Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Sasaoka

Toshifumi Sasaoka 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: 20070177337
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic device which has a connecting means for assembling a front and top panels, and a position restricting means for restricting the position of the top panel. The connecting means is composed of a tongue block extending substantially horizontally with respect to the top panel from a front end of a bent block bent downward from the front side of the top panel, an insertion block extending downward from the end of the bent block by cutting off a portion of the tongue block, and a supporting block having an insertion hole to which is fit the insertion block extended rearward from the inner side of the front panel. The position restricting means is composed of a through hole formed to the bent block and a projection fit to the through hole extended rearward from the inner side of the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Sasaoka, Daisuke Shimizu, Takayuki Horie, Masateru Yamamoto, Yoshimoto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060197543
    Abstract: A conventional problem is solved by: providing a guide rail 2 integrally molded in a housing 1 and vertical to a front face X of the housing 1 for inserting and holding one side end of a circuit board 5; forming through holes 7a, 7b, and 7c at positions which are opposite to the guide rail 2 so as to correspond to widths Wa, Wb, and Wc of circuit boards 5a, 5b, and 5c having different sizes; and further, mounting any of removable guide rail members 6a, 6b, and 6c which include engagement portions which can be engaged with the through holes 7a, 7b, and 7c of the housing 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Toshifumi Sasaoka, Yoshikazu Yonezu, Masateru Yamamoto, Toru Motonaga
  • Publication number: 20060151199
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a wire binder 10 integrally includes a binding section 12 that binds a wire and a fixing section 20 that fixes the wire binder 10 to the plate 30, and is configured so that the wire binder 10 is engaged with the plate 30 by inserting legs 21a, 21b each having a hook 22a, 22b formed on its tip end and a protrusion 23 extending downward into attachment holes 31a, 31b, 31c formed in the plate 30, respectively, and so that protruding portions 23a, 23c consisting of inclined surfaces formed on the protrusion 23 are stopped at engagement sides 310a, 310c on which the protruding portions 23a, 23c are engaged with the attachment holes 31a, 31c formed in the plate 30, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Tatsuya Uchizono, Toshifumi Sasaoka, Yoshikazu Yonezu, Toru Motonaga
  • Publication number: 20060113175
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an operation button which downsizes a space inside the electronic apparatus by disposing a component such as a switch which is disposed behind the operation button close to a rear portion of the operation button is provided. The button part 10 is locked by the locking hooks 25 provided at a front surface side of the button frame 20, and when the button part 10 and the button frame 20 are integrally provided, the locking hooks 25 are not disposed at the back surface side of the button frame 20, thus making it possible to secure a space part at a rear of the button frame 20, and making it possible to dispose the switch 4 or the like close to the rear part 20A of the button frame 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Uchizono, Toshifumi Sasaoka, Yoshikazu Yonezu