And Touch Type Cursor Pad Patents (Class D14/318)
  • Patent number: 6933921
    Abstract: Provide is an input device that can be incorporated into a notebook computer that exhibits improved operability even in the case of including both a stick-type and a pad-type pointing devices. A Pad face of a pad-type pointing device is configured to incline against the horizon when a computer is used or against the operation face of a keyboard while lowering the keyboard side. A first button for stick-type pointing device, a guide member for fixing the pad face, and the pad face are configured to be adjacent to one another to make the height of the top surface of the guide member being almost as high as the top surface of the pressed first button. A button with a long stroke is used for a first button to improve usability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte LTD
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yasuda, Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuo Horiuchi, David Andrew Sawin
  • Patent number: D501006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yuji Yugaya
  • Patent number: D501472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daigaku Kumano
  • Patent number: D501660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daigaku Kumano
  • Patent number: D502177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshio Takada, Osamu Kondo
  • Patent number: D502943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Chuan Ma, Chien-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: D504128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Arif Maskatia
  • Patent number: D504129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Loew, Paul Bradley, Pontus Wahlgren, Sam Lucente, Shizunori S. Kobara, Stacy L. Wolff
  • Patent number: D504684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D508489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Alienware Corporation
    Inventors: Nate Cervantes, Adam Barry
  • Patent number: D510737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: D512055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Lin Yeh, Cheng-Shan Lin, Yung-Chuan Ma, Chien-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: D512056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Min Kim, Ji Yeon Lee, Byung Mu Huh
  • Patent number: D512420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Solomon, Jonathan R. Harris, Kevin Massaro
  • Patent number: D512997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Don Lee, Jong Youn Shin
  • Patent number: D513509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuo Kawa
  • Patent number: D514099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Kurokawa, Manabu Tago
  • Patent number: D516552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Iseki
  • Patent number: D517063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isshu Nakajima, Yukinobu Maruyama, Koji Suso, Yasushi Neho
  • Patent number: D517541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Arif Maskatia
  • Patent number: D517542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Lee, Hee Chang Lee
  • Patent number: D517543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isshu Nakajima, Yukinobu Maruyama, Koji Suso, Takashi Ishibashi, Shinichi Urano
  • Patent number: D518042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Kanayama
  • Patent number: D485554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mikio Kamegi
  • Patent number: D488807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: D488808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mikio Kamegi
  • Patent number: D488809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mikio Kamegi
  • Patent number: D489366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Lu
  • Patent number: D490417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Lung Chen, Ruo-Dan Wang, Wei Xiang
  • Patent number: D490418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Afa Liao
  • Patent number: D490806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Jui Wang, Chun-Hsiung Yin, Shu-Fen Ke, Fu-Long Hong
  • Patent number: D491175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Shimano
  • Patent number: D491176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Shimano, Scott Yu, Trent Stoddard
  • Patent number: D491177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin O. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Anthony Whang
  • Patent number: D491178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu Kataoka
  • Patent number: D491934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Shimano, Darren Saravis, John Duval, Mike Wick, Cary Chow
  • Patent number: D492301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Lu
  • Patent number: D492677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: D493785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Anthony Whang
  • Patent number: D494161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Makoto Sawaquchi
  • Patent number: D494162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Osamu Kondo
  • Patent number: D494580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Osamu Kondo
  • Patent number: D494581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: D495326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Horiki
  • Patent number: D495691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshio Takada, Manabu Tago
  • Patent number: D495692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.
    Inventors: Symon Whitehorn, Marcus Schmitt
  • Patent number: D496033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Kanayama
  • Patent number: D496357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsueh-Chih Peng, Ker-Wei Lin, Ching-Lang Chen
  • Patent number: D499726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tadashi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D499727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Osamu Kondo