Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Ushioda
Tatsuya Ushioda 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: 20240393838Abstract: A connection structure connects an electronic board and another electronic board by a flat cable. An inclined part of the flat cable is linearly formed in an A-direction inclined relative to an X-direction and a Y-direction. In the inclined part, ridge fold lines that protrude toward the surface on a Z1 side and valley fold lines that protrude toward the surface on a Z2 side are formed along a B-direction that is orthogonal to the A-direction. A connector connected to the flat cable in the electronic board and another connector connected to the flat cable in another electronic board have shapes elongated in the X-direction, and the positions of the connector and the another connector are shifted in the X-direction and the Y-direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: So Nakanishi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Takehito Yamauchi, Xueyong Yang, Taro Minobe, Jun Iwasaki
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Patent number: 11815961Abstract: A portable information device includes a chassis with a heating element housed inside, and a cover device which covers the back surface of the chassis. The cover device has a core material, a graphite sheet laminated on the surface of the core material, an auxiliary sheet laminated on the surface of the graphite sheet and softer than the core material, and a surface material laminated on the surface of the auxiliary sheet to form the surface of the cover device and softer than the auxiliary sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11751341Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a bottom cover, a main board provided with a stud, a screw, a washer, and a sponge. The screw has a head portion having a diameter larger than that of an attachment hole, a male screw portion configured to be screwed into a first female screw portion, and a columnar portion having a diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion. The washer has a flange portion having a diameter larger than that of the attachment hole, a cylindrical portion having a diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole, and a second female screw portion which the male screw portion is screwable into and passable through. The head portion abuts on the bottom cover to fix the bottom cover by the male screw portion. The flange portion is between the stud and the bottom cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Ushioda, Jun Iwasaki, Masaaki Bandoh, Ryota Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamazaki
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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: 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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Patent number: 11579661Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis, a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, and a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis and the second chassis. The hinge device includes: a first torque generating part that generates a rotation torque in relative rotation of a first base plate and a first link plate by sliding resistance between the first base plate and the first link plate, and a second torque generating part that generates a rotation torque in relative rotation of a second base plate and a second link plate by sliding resistance between the second base plate and the second link plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Sano, Tatsuya Ushioda, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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Patent number: 11520382Abstract: A portable information device includes a display extending over a first chassis and a second chassis, and a bezel disposed straddling over an outer edge of the display and a chassis frame, adjacent to the outer edge, of the first chassis and the second chassis and having a bending part. The bending part includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes first and second side portions. The first side portion is fixed to a front face of the outer edge and the second side portion is disposed to be relatively movable with respect to the chassis frame, in a width direction straddling over the outer edge and the chassis frame of the first chassis and the second chassis. The second member is fixed to a front face of the first member and made of a material more flexible than that of the first member.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Seita Horikoshi, Yuta Tsuganezawa, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita
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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: 11460881Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, an input device provided on a top surface of the chassis and configured to receive an input operation, and a pen holder provided so as to project from a side surface of the chassis and configured to be able to hold a pen device in a posture along the side surface. The pen holder has a pen holding part composed of stretchy fabric formed into a loop and configured to be able to hold the pen device by insertion of the pen device through its inner periphery part, and a bracket having a cutout part in which a part of the pen holding part is disposed and to be fixed to the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Muneki Sugiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Tatsuya Ushioda
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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: 11435787Abstract: A portable information device includes: a chassis having an upper cover defining a top face, a lower cover defining a bottom face, and a vertical wall standing between edges of the upper cover and the lower cover to define a side face; a microphone hole that penetrates the vertical wall and opens to the side face; a microphone module in the chassis, including a microphone facing the microphone hole, the microphone module being configured to acquire sound information outside the chassis with the microphone; and a microphone pressure component between the vertical wall and one of the upper cover and the lower cover to be compressed therebetween and press the microphone module against an inner face of the vertical wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Sano, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Kazuya Tatsuno
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Patent number: 11425834Abstract: An information device and a cover that are suitable for forming design marks on a soft material and enhance the appearance quality. The cover includes: a core as a base; an auxiliary sheet closer to a surface than the core; a surface material closer to the surface than the auxiliary sheet, the surface material being softer than the core; and a design mark part including a baseplate and a design mark protruding from the baseplate. The baseplate is disposed in a plate recessed portion having a shape corresponding to a contour of the baseplate and disposed in a surface of the core. The design mark is exposed to the surface through design mark holes in the auxiliary sheet and the surface material, the design mark holes having a contour shape of the design mark. The auxiliary sheet covers at least the contour of the baseplate and the plate recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Sano, Kazuya Tatsuno, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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Patent number: 11409331Abstract: A portable information device includes a chassis, and a cover device that covers the back surface of the chassis. The cover device has a base cover section, a stand cover section rotatable relative to the base cover section and movable between a stored position of being provided along the back surface of the chassis and a standing position of protruding from the back surface of the chassis, and a hinge device. A first bracket has a first notch-shaped portion in a root part of the side end face thereof on the side of a hinge shaft to face the side of the second bracket in the axial direction. A second bracket has a second notch-shaped portion in a root part of the side end face thereof on the side of the hinge shaft to face the side of the first bracket in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Hiroki Ueno
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Publication number: 20220225522Abstract: An information device and a cover that are suitable for forming design marks on a soft material and enhance the appearance quality. The cover includes: a core as a base; an auxiliary sheet closer to a surface than the core; a surface material closer to the surface than the auxiliary sheet, the surface material being softer than the core; and a design mark part including a baseplate and a design mark protruding from the baseplate. The baseplate is disposed in a plate recessed portion having a shape corresponding to a contour of the baseplate and disposed in a surface of the core. The design mark is exposed to the surface through design mark holes in the auxiliary sheet and the surface material, the design mark holes having a contour shape of the design mark. The auxiliary sheet covers at least the contour of the baseplate and the plate recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Sano, Kazuya Tatsuno, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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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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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: 20220137664Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, an input device provided on a top surface of the chassis and configured to receive an input operation, and a pen holder provided so as to project from a side surface of the chassis and configured to be able to hold a pen device in a posture along the side surface. The pen holder has a pen holding part composed of stretchy fabric formed into a loop and configured to be able to hold the pen device by insertion of the pen device through its inner periphery part, and a bracket having a cutout part in which a part of the pen holding part is disposed and to be fixed to the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Muneki Sugiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Tatsuya Ushioda
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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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Publication number: 20220113769Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis, a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, and a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis and the second chassis. The hinge device includes: a first torque generating part that generates a rotation torque in relative rotation of a first base plate and a first link plate by sliding resistance between the first base plate and the first link plate, and a second torque generating part that generates a rotation torque in relative rotation of a second base plate and a second link plate by sliding resistance between the second base plate and the second link plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Sano, Tatsuya Ushioda, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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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