Patents by Inventor Toshiya Inubushi

Toshiya Inubushi 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: 20070293283
    Abstract: A mobile device, comprising a first casing (3) on which electronic devices are mounted, a second casing (1) on which electronic devices including a display part is mounted, and a hinge (11) rotatably connecting the first casing to the second casing in the stacked state of the front surface of the first casing with the rear surface of the second casing at positions deviated from the one end side lateral centers thereof. For the mobile device having the lower casing and the upper casing stacked with each other, a deformation to near its appearance to an aesthetic appearance symmetric and excellent in human engineering can be completed by one deformation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Tomoyuki Nishie, Masahiro Yokoi
  • Patent number: 7187956
    Abstract: In a portable communication apparatus of the invention, an inner wall (22) of an openable/closable member (2) faces the front face of a diaphragm of a close-talking microphone (5) via a sound path (64), and an outer sound hole (27) faces the rear face of the diaphragm of the close-talking microphone (5) via a sound path (65). An inner sound hole (26) is biasedly located in a position which is close to a free end of the openable/closable member (2), and the outer sound hole (27) is biasedly located in a position which is close to the center position of opening and closing movements of the openable/closable member (2), thereby obtaining a speech quality of a very high S/N ratio at a substantially same degree in both the cases where the openable/closable member (2) is opened, and where the member is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugino, Kouji Saitou, Toshiya Inubushi, Shushin Noda, Koji Nasu, Tomohiko Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6835906
    Abstract: A plating layer (or vapor deposition layer) which exhibits a metallic color is formed on the surface of a molded resin part. A color film with transmittance which is molded and which has a desired color for design is formed on the surface of the above plating layer (or vapor deposition layer). This color film comprises moldable materials such as resin including, for example, polymer compounds such as PET, PC, urethane or combinations of these. Thereby, a press button switch can be gained which imparts a feeling of high quality through a metallic finish design, of which the degree of design freedom is high and which can prevent color unevenness of the key top from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Publication number: 20030064687
    Abstract: In a portable communication apparatus of the invention, an inner wall (22) of an openable/closable member (2) faces the front face of a diaphragm of a close-talking microphone (5) via a sound path (64), and an outer sound hole (27) faces the rear face of the diaphragm of the close-talking microphone (5) via a sound path (65). An inner sound hole (26) is biasedly located in a position which is close to a free end of the openable/closable member (2), and the outer sound hole (27) is biasedly located in a position which is close to the center position of opening and closing movements of the openable/closable member (2), thereby obtaining a speech quality of a very high S/N ratio at a substantially same degree in both the cases where the openable/closable member (2) is opened, and where the member is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugino, Kouji Saitou, Toshiya Inubushi, Shushin Noda, Koji Nasu, Tomohiko Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6528941
    Abstract: The generation of noise due the excitation of electronic circuits on a printed circuit board disposed in close proximity to the rear face of an EL as a result of a high voltage alternating current is prevented by the formation of a shield layer on the rear face of the EL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 6444928
    Abstract: A push button switch of the invention has base rubber having actuator portions, a resin molded portion attached to the base rubber, and a permeable film formed on the surface of the resin molded portion. More preferably, a flange portion of the film is disposed so as to avoid a region just above thick portions such as base plate supported portions of the base rubber. A push button switch capable of preventing peeling of coating or the like and intrusion of water can be therefore provided. A push button switch and a switching device which have satisfactory touch and can be thinned can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Patent number: 6388349
    Abstract: A mounting member 72 is formed which is pushed by a base plate 3 on the side from which a rotation shaft of the motor main body projects, that is to say, on the side on which the counter weight is mounted. A mounting member 81 is provided which is pushed by the base plate on the bracket 80 mounted on the other face opposite to that from which the rotation shaft of the motor main body projects. A supply terminal 90 having a spring characteristic and which is mounted on the bracket and a terminal 31 which supplies electricity are pressed together. A peaked section 71 is formed in the flexible holder mounted on the outer periphery of the motor main body so that the supply terminal is tightly held against the supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Ioka, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Patent number: 6303888
    Abstract: A click plate (9) constituting a switch used for an operation key etc. of a portable telephone is attached on a substrate (1 by soldering it on a contact pattern (6) formed on the substrate. The click plate (9) includes a convex portion (11) which center portion is expanded and made hollow. The convex portion is pushed and deformed to contact with a contact pattern (7) on the substrate thereby to generate a contact signal. The peripheral portion (10) of the click plate (9) is provided with attachment portions (17) protruded outward. The attachment portions (17) are soldered on the contact pattern (6). In this manner, the click plate can be attached on an arbitrary position in a manner that the click plate (9) is attached on the substrate (1) by the soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Toshiya Inubushi, Koji Saito
