Patents by Inventor Tomoya Terasawa

Tomoya Terasawa 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: 20020058445
    Abstract: A small-size electronic apparatus includes a plurality of units each having a circuit board and an independent housing accommodating various functional components on a function to function basis. Desired ones of the units can be interconnected by a connector or connectors which may be in the form of a cable having a connector elements at its two ends with which interface portions of the units are inter-connected, or a connector pair having a male connector element and a female connector element which permit direct interconnection for the units to be layered one on top of another. The connectors permits the removal or assembling of the units without requiring any tools, and the provision of additional units with no limitation being imposed on the number of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tamura, Jun Fujimoto, Atsumi Maemura, Yukio Terauchi, Tomoya Terasawa
  • Publication number: 20020046042
    Abstract: A product terminal incorporated in a product sends using state information for each configuring unit in real time to the host computer. The host computer estimates QCD of collected product considering possibility of reuse of each unit of the product, and shares the information with a warehouse center terminal, a factory terminal, and a collection terminal to effectively produce products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tamura, Jun Fujimoto, Masashi Tani, Atsumi Maemura, Tomoya Terasawa, Fumihiko Kimura, Tetsuo Tomiyama, Yasushi Umeda
  • Patent number: 6236796
    Abstract: In a compact, electronic apparatus, a plurality of units are provided. Each of the units has a single function and has a functional component secured to a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tamura, Jun Fujimoto, Masashi Tani, Tomoya Terasawa, Nobuhiro Iwano
  • Patent number: 5995179
    Abstract: A large scale LCD device has a plurality of LCD modules coupled together to form a single screen of the LCD panel. Each module has a plurality of top holes, bottom protrusions, left protrusions and right holes on respective sides of the module. The top hole has a longitudinal section and a transverse section for guiding the bottom protrusion in a horizontal direction for locking the bottom protrusion with the top hole. In the movement of the module for guiding the protrusion for locking operation, the left protrusions advance to the right holes to be received therein and locked with locking pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tamura, Jun Fujimoto, Masashi Tani, Tomoya Terasawa, Nobuhiro Iwano
  • Patent number: D391934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Uehara, Yasuki Sato, Tomoya Terasawa
  • Patent number: D391935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Miyazawa, Tomoya Terasawa
  • Patent number: D731470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya Terasawa
  • Patent number: D742374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya Terasawa