Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hiramatsu

Hiroyuki Hiramatsu 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: 20110292340
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for guiding positioning an intraocular lens for astigmatism correction, includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining an anterior segment image of a patient's eye and an astigmatic axis of a patient's cornea; a feature point designating unit for defining a feature point of an iris or a sclera on the anterior segment image; and a display control unit for superimposing and displaying a gauge image that models a cornea gauge and an axis that represents the astigmatic axis of the cornea on the anterior segment image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunari SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 7971997
    Abstract: An intraocular lens selection apparatus and an intraocular lens selection method for selecting an intraocular lens to be implanted into an examinee's eye. The apparatus has an input unit which inputs corneal wavefront aberration of the eye, a memory which stores wavefront aberrations of a plurality of intraocular lens models, an unit which sets, as a target value, desired post-operative residual wavefront aberration of the eye after the lens is implanted, an unit which calculates, as an estimated value, post-operative residual wavefront aberration of the eye to be obtained when each lens model is implanted, based on the inputted corneal wavefront aberration and the stored wavefront aberration of each lens model, and specifies one of the lens models which renders the estimated value close to the set target value, a monitor, and a display control unit which controls the monitor to display information of the specified lens model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Yukinobu Ban
  • Patent number: 7845989
    Abstract: A connector (M) includes a terminal fitting accommodation member (20), made of synthetic resin, which accommodates a plurality of terminal fittings (30) and a tube (10), produced separately from the terminal fitting accommodation member (20), a front end of which is mounted in a mounting hole (H) of a panel. The connector (M) is constructed by mounting the terminal fitting accommodation member (20) on the tube (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Brian Nagy, Martin Spencer, Kevin Davis, Lalee Xiong
  • Patent number: 7824036
    Abstract: An ophthalmic ultrasonic measurement apparatus capable of narrowing differences in measurement results obtained by the apparatus which are made because of differences among examiners who operate the apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe arranged to be brought into contact with a cornea of an examinee's eye, a calculation unit arranged to obtain a measured value of a length from the cornea to a given section inside the eye based on an echo from the eye by an ultrasonic wave which is emitted from the probe, and a memory arranged to store information on examiners and adjustment information for narrowing differences in measured values of the length which are made because of differences among the examiners while the adjustment information is associated with the examiners' information, wherein the calculation unit corrects the obtained measured value using the stored adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nidek, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Yukinobu Ban
  • Publication number: 20100203759
    Abstract: A connector (M) includes a terminal fitting accommodation member (20), made of synthetic resin, which accommodates a plurality of terminal fittings (30) and a tube (10), produced separately from the terminal fitting accommodation member (20), a front end of which is mounted in a mounting hole (H) of a panel. The connector (M) is constructed by mounting the terminal fitting accommodation member (20) on the tube (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SEWS-DTC, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Brian Nagy, Martin Spencer, Kevin Davis, Lalee Xiong
  • Patent number: 7731527
    Abstract: A connector (10) for a substrate has a tubular hood (21) in which at least one mating housing can be fit. The hood (21) is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate (90). Channels (45, 46) are formed in a bottom wall (22) of the hood (21) and define grooves opening into the hood (21) for preventing the mating housings from being fitted in wrong fit-in concavities (28) of the hood (21). The channels (45, 46) have flat bottom surfaces that contact and extend along the circuit substrate (90) for stably supporting the hood (10) while spacing the bottom wall (22) from the circuit substrate (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7722381
    Abstract: A male housing (60) includes a receptacle (61) in which male tabs project. A female housing (10) includes a tower (11) with cavities (14) for accommodating terminal fittings. A front holder (13) is mountable on the tower (11) and has a front wall (31). A surrounding wall (32) projects from a peripheral edge of the front wall (31) for covering the outer peripheral surface of the tower (11). A receptacle (61) is fit on the tower (11) with the front holder (13) thereon. Inner projections (43) are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall (32) and project towards the outer peripheral surface of the tower (11) and outer projections (45) are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding wall (32) and project towards the inner peripheral surface of the receptacle (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7699632
