Patents by Inventor Taku Yamada

Taku Yamada 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).

  • Publication number: 20040235538
    Abstract: A portable electronic device in which microswitches (12) controlled by operation buttons (11) are mounted on one side of a printed circuit board (13), and circuit elements accommodated in BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) are soldered on the other side of the printed circuit board. In the portable electronic device, a shield wall (22) for surrounding the BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) is mounted on the printed circuit board (13), a first protrusion portion (18b) for holding down the shield wall (22) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from a case (18) of the portable electronic device (10), and second protrusion portion (18c) for holding down surfaces of the BGA packages (14); (15) and (16) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from the case (18) of the portable electronic device (10). With such a construction, the BGA packages are prevented from being peeled off from the printed circuit board (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Toshihiro Higuchi, Shotaro Nagaike, Taku Yamada, Yoji Inomata