Patents by Inventor Yukio FUNABARA

Yukio FUNABARA 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: 20250251699
    Abstract: A case device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an inner case; an outer case; a plating film formed on an appearance portion visible from outside on a surface of the outer case; and a cover member, wherein the outer case is made of a second material that is a plating-targeted material on which the plating film is formable, the inner case is made of a first material that is a non-plating-targeted material on which the plating film is less easily formed than the second material, and the inner case is covered with the outer case and the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Yukio FUNABARA, Yuusuke Awano, Kiwamu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20250013200
    Abstract: A device includes: a case having an accommodation portion; and a cover arranged in the accommodation portion of the case, in which a first recessed portion is formed in any one of a bottom surface portion in the accommodation portion of the case and a surface of the cover facing the bottom surface portion, and in which a second recessed portion is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the cover. The device has an adhesive escape structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio FUNABARA, Koichiro MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240210898
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a case which accommodates a module and a pressing unit having a button configured to be displaced in a certain direction and a collar area extending into a collar-like shape from an external circumferential surface of the button. The case has an external appearance area configured to constitute an external appearance of the input apparatus and a support area configured to support the collar area on the case, and the external appearance area and the support area are formed from materials which differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukio FUNABARA
  • Publication number: 20220413441
    Abstract: A hold-down member including a plate member which is arranged on a first member having an electronic component and supports the first member, and a resin sheet which is adhered to the plate member, pressed by a second member that is arranged to be rotatable with respect to the first member, and slides on the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miho NAGAHARA, Yukio FUNABARA
  • Patent number: 9336967
    Abstract: A switch device including a case having a through hole, a cylindrical member including a first cylindrical section having a small diameter arranged in the through hole of the case and a second cylindrical section having a large diameter arranged on an outer portion of the case, an operation member including a shaft section slidably inserted into the first cylindrical section and a head section slidably arranged in the second cylindrical section, a waterproof member provided between an inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical section and an outer peripheral surface of the head section, and a vent passage that allows air inside the second cylindrical section and air outside the case to pass through a vent hole provided in the cylindrical member and a gap between an outer surface of the cylindrical member and an outer surface of the case for ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiko Sakurazawa, Hajime Iguchi, Yukio Funabara
  • Publication number: 20160093453
    Abstract: A switch device including a case having a through hole, a cylindrical member including a first cylindrical section having a small diameter arranged in the through hole of the case and a second cylindrical section having a large diameter arranged on an outer portion of the case, an operation member including a shaft section slidably inserted into the first cylindrical section and a head section slidably arranged in the second cylindrical section, a waterproof member provided between an inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical section and an outer peripheral surface of the head section, and a vent passage that allows air inside the second cylindrical section and air outside the case to pass through a vent hole provided in the cylindrical member and a gap between an outer surface of the cylindrical member and an outer surface of the case for ventilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiko SAKURAZAWA, Hajime IGUCHI, Yukio FUNABARA