    Abstract: A prevention part projected forward from a rear-end surface of a hood part (12) has a first prevention piece (61) disposed within a region of a rear-end surface of the hood part (12) from which a plurality of tabs (22) is projected; and a pair of second prevention pieces (62) so disposed as to sandwich the first prevention piece (61) therebetween, with the second prevention pieces (62) and the first prevention piece (61) arranged in a row at certain intervals. The tabs (22) are disposed between the first prevention piece (61) and the second prevention pieces (62). This construction is capable of decreasing a tab-disposing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7632138
    Abstract: A wire cover (60) is mounted on a rear part of a housing main body (21) to cover wires (50) drawn out from the rear surface of the housing main body (21). Cover locks (72) are provided on side walls (62) of the wire cover (60), and cover engaging portions (33) are provided on side surfaces of the housing main body (21). The cover locks (72) and the cover engaging portions (33) resiliently engage each other as the side walls (62) are resiliently deformed to hold the wire cover (60) on the housing main body (21). Detachment preventing pieces (76) are provided in parallel with the cover locks (72) on the side walls (62). The detachment preventing pieces (76) are accommodated in the receptacle when the housings (10, 20) are connected properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090281552
    Abstract: An intraocular lens selection apparatus and an intraocular lens selection method for selecting an intraocular lens to be implanted into an examinee's eye. The apparatus has an input unit which inputs corneal wavefront aberration of the eye, a memory which stores wavefront aberrations of a plurality of intraocular lens models, an unit which sets, as a target value, desired post-operative residual wavefront aberration of the eye after the lens is implanted, an unit which calculates, as an estimated value, post-operative residual wavefront aberration of the eye to be obtained when each lens model is implanted, based on the inputted corneal wavefront aberration and the stored wavefront aberration of each lens model, and specifies one of the lens models which renders the estimated value close to the set target value, a monitor, and a display control unit which controls the monitor to display information of the specified lens model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Yukinobu Ban
  • Patent number: 7614904
    Abstract: A connector includes female and male housings (10, 40) that are connectable along a connecting direction (CD). A connection detector (30) is mounted on the female housing (10) for movement along the connecting direction (CD) between standby and detection positions. The connection detector (30) does not contact receiving portions (48) of the male housing (40) when the connection detector (30) is at the standby position. However, pressing portions (32) of the connection detector (30) press the receiving portions (48) when the connection detector (CD) is at the detection position to prevent relative movements of the connection detector (30) and the male connector housing (40). Thus, connection resistance between the receiving portions (48) and the pressing portions (32) is not produced when the connection detector (30) is at the standby position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090239414
    Abstract: A connector (10) for a substrate has a tubular hood (21 ) in which at least one mating housing can be fit. The hood (21) is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate (90). Channels (45, 46) are formed in a bottom wall (22) of the hood (21) and define grooves opening into the hood (21) for preventing the mating housings from being fitted in wrong fit-in concavities (28) of the hood (21). The channels (45, 46) have flat bottom surfaces that contact and extend along the circuit substrate (90) for stably supporting the hood (10) while spacing the bottom wall (22) from the circuit substrate (90).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090111301
    Abstract: A prevention part projected forward from a rear-end surface of a hood part (12) has a first prevention piece (61) disposed within a region of a rear-end surface of the hood part (12) from which a plurality of tabs (22) is projected; and a pair of second prevention pieces (62) so disposed as to sandwich the first prevention piece (61) therebetween, with the second prevention pieces (62) and the first prevention piece (61) arranged in a row at certain intervals. The tabs (22) are disposed between the first prevention piece (61) and the second prevention pieces (62). This construction is capable of decreasing a tab-disposing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7517247
    Abstract: A male terminal fitting (20A) is inserted into a cavity (11) in a housing (10) from the rear, and has a tab (26A) that passes through an open portion (16) of a front wall (14) of the cavity (11). A proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) is sandwiched in a thickness direction between an inner surface of the open portion (16) and a front closure (30) mounted on the open portion (16). The thickness of the proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) of the terminal fitting (20A) is less than that of a connection portion (28A) of the tab (26A). Therefore the connection portion (28A) of the tab (26A) can have a thickness different from a predetermined thickness, provided that the proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) has the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090033869
