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).
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Patent number: 11914270Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20230413498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tetsuya Sano, Tabito Miyamoto, Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230305602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Yalu Liu, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230287929Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Yalu Liu, Tabito Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20230266803Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tabito Miyamoto, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
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Patent number: 11703917Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Tabito Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20230004068Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20220413561Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Tabito Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11269382Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Masaaki Bandoh, Sara Akiyama, Tabito Miyamoto, Satoshi Hosoya
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Patent number: 11231753Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11221653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
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Patent number: 11079800Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Kazuo Fujii, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
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Publication number: 20210232717Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Eiji Shinohara
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Patent number: 10989987Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tabito Miyamoto, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10938480Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Masayuki Amano, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
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Publication number: 20200393739Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tabito Miyamoto, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20200387199Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Masaaki Bandoh, Sara Akiyama, Tabito Miyamoto, Satoshi Hosoya
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Publication number: 20200387197Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
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Patent number: 10860064Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Kazuyuki Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Tabito Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20200371562Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Tabito Miyamoto, Shinichi Kubota, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita