Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Sarudate

Akiyoshi Sarudate 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: 10466502
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable unit including a lens holding member capable of holding a lens member, a suspension wire supporting the movable unit movably in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction, and a base member disposed below the movable unit. The base member is formed of a synthetic resin material, and includes a through hole through which the suspension wire is inserted, and a plated metal portion formed of a metal film formed at least around the through hole and on an inner face of the through hole. A lower end of the suspension wire is soldered to the plated metal portion. A manufacturing method of the lens driving device includes applying solder paste to the through hole, and soldering the lower end of the suspension wire to the plated metal portion by irradiation of the solder paste by a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Gomyo, Akiyoshi Sarudate, Yuji Takahashi, Ryuhei Ito
  • Patent number: 10409026
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable part, a plate spring that movably supports the movable part, a coil provided on the movable part, and magnets facing the coil. An outer portion of the movable part includes protrusion opposing parts where first restricting protrusion and second restricting protrusions face each other in an optical axis direction and non-opposing parts where the first restricting protrusion and the second restricting protrusions do not face each other in the optical axis direction, the coil is formed by winding a conductor wire around the outer portion in a circumferential direction and includes first coil portions positioned in the protrusion opposing parts and second coil portions positioned in at least some of the non-opposing parts, and the width of the second coil portions in the optical axis direction is greater than the width of the first coil portions in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Inagaki, Hiroshi Osada, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Ken Okochi, Akiyoshi Sarudate
  • Patent number: 10281736
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable unit including a lens holding member, and a suspension wire configured to support the movable unit movably in a direction intersecting an optical axis direction. The movable unit has an upper leaf spring and a fixing member. The upper leaf spring has a first portion fixed to the lens holding member, a second portion fixed to the fixing member, a wire fixing portion soldered to the suspension wire, and a linking portion provided linking between the second portion and the wire fixing portion. The linking portion has two extending portions extending from two separate positions on the second portion toward the wire fixing portion side. A plate-shaped protruding portion protruding inwards from the wire fixing portion is provided between the two extending portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Gomyo, Akiyoshi Sarudate, Yuji Takahashi, Yuya Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20180259741
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable part, a plate spring that movably supports the movable part, a coil provided on the movable part, and magnets facing the coil. An outer portion of the movable part includes protrusion opposing parts where first restricting protrusion and second restricting protrusions face each other in an optical axis direction and non-opposing parts where the first restricting protrusion and the second restricting protrusions do not face each other in the optical axis direction, the coil is formed by winding a conductor wire around the outer portion in a circumferential direction and includes first coil portions positioned in the protrusion opposing parts and second coil portions positioned in at least some of the non-opposing parts, and the width of the second coil portions in the optical axis direction is greater than the width of the first coil portions in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yasushi INAGAKI, Hiroshi OSADA, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Ken OKOCHI, Akiyoshi SARUDATE
  • Publication number: 20180031858
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable unit including a lens holding member, and a suspension wire configured to support the movable unit movably in a direction intersecting an optical axis direction. The movable unit has an upper leaf spring and a fixing member. The upper leaf spring has a first portion fixed to the lens holding member, a second portion fixed to the fixing member, a wire fixing portion soldered to the suspension wire, and a linking portion provided linking between the second portion and the wire fixing portion. The linking portion has two extending portions extending from two separate positions on the second portion toward the wire fixing portion side. A plate-shaped protruding portion protruding inwards from the wire fixing portion is provided between the two extending portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki Gomyo, Akiyoshi Sarudate, Yuji Takahashi, Yuya Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20180031859
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a movable unit including a lens holding member capable of holding a lens member, a suspension wire supporting the movable unit movably in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction, and a base member disposed below the movable unit. The base member is formed of a synthetic resin material, and includes a through hole through which the suspension wire is inserted, and a plated metal portion formed of a metal film formed at least around the through hole and on an inner face of the through hole. A lower end of the suspension wire is soldered to the plated metal portion. A manufacturing method of the lens driving device includes applying solder paste to the through hole, and soldering the lower end of the suspension wire to the plated metal portion by irradiation of the solder paste by a laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki Gomyo, Akiyoshi Sarudate, Yuji Takahashi, Ryuhei Ito
  • Patent number: 5282586
    Abstract: A tension control apparatus for a tape player comprising a motor for driving a reel table on which a tape reel is installed, a tension detector which is pressed by a biasing force of a spring to contact with a tape extending from the tape reel, a sensor for detecting a shifting amount of the tension detector, and a servo circuit which controls a load of the motor in response to an output of the sensor. The tension control apparatus further comprises a switching device which controls the load of the motor by a voltage supplied from an electric power source other than an output voltage supplied from the servo circuit until the output voltage from the servo circuit is stabilized when shifted to a tape travelling mode. And further the tension control apparatus comprises a limiter which suppresses the output voltage from the servo circuit to be equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Suzuki, Akiyoshi Sarudate