    Abstract: An ophthalmic ultrasonic measurement apparatus capable of narrowing differences in measurement results obtained by the apparatus which are made because of differences among examiners who operate the apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe arranged to be brought into contact with a cornea of an examinee's eye, a calculation unit arranged to obtain a measured value of a length from the cornea to a given section inside the eye based on an echo from the eye by an ultrasonic wave which is emitted from the probe, and a memory arranged to store information on examiners and adjustment information for narrowing differences in measured values of the length which are made because of differences among the examiners while the adjustment information is associated with the examiners' information, wherein the calculation unit corrects the obtained measured value using the stored adjustment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Yukinobu Ban
  • Publication number: 20090029579
    Abstract: A wire cover (60) is mounted on a rear part of a housing main body (21) to cover wires (50) drawn out from the rear surface of the housing main body (21). Cover locks (72) are provided on side walls (62) of the wire cover (60), and cover engaging portions (33) are provided on side surfaces of the housing main body (21). The cover locks (72) and the cover engaging portions (33) resiliently engage each other as the side walls (62) are resiliently deformed to hold the wire cover (60) on the housing main body (21). Detachment preventing pieces (76) are provided in parallel with the cover locks (72) on the side walls (62). The detachment preventing pieces (76) are accommodated in the receptacle when the housings (10, 20) are connected properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7481665
    Abstract: A connector has a male housing (10) with a hood (12) and a female housing (20) that can be telescoped into the hood (12). The female housing (20) has an elastic hold-down piece (38) that elastically contacts the male housing (10) at an angle to a direction in which the housings (10; 20) are telescoped together. An elastic pressing force of the elastic hold-down piece (38) prevents housings (10) and (20) from shaking at an angle to the fit-in direction. The elastic hold-down piece (38) is made of the synthetic resin and has a small elastic deformation amount. Thus, the elastic hold-down piece (38) has a higher effect than an elastic hold-down piece made of rubber in preventing shaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 7470157
    Abstract: A connector has a front retainer (30) that can be held at a partial or full locking position, engaging portions (38) formed on outer surfaces of locking arms (36) are engaged with partial locks (15) or full locks (16). Thus, even if resilient deforming portions (37) of the locking arms (36) are deformed to widen the spacing therebetween due to a thermal shrinkage at the time of resin-molding, areas of engagement of the engaging portions (38) and the partial locks (15) and those of the engaging portions (38) and the full locks (16) are not reduced. Further, engaged parts of the engaging portions (38) and the partial or full locks (15, 16) are in insertion spaces (14), and the front retainer (30) will not be unlocked by interference of external matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20080318458
    Abstract: A connector includes female and male housings (10, 40) that are connectable along a connecting direction (CD). A connection detector (30) is mounted on the female housing (10) for movement along the connecting direction (CD) between standby and detection positions. The connection detector (30) does not contact receiving portions (48) of the male housing (40) when the connection detector (30) is at the standby position. However, pressing portions (32) of the connection detector (30) press the receiving portions (48) when the connection detector (CD) is at the detection position to prevent relative movements of the connection detector (30) and the male connector housing (40). Thus, connection resistance between the receiving portions (48) and the pressing portions (32) is not produced when the connection detector (30) is at the standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20080305681
    Abstract: A male terminal fitting (20A) is inserted into a cavity (11) in a housing (10) from the rear, and has a tab (26A) that passes through an open portion (16) of a front wall (14) of the cavity (11). A proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) is sandwiched in a thickness direction between an inner surface of the open portion (16) and a front closure (30) mounted on the open portion (16). The thickness of the proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) of the terminal fitting (20A) is less than that of a connection portion (28A) of the tab (26A). Therefore the connection portion (28A) of the tab (26A) can have a thickness different from a predetermined thickness, provided that the proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) has the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hiramatsu