Patents by Inventor Takane Fujino
Takane Fujino 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: 10402148Abstract: A multi-display control apparatus includes a processor for an information handling device and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a trigger event and, in response to detecting the trigger event, temporarily stopping display of content on a first display device in which the first display device is external to a second display device of a computing device storing the content.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Takane Fujino, Keita Ishikawa, Takayuki Suzuki, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10146266Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus for reducing the load on mechanism parts and thickness, including a main unit chassis having keytops; a display chassis pivotably connected with the main unit chassis by hinge mechanisms; rubber domes urging the keytops in a direction to cause the keytops to project from an upper surface; an X slider sliding in the main unit chassis in synchronization with the pivoting movements of the main unit chassis and the display chassis; a key depressing mechanism and a link mechanism, causing the keytops to retract from the upper surface when the X slider slides in one direction, and causing the keytops to project from the upper surface when the X slider slides in the opposite direction; and an auxiliary elastic member urging the X slider in a direction to cause the X slider to slide in the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Hiroaki Agata, Shigeki Mori, Kimio Kumada, Takane Fujino
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Patent number: 10096441Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a switch device capable of suppressing collision noise is disclosed. The switch device is equipped with a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, and a metal dome that serves as a movable contact movable in a direction to be contacted with or separated from the first fixed contact. In a configuration in which the metal dome is moved to provide an electrical contact or a separation between the metal dome and the first fixed contact, whereby the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact are electrically connected therebetween, a conductive layer made of an anisotropic conductive sheet is provided between the first fixed contact and the metal dome.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takane Fujino, Mitsuo Horiuchi
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Patent number: 9934916Abstract: A keyboard device for a portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a main body chassis and a display chassis. The main body chassis contains the keyboard device having multiple keycaps elastically supported to be moved up and down. Coupled to the main body chassis via a hinge, the display chassis contains a display. The main body chassis also includes a key depressing mechanism having a rotating shaft member provided along each of the keycaps and a pressing piece projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft member to the side of the keycap to allow a receiving part provided in the keycap to be depressed downward. The rotating shaft member rotates about the axis to cause the pressing piece to push down the receiving part and, in turn, pushing down and keeping the keycap in a depressed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTDInventors: Fumio Tamura, Hiroaki Agata, Takane Fujino, Eiji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20180074557Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus for reducing the load on mechanism parts and thickness, including a main unit chassis having keytops; a display chassis pivotably connected with the main unit chassis by hinge mechanisms; rubber domes urging the keytops in a direction to cause the keytops to project from an upper surface; an X slider sliding in the main unit chassis in synchronization with the pivoting movements of the main unit chassis and the display chassis; a key depressing mechanism and a link mechanism, causing the keytops to retract from the upper surface when the X slider slides in one direction, and causing the keytops to project from the upper surface when the X slider slides in the opposite direction; and an auxiliary elastic member urging the X slider in a direction to cause the X slider to slide in the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Hiroaki Agata, Shigeki Mori, Kimio Kumada, Takane Fujino
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Patent number: 9910456Abstract: An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are connected rotatably via a hinge, and includes a connector to connect the first chassis to the hinge. The first chassis includes a laminated part having a lamination of a set of fiber-reinforced plastic layers in each of which resin is reinforced by fibers arranged in a predetermined direction. The connector is attached and fixed to a recess in the laminated part, with the recess having a shape corresponding an outer shape of the connector. Directly attached to the connector, one of the fiber-reinforced plastic layers making up a bottom of the recess and is a layer in which fibers are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a rotary axis of the hinge.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Ryota Nohara, Takehito Yamauchi, Takane Fujino, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
