Patents by Inventor Shouzou Tomikawa

Shouzou Tomikawa 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).

  • Video camera having a plurality of housings for a variety of operations
    Patent number: 5742341
    Abstract: A video camera includes a first housing accommodating a recording and reproducing device for recording and reproducing video signals and having a recess defined therein on an upper surface thereof, and a second housing having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and housed in the recess of the first housing at its rest position at which the first surface of the second housing is opposed to the upper surface of the first housing. The second housing has a recess defined therein on the second surface thereof. The video camera also includes a monitor screen mounted on the first surface of the second housing and a support member having a first end to which the second housing is hingedly connected and a second end hingedly connected to the first housing. The support member is housed in the recess of the second housing when the second housing is in the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ohishi, Tetsuya Ohno, Shusaku Yamamoto, Yoshitada Moriyasu, Shouzou Tomikawa, Seiki Morishita, Kazuyoshi Suzuki