Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Koike

Tamotsu Koike 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: 20240040728
    Abstract: A housing for housing an electronic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an upper case and a lower case which are formed so as to mate with each other, a gasket arranged between the upper case and the lower case, an elastically deformable cantilever which is formed on one of the upper case and the lower case and which has a hook, and an engagement portion formed on the other of the upper case and the lower case, wherein when an operation to mate the upper case and the lower case is performed, before the cantilever is completely engaged with the engagement portion, a gap between the upper case and the lower case is sealed by the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Takuro Tanabe, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20240040712
    Abstract: An electronic product includes a housing having an upper case and a lower case, and an electronic device to be arranged in an interior space of the housing, wherein the electronic device includes a printed circuit board, and a terminal member for electrically connecting a battery and the printed circuit board, the battery is arranged in the interior space in a position shifted in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, in which the upper case is mated with the lower case, so as to not overlap with the printed circuit board in the first direction, and in a state in which the upper case and the lower case are mated with each other, the battery is held in the interior space in a state of being pressed, by the upper case, against the terminal member arranged on an inner bottom surface of the lower case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Takuro Tanabe, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11812573
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a first conductive film having first and second regions, at least a part of the first conductive film between the first and the second regions being removed, a second conductive film laminated on the first conductive film across a gap, first and second terminals that output signals, a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, a second electrode facing the first electrode across the first region, a first resistor provided on the first conductive film in the second region and having a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes facing each other across a first resistance region in the first conductive film, one of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second electrode, the other of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second terminal, and a first switch electrically connecting the first conductive film to the second conductive film, in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Tatsushi Shibuya, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11687113
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Arita, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20220295654
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a first conductive film having first and second regions, at least a part of the first conductive film between the first and the second regions being removed, a second conductive film laminated on the first conductive film across a gap, first and second terminals that output signals, a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, a second electrode facing the first electrode across the first region, a first resistor provided on the first conductive film in the second region and having a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes facing each other across a first resistance region in the first conductive film, one of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second electrode, the other of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second terminal, and a first switch electrically connecting the first conductive film to the second conductive film, in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichiro AKIEDA, Tatsushi SHIBUYA, Tamotsu KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11415402
    Abstract: A measuring instrument that reads a measure including a plurality of reading patterns arranged in a length direction of the measure, each reading pattern including a plurality of patterns arranged in a width direction of the measure, includes: a flattening member that increases a flatness of the measure; and a first reader that optically reads the plurality of patterns arranged in the width direction included in a single reading pattern from the measure in a state where the flatness is increased by the flattening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tamotsu Koike, Katsuya Funakoshi, Maiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220197327
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi ARITA, Tamotsu KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11307607
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Arita, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11011329
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishino, Shuji Nakamura, Akihiko Takemae, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20200208954
    Abstract: A measuring instrument that reads a measure including a plurality of reading patterns arranged in a length direction of the measure, each reading pattern including a plurality of patterns arranged in a width direction of the measure, includes: a flattening member that increases a flatness of the measure; and a first reader that optically reads the plurality of patterns arranged in the width direction included in a single reading pattern from the measure in a state where the flatness is increased by the flattening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tamotsu Koike, Katsuya Funakoshi, Maiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200209908
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi ARITA, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20190341206
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHINO, Shuji NAKAMURA, Akihiko TAKEMAE, Tamotsu KOIKE
  • Patent number: 10410806
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishino, Shuji Nakamura, Akihiko Takemae, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 9978544
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus of an electronic apparatus includes a key-switch structure including a membrane switch having contact points, keycaps for operating the contact points of the membrane switch, and actuators configured to urge the keycaps upwardly upon the keycaps being pressed down, and an upper cover configured to be part of a housing of the electronic apparatus and having a mount part, the mount part supporting the key-switch structure that is placed on an upper surface of the mount part, wherein the mount part is formed integrally with the upper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tamotsu Koike, Akihiko Takemae, Satoshi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170271103
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHINO, Shuji Nakamura, Akihiko Takemae, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 9741507
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishino, Shuji Nakamura, Akihiko Takemae, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20160225554
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus of an electronic apparatus includes a key-switch structure including a membrane switch having contact points, keycaps for operating the contact points of the membrane switch, and actuators configured to urge the keycaps upwardly upon the keycaps being pressed down, and an upper cover configured to be part of a housing of the electronic apparatus and having a mount part, the mount part supporting the key-switch structure that is placed on an upper surface of the mount part, wherein the mount part is formed integrally with the upper cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tamotsu Koike, Akihiko Takemae, Satoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 9373454
    Abstract: Provided is a key switch that enables sufficiently enhancement of the rigidity of a key top. A key switch includes a support plate; a key top disposed on the support plate; a link configured to link the key top with the support plate; a switch; a first arm disposed on a back surface of the key top between the link and a first short-side end of the key top, and extending in a long-side direction of the key top; a second arm disposed on the back surface of the key top between the link and a second short-side end of the key top, and extending in the long-side direction of the key top; and a reinforcement plate mounted on the key top. The reinforcement plate comprises a short-side part extending in the short-side direction of the key top between the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Takemae, Tamotsu Koike, Takeshi Nishino, Hiroki Satou
  • Patent number: 9214294
    Abstract: A key switch device includes a key top; a link member that guides an elevating operation of the key top while being interlocking with the key top, the link member including a rotatable shaft and a sliding shaft that is connected to the key top; a membrane sheet that includes a contact that opens and closes in accordance with the elevating operation of the key top; a back plate; a housing that holds the rotatable shaft of the link member to the back plate; and a pushing unit that pushes the link member such that the sliding shaft moves away from the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Junichi Maruyama, Tamotsu Koike, Takeshi Nishino
  • Publication number: 20150170854
    Abstract: A key switch device includes: an operation member to be depressed; a switch disposed below the operation member; a reaction force generating member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, performs elastic buckling deformation by depression of the operation member, gives a reaction force according to the elastic buckling deformation to the operation member; and a depression member that is provided between the operation member and the switch, and depresses the switch; wherein the reaction force generating member includes a supporter that supports the depression member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHINO, Shuji NAKAMURA, Akihiko TAKEMAE, Tamotsu KOIKE