Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Tachibana

Yuichiro Tachibana 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: 9226566
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes: a first casing 101 having an operation section 110 provided on a top surface; a second casing 102 having a display provided thereon; an opening and closing mechanism 120 configured to connect a far side portion of the first casing 101 to the second casing 102 such that the information processing apparatus 100 is openable and closable; and a belt 150 provided on a back surface side of the first casing 101. The belt 150 extends diagonally on a back surface 101a of the first casing 101 from a mounting portion provided on one side surface 101b side of the first casing 101, so as to approach the far side portion of the first casing 101 as a distance from the one side surface 101b side is increased, and reaches a mounting portion provided on a far side of the first casing 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatani, Akira Iwamoto, Takeshi Mori, Yuichiro Tachibana, Hideo Nishimatsu, Hiroaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9192225
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes: a first casing 101 having an operation section 110 provided on a top surface; a second casing 102 having a display provided thereon; an opening and closing mechanism 120 configured to connect a far side portion of the first casing 101 to the second casing 102 such that the information processing apparatus 100 is openable and closable; and a belt 150 provided on a back surface side of the first casing 101. The belt 150 extends diagonally on a back surface 101a of the first casing 101 from a mounting portion provided on one side surface 101b side of the first casing 101, so as to approach the far side portion of the first casing 101 as a distance from the one side surface 101b side is increased, and reaches a mounting portion provided on a far side of the first casing 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatani, Akira Iwamoto, Takeshi Mori, Yuichiro Tachibana, Hideo Nishimatsu, Hiroaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9001508
    Abstract: An electronic device (100) includes: a first casing (101); a second casing (102) that is connected to the first casing (101), and that has a display (103); a projecting component (152) that projects from a top side surface (101a) of the first casing (101), and is positioned on the top side surface (101a) of the first casing (101) at such a position as to abut against the display (103) when the electronic device (100) is closed; and a movable support section (170) configured to support the projecting component (152) so as to allow the projecting component (152) to move relative to the first casing (101) such that an amount of projection of the projecting component (152) from the top side surface (101a) of the first casing (101) is reduced when the projecting component (152) is pushed by the display (103) in the case of the electronic device (100) being closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Hitoshi Nakatani, Shun Shimazaki, Yuichiro Tachibana, Shuji Yasuoka
  • Patent number: 8848365
    Abstract: An electronic device in which a holding member for holding an external instrument is arranged rotatably on a housing section, and a restricting part for restricting, at a predetermined angle, rotation angle of the holding member is formed on an inner wall of the housing section. The holding member makes contact with a front side surface engaged with a connector of the external instrument. The restricting part restricts rotation of the holding member whose back surface facing the front side surface is exposed from the housing section. When holding member includes a guiding part that guides the external instrument in a direction that detaches it from the housing section when the holding member is further rotated beyond the restriction by the restricting part, the external instrument can be detached from the housing section when the rotation is equal to or larger than a restriction angle defined by the restricting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Shimazaki, Hitoshi Nakatani, Takeshi Mori, Yuichiro Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20140054337
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes: a first casing 101 having an operation section 110 provided on a top surface; a second casing 102 having a display provided thereon; an opening and closing mechanism 120 configured to connect a far side portion of the first casing 101 to the second casing 102 such that the information processing apparatus 100 is openable and closable; and a belt 150 provided on a back surface side of the first casing 101. The belt 150 extends diagonally on a back surface 101a of the first casing 101 from a mounting portion provided on one side surface 101b side of the first casing 101, so as to approach the far side portion of the first casing 101 as a distance from the one side surface 101b side is increased, and reaches a mounting portion provided on a far side of the first casing 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAKATANI, Akira IWAMOTO, Takeshi MORI, Yuichiro TACHIBANA, Hideo NISHIMATSU, Hiroaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140055922
    Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a first casing 101; a second casing 102 that is connected to the first casing 101, and that has a display 103; a projecting component 152 that projects from a top side surface 101a of the first casing 101, and is positioned on the top side surface 101a of the first casing 101 at such a position as to abut against the display 103 when the electronic device 100 is closed; and a movable support section 170 configured to support the projecting component 152 so as to allow the projecting component 152 to move relative to the first casing 101 such that an amount of projection of the projecting component 152 from the top side surface 101a of the first casing 101 is reduced when the projecting component 152 is pushed by the display 103 in the case of the electronic device 100 being closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MORI, Hitoshi NAKATANI, Shun SHIMAZAKI, Yuichiro TACHIBANA, Shuji YASUOKA
  • Publication number: 20120268872
    Abstract: An electronic device in which a holding member for holding an external instrument is arranged rotatably on a housing section, and a restricting part for restricting, at a predetermined angle, rotation angle of the holding member is formed on an inner wall of the housing section. The holding member makes contact with a front side surface engaged with a connector of the external instrument. The restricting part restricts rotation of the holding member whose back surface facing the front side surface is exposed from the housing section. When holding member includes a guiding part that guides the external instrument in a direction that detaches it from the housing section when the holding member is further rotated beyond the restriction by the restricting part, the external instrument can be detached from the housing section when the rotation is equal to or larger than a restriction angle defined by the restricting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Shimazaki, Hitoshi Nakatani, Takeshi Mori, Yuichiro Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20120268873
    Abstract: Disposed on a principal plane of a case is a pair of support members each having one end portion rotatably supported. The other end portions of the support members are supported rotatably by projections included in the case. A pair of loose-insertion openings through which the support parts are loosely inserted is arranged on the one end portions of the pair of support members. A gripping member having a configuration embedding the support members via the pair of loose-insertion openings is included. In a gripping device and an information processing device including the gripping device, concaved portions are formed on the support members at positions intersecting the pair of loose-insertion openings and facing the other support member. This configuration allows smooth rotational moving of the gripping member with regard to the information processing device, and suppressing pinching of foreign debris between the pair of support members and the gripping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakatani, Takeshi Mori, Yuichiro Tachibana, Shun Shimazaki, Akira Iwamoto, Hideo Nishimatsu
  • Patent number: D412525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Ryobi Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tachibana, Nobuhiko Karafuji, Katsushi Hirokawa, Sigeo Fujiwara
  • Patent number: D420019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Ryobi Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tachibana, Nobuhiko Karafuji, Hideki Dohmoto