Patents by Inventor Hiroto Sakai
Hiroto Sakai 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).
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Publication number: 20220094089Abstract: A connector includes a housing to be mounted on a circuit board, and an upper-stage terminal, a middle-stage terminal and a lower-stage terminal to be held in the housing. Leg portions of the respective upper-stage terminal and middle-stage terminal are arranged side by side in a width direction of a wall portion, and include each a wide portion and a narrow portion arranged below the wide portion. The wide portion of the upper-stage terminal protrudes only toward the middle-stage terminal with respect to the narrow portion of the upper-stage terminal. The wide portion of the middle-stage terminal protrudes only toward the middle-stage terminal with respect to the narrow portion of the upper-stage terminal. A leg portion of the lower-stage terminal is arranged between the narrow portion of the upper-stage terminal and the narrow portion of the middle-stage terminal in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Koyo TAKASAKI, Hiroto SAKAI
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Patent number: 11283205Abstract: A board connector (20) is provided with first terminals (30), second terminals (40) and a housing (21) including a wall (23) for holding the first and second terminals (30, 40). The first terminal 30 includes a first extending portion (35) extending out from the wall (23), and the second terminal 40 includes a second extending portion (45) extending out from the wall (23). The first extending portion (35) includes a first connecting portion (38) that can be soldered to a land (12A) of a board (11). The second extending portion (45) includes a second connecting portion (49) that can be soldered to a land (12B) of the board (11) at a position more distant from the wall (23) than the first connecting portion (38) and a bent portion (48) is bent to approach the first connecting portion (38) at a position not overlapping the first connecting portion (38).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto Sakai, Hidekazu Matsuda, Yuichi Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11169310Abstract: An optical element includes an electro-optic crystal having an isotropic crystal which belongs to a point group m3m of a cubic system and including an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface which is a surface on the opposite side of the input surface; a first electrode disposed on the input surface; and a second electrode disposed on the rear surface. The input surface is located along at least one axis between axes obtained by rotating two crystal axes about one remaining crystal axis used as a rotation center at a predetermined angle in three crystal axes of the electro-optic crystal. A direction of an electric field to be induced by a voltage applied to a part between the first electrode and the second electrode is set in a propagation direction of the input light.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai
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Patent number: 11156816Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes a perovskite-type electro-optic crystal having a relative permittivity of 1,000 or higher and including an input surface to which the input light is input and a rear surface which faces the input surface; a light input and output unit disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and including a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted; a light reflecting unit including a pixel electrode portion including a plurality of second electrodes and an adhesion layer fixing the pixel electrode portion to the rear surface, is disposed on the rear surface of the electro-optic crystal, and reflects the input light toward the input and output unit; and a drive circuit for applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes. The adhesion layer includes a dielectric material in a cured material of a non-conducting adhesive material.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai
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Publication number: 20210328371Abstract: A connector 10 disclosed by this specification is to be mounted on a circuit board having lands and includes a housing 12 to be connected to a mating housing, and a pair of pegs (board fixing portions) 16 to be respectively mounted into both side portions of the housing 12 and soldered and fixed to the lands. The pair of pegs 16 respectively have peg-side contact surfaces (fixing portion-side contact surfaces) 26S to be held in surface contact with a pair of housing-side contact surfaces 52S located on both side surfaces of the housing 12. The housing 12 includes a pair of first projections (projections) 64 projecting toward back surfaces 26B of the pair of pegs 16 on sides opposite to the peg-side contact surfaces 26S.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Yuichi NAKANISHI, Hidekazu MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11106062Abstract: A light modulator includes a perovskite-type electro-optic crystal including a first surface to which the input light is input and a second surface which faces the first surface; a first electrode which is disposed on the first surface of the electro-optic crystal and through which the input light is transmitted; a second electrode which is disposed on the second surface of the electro-optic crystal and through which the input light is transmitted; and a drive circuit for applying an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is disposed alone on the first surface. The second electrode is disposed alone on the second surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode partially covers the first surface or the second surface. A propagation direction of the input light and an applying direction of the electric field are parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai
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Publication number: 20210191165Abstract: A light modulator includes a perovskite-type electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a first optical element being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a second optical element being disposed on the rear surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a second electrode through which the input light is transmitted, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yasushi OHBAYASHI, Hiroto SAKAI, Tsubasa WATANABE
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Patent number: 10983371Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes a perovskite-type electro-optic crystal having a relative permittivity of 1,000 or higher, a light input and output unit disposed on an input surface of the electro-optic crystal and including a first electrode through which input light is transmitted, a light reflecting unit including a plurality of second electrodes disposed on a rear surface of the electro-optic crystal and reflects the input light toward the light input and output unit, a drive circuit including a plurality of drive electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of second electrodes and for applying an electric field to a part between the first electrode and the second electrode by inputting an electrical signal to each of the plurality of drive electrodes, and a plurality of bumps which are disposed such that the plurality of second electrodes and the plurality of drive electrodes are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai
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Publication number: 20210048692Abstract: An SLM includes a modulation unit and a driving circuit. The modulation unit includes a plurality of pixels, and modulates a phase or an intensity of incident light in each pixel according to an amplitude of a drive signal changing periodically with time. The driving circuit provides the drive signal to the modulation unit. The driving circuit performs control such that a phase of the drive signal V1(t) provided to a first pixel group in the plurality of pixels and a phase of the drive signal V2(t) provided to a second pixel group in the plurality of pixels are mutually inverted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Munenori TAKUMI, Hiroshi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20210036444Abstract: A terminal (11) to be mounted into a housing (20) mounted on a circuit board (40) includes a terminal contact portion (12) to be disposed in a forwardly open receptacle (21) of the housing (20), an inserting portion (14) to be inserted into a terminal insertion hole (24) penetrating through a rear wall (22) of the receptacle (21) in a front-rear direction, and a board connecting portion (16) to be drawn out rearward from the terminal insertion hole (24) and connected to the circuit board (40). The inserting portion (14) includes a first press-fit portion (31) projecting in a first direction intersecting the circuit board (40) and to be press-fit to an inner wall of the terminal insertion hole (24) and a second press-fit portion (33) projecting in a second direction intersecting the first direction and to be press-fit to the inner wall of the terminal insertion hole (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Hiroto Sakai, Hidekazu Matsuda, Yuichi Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20210021063Abstract: A board connector (20) is provided with first terminals (30), second terminals (40) and a housing (21) including a wall (23) for holding the first and second terminals (30, 40). The first terminal 30 includes a first extending portion (35) extending out from the wall (23), and the second terminal 40 includes a second extending portion (45) extending out from the wall (23). The first extending portion (35) includes a first connecting portion (38) that can be soldered to a land (12A) of a board (11). The second extending portion (45) includes a second connecting portion (49) that can be soldered to a land (12B) of the board (11) at a position more distant from the wall (23) than the first connecting portion (38) and a bent portion (48) is bent to approach the first connecting portion (38) at a position not overlapping the first connecting portion (38).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Hiroto Sakai, Hidekazu Matsuda, Yuichi Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20210011430Abstract: A quantum simulator includes a pseudo speckle pattern generator, a main vacuum chamber, an atomic gas supply unit, a light beam generator, a photodetector, and an atom number detector. The pseudo speckle pattern generator generates a pseudo speckle pattern in the inside of the main vacuum chamber by light allowed to enter the inside of the main vacuum chamber through the second window. The pseudo speckle pattern generator includes a controller, a light source, a beam expander, a spatial light modulator, and a lens. The controller sets a modulation distribution of the spatial light modulator based on a two-dimensional pseudo random number pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCESInventors: Hiroto Sakai, Kenji Ohmori, Taro Ando, Nobuyuki Takei, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshiyuki Ohtake, Tomoko Hyodo, Yuu Takiguchi
