Patents by Inventor Tadanari Fuji

Tadanari Fuji 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: 7098417
    Abstract: An auxiliary supporting frame of an electronic device that has a stopper hole to which a portion of a projection of a surface pressing part is inserted. The stopper hole is open in a direction that a front cover of the surface pressing button is mounted, and a stopper formed on a side opposite to the open side. Therefore, the surface pressing button can be surely and easily mounted on a back surface of a front panel, and a large load can be prevented from being applied to a switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadanari Fuji
  • Publication number: 20060175186
    Abstract: An auxiliary supporting frame of an electronic device according to the present invention has a stopper hole to which a portion of a projection of a surface pressing part is inserted. The stopper hole is open in a direction that a front cover of the surface pressing button is mounted, and a stopper is formed on a side opposite to the open side. Therefore, the surface pressing button can be surely and easily mounted on a back surface of a front panel, and a large load can be prevented from being applied to a switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Tadanari Fuji
  • Patent number: 7002086
    Abstract: A switch device includes: an operating portion made of a synthetic resin and having a conductive plating layer formed thereon, the operating portion configured to be inserted into a hole formed on a housing of an apparatus; and a shielding portion made of a synthetic resin and having no conducive plating layer formed thereon, the shielding portion formed separately from the operating portion and covers a gap between the operating portion and the hole from an inner side of the housing. The shielding portion is provided to push a tact of a switch provided at a rear side of the shielding portion when the shielding portion is displaced by a pushing operation of the operating portion. The operating portion is fixed to the shielding portion in a state in which the plating layer thereof being not exposed to the rear side of the shielding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadanari Fuji
  • Publication number: 20050103609
    Abstract: A switch device includes: an operating portion made of a synthetic resin and having a conductive plating layer formed thereon, the operating portion configured to be inserted into a hole formed on a housing of an apparatus; and a shielding portion made of a synthetic resin and having no conducive plating layer formed thereon, the shielding portion formed separately from the operating portion and covers a gap between the operating portion and the hole from an inner side of the housing. The shielding portion is provided to push a tact of a switch provided at a rear side of the shielding portion when the shielding portion is displaced by a pushing operation of the operating portion. The operating portion is fixed to the shielding portion in a state in which the plating layer thereof being not exposed to the rear side of the shielding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Tadanari Fuji