Patents by Inventor Tabito Miyamoto

Tabito Miyamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 11914270
    Abstract: A slide mechanism includes: a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position along an edge wall; a shield cover on the slider, the shield cover being located to cover the front of the camera when the slider is in the first position and located to be away from the front of the camera when the slider is in the second position; a movable magnet at the slider; and a fixed magnet at the chassis. The movable magnet and the fixed magnet are disposed to face each other so that when the slider is in the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet attract to each other, and when the slider is located between the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet repel each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230413498
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis side surface formed by a chassis member; an electromagnetic shielding wall of a radio wave non-transmissive material formed by the chassis member; a component installation space located between the chassis side surface and the electromagnetic shielding wall; and an antenna module and an electrical component arranged in the component installation space. The electromagnetic shielding wall at least covers laterally an antenna element in the antenna module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tetsuya Sano, Tabito Miyamoto, Takayuki Morino
  • Publication number: 20230305602
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis equipped with a first electronic component, a second chassis equipped with a second electronic component, a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis and the second chassis, and a flexible board provided over the first chassis and the second chassis and connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board has a first folded portion and a second folded portion that are disposed in order and curved in opposite directions to each other in the first chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Yalu Liu, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
  • Publication number: 20230287929
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis which is adjacent to the first chassis; a hinge device which so connects the first chassis and the second chassis as to be rotationally movable relative to each other between a first posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are so folded as to mutually overlap in a surface normal direction and a second posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are mutually arrayed in a direction which is vertical to the surface normal direction; and a display which is so installed as to range from the first chassis to the second chassis and has a folding region which is folded in accordance with relative rotational movement of the first chassis and the second chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Yalu Liu, Tabito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20230266803
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis, a hinge device having a movable portion applied with a lubricant and connecting the first chassis and the second chassis relatively rotatably, a spine part made of a thermal conductive material, a first thermal conductive member which is provided on an inner surface of the first chassis and contacts the spine part at a position not to overlap with the movable portion at a second posture, and a second thermal conductive member which is provided on an inner surface of the second chassis and contacts the spine part at a position not to overlap with the movable portion at the second posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tabito Miyamoto, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 11703917
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis having an inner surface, and an elevation portion provided at one edge of the inner surface and raised to be higher than the inner surface; a display panel having a display surface, and a rear surface supported by the inner surface of the chassis; a bezel provided along an outer periphery of the display surface of the display panel, and supported by the elevation portion of the chassis; and a double-sided adhesive tape capable of being tensile peeled by pulling a tab for tensile peeling operation, and extending from the inner surface to the elevation portion of the chassis, to fix the display panel to the inner surface of the chassis and fix the bezel to the elevation portion of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Tabito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20230004068
    Abstract: A slide mechanism includes: a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position along an edge wall; a shield cover on the slider, the shield cover being located to cover the front of the camera when the slider is in the first position and located to be away from the front of the camera when the slider is in the second position; a movable magnet at the slider; and a fixed magnet at the chassis. The movable magnet and the fixed magnet are disposed to face each other so that when the slider is in the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet attract to each other, and when the slider is located between the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet repel each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20220413561
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis having an inner surface, and an elevation portion provided at one edge of the inner surface and raised to be higher than the inner surface; a display panel having a display surface, and a rear surface supported by the inner surface of the chassis; a bezel provided along an outer periphery of the display surface of the display panel, and supported by the elevation portion of the chassis; and a double-sided adhesive tape capable of being tensile peeled by pulling a tab for tensile peeling operation, and extending from the inner surface to the elevation portion of the chassis, to fix the display panel to the inner surface of the chassis and fix the bezel to the elevation portion of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Tabito Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11269382
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member detachably connected to the first chassis member, a hook, which is supported in a floatable manner with respect to the first chassis member, protrudes from an inner surface of the first chassis member, and an engagement hole, which is provided on an inner surface of the second chassis member, is engageable with the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Masaaki Bandoh, Sara Akiyama, Tabito Miyamoto, Satoshi Hosoya
  • 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: 11221653
