Patents by Inventor Toyohiro Arakane

Toyohiro Arakane 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: 8200296
    Abstract: Foldable mobile equipment is provided with a first housing 3 including a liquid crystal display part (display part) at the front face thereof, a second housing 5 including an operation part at the front face thereof, and a hinge portion 6 connecting the first housing 3 and the second housing 5 to each other foldably about an open/close axis X and supporting the first housing 3 so that the first housing 3 can be flipped over about a vertical axis Y vertical to the open/close axis X. The liquid crystal display part is supported on the first housing 3 by means of a cam mechanism 10 (a support mechanism) so as to be switchable between a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyohiro Arakane, Kimiaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20090104942
    Abstract: Foldable mobile equipment is provided with a first housing 3 including a liquid crystal display part (display part) at the front face thereof, a second housing 5 including an operation part at the front face thereof, and a hinge portion 6 connecting the first housing 3 and the second housing 5 to each other foldably about an open/close axis X and supporting the first housing 3 so that the first housing 3 can be flipped over about a vertical axis Y vertical to the open/close axis X. The liquid crystal display part is supported on the first housing 3 by means of a cam mechanism 10 (a support mechanism) so as to be switchable between a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Toyohiro Arakane, Kimiaki Imai
  • Publication number: 20020126217
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus incorporating a camera comprises a hand strap fitting part and a camera lens, wherein the hand strap fitting part is formed in a position that comes below the camera lens when the mobile apparatus is held for photographing so that a hand strap connected to the hand strap fitting part does not move into a field of view of the camera lens, and thereby preventing the hand strap from being photographed accidentally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Toyohiro Arakane, Kimiaki Imai