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Patent number: 10824114Abstract: A quantum simulator includes a pseudo speckle pattern generator, a main vacuum chamber, an atomic gas supply unit, a light beam generator, a photodetector, and an atom number detector. The pseudo speckle pattern generator generates a pseudo speckle pattern in the inside of the main vacuum chamber by light allowed to enter the inside of the main vacuum chamber through the second window. The pseudo speckle pattern generator includes a controller, a light source, a beam expander, a spatial light modulator, and a lens. The controller sets a modulation distribution of the spatial light modultor based on a two-dimensional pseudo random number pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL SCIENCESInventors: Hiroto Sakai, Kenji Ohmori, Taro Ando, Nobuyuki Takei, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yoshiyuki Ohtake, Tomoko Hyodo, Yuu Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20200326564Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes an electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a light input/output unit being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a light reflection unit including a substrate including a plurality of second electrodes and being disposed on the rear surface side of the electro-optic crystal, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes. The light input/output unit includes a first charge injection curbing layer formed on the input surface, and the light reflection unit includes a second charge injection curbing layer formed on the rear surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yasushi OHBAYASHI, Hiroto SAKAI, Tsubasa WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200292856Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes an electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a light input/output unit being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a light reflection unit including a substrate including a plurality of second electrodes and an adhesive layer for fixing the substrate to the rear surface and being disposed on the rear surface of the electro-optic crystal, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kuniharu TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yasushi OHBAYASHI, Hiroto SAKAI, Tsubasa WATANABE
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Patent number: 10770855Abstract: It is aimed to provide a terminal capable of realizing a cost reduction while maintaining solder wettability. The terminal has a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board, and includes a base and a plating layer. The base has a plated surface covered by the plating layer and an exposed surface. The plating layer on the board connecting portion has a first inclined surface for covering a slope connecting the plated surface and the exposed surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Nakanishi, Hidekazu Matsuda, Hiroto Sakai
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Publication number: 20200117018Abstract: A pseudo speckle pattern generation apparatus includes a first spatial light modulator, a first lens, a second spatial light modulator, a second lens and the like. The first spatial light modulator has a first intensity modulation distribution based on a pseudo random number pattern, and spatially modulates intensity of light output from a light source and increased in beam diameter by a beam expander. The second spatial light modulator has a second intensity modulation distribution based on a filter function, is provided on a plane where a Fourier transformed pattern is generated by the first lens, and spatially modulates intensity of the light reached through the first lens. The second lens optically Fourier transforms a pattern of the light output from the second spatial light modulator to generate a Fourier transformed pattern as a pseudo speckle pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Taro ANDO, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshiyuki OHTAKE, Yuu TAKIGUCHI, Tomoko HYODO
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Publication number: 20200076147Abstract: It is aimed to provide a terminal capable of realizing a cost reduction while maintaining solder wettability. The terminal has a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board, and includes a base and a plating layer. The base has a plated surface covered by the plating layer and an exposed surface. The plating layer on the board connecting portion has a first inclined surface for covering a slope connecting the plated surface and the exposed surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Yuichi Nakanishi, Hidekazu Matsuda, Hiroto Sakai
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Patent number: 10571702Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a Gaussian beam output unit for outputting light having a light intensity distribution that conforms to a Gaussian distribution, a spatial light modulator for receiving the light and modulating the light by presenting a CGH, an optical system for converging the modulated light, and an amplitude mask arranged on at least one of an optical axis between the Gaussian beam output unit and the spatial light modulator and an optical axis between the spatial light modulator and the optical system. The amplitude mask has a circular-shaped first region centered on the optical axis and an annular-shaped second region that surrounds the first region. Transmittance in the second region continuously decreases as a distance from the optical axis increases.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto Sakai, Yuu Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20200041810Abstract: A pseudo speckle pattern generation apparatus includes a light source, a beam expander, and a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator has an intensity modulation distribution based on a pseudo speckle pattern calculated from a pseudo random number pattern and a correlation function, receives light output from the light source and increased in beam diameter by the beam expander, spatially modulates the received light according to the modulation distribution, and outputs modulated light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hiroto SAKAI, Taro ANDO, Haruyoshi TOYODA, Yoshiyuki OHTAKE, Yuu TAKIGUCHI, Tomoko HYODO