  • Publication number: 20010027916
    Abstract: A push button switch of the invention has base rubber having actuator portions, a resin molded portion attached to the base rubber, and a permeable film formed on the surface of the resin molded portion. More preferably, a flange portion of the film is disposed so as to avoid a region just above thick portions such as base plate supported portions of the base rubber. A push button switch capable of preventing peeling of coating or the like and intrusion of water can be therefore provided. A push button switch and a switching device which have satisfactory touch and can be thinned can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Publication number: 20010024703
    Abstract: A plating layer (or vapor deposition layer) which exhibits a metallic color is formed on the surface of a molded resin part. A color film with transmittance which is molded and which has a desired color for design is formed on the surface of the above plating layer (or vapor deposition layer). This color film comprises moldable materials such as resin including, for example, polymer compounds such as PET, PC, urethane or combinations of these. Thereby, a press button switch can be gained which imparts a feeling of high quality through a metallic finish design, of which the degree of design freedom is high and which can prevent color unevenness of the key top from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Patent number: 6148075
    Abstract: An illuminated button including a key button and an electroluminescent light (EL) for illuminating the key button from its bottom. The key button is composed of a silicone rubber material mixed with white color particles which prevent, while the EL is inoperative, a pink light reflected from the EL from being projected to the outside through the key button. This makes possible to solve a problem of a conventional illuminated button, which includes a key button and a white light EL used as a backlight, in that the pink color of the EL is seen from the outside through the key button, and this spoils the beauty of the illuminated button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Koji Saito, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 6064453
    Abstract: Stress exerted on a liquid crystal display element via a case was likely to impede display on the liquid crystal display element, or damage a liquid crystal display device. A front end of a rib 9 protruding toward a case 1 from a peripheral edge portion of a holder 8 supporting a liquid crystal display element 4 is brought into contact with the case 1, whereby stress on the case 1 is imposed on the rib 9. Thus, stress directly acting on the liquid crystal display element 4 via a rubber sheet 7 can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 5901834
    Abstract: A lighted switch illuminator which solves a problem of a conventional device in that it was difficult to reduce its thickness and size because the electroluminescent (EL) layer functioning as an illuminator is adhered to a separate film click board. An EL layer is directly formed on a film click board by stacking its layers (consisting of a transparent electrode layer, a light emitting layer, a dielectric layer, a rear electrode layer and an insulation layer) in order excluding hollow convex portions of the film click board. Upper contacts and lower contacts are formed on the film click board and a printed board, respectively, such that they face each other. Depressing a key button pushes the corresponding hollow convex portion so that the upper contact and the corresponding lower contact are brought into conduction, in which case a good clicking feeling is obtained because the EL layer is not formed on the back of the hollow convex portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Tsutomu Inoue
  • Patent number: 5845803
    Abstract: A waterproof casing for an electronic equipment includes a box-shaped case member and a plane-shaped cover member including a sheet-form sealing gasket extending from the overall periphery of the cover member. The cover member is inserted and fixed to the case member with the gasket sliding into and pressing against the inner surface of the case member to secure a tight waterproof seal. The cover member also can be partially plate-shaped and partially box-shaped. The waterproof casing structure reduces the size, particularly height, of the casing and simplifies assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Toshiya Inubushi
  • Patent number: 5548824
    Abstract: A slim portable radio communication device housing that can be connected to an external input/output connector without removing a battery pack. A fitting mount of a battery pack is rotatably fitted to the radio communication device housing via shafts. The battery pack is detachably fitted to the fitting mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Yoshio Toko, Atsushi Musha
  • Patent number: 5109539
    Abstract: A portable radio device in which a radio telephone device body and a receiver unit are separately constructed and connected together by a pair of adjustable supporting rods. As a result, the distance between the radio telephone device body and the receiver unit can be adjusted according to whether the device is being used as a telephone unit or a pager unit. While being used as a telephone, the distance between a receiver and a microphone can be easily adjusted to the distance between an ear and a mouth of a user. When the device is used as a paper, it can be miniaturized so as to be conveniently carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Atsushi Musha
  • Patent number: 5086509
    Abstract: A housing for a portable radio telephone device to which a part thereof is exposed externally at a position recessed from an outer surface of a portable radio telephone device so that the part does not contact the skin whereby heat generated within the portable radio telephone device is efficiently radiated outside and a reliable operability is provided without the outersurface portions to thereof become too hot or cold to comfortably hold by hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Inubushi, Atsushi Musha, Manabu Hasegawa