Patents by Inventor Hajime Fukushima

Hajime Fukushima 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: 20180267328
    Abstract: An image shake correction device includes: a base member; a lens frame that holds an image shake correction lens, and is mounted on the base member so as to be movable in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image shake correction lens; a plurality of expandable and contractible mooring members that moors the lens frame to the base member such that the lens frame is able to move in the first direction and the second direction; a bracket that is supported by the base member so as to be swingable around a first axis parallel to the first direction; and a driving unit that drives the lens frame in the first direction and the second direction, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9976637
    Abstract: A rotary electric component includes: a spring; a rotation body; click pieces; a lever restricting rotation of the rotation body, and has a following part in which a groove is formed and which has an arcuate recessed surface on a part of the lateral surface; a restricting member which has a pin and a drive unit having an arcuate protruding surface as part of the lateral surface, and which constitutes a Geneva drive in which the pin engages in the groove of the lever to rotate the lever and, in a state where the pin has been removed from the groove of the lever, the arcuate protruding surface of the drive unit and the arcuate recessed surface of the following part of lever engage to restrict rotation of the lever; and a housing unit comprising an uneven portion and housing the rotation body, click pieces, lever, and restricting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Fukunaga, Hajime Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20180068813
    Abstract: The click mechanism comprises a spring made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part; two cylindrical click pieces disposed on an outer perimeter of the rotatable plate in positions forming an angle of 180° with respect to each other so as to retractably protrude from the positions at different heights on the outer perimeter in an axial direction; and projections and depressions formed on an inner perimeter of a housing in a circumferential direction, in two upper and lower tiers in the axial direction. The projections and depressions in the two upper and lower tiers are staggered and the two click pieces are biased by the spring to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime FUKUSHIMA, Taro FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9911555
    Abstract: The click mechanism comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft 10 of an electric part; two cylindrical click pieces 60 disposed on an outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 in positions forming an angle of 180° with respect to each other so as to retractably protrude from the positions at different heights on the outer perimeter in an axial direction; and projections and depressions 32 and 33 formed on an inner perimeter of a housing 30 in a circumferential direction, in two upper and lower tiers in the axial direction. The projections and depressions 32 and 33 in the two upper and lower tiers are staggered and the two click pieces 60 are biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 32 and 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 9741511
    Abstract: A technology for making the heat load on an electronic component attached to a target object smaller than before is provided. The electronic component includes a main body, the main body including an electronic component unit adapted to generate an electrical signal and click feeling in accordance with rotation of an engaged portion, a shaft support having a cylindrical portion to be inserted into a through-hole formed in the target object, and a retaining member; and a control shaft made of metal and capable of rotating the engaged portion, the control shaft being inserted into the cylindrical portion after a reflow soldering process of the target object is completed, and being engaged with the engaged portion. The control shaft inserted into the cylindrical portion is retained by the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Satomi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160201774
    Abstract: A rotary electric component includes: a spring; a rotation body; click pieces; a lever restricting rotation of the rotation body, and has a following part in which a groove is formed and which has an arcuate recessed surface on a part of the lateral surface; a restricting member which has a pin and a drive unit having an arcuate protruding surface as part of the lateral surface, and which constitutes a Geneva drive in which the pin engages in the groove of the lever to rotate the lever and, in a state where the pin has been removed from the groove of the lever, the arcuate protruding surface of the drive unit and the arcuate recessed surface of the following part of lever engage to restrict rotation of the lever; and a housing unit comprising an uneven portion and housing the rotation body, click pieces, lever, and restricting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Taro FUKUNAGA, Hajime FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160020044
    Abstract: A technology for making the heat load on an electronic component attached to a target object smaller than before is provided. The electronic component includes a main body, the main body including an electronic component unit adapted to generate an electrical signal and click feeling in accordance with rotation of an engaged portion, a shaft support having a cylindrical portion to be inserted into a through-hole formed in the target object, and a retaining member; and a control shaft made of metal and capable of rotating the engaged portion, the control shaft being inserted into the cylindrical portion after a reflow soldering process of the target object is completed, and being engaged with the engaged portion. The control shaft inserted into the cylindrical portion is retained by the retaining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime FUKUSHIMA, Satomi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150380185
    Abstract: The click mechanism comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft 10 of an electric part; two cylindrical click pieces 60 disposed on an outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 in positions forming an angle of 180° with respect to each other so as to retractably protrude from the positions at different heights on the outer perimeter in an axial direction; and projections and depressions 32 and 33 formed on an inner perimeter of a housing 30 in a circumferential direction, in two upper and lower tiers in the axial direction. The projections and depressions 32 and 33 in the two upper and lower tiers are staggered and the two click pieces 60 are biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 32 and 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime FUKUSHIMA, Taro FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 8772663
