Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Sano
Tetsuya Sano 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: 20240393843Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis with a top surface; a keyboard disposed on the top surface; and a pair of speakers in the chassis. The speaker is directed to emit sound upward, and at least includes a diaphragm below the keyboard to emit sound. The keyboard has a sound transmission hole that transmits sound from the speaker upward. The speakers are each fixed to the keyboard via a bracket. The bracket has a pin that supports the speaker; and a screw hole that is fixed to the lower surface of the keyboard at a position different from the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Bandoh, Tetsuya Sano, Kazuya Umejima, Tatsuya Hosokai
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Publication number: 20240393842Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a pair of speakers in a chassis. The pair of speakers are connected via a flat cable. The flat cable has a ridge fold line that is convex on one face and a valley fold line that is convex on the other face so that the ridge and valley fold lines extend in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the flat cable. The chassis has a flat shape, and the flat cable is placed along the flat surface and has a long extending portion partially overlaps a protrusion of a battery in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Kazuya Umejima, Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 12122010Abstract: An accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates a wear amount of a blade edge of a punch and a wear amount of a blade edge of a die when a tool set of the punch and the die has processed a sheet metal once. The accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the punch and an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the die by accumulating wear amounts of respective times when the tool set has processed the sheet metal multiple times. A tool management information managing section manages a state of the blade edge of each punch and each die by causing a tool management information storage section to store tool management information associating a tool identification code given to each punch and each die with the accumulated wear amounts calculated by the accumulated wear amount calculation section.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Ogino, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 12044997Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet having passed through the fixing portion such that a surface of the sheet to which the powder adhesive is applied is inside, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion and bond the sheet by the powder adhesive. A relationship of Tmax1>Tmax2 is satisfied, where Tmax1 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the fixing portion and Tmax2 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the bonding portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nishizawa, Shigeto Tamura, Takaaki Tsuruya, Tsutomu Shimano, Kohei Matsuda, Tetsuya Sano, Kenji Takagi, Tomoaki Nakai, Masaki Shimomura
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Publication number: 20230413498Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis side surface formed by a chassis member; an electromagnetic shielding wall of a radio wave non-transmissive material formed by the chassis member; a component installation space located between the chassis side surface and the electromagnetic shielding wall; and an antenna module and an electrical component arranged in the component installation space. The electromagnetic shielding wall at least covers laterally an antenna element in the antenna module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tetsuya Sano, Tabito Miyamoto, Takayuki Morino
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Publication number: 20230367370Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a cover fixed with an adhesive tape along an edge of a first chassis, a female screw hole formed on a side wall, and a protruding portion protruding from an inner surface of the cover. The protruding portion has an inclined surface that is located on an extension of the female screw hole and of which a protrusion amount increases in a direction away from the side wall. A removal screw includes a head, a male screw portion protruding from the head and screwed into the female screw hole, a cylindrical portion having a diameter smaller than that of the male screw portion and further protruding from the male screw portion, and a spherical surface portion forming a tip end of the cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Daisuke Takahashi, Tetsuya Sano, Takehito Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20230367372Abstract: An electronic apparatus, that includes a chassis that comes with a keyboard and an electronic board, further includes: at least one boss protruding from an inner face of the chassis into a hole or a cutout in the keyboard; at least one bracket fastened to the at least one boss together with the keyboard with a screw; and at least one stud on a face of the bracket opposite to a face facing the keyboard. The electronic board is fixed to the at least one stud with a screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Sano, Masaaki Bandoh
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Publication number: 20230309249Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a first chassis member, a second chassis member adjacent to the first chassis member, and a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis member and the second chassis member between a 0-degree posture and a 180-degree posture The adjacent end portion of the first chassis member is provided with a stopper projection that comes into contact with the adjacent end portion of the second chassis member in the 180-degree posture. The stopper projection is provided near a center of a thickness W of the first chassis member in the adjacent end portion the first chassis member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Yalu Liu, Daisuke Takahashi, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 11747862Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Takehito Yamauchi, Tetsuya Sano, Yuta Tsuganezawa
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Publication number: 20230268143Abstract: The electronic apparatus has: a flat-shaped main body chassis provided with a motherboard; a switch provided at an end portion of the motherboard; a button for pressing an actuator of the switch; a restriction section that restricts the button from rotating around a contact portion when the button presses the actuator; and a button opening formed in a side wall of the main body chassis at a position shifted to a higher level than the switch. The button includes: an operation section exposed through the button opening; an arm portion that extends to a position facing the actuator; and a fin piece that protrudes. The restriction section is provided in such a manner as to face the fin piece at a position vertically shifted to a lower level then the fin piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kinoshita, Kazuya Tatsuno, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 11733629Abstract: A fixing device to fix a toner image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium includes a rotating member, a guide member, a holding member, and a roller. The roller contacts with an outer surface of the rotating member and forms a fixing nip portion together with the guide member between the rotating member and the roller. The fixing device fixes the recording medium toner image to the recording medium while pinching and conveying the recording medium in the fixing nip portion. The guide member is pivotable relative to the holding member about a pivot point that is a shaft substantially perpendicular to a surface of the fixing nip portion. When the rotating member slides on the guide member, the guide member pivots due to a force received from the rotating member so that alignment of the guide member with respect to the holding member is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Sano, Michio Uchida
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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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Publication number: 20220390883Abstract: A fixing device to fix a toner image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium includes a rotating member, a guide member, a holding member, and a roller. The roller contacts with an outer surface of the rotating member and forms a fixing nip portion together with the guide member between the rotating member and the roller. The fixing device fixes the recording medium toner image to the recording medium while pinching and conveying the recording medium in the fixing nip portion. The guide member is pivotable relative to the holding member about a pivot point that is a shaft substantially perpendicular to a surface of the fixing nip portion. When the rotating member slides on the guide member, the guide member pivots due to a force received from the rotating member so that alignment of the guide member with respect to the holding member is corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Tetsuya Sano, Michio Uchida
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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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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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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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Patent number: 11307612Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis coupled to the first chassis to be rotatable relative to the first chassis; and a cover device having a first cover section which covers the back surface of the first chassis, a second cover section which covers the back surface of the second chassis, and a folding cover section which connects between the first cover section and the second cover section to be rotatable relative to each other. The cover device further has a sheet-shaped member provided to face a side edge of the folding cover section on the inner surface side of the folding cover section and provided to be movable relative to the inner surface of the folding cover section.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tetsuya Sano
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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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Publication number: 20220111480Abstract: An accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates a wear amount of a blade edge of a punch and a wear amount of a blade edge of a die when a tool set of the punch and the die has processed a sheet metal once. The accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the punch and an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the die by accumulating wear amounts of respective times when the tool set has processed the sheet metal multiple times. A tool management information managing section manages a state of the blade edge of each punch and each die by causing a tool management information storage section to store tool management information associating a tool identification code given to each punch and each die with the accumulated wear amounts calculated by the accumulated wear amount calculation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Masashi OGINO, Tetsuya SANO