Patents by Inventor Yoshihito Tamesue

Yoshihito Tamesue 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: 9680137
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 9425443
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 9419260
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Publication number: 20150179988
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 9034515
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8802280
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Publication number: 20140038033
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8617741
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8461799
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8432127
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Publication number: 20120007548
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a battery attachment section configured to have a rechargeable battery releasably attached thereto. The battery attachment section includes a flat attachment surface having a width corresponding to a width of a bottom surface of a case of the battery to be charged and a length greater than a length of the bottom surface of the case of the battery to be charged; a plurality of locking hooks provided on the attachment surface; a charger terminal configured to contact a terminal of the battery to be charged, the charger terminal including a plurality of plate-shaped contact pieces configured to be inserted into engaging grooves of the battery to be charged; and an attachment projection adjacent to the attachment surface and configured to secure the battery to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8048553
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 8021777
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Publication number: 20110020697
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Publication number: 20110020696
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 7843164
    Abstract: A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes electronic equipment adapted to control power supply based on battery identification information from a battery installed in a battery housing section; and a power supply plate, the power supply plate including a plate main body installed in the battery housing section of the electronic equipment, and a cable, one end of which is connected to the plate main body and the other end of which is led through a lead-out hole of the battery housing section out of the electronic equipment, the other end also having a connector formed thereon which is connected to a power source, wherein power is supplied from the power source connected to the connector of the power supply plate to the electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mieko Hara, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Yoshihito Tamesue, Mitsuo Yamaguchi, Shoichi Shintani, Shinji Suzuki, Masashi Kumada, Ryoichi Nakashima, Jiro Moriya, Hisashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 7794867
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue
  • Patent number: 7485394
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and an electronic equipment are provided which permit the use of a plurality of types of battery apparatuses that differ in capacity, and are advantageous in improving ease of use. A case of a battery apparatus has a main body portion and a bottom portion disposed at one side in a thickness direction at the midpoint in a width direction of the main body portion. Portions on both sides in the width direction of the case are formed as flat side surfaces that are parallel to each other and extend in a length direction. A plane on one side in the thickness direction of the case is formed as a flat bottom surface. At portions of the case on both sides in the width direction, guide grooves are formed which extend in the length direction and engage projections disposed at a battery housing chamber thereby to position the position of the case in the thickness direction within the battery housing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Takeshita, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue, Yoichi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20080136262
    Abstract: A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes electronic equipment adapted to control power supply based on battery identification information from a battery installed in a battery housing section; and a power supply plate, the power supply plate including a plate main body installed in the battery housing section of the electronic equipment, and a cable, one end of which is connected to the plate main body and the other end of which is led through a lead-out hole of the battery housing section out of the electronic equipment, the other end also having a connector formed thereon which is connected to a power source, wherein power is supplied from the power source connected to the connector of the power supply plate to the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mieko Hara, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Yoshihito Tamesue, Mitsuo Yamaguchi, Shoichi Shintani, Shinji Suzuki, Masashi Kumada, Ryoichi Nakashima, Jiro Moriya, Hisashi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20080020274
    Abstract: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment in which the battery apparatus has a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment. In a battery apparatus, an identification section of the battery apparatus serves to identify a characteristic of the battery apparatus, and which is provided on an end surface and on both sides of a battery-side terminal in the width direction of the battery apparatus. The identification section is configured with identification recesses formed in a manner open to the end surface, and at least one of the positions, cross-sectional shapes, and lengths on the end surface of the identification recesses, is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus. The cross-sectional shape and length of the identification recess is formed on the basis of the characteristic of the battery apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio TAKESHITA, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Kondou, Yoshihito Tamesue