Patents by Inventor Takahisa Akatsuka

Takahisa Akatsuka 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: 8742273
    Abstract: A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module. At an inner side of the reflector in the light guiding sheet, there is formed a printed pattern of white ink for scattering light on an optical path of the light which transmits through a first surface from the vicinity of an edge portion of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Manabu Ohrui, Takahisa Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 8545080
    Abstract: In a switch module which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, the switch module is provided which is able to reduce an amount of light leaking out from the vicinity of an end of a light guiding member in the direction of key parts, so that the key parts can be illuminated in a uniform manner by the light which advances in the interior of the light guiding member. A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Ohrui, Takahisa Akatsuka, Hitoshi Uchida, Kazuki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8367950
    Abstract: The key module for the mobile device includes a key top 6; a base plate 2 on which a fixed-side contact 7 is disposed; a dome 4 that is disposed on the fixed-side contact 7; a dome sheet 5 that covers the dome 4; an LED module 3 disposed on the base plate 2; and a light guide plate 1 that is disposed on the dome sheet 5. Such a configuration causes light emitted by the LED module 3 propagates within the light guide plate, and exits the light from an exit surface of the light guide plate on the key top 6 side. The light guide plate 1 is formed by inkjet printing a dot pattern in white ink onto a surface of a base material formed from a thermosetting polyurethane elastomer sheet, which surface is opposite to the exit surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ozaki, Takahisa Akatsuka, Toshihiro Yanagimori, Hiroaki Takada
  • Publication number: 20120193200
    Abstract: A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module. At an inner side of the reflector in the light guiding sheet, there is formed a printed pattern of white ink for scattering light on an optical path of the light which transmits through a first surface from the vicinity of an edge portion of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Manabu Ohrui, Takahisa Akatsuka
  • Publication number: 20120182760
    Abstract: In a switch module which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, the switch module is provided which is able to reduce an amount of light leaking out from the vicinity of an end of a light guiding member in the direction of key parts, so that the key parts can be illuminated in a uniform manner by the light which advances in the interior of the light guiding member. A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Ohrui, Takahisa Akatsuka, Hitoshi Uchida, Kazuyuki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20110017580
    Abstract: The key module for the mobile device includes a key top 6; a base plate 2 on which a fixed-side contact 7 is disposed; a dome 4 that is disposed on the fixed-side contact 7; a dome sheet 5 that covers the dome 4; an LED module 3 disposed on the base plate 2; and a light guide plate 1 that is disposed on the dome sheet 5. Such a configuration causes light emitted by the LED module 3 propagates within the light guide plate, and exits the light from an exit surface of the light guide plate on the key top 6 side. The light guide plate 1 is formed by inkjet printing a dot pattern in white ink onto a surface of a base material formed from a thermosetting polyurethane elastomer sheet, which surface is opposite to the exit surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ozaki, Takahisa Akatsuka, Toshihiro Yanagimori, Hiroaki Takada
  • Patent number: 7709750
    Abstract: The invention includes a shielding film, which does not have breakage of a metal layer, and has excellent abrasion resistance and blocking resistance, and does not crack. The cover film 7 is provided on one surface of a separation film 6a, and an adhesive layer 8a is formed on the surface of the cover film 7 opposite to the separation film 6a via the metal layer. The cover film 7 has at least one hard layer 7a and at least one soft layer 7b, and the surface of the cover film 7 facing the separation film 6a is composed of the hard layer 7a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Tatsuta System Electronics Co, Ltd., Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Syohei Morimoto, Yoshinori Kawakami, Kenji Kamino, Satoshi Ebihara, Hideaki Tanaka, Takahisa Akatsuka
  • Publication number: 20090038839
    Abstract: The invention includes a shielding film, which does not have breakage of a metal layer, and has excellent abrasion resistance and blocking resistance, and does not crack. The cover film 7 is provided on one surface of a separation film 6a, and an adhesive layer 8a is formed on the surface of the cover film 7 opposite to the separation film 6a via the metal layer. The cover film 7 has at least one hard layer 7a and at least one soft layer 7b, and the surface of the cover film 7 facing the separation film 6a is composed of the hard layer 7a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicants: TATSUTA SYSTEM ELECTRONICS Co., LTD, NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Syohei Morimoto, Yoshinori Kawakami, Kenji Kamino, Satoshi Ebihara, Hideaki Tanaka, Takahisa Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 4849133
    Abstract: A PTC composition comprising at least one polymer, from 5% to 45% by volume of electrically conductive or semiconductive particles having a room temperature electric conductivity of at least 10.sup.2 [s/m] dispersed in said polymer, and from 0.2% to 20% by volume of thermally conductive particles having a room temperature electric conductivity of no more than 10.sup.-3 [s/m] and a thermal conductivity of at least 20 [w/m.multidot.k] dispersed in said polymer. A PTC device using such a PTC composition has a high ratio of peak resistance to room temperature resistance, and exhibits high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Yoshida, Takahisa Akatsuka, Osamu Inoue, Jiro Toyama