Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Kobayashi 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: 20110045685
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly, which can easily disengage a first connector from a second connector without damaging constructional elements when excessive rotational moment is exerted on the one connector when connected to the second connector, is provided. The electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector that connect with each other. The first connector includes a first housing, a first contact, and a latch. The second connector includes a second housing having a second contact and a shell attached to the second housing so as to cover the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110017500
    Abstract: A printed wiring board is formed by performing cutting in a rectangular region having sides which are oblique to sides of a rectangular sheet material from the rectangular sheet material formed from glass cloth fibers. In the printed wiring board, at least one corner is cut out in a state in which the one corner extends off a cuttable region of the rectangular sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugimoto, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110018552
    Abstract: A coupon board is cut out together with a printed wiring board from a sheet material in which a solder resist film is formed on a surface of a glass cloth fiber. The coupon board is for evaluating characteristics of the printed wiring board. The coupon board includes a region on which the solder resist film is not formed, and which extends parallel with one side of the printed wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugimoto, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100297879
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing, a metal shell that covers the insulative housing, and a switch. The switch includes a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact is formed by partially bending a rear end of a top surface of a metal shell downward. The metal shell covers an insulating housing to be mated with a mating connector. The movable contact extends while having a fixed end held by the insulating housing, and bifurcates at an approximate midpoint of the movable contact. The movable contact has, at one free end, an attachment section that abuts a mating connector approaching in a mating direction and a contacting section, at an opposite free end, that contacts the fixed contact when the attachment section is pushed by the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7628636
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connection to a complementary electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector includes a housing having a concavity and a latch rotatably carried by the housing. The latch includes a rotary section having a first curved edge, a second curved edge, and a tab received that is received by the concavity. The latch further includes a lock extending from the rotary section for connection with the complementary electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K., Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) VII Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Hsueh Yu, Chien Tsai Hui, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7438601
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of first contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a first surface of an object of connection and a plurality of second contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a second surface of the object of connection. The plurality of first and second contacts are alternately disposed in a contact arrangement direction in a housing. Each of the first contacts has a first projection that extends from a front end of the base member adjacent to a lower press-fitting member along an axial direction of a first contact accommodating compartment. Each of the second contacts has a second projection that extends from a front end of a base member adjacent to an upper press-fitting member along an axial direction of a second contact accommodating compartment. The first and second projections contact inner wall surfaces of projection receiving openings formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080139032
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connection to a complementary electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector includes a housing having a concavity and a latch rotatably carried by the housing. The latch includes a rotary section having a first curved edge, a second curved edge, and a tab received that is received by the concavity. The latch further includes a lock extending from the rotary section for connection with the complementary electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Chao Hsueh Yu, Chien Tsai Hui, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7261416
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristics measuring system, comprising a target projecting means for projecting a target image on a fundus of an eye under test, a photodetecting means for guiding the target image toward a photoelectric detector, a pupil diameter measuring means, a calculating means for calculating optical characteristics of the eye under test according to distribution of optical intensity obtained based on an image acquired by the photoelectric detector, and an aperture selecting means provided on each of the target projecting means and the photodetecting means, wherein the aperture selecting means is independently driven, and apertures to restrict a projecting luminous flux and a photodetecting luminous flux are selected based on a pupil diameter of the eye under test measured by the pupil diameter measuring means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Kouji Nishio, Gaku Takeuchi, Masahiro Shibutani, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7244025
