Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Okazaki

Tetsuo Okazaki 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).

  • Patent number: 9335792
    Abstract: A docking device according to an embodiment, on which an electronic apparatus is mounted in a demountable manner, includes a hook member, a hook interlocking member interlocking with the hook member and a latching member. By the operation to a demount-operating part, the hook member slidingly moves from a locking position where the hook member engages with an engaging hole of the electronic apparatus, to an unlocking position where the hook member does not engage with the engaging hole. When the electronic apparatus is not mounted on the docking device, the latching member is pressed up to a first level where it does not latch the hook interlocking member, and protrudes from a mounting surface on which the electronic apparatus is mounted. When the electronic apparatus is mounted, the latching member is pressed down to a second level where it can latch the hook interlocking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takuo Matsumoto, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20160062402
    Abstract: A docking device according to an embodiment, on which an electronic apparatus is mounted in a demountable manner, includes a hook member, a hook interlocking member interlocking with the hook member and a latching member. By the operation to a demount-operating part, the hook member slidingly moves from a locking position where the hook member engages with an engaging hole of the electronic apparatus, to an unlocking position where the hook member does not engage with the engaging hole. When the electronic apparatus is not mounted on the docking device, the latching member is pressed up to a first level where it does not latch the hook interlocking member, and protrudes from a mounting surface on which the electronic apparatus is mounted. When the electronic apparatus is mounted, the latching member is pressed down to a second level where it can latch the hook interlocking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takuo MATSUMOTO, Tetsuo OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150330428
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a catch portion includes a thick-wall portion, a recessed portion, a first block and a second block. The thick-wall portion is formed inside an outer circumferential frame of a case configured to be open on at least one side. The recessed portion is provided in the thick-wall portion, and includes a first plane configured to face away from the open side of the case and a second plane configured to face toward the open side of the case. The first block protrudes from the thick-wall portion along the first plane. The second block protrudes more than the first block along the second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hirao, Tetsuo Okazaki, Naoki Tani
  • Publication number: 20140211108
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, electronic device includes display device, touch panel, first housing, second housing, connection portion, and movable portion. The first housing supports the display device. The second housing includes first end, second end opposite the first end, and intermediate portion between the first and the second ends. The connection portion is detachably connected to the first housing. The movable portion is rotatably supported by the second housing and moves the connection portion between first position at which the connection portion is close to the first end and second position at which the connection portion is supported by the intermediate portion. In a state in which the connection portion is located at the first position, the first housing and the second housing are foldable. In a state in which the connection portion is located at the second position, the first housing and the second housing are openable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takuo Matsumoto, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Patent number: 8760591
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing and a connector. The connector is supported by the housing in the state where a connection portion of the connector to which another connector is detachably connectable is exposed outside the housing. The connector includes a first terminal and a second terminal, each coupled with a harness. The first terminal is located on a lateral face of the connector and includes a planate first harness coupling portion. The second terminal includes an end wall portion that is bent in a direction away from the first terminal at the fore-end of a salient wall portion protruding from the lateral face. The end wall portion is provided with a second harness coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murakami, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Tetsuo Okazaki, Ryosuke Kasaya
  • Patent number: 8675142
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a main body, a housing, an exothermic component, and a heat transfer mechanism. The main body has a display screen, and is used in a first orientation where one side of the display screen is positioned on the upper side and in a second orientation where another side is positioned on the upper side. The housing at least partially constitutes the outline of the main body. The exothermic component is housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. In both the first orientation and the second orientation, the heat receiving portion is located lower than the heat releasing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokote, Mitsuhiro Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Tetsuo Okazaki, Ryosuke Kasaya
  • Patent number: 8634032
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a sheet spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the sheet at positions between the first projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko Kitamura, Satoshi Yokote, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Kasaya, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20130235539
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a waterproof structure includes a casing, a circuit board, a lens part and a transparent member. The casing includes a wall including a first opening. The circuit board is stored in the casing, the circuit board with an electronic component mounted thereupon, the electronic component facing the first opening. The lens part is exposed outside the casing, at least a part of the lens part being in the first opening. The transparent member is fixed to the wall from an inside of the casing, the transparent member configured to seal the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Seiji HASHIMOTO, Tetsuo OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130235538
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a substrate in the housing, a first member, a second member and an electronic component. The housing includes a wall portion including an opening. The first member is at least partly between the wall portion and the substrate. The second member covers the opening and is pressed to the wall portion by the first member, at least a part of the second member configured to elastically displace. The electronic component on the substrate is configured to be pushed by the displaced part of the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Seiji HASHIMOTO, Tetsuo OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130107137
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing configured to house a display including a display screen, the housing including an opening; a movable part exposed through the opening and positioned lower than a part of a circumferential portion of the opening, the movable part configured to slide in the opening along an outer surface of the housing; and a stepped portion in a part of a circumferential area of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Junichi NONOMURA, Tetsuo OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130107138
