Patents by Inventor Takehito Yamauchi
Takehito Yamauchi 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: 11594710Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device that can prevent deformation of a flexible display is provided. A raw material sheet that serves as a metal sheet of the flexible display has a width that is greater than a width of the display body in Y direction and a plurality of holes are provided in a bent area of the raw material sheet over an entire width along a bent section of the display body. The method includes: mounting the display body on the raw material sheet such that the bent section and the bent area are aligned and that the display body avoids the end portions in the Y direction; applying pressure to the display body from a central part of the display body toward a periphery of the display body; and cutting the raw material sheet into a predetermined size.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 11579513Abstract: An information device has a camera cover unit that is fixed to an upper edge in the outside of a display device in a back cover. The camera cover unit includes a cover case that is fixed to the upper edge and a cover body that is housed in the cover case and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The cover body includes an end that is placed in the first position to cover the front of the camera and placed in the second position to avoid the front of the camera, and a leaf spring that is elastically deformable inward and outward of the frame of the upper edge.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Wenjin Niu, Takehito Yamauchi, Sara Akiyama
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Patent number: 11579654Abstract: A portable information device capable of supporting a display is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis member and a second chassis member connected mutually rotatable, a first support plate that supports a display on the side of the first chassis member, a second support plate that supports the display on the side of the second chassis member, a first locking member including a first fixing portion to be fixed to the rear face of the first support plate with adhesive, and a first locking piece projecting from one end face of the first support plate, the first locking piece being configured to come in contact with and separate from the rear face of the second support plate. The first support plate includes a first contact face with which the first locking member comes in contact and a first adhesive face that fixes the first locking member with the adhesive. The first adhesive face is recessed from the first contact face by a thickness of the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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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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Patent number: 11515546Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly of an electrochemical device includes a proton conductive solid electrolyte membrane and an electrode including Ni and an electrolyte material which contains as a primary component, at least one of a first compound having a composition represented by BaZr1-x1M1x1O3 (M1 represents at least one element selected from trivalent elements each having an ion radius of more than 0.720 A° to less than 0.880 A°, and 0<x1<1 holds) and a second compound having a composition represented by BaZr1-x2Tmx2O3 (0<x2<0.3 holds).Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Yamauchi, Takehito Goto, Tomoya Kamata, Yuichi Mikami, Tomohiro Kuroha, Atsuo Okaichi, Yoichiro Tsuji, Yuji Okuyama
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Patent number: 11487327Abstract: A display assembly includes: a first plate having a first surface; a second plate having a second surface; and a display formed into one sheet shape and including a first region fixed to the first surface, a second region fixed to the second surface, and a third region as a region between the first region and the second region. The display assembly includes a flat plate form in which the first and second surfaces are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape, and a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the surface of the first plate and the surface of the second plate face each other. In the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi
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Patent number: 11490185Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a microphone hole penetrating an outer wall of the chassis, and a microphone module that faces the microphone hole. The microphone module has a microphone that obtains sound information outside the chassis through the microphone hole, a flexible substrate laminated on a back surface of the microphone, a metallic plate laminated on a back surface of the flexible substrate, and a sound hole opened in the back surface of the microphone and penetrating the flexible substrate and the metallic plate. The electronic device further includes a double-sided tape fastened to a first region, surrounding the sound hole, of a back surface of the metallic plate, and to an inner surface of the chassis, and that fixes the microphone module to the chassis, and a conductive member that electrically connects the second region of the metallic plate and the inner surface of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Wenjin Niu, Jun Iwasaki, Toshikazu Horino, Toshinari Sumikawa, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Yalu Liu, Keita Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11455004Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis disposed adjacently to the first chassis and coupled to the first chassis to be rotatable between a flat form and a stacked form; and a spine member disposed across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis. In the flat form, the first and second chassis are side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction of the first and second chassis. In the stacked form, the first and second chassis are stacked and overlap one another in the surface direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda
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Patent number: 11379002Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis coupled to be rotatable relative to the first chassis; a first plate fixed to the first chassis; a second plate fixed to the second chassis to be adjacent to the first plate; a display having a bending region; a first locking piece protruding from the first plate beyond a first end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the second plate; a second locking piece protruding from the second plate beyond a second end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the first plate; and a protruding part provided to protrude from at least one of the first end face and the second end face toward the other to come into contact with the other in a flat plate form.