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristics measuring system, comprising a first target projection optical system for projecting a target image on a fundus of an eye under test, a first photodetecting means for receiving the target image reflected from the fundus of the eye under test from the first target image projecting optical system, an ocular refractive power measuring unit for measuring ocular refractive power of the eye under test based on photodetection result from the first photodetecting means, a second target projecting means for projecting a spot-like target image to the fundus of the eye under test, a second photodetecting means for receiving the target image reflected from the fundus of the eye under test, and an eye's optical characteristics measuring unit for measuring ocular refractive power based on two or more images acquired at a predetermined refractive degree pitch before and after centering the refractive degree of the eye under test obtained by the second photodetecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Kouji Nishio, Yasufumi Fukuma, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070004284
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of first contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a first surface of an object of connection and a plurality of second contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a second surface of the object of connection. The plurality of first and second contacts are alternately disposed in a contact arrangement direction in a housing. Each of the first contacts has a first projection that extends from a front end of the base member adjacent to a lower press-fitting member along an axial direction of a first contact accommodating compartment. Each of the second contacts has a second projection that extends from a front end of a base member adjacent to an upper press-fitting member along an axial direction of a second contact accommodating compartment. The first and second projections contact inner wall surfaces of projection receiving openings formed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060256286
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristics measuring system, comprising a first target projection optical system for projecting a target image on a fundus of an eye under test, a first photodetecting means for receiving the target image reflected from the fundus of the eye under test from the first target image projecting optical system, an ocular refractive power measuring unit for measuring ocular refractive power of the eye under test based on photodetection result from the first photodetecting means, a second target projecting means for projecting a spot-like target image to the fundus of the eye under test, a second photodetecting means for receiving the target image reflected from the fundus of the eye under test, and an eye's optical characteristics measuring unit for measuring ocular refractive power based on two or more images acquired at a predetermined refractive degree pitch before and after centering the refractive degree of the eye under test obtained by the second photodetecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Kouji Nishio, Yasufumi Fukuma, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060215112
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristics measuring system, comprising a target projecting means for projecting a target image on a fundus of an eye under test, a photodetecting means for guiding the target image toward a photoelectric detector, a pupil diameter measuring means, a calculating means for calculating optical characteristics of the eye under test according to distribution of optical intensity obtained based on an image acquired by the photoelectric detector, and an aperture selecting means provided on each of the target projecting means and the photodetecting means, wherein the aperture selecting means is independently driven, and apertures to restrict a projecting luminous flux and a photodetecting luminous flux are selected based on a pupil diameter of the eye under test measured by the pupil diameter measuring means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kouji Nishio, Gaku Takeuchi, Masahiro Shibutani, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7011411
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristic measuring system, comprising a target projecting system for projecting a target image to an ocular fundus of an eye under test, a photodetection optical system for guiding the target image to a photoelectric detector, a simulation image calculating unit for calculating images of the target image to be formed when a plurality of target images of different sizes are independently projected to the fundus of the eye under test based on light amount intensity distribution of the target image detected at the photoelectric detector, and a visual acuity calculating unit having a predetermined threshold value and used for detecting light amount distribution characteristics from each of the light amount intensity distribution in a predetermined longitudinal direction of a plurality of target images calculated at the simulation image calculating unit and for calculating a visual acuity value of a person under test from an intersection of the light amount distribution characteristics and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Masahiro Shibutani, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Gaku Takeuchi, Yumi Kubotera
  • Patent number: 6824269
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristic measuring system comprises an aperture diaphragm 14 arranged at a position approximately conjugate to a pupil of an eye 1 under testing and for determining regions to pass a light beam on the pupil 18, a projection optical system 2 for projecting a primary index image on a fundus of the eye under testing via the aperture diaphragm, a photodetection optical system 3 for forming a secondary index image on a photoelectric detector 21 via the aperture diaphragm by a reflected light beam from the fundus of the eye under testing, and detecting units 26, 27 and 28 for detecting a light amount intensity distribution of the secondary index image based on a signal from the photoelectric detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Gaku Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Masahiro Shibutani
