Patents by Inventor Xingjing CHEN

Xingjing CHEN 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: 9592688
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a chassis with an opening, a touch-screen unit, which is arranged to have a first plane thereof toward the opening and is configured to accept an input operation entered through a reactive area in the first plane when the reactive area is touched, a positioning part, which is formed on the chassis and is configured to be in contact with a non-reactive area being different from the reactive area in the touch-screen unit, and a resilient member, which is configured to urge the touch-screen unit against the positioning part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akehiro Ono, Xingjing Chen, Takeo Kojima
  • Patent number: 9509869
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Xingjing Chen
  • Publication number: 20150201095
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Xingjing Chen
  • Patent number: 8994997
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Xingjing Chen
  • Publication number: 20140029050
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Xingjing Chen
  • Patent number: 8611529
    Abstract: A communication device is provided, which includes a communication unit performing data communication, a communication device main body accommodating the communication unit, a handset that is electrically connected with the communication unit and configured to be used for voice communication, a first side cover forming a first side wall of the communication device main body in a predetermined width direction of the communication device main body, an upper cover that is disposed over the first side cover and configured with a higher stiffness than the first side cover, a holder that is attached to the first side cover and configured to hold the handset on an upper surface of the holder, and a load transmission unit transmitting, to the upper cover, a load applied upward from a lower surface of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xingjing Chen, Yasunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130083341
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a chassis with an opening, a touch-screen unit, which is arranged to have a first plane thereof toward the opening and is configured to accept an input operation entered through a reactive area in the first plane when the reactive area is touched, a positioning part, which is formed on the chassis and is configured to be in contact with a non-reactive area being different from the reactive area in the touch-screen unit, and a resilient member, which is configured to urge the touch-screen unit against the positioning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akehiro Ono, Xingjing Chen, Takeo Kojima
  • Publication number: 20120201371
    Abstract: A communication device is provided, which includes a communication unit performing data communication, a communication device main body accommodating the communication unit, a handset that is electrically connected with the communication unit and configured to be used for voice communication, a first side cover forming a first side wall of the communication device main body in a predetermined width direction of the communication device main body, an upper cover that is disposed over the first side cover and configured with a higher stiffness than the first side cover, a holder that is attached to the first side cover and configured to hold the handset on an upper surface of the holder, and a load transmission unit transmitting, to the upper cover, a load applied upward from a lower surface of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xingjing CHEN, Yasunori WATANABE