Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Kibino

Tomoaki Kibino 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: 6396551
    Abstract: In a box structure for a TV-VCRcombo in which a CRT as a TV image display unit and a VCR are accommodated in a box unit and in which a fly-back transformer installation frame is detachably provided on an internal side wall of the box unit, the fly-back transformer installation frame is detachably slid into a main body of the box unit through cooperation between a rail-like guide portion provided on the side wall of the box unit and an insertion piece provided on the fly-back transformer installation frame; a hook member for preventing a dislocation of the fly-back transformer installation frame is provided on the box unit main body at a position where the fly-back transformer installation frame is mounted in place; an erect wall portion is formed on the fly-back transformer installation frame so that the hook member locks; and a hook disengagement preventing portion is formed on the erect wall portion for preventing a movement in a direction perpendicular to the hooking movement of the hook member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Tomoaki Kibino
  • Patent number: 6307737
    Abstract: A cord settler capable of preventing a cord from being caught under a television set is obtained. In this cord settler, a hook body is formed on the back of a back cabinet of a television set a position of a prescribed height from the bottom of the back cabinet integrally with the back cabinet. The hook body has a substantially cylindrical shape. The cord is hung on the hook body to be prevented from suspending due to the aforementioned structure, whereby the cord can be effectively prevented from being caught under the television set. The hook body is so cylindrically formed that the mechanical strength of the hook body is remarkably improved as compared with that formed in another shape. Even if the cord hung on the hook body is pulled, therefore, the hook body can be prevented from being broken or bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Tomoaki Kibino, Kaoru Deguchi