Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Sugamura

Tomokazu Sugamura 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: 20140293184
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate holding unit that holds a PCB connected to a specified circuit with the use of a COF. The substrate holding unit includes a plate and a restricting member that restricts movement of the PCB in a Z direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a plane of the plate, and a leaf spring provided in a portion of the plate. The leaf spring includes a leaf spring main body which includes, on a side of the surface on which the PCB is held, a protrusion that contacts the PCB and presses the PCB against the restricting member and can swing in the first direction, and an opening that is provided in an area of the plate that surrounds the leaf spring main body excluding a support area which causes the leaf spring main body to be supported on the substrate holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu SUGAMURA
  • Patent number: 8116617
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of being downsized while inhibiting the number of components from increase is obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes a disk unit, a cover member arranged on an upper surface of the disk unit and including a mounting portion, a first circuit board mounted on the mounting portion of the cover member, a second circuit board arranged below the disk unit, and a relay board so mounted as to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the second circuit board and supported by the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board includes a first terminal portion, and the relay board includes a first terminal receiving hole receiving the first terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Iwai, Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 8049641
    Abstract: This indicator unit includes a light source portion and a lens member including a first reflecting portion reflecting light received from the light source portion in a prescribed direction, a second reflecting portion reflecting the light reflected by the first reflecting portion and light received from the light source portion in a front direction intersecting with the prescribed direction and a display portion displaying the light reflected by the second reflecting portion in the front direction. The light source portion is so arranged that the anteroposterior position thereof overlaps the second reflecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 8045338
    Abstract: This structure for mounting an indicator unit on an electronic apparatus includes an indicator unit including a wiring board and a lens member having a first pressing portion pressing a first surface of the wiring board and a housing of an electronic apparatus, mounted with the indicator unit, including a second pressing portion pressing a second surface of the wiring board. The wiring board is so held between the first pressing portion of the lens member and the second pressing portion of the housing as to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 8027570
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of increase in conveyance efficiency and reduce in conveyance cost of a disk unit, a holding member and a first circuit board unitized with each other can be obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes the disk unit having a drive portion, the holding member for supporting the disk unit, the first circuit board arranged between the disk unit and the holding member and having an opening at a position corresponding to the drive portion of the disk unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sugamura, Masuo Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8009969
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display includes a door member opening and closing when projecting and housing a disk tray, and including a door portion and an arm portion for rotating the door portion, and a housing including an opening for projecting and housing the disk tray and a plurality of operating portions. The plurality of operating portions of the housing are arranged at a height position to overlap with the arm portion, in a region other than a region in which the arm portion located on a lower side end of the door portion is arranged, so as to hold the arm portion therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20090027868
    Abstract: This structure for mounting an indicator unit on an electronic apparatus includes an indicator unit including a wiring board and a lens member having a first pressing portion pressing a first surface of the wiring board and a housing of an electronic apparatus, mounted with the indicator unit, including a second pressing portion pressing a second surface of the wiring board. The wiring board is so held between the first pressing portion of the lens member and the second pressing portion of the housing as to be fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomokazu SUGAMURA
  • Publication number: 20090027224
    Abstract: This indicator unit includes a light source portion and a lens member including a first reflecting portion reflecting light received from the light source portion in a prescribed direction, a second reflecting portion reflecting the light reflected by the first reflecting portion and light received from the light source portion in a front direction intersecting with the prescribed direction and a display portion displaying the light reflected by the second reflecting portion in the front direction. The light source portion is so arranged that the anteroposterior position thereof overlaps the second reflecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu SUGAMURA
  • Publication number: 20080297663
    Abstract: A liquid crystal television receiver includes a circular hole passing through a cabinet in a left and right direction, and an input terminal of a television broadcasting receiver unit mounted on a substrate disposed vertically in the cabinet, the television broadcasting receiver unit having the input terminal passing through the circular hole so as to protrude to the outside of the cabinet. An arcuate rib is disposed on the outer surface of the cabinet around the circular hole so as to surround the input terminal like an arc from the rear part to the lower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20080186708
    Abstract: A lens member, which is disposed behind an LED display part formed as a small rectangular hole in a front wall of a cabinet of a display device, includes a plate-like substrate part, a light receiving part formed on a back surface of the substrate part like a spherical recess, and a light condensing part formed integrally on a front surface of the substrate part so as to be opposed to the light receiving part, having a tip engaging the LED display part. The light condensing part rises from the front surface of the substrate part with inclination having a rectangular section at a lower end covering the light receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20080019222
