Patents by Inventor Hajime Arao

Hajime Arao 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: 20150016772
    Abstract: An optical module (1) of the invention includes a circuit substrate (24) on which light receiving and emitting elements (52) are mounted, a connector component (54) for holding optical fibers (7), and a lens array component (55) which is fixed on the circuit substrate (24) and optically connects the optical fibers (7) to the light receiving and emitting elements (52) on the circuit substrate (24), and the circuit substrate (24) has a lens array mounting region (A1) in which the lens array component (55) is fixed and a connector component opposed region (A2) opposed to the connector component (54), and thermal insulation space is formed between the connector component (54) and the connector component opposed region (A2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime Arao, Toshihisa Yokochi, Atsushi Suzuki, Mitsuaki Tamura
  • Publication number: 20150010273
    Abstract: A lens component has a element-side lens portion 65 which is provided so as to face a light emitting and receiving element 52 mounted on a circuit substrate 24, a positioning portion 75 that protrudes such that the element-side lens portion 65 is separated from the circuit substrate 24 by a predetermined distance, and an adhesion portion 76 that forms an adhesive-agent filling space S, which is filled with an adhesive agent 77, between the circuit substrate 24 and the adhesion portion 26, in a state where the positioning portion 75 contacts with the circuit substrate 24 and the element-side lens portion 65 is fixed so as to face the light emitting and receiving element 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Oyagi, Takayuki Shimazu, Michiko Harumoto, Mitsutaka Satou, Ayaka Mori, Hajime Arao, Atsushi Suzuki, Motoyoshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140348476
    Abstract: An optical cable terminal fixture of the invention capable of increasing a fixing force of an optical cable and also simplifying swage operation, a terminal fixing structure of the optical cable, and an optical module. An optical cable terminal fixture includes a body having an outer sheath fixing part for fixing an outer sheath and a cable insertion path into which optical fibers are inserted, and a wind part having a wind claw on a lateral portion of the body around which a tensile strength wire is wound. Accordingly, by swaging the wind claw on which the tensile strength wire is wound to the outer sheath fixing part, a tensile force applied to an optical cable can be distributed to become resistant to tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Hajime Arao, Toshihisa Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20140321818
    Abstract: An electronic device with cable includes a circuit substrate, an electrical connector that is connected to one end of the circuit substrate, a cable that is connected to the other end of the circuit substrate, a metal housing that accommodates the electrical connector and the circuit substrate, a first resin housing that engages with the metal housing so as to cover at least a portion of the metal housing, and a second resin housing that engages with the metal housing so as to cover at least another portion of the metal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Hajime Arao, Toshihisa Yokochi
  • Patent number: 8801300
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable fixture 1 has a joint member 3, a swaging member 4, and a fastening member 5. The joint member 3 has a cylindrical shape in which a through hole 10 is formed and includes a joint section 11 joined to another member, a male screw 12, and a cylindrical section 13 that is smaller in diameter than the male screw 12 and that is covered with a jacket 7 and tension fibers. The swaging member 4 is fitted to the cylindrical section 13 while covered with the jacket 7. A female screw 16 is formed at one end of an inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5. A tapered surface 17 is formed on another end of the inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Arao, Kiyoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20140086541
    Abstract: In an optical module 10 in which a connector unit 30 is provided at an end portion of an optical cable 20 including an optical fiber 22, the connector unit 30 includes an inner housing 311 accommodating a circuit substrate to which an electrical connector is connected at a front end portion, and an outer housing 312 covering an outside of the inner housing 311. A step portion 343 is provided on the inner housing 311, an internal space S on a side of the front end portion from the step portion 343 of the inner housing 311 is narrower than an internal space S on a side of a rear end portion from the step portion 343, and a predetermined gap is formed between the inner housing 311 and the outer housing 312.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Hajime Arao
  • Publication number: 20130272664
    Abstract: As only either of light emitting side wirings and light receiving side wirings crossover each other, the same connectors 30 may be mounted at opposite ends of an optical fiber. Thus, it is possible to provide an optical connector module at low cost. Further, as the optical fiber is connected straight from one side to the other side, an assembly process is easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime ARAO, Toshihisa YOKOCHI, Takayuki SHIMAZU, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130266280
    Abstract: The photoelectric composite cable 11 includes: an optical fiber 12; and a plurality of three or more electric wires 15, wherein, in a case where a cross-section of the photoelectric composite cable is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the cross-section, the plurality of electric wires 15 are each independently arranged on a circumference of a periphery of the optical fiber 12. The photoelectric composite cable 11 can be smoothly wired in a narrow space or the like while maintaining good transmission characteristics of optical fibers 12 by suppressing the optical fibers 12 from being applied with an external force without an increase in the diameter of the cable 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Itaru SAKABE, Yuya HOMMA, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI, Hajime ARAO, Tatsunori HAYASHISHITA
  • Publication number: 20130094818
    Abstract: A connector assembly capable of efficiently dissipating heat is provided. The connector assembly includes: an optical cable; and a connector module, and the optical cable includes an optical fiber core wire, an outer cover provided around the optical fiber core wire, and a metallic braid provided between the optical fiber core wire and the outer cover, and the connector module includes a housing defining a space, and a circuit board received in the space of the housing and mounted with a photoelectric conversion unit connected with the optical fiber core wire, and the metallic braid of the optical cable and the circuit board of the connector module are thermally connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime ARAO, Toshihisa Yokochi, Itaru Sakabe
  • Publication number: 20130058612
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable fixture 1 has a joint member 3, a swaging member 4, and a fastening member 5. The joint member 3 has a cylindrical shape in which a through hole 10 is formed and includes a joint section 11 joined to another member, a male screw 12, and a cylindrical section 13 that is smaller in diameter than the male screw 12 and that is covered with a jacket 7 and tension fibers. The swaging member 4 is fitted to the cylindrical section 13 while covered with the jacket 7. A female screw 16 is formed at one end of an inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5. A tapered surface 17 is formed on another end of the inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Arao, Kiyoshi Kato