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Publication number: 20180024806Abstract: A multi-display control apparatus includes a processor for an information handling device and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a trigger event and, in response to detecting the trigger event, temporarily stopping display of content on a first display device in which the first display device is external to a second display device of a computing device storing the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Takane Fujino, Keita Ishikawa, Takayuki Suzuki, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20170140883Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a switch device capable of suppressing collision noise is disclosed. The switch device is equipped with a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, and a metal dome that serves as a movable contact movable in a direction to be contacted with or separated from the first fixed contact. In a configuration in which the metal dome is moved to provide an electrical contact or a separation between the metal dome and the first fixed contact, whereby the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact are electrically connected therebetween, a conductive layer made of an anisotropie conductive sheet is provided between the first fixed contact and the metal dome.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: MASAHIRO KITAMURA, TAKANE FUJINO, MITSUO HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20170052563Abstract: An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are connected rotatably via a hinge, and includes a connector to connect the first chassis to the hinge. The first chassis includes a laminated part having a lamination of a set of fiber-reinforced plastic layers in each of which resin is reinforced by fibers arranged in a predetermined direction. The connector is attached and fixed to a recess in the laminated part, with the recess having a shape corresponding an outer shape of the connector. Directly attached to the connector, one of the fiber-reinforced plastic layers making up a bottom of the recess and is a layer in which fibers are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a rotary axis of the hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Ryota Nohara, Takehito Yamauchi, Takane Fujino, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
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Publication number: 20160334835Abstract: A keyboard device for a portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a main body chassis and a display chassis. The main body chassis contains the keyboard device having multiple keycaps elastically supported to be moved up and down. Coupled to the main body chassis via a hinge, the display chassis contains a display. The main body chassis also includes a key depressing mechanism having a rotating shaft member provided along each of the keycaps and a pressing piece projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft member to the side of the keycap to allow a receiving part provided in the keycap to be depressed downward. The rotating shaft member rotates about the axis to cause the pressing piece to push down the receiving part and, in turn, pushing down and keeping the keycap in a depressed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: FUMIO TAMURA, HIROAKI AGATA, TAKANE FUJINO, EIJI SHINOHARA
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Publication number: 20160147328Abstract: A input device capable of being made thinner while securing the operability of a push button is disclosed. The input device includes a touchpad configured to receive a touch operation and multiple push buttons provided adjacent to one edge of the touchpad. The input device is mounted in an electronic device such as a laptop PC. In the input device, each of the push buttons has a cantilever structure having an operation face part movable up and down to receive a depressing operation, and a hinge arm, which projects from one edge of the operation face part into the undersurface side of the touchpad and the leading edge of which is pivotally supported under the touchpad.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: TOSHIHISA DOI, MITSUO HORIUCHI, YOHICHI HIROSE, HIROAKI AGATA, TAKANE FUJINO
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Patent number: 9310848Abstract: In an embodiment there is provided an electronic apparatus in which two housings are detachable and rotatable, and in which when one housing is detached from the other housing, and having a bracket for attachment and detachment that is easily rotated. An electronic apparatus may include an upper housing having a display; a lower housing which is rotatably connected with a bracket from which the upper housing is detachable by hinges; and a torque variable structure which changes rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges. The torque variable structure is capable of reducing the rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges in a state in which the upper housing is detached from the bracket, rather than a state in which the upper housing is mounted on the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takane Fujino, Eiji Shinohara, Hiroyuki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140218855Abstract: In an embodiment there is provided an electronic apparatus in which two housings are detachable and rotatable, and in which when one housing is detached from the other housing, and having a bracket for attachment and detachment that is easily rotated. An electronic apparatus may include an upper housing having a display; a lower housing which is rotatably connected with a bracket from which the upper housing is detachable by hinges; and a torque variable structure which changes rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges. The torque variable structure is capable of reducing the rotational torque of the bracket at the hinges in a state in which the upper housing is detached from the bracket, rather than a state in which the upper housing is mounted on the bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takane Fujino, Eiji Shinohara, Hiroyuki Noguchi
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Patent number: 8740630Abstract: An electronic device with a connector system is provided to give a user an improved appearance, functionality, and aesthetics. A connector system may comprise a housing, a circuit board mounted within the housing, and a plurality of externally accessible connectors. The housing may have a front side and a back side. The plurality of externally accessible connectors may be mounted directly on the circuit board within the housing, so that the plurality externally accessible connectors may extend substantially perpendicular from the plane of the circuit board and face the back side of the housing. The plurality of externally accessible connectors may comprise substantially flat metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takane Fujino, Kenshin Yonemochi, Norihiro Andoh, Yasuhiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20130189857Abstract: An electronic device with a connector system is provided to give a user an improved appearance, functionality, and aesthetics. A connector system may comprise a housing, a circuit board mounted within the housing, and a plurality of externally accessible connectors. The housing may have a front side and a back side. The plurality of externally accessible connectors may be mounted directly on the circuit board within the housing, so that the plurality externally accessible connectors may extend substantially perpendicular from the plane of the circuit board and face the back side of the housing. The plurality of externally accessible connectors may comprise substantially flat metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: TAKANE FUJINO, KENSHIN YONEMOCHI, NORIHIRO ANDOH, YASUHIRO KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 6593855Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a shock measurement apparatus which allows shock received by a hard disk drive of a notebook PC to be precisely measured without altering the physical characteristics of the PC. A shock measurement apparatus for measuring shock received by a notebook PC having an media bay for installing a hard disk drive includes a shock measurement circuit with an acceleration pickup for detecting acceleration as shock and a hard disk drive-compatible power supply connector for receiving electrical power from an internal power supply contained in the notebook PC. The shock measurement apparatus is sized to match the form factor of the hard drive disk.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takane Fujino, Kazutaka Okasaka, Keishi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20020043114Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a shock measurement apparatus which allows shock received by a hard disk drive of a notebook PC to be precisely measured without altering the physical characteristics of the PC.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Takane Fujino, Kazutaka Okasaka, Keishi Takahashi
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Patent number: 5636102Abstract: A portable information processing apparatus which has a main body having front and rear edge, and a lid pivotally attached to said rear edge of said main body, The lid has an LCD unit having a liquid crystal and a light conducting plate for guiding light through the LCDI to the front surface of the LCD unit, and a cover that extends over the rear face of the LCD unit. A thinner portion is provided at one edge of the light conducting plate than the opposite edge, with the thinner portion being positioned close to the rear edge of the main body. A hinge pivotally attaching the lid to the main body at the rear edge portion has a torque plate wound around a shaft of the hinge to support the lid and is mounted in a space defined by the cover and the thinner portion of the light conducting plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1996Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takane Fujino, Yoshifumi Natsuyama, Yoshiharu Uchiyama, Tomoyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 5513067Abstract: An apparatus for ejecting a function-aid unit according to the present invention is intended to eject a function-aid unit which can be connected or disconnected to or from a connector on the side of the apparatus, and provides an extracting member for moving the function-aid unit so that the function-aid unit is pulled out of the connector, and a slider button operational in conjunction with a rotating body for causing said function-aid unit to be extracted from the connector by moving the extracting member from the outside of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1994Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Ishihara, Tetsuroh Sasakawa, Takane Fujino
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Patent number: 4982235Abstract: The invention comprises an image scan apparatus wherein a simple document feed unit is provided for feeding a document to be scanned to a predetermined position on a glass platen. The document feed unit is mechanically coupled to an image sense unit which is reciprocally moved between a home position and a scan start position. The document feed unit includes a frictional roller which is in contact with the glass platen. A leading edge of the document is inserted by an operator at a home position between a frictional roller and the glass platen. The frictional roller is mounted on a shaft via a one-way clutch or one-way bearing. The one-way clutch inhibits the rotation of the frictional roller during its movement from the home position to a scan start position. The leading portion of the document is engaged by the frictional roller, and the document is fed to a predetermined position on the glass platen as the frictional roller and the image sense unit are moved to the scan start position.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1990Date of Patent: January 1, 1991Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventor: Takane Fujino