Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Ogatsu

Toshinobu Ogatsu 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: 8902584
    Abstract: A portable device includes a first unit including a guide member with a groove; a second unit including a sliding member that slides in the groove of each guide member; and a shield member that shields a boundary portion formed when the second unit is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first unit in an extended state. The groove of the guide member includes a curved section that makes the first unit incline at a predetermined angle with respect to the second unit. One end of the shield member is rotatably supported at an end of the second unit, and the other end is slidably engaged with the groove of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Ogatsu, Takeharu Kitagawa, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8855728
    Abstract: A sliding structure is for a mobile equipment which includes a second housing and a first housing slidably provided for the second housing. The sliding structure includes a display frame configured to accommodate a display unit of the first housing and having slide grooves provided for side walls parallel to a direction of the slide, and a slide support section provided along side walls of said second housing in parallel to the slide direction such that tip portions of said slide support section slidably engage with said slide grooves. Although having a simple mechanism, the mobile equipment has a small size and high strength, and can take a large stroke length. In this way, the sliding mechanism for the mobile equipment which has high stiffness and the mobile equipment can be provided in which a damage of the display unit can be prevented while maintaining the small size and a thin structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8787995
    Abstract: A portable device according to the present invention includes a first unit including a guide member extending in a sliding direction, and a second unit including a sliding member that slides in a groove of the guide member. The first unit includes a protruding section in a second unit side, the protruding section extending in the sliding direction, and the second unit includes a hollow section in a place corresponding to the protruding section of the first unit. Further, at least part of the guide member is formed in the protruding section and formed in such a manner that the part of the guide member gets into the hollow section formed in the second unit. As a result, the thickness of the portable device can be reduced even when the portable device includes a sliding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20140098500
    Abstract: A shield frame includes a side plate part that extends so as to be arranged vertically from a circuit board, on which electronic components are mounted, and to surround lateral sides of the electronic components. The side plate part has a base end part that faces the circuit board, and the base end part has a flangeless structure and functions as an end part fixed to the circuit board by soldering. Preferably, the shield frame is made of metal and is formed by a drawing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8629953
    Abstract: There is provided a metal structure that holds the display unit, as the main structure, and a casing structure that is integrally molded from resin onto the metal structure. The metal structure is resilient against flexural loads, torsional loads, and other deformations from the exterior upon the display unit composed of thin plate glass, because the member that protects the display unit is in a box shape. The display unit itself can be protected from damage even if rigidity is reduced because of a thinner profile. The metal structure is manufactured by thin plate pressing and sufficient strength can be maintained even if the thickness is low. Furthermore, the metal structure is configured as a frame part of the entire casing, the rigidity of the entire device can therefore be maintained by using this structure, and the mounting board and functional components other than the display unit can also be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8558962
    Abstract: There is provided a metal structure that holds the display unit, as the main structure, and a casing structure that is integrally molded from resin onto the metal structure. The metal structure is resilient against flexural loads, torsional loads, and other deformations from the exterior upon the display unit composed of thin plate glass, because the member that protects the display unit is in a box shape. The display unit itself can be protected from damage even if rigidity is reduced because of a thinner profile. The metal structure is manufactured by thin plate pressing and sufficient strength can be maintained even if the thickness is low. Furthermore, the metal structure is configured as a frame part of the entire casing, the rigidity of the entire device can therefore be maintained by using this structure, and the mounting board and functional components other than the display unit can also be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8554289
    Abstract: A portable apparatus, having a slide mechanism by which an upper casing can be made to slide with respect to a lower casing, comprises: an assist mechanism, disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing, and assisting sliding of the upper casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20130250205
    Abstract: A metal structure that holds a display unit, as the main structure, and a casing structure that is integrally molded from resin onto the metal structure. The metal structure is resilient against flexural loads, torsional loads, and other deformations from the exterior upon the display unit composed of thin plate glass, because the member that protects the display unit is in a box shape. The display unit itself can be protected from damage even if rigidity is reduced because of a thinner profile. The metal structure is manufactured by thin plate pressing and sufficient strength can be maintained even if the thickness is low. Furthermore, the metal structure is configured as a frame part of the entire casing, the rigidity of the entire device can therefore be maintained by using this structure, and the mounting board and functional components other than the display unit can also be protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8478369
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a first track surface parallel to a first direction, and a first housing first flat surface perpendicular to the first direction. The second housing includes a first pin, and a second housing first flat surface facing to the first housing first flat surface. The first pin protrudes from the second housing first flat surface. The second housing first flat surface slides along the first housing first flat surface, and the first pin slides along the first track surface, therefore the second housing slides with respect to the first housing. The mobile device is provided, in which smooth sliding without backlash is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8462513
    Abstract: First and second housings of a metal sheet are superposed over each other and fixed to each other by bolts to form an element receiving space. An antenna is fixed to the second housing by a bolt so as to be adjacent to the first housing. A hook section is fixed to the first housing. The hook section is inserted in a hole of the antenna, a step-shaped forward lower step section of the hook section is engaged with the peripheral edge of the hole in the antenna, and thus the first housing and the antenna are fixed to each other. The antenna is embedded in resin and covered by the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Ogatsu, Toshiki Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8377543
