Patents by Inventor Shun Kayama

Shun Kayama 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: 20020045377
    Abstract: A connection device for electrically connecting a contact 304 of an equipment with a board 36 in a battery 100, the device comprising a housing 41 having an aperture 40H, and a connection terminal 300 arranged within the housing 41 correspondingly to the aperture 40H, the connection terminal having a plurality of first connecting parts 302 for pinching and holding the contact 304 of the equipment so as to be electrically connected with the contact 304 of the equipment and a plurality of second connecting parts 303 provided integrally with the plurality of first connecting parts 302 for pinching the board 36 to electrically connect the plurality of first connecting parts 302 with the contact 304 of the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation and SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshisada Okayasu, Kiyoshi Tomura, Shun Kayama, Naoyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 6307465
    Abstract: The invention provides a thin and small input device that improves a tactile operation sensation and a luxurious appearance. An input device to which an operator enters a desired command by operating it with a finger and which has a case, switch contacts disposed in the case, rotatable operation members disposed rotatably corresponding to the switch contacts that are partially projected from the holes of the case and pressed by an operator, and support members 44 for supporting the rotatable operation members by pressing it onto the case side and for operating the switch contacts when an operator presses the rotatable operation member against the pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Kayama, Yasuhiro Kataoka, Kenji Munekata