected to the heat source; a first radiator located adjacent to the exhaust port, wherein the first radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit; a first blower fan, wherein the first blower fan discharges heat transmitted to the first radiator; and a second radiator located adjacent to the intake port, wherein the second radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Kamimura, Tsutomu Chonan, Takateru Adachi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Shogo Akiyama