    Abstract: A click mechanism for an electric part comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part, a click piece 60 disposed on the outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 so as to retractably protrude from the outer perimeter, and projections and depressions 25 formed on the inner perimeter of a housing 22 for the rotatable plate 40 to be arranged in the circumferential direction of the inner perimeter. The click piece 60 is cylindrical and biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 25 at the perimeter thereof. The click mechanism can produce a fine and clear click feel, has high durability, and can be reduced in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20130306458
    Abstract: A click mechanism for an electric part comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part, a click piece 60 disposed on the outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 so as to retractably protrude from the outer perimeter, and projections and depressions 25 formed on the inner perimeter of a housing 22 for the rotatable plate 40 to be arranged in the circumferential direction of the inner perimeter. The click piece 60 is cylindrical and biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 25 at the perimeter thereof. The click mechanism can produce a fine and clear click feel, has high durability, and can be reduced in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime FUKUSHIMA, Taro FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20130299329
    Abstract: A click mechanism for an electric part comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part, a click piece 60 disposed on the outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 so as to retractably protrude from the outer perimeter, and projections and depressions 25 formed on the inner perimeter of a housing 22 for the rotatable plate 40 to be arranged in the circumferential direction of the inner perimeter. The click piece 60 is cylindrical and biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 25 at the perimeter thereof. The click mechanism can produce a fine and clear click feel, has high durability, and can be reduced in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime FUKUSHIMA, Taro FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 8552325
    Abstract: A click mechanism for an electric part comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part, a click piece 60 disposed on the outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 so as to retractably protrude from the outer perimeter, and projections and depressions 25 formed on the inner perimeter of a housing 22 for the rotatable plate 40 to be arranged in the circumferential direction of the inner perimeter. The click piece 60 is cylindrical and biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 25 at the perimeter thereof. The click mechanism can produce a fine and clear click feel, has high durability, and can be reduced in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 8536474
    Abstract: A rotary switch includes a rotor that is insert molded so upper and lower contact pieces have a predetermined number of contact regions with a predetermined angular width in each of a plurality of annular zones defined by a plurality of concentric circles and are stacked in a disk part. The contact pieces are exposed in two surfaces of the disk part, an upper contactor holder and a lower contactor holder are placed to cover a lower half and an upper half of the disk part of the rotor. A plurality of elastic contacts are brought into elastic contact with lower and upper side surfaces of the disk part in a plurality of annular zones, and a rotating operation shaft is inserted through the rotor, the lower contactor holder, and the upper contactor holder, and can rotate the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 8491991
    Abstract: A microporous polypropylene film where film formability is improved in accordance with a ?-crystal technique which allows microporous films to be continuously manufactured at low cost is disclosed. In addition, a microporous polypropylene film of which the specific gravity is further reduced is provided. Furthermore, a microporous polypropylene film with a significantly high permeability is provided. In addition, manufacturing methods for these microporous polypropylene films are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun'ichi Masuda, Masatoshi Ohkura, Shigeru Tanaka, Reiko Morita, Hajime Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8135010
    Abstract: A communication system includes a station-side terminal apparatus and multiple subscriber-side terminal apparatuses connected to the station-side terminal apparatus. The station-side terminal apparatus is configured to, in response to receipt of a packet from a subscriber-side terminal apparatus, a packet indicating whether data distribution is required, identify the subscriber-side terminal apparatus that has transmitted the packet, and transmit a packet indicating an address for which whether the transfer of distribution data is required is designated to the subscriber-side terminal apparatus based on whether data distribution is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ikutaro Tsujikado, Masataka Yamada, Toshihiko Inoue, Hiroomi Shinha, Hajime Fukushima, Tetsumi Ichikawa, Shiro Mori, Osamu Sekihata, Susumu Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20120006659
    Abstract: A rotary switch is provided having high flexibility in design depending on required operations. A rotor (70) is insert molded so that upper and lower contact pieces (7C1 and 7C2) each having a predetermined number of contact regions each having a predetermined angular width in each of a plurality of annular zones defined by a plurality of concentric circles are stacked in a disk part (72), and the contact pieces are exposed in one surface and the other surface of the disk part, an upper contactor holder (80) and a lower contactor holder (60) are placed to cover a lower half and an upper half of the disk part of the rotor, and have a plurality of elastic contacts respectively brought into elastic contact with lower and upper side surfaces of the disk part in a plurality of annular zones, and a rotating operation shaft (10) is inserted through the rotor, the lower contactor holder, and the upper contactor holder, and can rotate the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20120000758
    Abstract: A click mechanism for an electric part comprises a spring 50 made of a plate material and disposed on a rotatable plate 40 that rotates integrally with a rotationally-manipulated shaft of an electric part, a click piece 60 disposed on the outer perimeter of the rotatable plate 40 so as to retractably protrude from the outer perimeter, and projections and depressions 25 formed on the inner perimeter of a housing 22 for the rotatable plate 40 to be arranged in the circumferential direction of the inner perimeter. The click piece 60 is cylindrical and biased by the spring 50 to be in resilient contact with the projections and depressions 25 at the perimeter thereof. The click mechanism can produce a fine and clear click feel, has high durability, and can be reduced in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Patent number: D665752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Satomi Nakamura
  • Patent number: D729743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga
  • Patent number: D740759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukushima, Taro Fukunaga