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display includes a door member opening and closing when projecting and housing a disk tray, and including a door portion and an arm portion for rotating the door portion, and a housing including an opening for projecting and housing the disk tray and a plurality of operating portions. The plurality of operating portions of the housing are arranged at a height position to overlap with the arm portion, in a region other than a region in which the arm portion located on a lower side end of the door portion is arranged, so as to hold the arm portion therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20070147797
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of being downsized while inhibiting the number of components from increase is obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes a disk unit, a cover member arranged on an upper surface of the disk unit and including a mounting portion, a first circuit board mounted on the mounting portion of the cover member, a second circuit board arranged below the disk unit, and a relay board so mounted as to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the second circuit board and supported by the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board includes a first terminal portion, and the relay board includes a first terminal receiving hole receiving the first terminal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Iwai, Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20070147796
    Abstract: A disk unit-integrated display capable of increase in conveyance efficiency and reduce in conveyance cost of a disk unit, a holding member and a first circuit board unitized with each other can be obtained. This disk unit-integrated display includes the disk unit having a drive portion, the holding member for supporting the disk unit, the first circuit board arranged between the disk unit and the holding member and having an opening at a position corresponding to the drive portion of the disk unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sugamura, Masuo Ogawa
  • Patent number: 6744343
    Abstract: A flyback transformer is mounted on a main wiring board formed with a power circuit. A mounting bracket shaped like an L-character in plan view is integrally molded on a chassis. A mounting portion disposed at the top of the flyback transformer is fixed by screws to an upper end of the mounting bracket. A boss in a height middle portion of the mounting bracket is fitted into a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 6663198
    Abstract: A platelike rib (7) molded integrally with a front cabinet is linked via the leg pieces (61) with the boss (5). The rib (7) has a high strength portion (73) of increased thickness extending lengthways to be continuous to a rear end portion of the boss (5). A link portion of the rib (7) with an outer board (11) is formed over an entire length in smaller thickness than the high strength portion (73). The surface of the high strength portion (73) at a front end portion is formed like a concave curved face 75).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 6619764
    Abstract: The bosses 5 of a front cabinet are strengthened by the boss reinforcing rib 51, and the central part of the ceiling board 12 for the front cabinet 10 in the direction of the width is strengthened by the ceiling board reinforcing rib 61. The boss reinforcing rib 51 is formed with a high strength portion 52 of greater thickness, and a link portion 53 of the boss reinforcing rib 51 with the ceiling board 12 is molded in smaller thickness over the entire length than the high strength portion 52, thereby preventing the “sink” in molding from occurring. The strength of the boss reinforcing rib 51 itself is increased by making the boss reinforcing rib 51 gradually lower in height as being closer to the front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20030169140
    Abstract: A flyback transformer is mounted on a main wiring board formed with a power circuit. A mounting bracket shaped like an L-character in plan view is integrally molded on a chassis. A mounting portion disposed at the top of the flyback transformer is fixed by screws to an upper end of the mounting bracket. A boss in a height middle portion of the mounting bracket is fitted into a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 6529610
    Abstract: In the speaker mounting structure, a speaker 2 is mounted onto a cabinet 1 through a speaker holder 5. The speaker holder 5 is divided to a holder main body 55 for holding the speaker 2 thereon and a mounting portion 56, and the mounting portion 56 is screwed to a projecting portion 17 provided on and projected from the cabinet 1. The holder main body 55 extends through a corner portion 16 between the front wall 12 and peripheral wall 14 of the cabinet 1, and the holder main body 55 is disposed so as to face the peripheral wall 14 of the cabinet 1 with a clearance H between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuo Ogawa, Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Publication number: 20020175602
    Abstract: The bosses 5 of a front cabinet are strengthened by the boss reinforcing rib 51, and the central part of the ceiling board 12 for the front cabinet 10 in the direction of the width is strengthened by the ceiling board reinforcing rib 61. The boss reinforcing rib 51 is formed with a high strength portion 52 of greater thickness, and a link portion 53 of the boss reinforcing rib 51 with the ceiling board 12 is moulded in smaller thickness over the entire length than the high strength portion 52, thereby preventing the “sink” in moulding from occurring. The strength of the boss reinforcing rib 51 itself is increased by making the boss reinforcing rib 51 gradually lower in height as being closer to the front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura
  • Patent number: 6394563
    Abstract: A cabinet is formed by fitting a protruding portion 21 on a rear cabinet 2 side to an inner side of an edge portion 12 of an opening on a front cabinet 1 side. Convex portions 4 provided at a plurality of positions on the obverse surface of the protruding portion 21 form a gap between the obverse surface of the protruding portion 21 and the reverse surface of the edge portion 12 of the opening at the fitted portion. The top portion of each of the convex portion 4 is formed in a tapered or arcuate shape. The convex portion 4 may be formed of a pair of projections provided at two adjacent positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugamura