Patents by Inventor Takayuki Morino
Takayuki Morino 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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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: 20230297144Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display having a folding region that is folded according to relative rotation of a first chassis and a second chassis and a sheet-shaped member fixed to cover a rear surface of the display. In the sheet-shaped member, a first slit row including a plurality of first slits arranged at equal intervals along a Y direction and a second slit row including a plurality of second slits arranged at equal intervals along an X direction are provided. A plurality of first slit rows and a plurality of the second slit row are provided at equal intervals along the X direction and the Y direction. In a first pattern formed by the first slit row and the second slit row, the first slit and the second slit form an intermittent lattice shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230288967Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis member that has a first edge portion; a second chassis member that has a second edge portion adjacent to the first edge portion, and is adjacent to the first chassis member; a hinge device that connects the first chassis member and the second chassis member so as to be relatively rotatable between a first posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are laminated so as to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a second posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the surface normal direction; and a cover component that is disposed so as to straddle the first edge portion and the second edge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Takehito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230292565Abstract: A display assembly includes: a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region; a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body, and supports the display body on a first surface; a control board that performs display control of the display body; and a wire that connects the display body and the control board. The display body has an extended portion that extends a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20230288964Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis member; a second chassis member that is adjacent to the first chassis member and relatively rotatably connected to the first chassis member; a first plate that is supported by the first chassis member; a second plate that is supported by the second chassis member and aligned with a gap between the first plate and the second plate; a display that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and has a first region fixed to a front surface of the first plate, a second region fixed to a front surface of the second plate, and a folding region capable of being folded and provided to straddle a gap between the first region and the second region; and a first fastening portion that fixes the first plate to the first chassis member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Daisuke Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230288960Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis which has a first frame member; a second chassis which has a second frame member which is adjacent to the first frame member and is adjacent to the first chassis; a display which is supported to the first chassis and the second chassis; and 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Daisuke Takahashi, Takehito Yamauchi, Yalu Liu
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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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Patent number: 11758672Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis accommodating a first electronic component; a second chassis accommodating a second electronic component; a hinge connecting the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a flexible board connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from adjacent ends of the first and second chassis in the direction toward the first chassis, the first folded portion being folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230283313Abstract: An electronic apparatus has: a tray holding a communication card; a card socket accommodating the tray; an eject mechanism that ejects the tray in response to an operation of inserting a pin; a cover which is provided integrally with the tray and in which an eject hole through which the pin is inserted to operate the eject mechanism is formed; a reset switch for resetting a system in response to the operation of inserting the pin; and a reset hole into which the pin is inserted to operate the reset switch. The card socket and the reset switch are provided adjacently to a position along a first edge of a flat rectangular chassis, and the reset hole is covered by the cover while the tray is in the card socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Daisuke Takahashi, Masaaki Bandoh, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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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: 11723170Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a heat generating element, a second chassis, a hinge device that connects the first chassis and the second chassis such that the first chassis and the second chassis can be rotated relative to each other between a 0-degree attitude and a 180-degree attitude, and a display provided across the first chassis and the second chassis. The hinge device has a metal hinge main body, a metal first support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the first chassis, and a metal second support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the second chassis. The electronic apparatus further includes a flexible heat conductive member in the first chassis. The heat conductive member thermally connects a heat receiving member that receives heat from a heat generating element, and the first support plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ohyama, Takayuki Morino, Takuroh Kamimura, Akinori Uchino
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Patent number: 11650631Abstract: A stand device includes a base block, a first stand plate, a second stand plate, a third stand plate, a first hinge device that connects the first stand plate to the base block, a second hinge device that connects the first stand plate and the second stand plate, a third hinge device that connects the second stand plate and the third stand plate, and a fourth hinge device that connects the third stand plate to the base block. The stand device is configured so that the rotation axis of the third hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the first hinge device and the rotation axis of the fourth hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the second hinge device.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii, Takayuki Morino, Madison Smith, Cuong Truong, Thomas Perelli
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Patent number: 11615722Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis; a hinge device connecting the first and second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; a display having a bending region; a first plate; and a second plate. In the first posture, the bending region of the display has a bag-shaped bending shape in cross section that protrudes from end faces of the first plate and the second plate disposed to overlap each other. The electronic apparatus further has a first inclined face protruding from the end face of the first plate to be inclined gradually downward from the surface of the first plate in the protruding direction, and a second inclined face protruding from the end face of the second plate to be inclined gradually downward from the surface of the second plate in the protruding direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Kenji Watamura, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi
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Publication number: 20230044946Abstract: A stand device includes a base block, a first stand plate, a second stand plate, a third stand plate, a first hinge device that connects the first stand plate to the base block, a second hinge device that connects the first stand plate and the second stand plate, a third hinge device that connects the second stand plate and the third stand plate, and a fourth hinge device that connects the third stand plate to the base block. The stand device is configured so that the rotation axis of the third hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the first hinge device and the rotation axis of the fourth hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the second hinge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii, Takayuki Morino, Madison Smith, Cuong Truong, Thomas Perelli
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Patent number: 11487329Abstract: A portable information device is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis, a second chassis, a display, and a flexible sheet-shaped member. The display includes a folding region located between the first and second chassis. The sheet-shaped member is attached to a first fixed point located at a position offset from a center of the folding region to a side of the first chassis, and is also attached to a second fixed point located at a position offset from the center of the folding region to a side of the second chassis. In addition, the sheet-shaped member includes a first strength changing section in which a flexural strength decreases gradually from the first fixed point towards a first inflection point, and a second strength changing section in which the flexural strength decreases gradually from the second fixed point towards a second inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Takayuki Morino, Kenji Watamura
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Publication number: 20220343808Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis; a hinge device connecting the first and second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; a display having a bending region; a first plate; and a second plate. In the first posture, the bending region of the display has a bag-shaped bending shape in cross section that protrudes from end faces of the first plate and the second plate disposed to overlap each other. The electronic apparatus further has a first inclined face protruding from the end face of the first plate to be inclined gradually downward from the surface of the first plate in the protruding direction, and a second inclined face protruding from the end face of the second plate to be inclined gradually downward from the surface of the second plate in the protruding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Morino, Kenji Watamura, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi
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Publication number: 20220338362Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis accommodating a first electronic component; a second chassis accommodating a second electronic component; a hinge connecting the first chassis and the second chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; and a flexible board connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board includes a first folded portion that is offset from adjacent ends of the first and second chassis in the direction toward the first chassis, the first folded portion being folded from a first direction, which is directed from the second chassis to the first chassis, to a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20220232729Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a heat generating element, a second chassis, a hinge device that connects the first chassis and the second chassis such that the first chassis and the second chassis can be rotated relative to each other between a 0-degree attitude and a 180-degree attitude, and a display provided across the first chassis and the second chassis. The hinge device has a metal hinge main body, a metal first support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the first chassis, and a metal second support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the second chassis. The electronic apparatus further includes a flexible heat conductive member in the first chassis. The heat conductive member thermally connects a heat receiving member that receives heat from a heat generating element, and the first support plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ohyama, Takayuki Morino, Takuroh Kamimura, Akinori Uchino
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Patent number: 11388828Abstract: A chassis member is used for an electronic device, including a face plate, and a frame to be fixed to one face of the face plate and provided along at least one side of a peripheral edge of the one face. The frame is formed by laminating a plurality of layers of a prepreg containing reinforced fiber impregnated with resin. The frame has a frame body to be fixed to the one face, and a shaft supporting portion formed integrally with the frame body and formed with an insertion hole for press-fitting a shaft-like member.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Kazuya Umejima, Takayuki Morino