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a first housing portion configured to cover a part of an electronic component; a second housing portion configured to cover another part of the electronic component that is different from the part covered by the first housing portion; a first coupling portion at one end of the first housing portion; a second coupling portion at one end of the second housing portion, outside the first coupling portion, and coupled to the first coupling portion; a third coupling portion at the other end of the first housing portion; a fourth coupling portion at the other end, with respect to the second coupling portion, of the second housing portion, inside the third coupling portion, and coupled to the third coupling portion; and a function component attached to the second housing portion, the function component covering the third coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takuo Matsumoto, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20130057785
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: an electronic component; a first member configured to cover at least a part of the electronic component; a second member positioned at a first side of the electronic component opposite a second side of the electronic component at which the first member is disposed; and a third member positioned between the second member and the electronic component, the third member being configured to support the electronic component and comprising a first end portion covered by a component that is partially exposed and a second end portion covered by at least one of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinji Hiratomo, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Patent number: 8339523
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a sheet spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the sheet at positions between the first projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko Kitamura, Satoshi Yokote, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Kasaya, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20120314142
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a main body, a housing, an exothermic component, and a heat transfer mechanism. The main body has a display screen, and is used in a first orientation where one side of the display screen is positioned on the upper side and in a second orientation where another side is positioned on the upper side. The housing at least partially constitutes the outline of the main body. The exothermic component is housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. In both the first orientation and the second orientation, the heat receiving portion is located lower than the heat releasing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi YOKOTE, Mitsuhiro MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Masataka TOKORO, Kohei WADA, Tetsuo OKAZAKI, Ryosuke KASAYA
  • Patent number: 8274614
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a main body, a housing, an exothermic component, and a heat transfer mechanism. The main body has a display screen, and is used in a first orientation where one side of the display screen is positioned on the upper side and in a second orientation where another side is positioned on the upper side. The housing at least partially constitutes the outline of the main body. The exothermic component is housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. In both the first orientation and the second orientation, the heat receiving portion is located lower than the heat releasing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokote, Mitsuhiro Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Tetsuo Okazaki, Ryosuke Kasaya
  • Publication number: 20110310316
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing and a connector. The connector is supported by the housing in the state where a connection portion of the connector to which another connector is detachably connectable is exposed outside the housing. The connector includes a first terminal and a second terminal, each coupled with a harness. The first terminal is located on a lateral face of the connector and includes a planate first harness coupling portion. The second terminal includes an end wall portion that is bent in a direction away from the first terminal at the fore-end of a salient wall portion protruding from the lateral face. The end wall portion is provided with a second harness coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro MURAKAMI, Masataka TOKORO, Kohei WADA, Tetsuo OKAZAKI, Ryosuke KASAYA
  • Publication number: 20110310312
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a main body, a housing, an exothermic component, and a heat transfer mechanism. The main body has a display screen, and is used in a first orientation where one side of the display screen is positioned on the upper side and in a second orientation where another side is positioned on the upper side. The housing at least partially constitutes the outline of the main body. The exothermic component is housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. In both the first orientation and the second orientation, the heat receiving portion is located lower than the heat releasing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokote, Mitsuhiro Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Tetsuo Okazaki, Ryosuke Kasaya
  • Publication number: 20110285924
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a seat spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the seat at positions between the first projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Kitamura, Satoshi Yokote, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Kasaya, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Patent number: 8045704
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an electronic apparatus including: an outer case; an inner case corresponding to the outer case; an engagement nail having a first nail face directed to a first direction from the outer case toward the inner case and a second nail face directed to a second direction from the inner case toward the outer case, the engagement nail being extend from the outer case; and a resilient wire disposed on a certain position on the inner case along an edge of the inner case, the certain position corresponding to the engagement nail, wherein, at a first state, the resilient wire is movable in a third direction from the edge toward the resilient wire by the first nail face pushing the resilient wire, and wherein, at a second state, the resilient wire is movable in a fourth direction from the resilient wire toward the edge to run on the second nail face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Okazaki, Manabu Yamazaki, Shinichi Kido, Kazuhiro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100037432
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an electronic apparatus including: an outer case; an inner case corresponding to the outer case; an engagement nail having a first nail face directed to a first direction from the outer case toward the inner case and a second nail face directed to a second direction from the inner case toward the outer case, the engagement nail being extend from the outer case; and a resilient wire disposed on a certain position on the inner case along an edge of the inner case, the certain position corresponding to the engagement nail, wherein, at a first state, the resilient wire is movable in a third direction from the edge toward the resilient wire by the first nail face pushing the resilient wire, and wherein, at a second state, the resilient wire is movable in a fourth direction from the resilient wire toward the edge to run on the second nail face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsuo OKAZAKI, Manabu Yamazaki, Shinichi Kido, Kazuhiro Nakashima