  • Patent number: 6789899
    Abstract: The eye's optical characteristic measuring system of the present invention comprises a projection system 2 for projecting a primary index image on fundus of an eye under testing, a photodetection system 3 for forming a secondary index image on a photoelectric detector 21 from a reflection light beam of the primary index image, detection systems 26, 27 and 28 for measuring a light amount intensity distribution characteristic of the secondary index image based on a signal from the photoelectric detector, a correction optical system 12 arranged in an optical path shared in common with the photodetection system and the detection system and for focusing the primary index image on the fundus of the eye under testing in corrected condition according to ocular refractive characteristic of the eye under testing, and a light beam switching means 13 for switching over to a first condition to guide the reflection light beam including the scattering reflection light beam from the fundus of the eye under testing to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Gaku Takeuchi, Masahiro Shibutani
  • Patent number: 6746265
    Abstract: The male connector 1 has a metal shielding shell 4 that accommodates a housing 2 and a synthetic resin enclosure 8 that covers approximately the rear half of this shielding shell 4. Fastening parts 40 and protruding parts 42 are formed by stamping in the upper-side shell half-body 4a. A metal latching arm 44 which is formed with the approximate shape of a shallow inverted V, and which has an engaging part 54, is disposed between these fastening parts 40 and protruding parts 42. The latching arm 44 can be pressed by means of a finger-catch part 68. This configuration obtains the desired shielding performance while maintaining a compact size in a shielded electrical connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics. AMP, K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Naotaka Sasame, Takaki Naito, Doron Lapidot
  • Patent number: 6699238
    Abstract: A laser operating system, comprising treatment laser beam projector for projecting a treatment laser beam to an affected site to be treated, sighting laser beam projector for projecting a sighting laser beam for aligning the treatment laser beam to the affected site, and an adjuster 36 for adjusting a spot diameter of the treatment laser beam, wherein output of the sighting laser beam projector is adjusted in association with adjusting operation of the adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Hideo Sagehashi, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Masayuki Momiuchi
  • Patent number: 6676258
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus which detects light quantity distribution characteristics of a measuring target image projected to a fundus of an eye to be inspected and measures eye optical characteristics from the light quantity distribution characteristics. A projecting optical system has a light source and projects a measurement target to a fundus of an eye to be inspected by bundle of rays emitted from the light source, and a light receiving optical system condenses the bundle of rays reflected from the fundus of the eye. A photoelectric detector detects light quantity distribution characteristics of an image formed by the light receiving optical system, and an arithmetic unit measures eye optical characteristics of the eye based on a signal output from the photoelectric detector. A deflecting optical member for deflecting bundle of rays incident into both optical paths of the projecting optical system and the light receiving optical system is arranged so as to be rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Gaku Takeuchi, Naoki Nakazawa, Masahiro Shibutani, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6634899
    Abstract: A card edge connector 1 capable of effectively restraining a daughter board B from inadvertent removal in the horizontal direction by increasing the holding pressure of the daughter board B. The card edge connector 1 has an insulated housing 10 mounted onto the mother board A and latch members 30A, 30B attached to the housing 10, for holding the daughter board B. The latch members 30A, 30B have a daughter board locking portion 47a for restraining the daughter board B in the horizontal direction. The locking portion engages the inner wall of the semicircular recess B1 formed at the edge portion of the daughter board B. The daughter board locking portion 47a has a pointed edge portion 47c for penetrating the inner wall of the semicircular recess B1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics, AMP, K.K.
    Inventors: Kawamae Takahiro, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Tadahiro Fumikura
  • Patent number: 6623117
    Abstract: An eye's optical characteristic measuring system, comprising an index projection system 2 for projecting an index image on a fundus of an eye under testing, a photodetection optical system 3 for guiding the index image toward a photoelectric detector, a simulation image calculating unit 28 for calculating each of images of target images formed when a plurality of target images different in size are respectively projected on the fundus of the eye under testing based on a light amount intensity distribution of the index image detected on the photoelectric detector, and a visual acuity calculating unit 28 for calculating a visual acuity value of the eye under testing, wherein the simulation image calculating unit calculates light amount intensity distributions in each of predetermined meridian directions of the images of the target images, and the visual acuity calculating unit detects a plurality of light amount intensity distribution values based on the light amount intensity distributions and calculates
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Masahiro Shibutani, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Gaku Takeuchi