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer-wired substrate for mobile electric equipment, wherein the multilayer-wired substrate is very strong, includes a larger elastically deformable region and a higher elasticity than those of the conventional structure, and can be curved. The multilayer-wired substrate is a multilayer-wired substrate including one or more insulating layers. At least one insulating layer of the substrate is made of a material in which the mechanical characteristic in an in-plane direction component exhibits anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8373284
    Abstract: A semiconductor device carries a semiconductor component on a substrate and having an underfill resin applied in a gap between the substrate and the semiconductor component. The semiconductor device comprises: a lyophilic area in a portion of a region of one or both of the substrate and the semiconductor component which is in contact with the underfill resin. The lyophilic area is processed to exhibit lyophilicity with respect at least to the liquid underfill resin in comparison with an ambient region of the lyophilic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20130010430
    Abstract: A portable device includes a first unit including a guide member with a groove, the guide member extending in a sliding direction, and a second unit including a sliding member that slides in the groove of the guide member, in which the groove of the guide member includes a curved section that makes the first unit incline at a predetermined angle with respect to the second unit in an extended state, and the sliding member includes an engaging section that engages with the groove of the guide member, the engaging section being configured to support one surface of the groove of the guide member at at least two points and support another surface of the groove by a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20130010435
    Abstract: Provided is a frame unit, a mounting substrate unit, and a mounting substrate that can achieve both high shield performance and reduction in the height of a shield member. The frame unit according to the present invention is a frame unit (100) that is attached to a substrate (200) mounted with an electronic component (210), and includes a frame member (120) with an opening 125 where the electronic component (210) is disposed and a holding member (110) that is removably attached to a top surface of the frame member (120) with the adhesive (130) interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20130010431
    Abstract: A portable device includes a first unit including a guide member with a groove; a second unit including a sliding member that slides in the groove of each guide member; and a shield member that shields a boundary portion formed when the second unit is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first unit in an extended state. The groove of the guide member includes a curved section that makes the first unit incline at a predetermined angle with respect to the second unit. One end of the shield member is rotatably supported at an end of the second unit, and the other end is slidably engaged with the groove of the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Toshinobu Ogatsu, Takeharu Kitagawa, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130005410
    Abstract: A portable device according to the present invention includes a first unit including a guide member extending in a sliding direction, and a second unit including a sliding member that slides in a groove of the guide member. The first unit includes a protruding section in a second unit side, the protruding section extending in the sliding direction, and the second unit includes a hollow section in a place corresponding to the protruding section of the first unit. Further, at least part of the guide member is formed in the protruding section and formed in such a manner that the part of the guide member gets into the hollow section formed in the second unit. As a result, the thickness of the portable device can be reduced even when the portable device includes a sliding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Publication number: 20120320556
    Abstract: Provided are a frame member having a reduced height, a frame unit, a mounting board unit, and a manufacturing method. The frame unit is to be attached to a board (200) on which an electronic component (210) is mounted and includes a frame member (120) having a side wall (123) to be connected to the board (200) and a first protruding portion (121) protruding inward or outward from the side wall, and a first member (110) detachably attached to the frame member and having a second protruding portion protruding toward the frame member to fit with the first protruding portion (121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu
  • Patent number: 8300401
    Abstract: A holder of a magnetic storage apparatus is suggested that can efficiently absorb the shock when a vibration or shock is applied to the magnetic storage apparatus. A plurality of holding members (first shock absorbing material foam rubber 340 and second shock absorbing material foam rubber 350) that hold at least two corner parts of the magnetic storage apparatus 320 is included. The holding members are configured in a way that a total sum of holding power to hold one of opposite angles of the magnetic storage apparatus 320 and a total sum of holding power to hold the other of opposite angles are different. The first shock absorbing material foam rubber 340 is disposed on one of opposite angles, and the second shock absorbing material foam rubber 350 is disposed on the other of the opposite angles. The first shock absorbing material foam rubber 340 has greater hardness than the hardness of the second shock absorbing material foam rubber 350.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Ogatsu, Kenichiro Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120058314
    Abstract: A waterproof structure of the present invention is for an electronic device including a housing including a first case member that has a first abutting face, and a second case member that has a second abutting face that faces the first abutting face. A water repellent treatment is applied to the first and second abutting faces, and two or more boundaries that change from a region having a relatively small liquid droplet contact angle to a region having a relatively large liquid droplet contact angle are provided along a liquid infiltration direction at an abutting ends portion of the first and second case members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Kensuke Mikami, Toshinobu Ogatsu, Nozomi Miki
  • Publication number: 20120001525
    Abstract: A waterproof structure includes a casing including a first case member having a first facing surface, and a second case member having a second facing surface. A water repellent slit is provided on at least either one of the first and second facing surfaces, extends in one direction perpendicular to a direction of liquid droplet ingress, and has unidirectional fine recesses and protrusions that make water repellency anisotropic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinobu Ogatsu