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that determine the positional state of a lid body relative to a chassis body based on a detected amount of magnetic flux are disclosed. One apparatus includes a lid body including a first magnet and a magnetic sensor and a chassis body including a second magnet. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect an amount of magnetic flux from the first magnet and the second magnet is positioned on the chassis body to influence the amount of magnetic flux detected by the magnetic sensor based on the relative positions of the lid body and the chassis body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
  • Patent number: 11079800
    Abstract: An expansion device removably attachable even to a thin portable information apparatus and an electronic apparatus including the portable information apparatus and the expansion device are disclosed. An expansion device includes: a device chassis having a shorter front-rear dimension than a front-rear dimension of an apparatus chassis of a portable information apparatus; a plurality of attracted bodies such as a plurality of magnets or iron plates provided to face a top surface of the device chassis and capable of attracting a plurality of magnets provided to face a bottom surface of the apparatus chassis; and a fitting hole that is provided at the top surface of the device chassis and into which a leg portion protruding from the bottom surface of the apparatus chassis is fittable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Kazuo Fujii, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
  • Publication number: 20210232717
    Abstract: Methods for generating a measurement table including target identification information indicating a measurement target are disclosed herein. One method includes adding, by a processor, attribute information for a dimension value of a measurement target included in drawing data and a delimiter for identifying number information for the dimension value to the dimension value, adding the number information including a drawing sheet number and a dimension number for the measurement target to the delimiter, and generating a measurement table including target identification information indicating the measurement target corresponding to the drawing data and inspection standards based on dimension addition information. The attribute information is associated with the number information added to the delimiter and is based on the dimension value of the measurement target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Eiji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 10989987
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display, a frame surrounding the display, a camera disposed in the frame, a lens cover unit slidable between a first position and a second position in the frame, a lens cover covers a lens of the camera when the lens cover unit is at the first position, and exposes the lens when the lens cover unit is at the second position, a blade spring, which is fixed to the lens cover unit, is elastically deformable in a Z-direction, and a protrusion, which is fixed to the frame, presses the bent of the blade spring in the Z-direction to elastically deform the blade spring while the lens cover unit slides between the first position and the second position, and the bent moves over the protrusion after the elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tabito Miyamoto, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10938480
    Abstract: A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a first unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave, and a second unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave. The first unit includes a transmitter and a receiver arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in a first direction. The second unit includes a receiver and a transmitter arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in the first direction. The second unit is placed adjacent to the first unit in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Masayuki Amano, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
  • Publication number: 20200393739
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display, a frame surrounding the display, a camera disposed in the frame, a lens cover unit slidable between a first position and a second position in the frame, a lens cover covers a lens of the camera when the lens cover unit is at the first position, and exposes the lens when the lens cover unit is at the second position, a blade spring, which is fixed to the lens cover unit, is elastically deformable in a Z-direction, and a protrusion, which is fixed to the frame, presses the bent of the blade spring in the Z-direction to elastically deform the blade spring while the lens cover unit slides between the first position and the second position, and the bent moves over the protrusion after the elastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tabito Miyamoto, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20200387199
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member detachably connected to the first chassis member, a hook, which is supported in a floatable manner with respect to the first chassis member, protrudes from an inner surface of the first chassis member, and an engagement hole, which is provided on an inner surface of the second chassis member, is engageable with the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Masaaki Bandoh, Sara Akiyama, Tabito Miyamoto, Satoshi Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20200387197
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that determine the positional state of a lid body relative to a chassis body based on a detected amount of magnetic flux are disclosed. One apparatus includes a lid body including a first magnet and a magnetic sensor and a chassis body including a second magnet. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect an amount of magnetic flux from the first magnet and the second magnet is positioned on the chassis body to influence the amount of magnetic flux detected by the magnetic sensor based on the relative positions of the lid body and the chassis body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
  • Patent number: 10860064
    Abstract: An electronic device having a pointing stick is disclosed. The electronic device includes a base member for supporting a pointing stick. The base member has a first pressed part provided on one side of the pointing stick with respect to a sliding direction of a slide member and a second pressed part provided on the other side of the pointing stick. The slide member has a first pressing part capable of pressing the first pressed part of the base member and a second pressing part capable of pressing the second pressed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Tabito Miyamoto
  • 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