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Shigehiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: 11358377Abstract: A chassis member capable of improving manufacturing efficiency is disclosed. The chassis member includes a laminate in which an interlayer is provided between a pair of fiber-reinforced resin plates made of reinforced fiber impregnated with thermoplastic resin. A frame body formed of thermoplastic resin is joined to an edge of the laminate. The edge of the laminate is provided with a thin plate portion thinner than the other portion. The frame body is joined to the thin plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Seita Horikoshi, Tsunenori Yanagisawa, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20220174386Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a microphone hole penetrating an outer wall of the chassis, and a microphone module that faces the microphone hole. The microphone module has a microphone that obtains sound information outside the chassis through the microphone hole, a flexible substrate laminated on a back surface of the microphone, a metallic plate laminated on a back surface of the flexible substrate, and a sound hole opened in the back surface of the microphone and penetrating the flexible substrate and the metallic plate. The electronic device further includes a double-sided tape fastened to a first region, surrounding the sound hole, of a back surface of the metallic plate, and to an inner surface of the chassis, and that fixes the microphone module to the chassis, and a conductive member that electrically connects the second region of the metallic plate and the inner surface of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Wenjin Niu, Jun Iwasaki, Toshikazu Horino, Toshinari Sumikawa, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Yalu Liu, Keita Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20220163869Abstract: An information device has a camera cover unit that is fixed to an upper edge in the outside of a display device in a back cover. The camera cover unit includes a cover case that is fixed to the upper edge and a cover body that is housed in the cover case and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The cover body includes an end that is placed in the first position to cover the front of the camera and placed in the second position to avoid the front of the camera, and a leaf spring that is elastically deformable inward and outward of the frame of the upper edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Wenjin Niu, Takehito Yamauchi, Sara Akiyama
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Publication number: 20220149337Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device that can prevent deformation of a flexible display is provided. A raw material sheet that serves as a metal sheet of the flexible display has a width that is greater than a width of the display body in Y direction and a plurality of holes are provided in a bent area of the raw material sheet over an entire width along a bent section of the display body. The method includes: mounting the display body on the raw material sheet such that the bent section and the bent area are aligned and that the display body avoids the end portions in the Y direction; applying pressure to the display body from a central part of the display body toward a periphery of the display body; and cutting the raw material sheet into a predetermined size.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20220137669Abstract: A portable information device includes: a chassis; a decorative plate fixed to a part of an outer face of the chassis with stretch releasable double-sided adhesive tape; and a cover member that covers the outer face and the decorative plate. The double-sided adhesive tape has: an adhesive portion including adhesive layers on first and second faces of a substrate for adhesively fixing between the decorative plate and the outer face; and a tab including release paper partially covering the adhesive layers to let a user hold the tab for stretch release of the adhesive portion from between the decorative plate and the outer face. The double-sided adhesive tape has a first groove and a second groove on the first face and the second face, respectively, that are positioned not to overlap in a thickness direction of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Tetsuya Sano, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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Publication number: 20220121239Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis coupled to be rotatable relative to the first chassis; a first plate fixed to the first chassis; a second plate fixed to the second chassis to be adjacent to the first plate; a display having a bending region; a first locking piece protruding from the first plate beyond a first end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the second plate; a second locking piece protruding from the second plate beyond a second end face to be able to come into contact with and separate from the first plate; and a protruding part provided to protrude from at least one of the first end face and the second end face toward the other to come into contact with the other in a flat plate form.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Shigehiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: 11301007Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof; a spine member provided across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form; and a cushion portion provided in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tatsuya Ushioda, Takehito Yamauchi, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 11262806Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a chassis; a display panel that is supported by an inner face of a cover member that defines a rear face of the chassis, the display panel having a display surface exposed to a front face of the chassis; and a support member that supports the display panel at the inner face of the cover member. The support member includes: a cover fixed portion having a cover fixed face that is fixed to the inner face of the cover member; and a panel fixed portion having a panel fixed face that is fixed to a back face of the display panel, the panel fixed portion being elastically displaceable toward the inner face of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Sara Akiyama
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Publication number: 20210365072Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, the second chassis coupled to the first chassis so as to be relatively rotatable between a flat form in which the first and second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction thereof and a stacked form in which the first and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in the surface direction thereof; a spine member provided across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis, the spine member covering a gap generated between the adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis in the stacked form; and a cushion portion provided in at least a part of a front side of the spine member, the cushion portion facing an internal space generated between the first and second chassis in the stacked form.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tatsuya Ushioda, Takehito Yamauchi, Tetsuya Sano
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Publication number: 20210365066Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis disposed adjacently to the first chassis and coupled to the first chassis to be rotatable between a flat form and a stacked form; and a spine member disposed across adjacent end portions of the first and second chassis. In the flat form, the first and second chassis are side by side in a direction perpendicular to a surface direction of the first and second chassis. In the stacked form, the first and second chassis are stacked and overlap one another in the surface direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda
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Publication number: 20210360800Abstract: A display assembly includes: a first plate having a first surface; a second plate having a second surface; and a display formed into one sheet shape and including a first region fixed to the first surface, a second region fixed to the second surface, and a third region as a region between the first region and the second region. The display assembly includes a flat plate form in which the first and second surfaces are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape, and a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the surface of the first plate and the surface of the second plate face each other. In the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi