Patents by Inventor Katsuji Horiuchi

Katsuji Horiuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 7791796
    Abstract: A motorized table apparatus comprises: a support unit for supporting a movement table so as to allow it to move in a single axis direction relative to a stationary unit which is fixed to the movement table; a slide member which is equipped on the movement table and which has a length equivalent to, or more than, a moving range of the movement table; an ultrasonic oscillators which is equipped on the stationary unit, which moves the movement table, and which comprises a single piezoelectric body and two drive elements; and a pressure application unit for supporting so that the two drive elements of the ultrasonic oscillator and the slide member are pressed by a constant force, wherein a plurality of the ultrasonic oscillators are equipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ue, Yasuaki Kasai, Katsuji Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20100213792
    Abstract: A multilayered piezoelectric element in which first internal electrodes include first exposed portions formed at the end portion of a first piezoelectric material. And the second internal electrodes include second exposed portions formed at the end portion of a second piezoelectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nagahide SAKAI, Yasuaki KASAI, Junji OKADA, Katsuji HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20080043325
    Abstract: A motorized table apparatus comprises: a support unit for supporting a movement table so as to allow it to move in a single axis direction relative to a stationary unit which is fixed to the movement table; a slide member which is equipped on the movement table and which has a length equivalent to, or more than, a moving range of the movement table; an ultrasonic oscillators which is equipped on the stationary unit, which moves the movement table, and which comprises a single piezoelectric body and two drive elements; and a pressure application unit for supporting so that the two drive elements of the ultrasonic oscillator and the slide member are pressed by a constant force, wherein a plurality of the ultrasonic oscillators are equipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ue, Yasuaki Kasai, Katsuji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 7122937
    Abstract: An electrostatic driving device according to the present invention has a flexible thin film, a holding member, which holds the flexible thin film and allows the flexible thin film to bend, a function member disposed on the flexible thin film, a film-side facing electrode disposed on the flexible thin film, a base, which faces the holding member, a base-side facing electrode, which is disposed on the base and faces the film-side facing electrode; and a bonding spacer member, which is held between the holding member and base, bonds the holding member to the base, and holds an interval between the holding member and base at a predetermined interval so as to keep an electrode interval between the film-side facing electrode and base-side facing electrode at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hatakeyama, Katsuji Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20040189143
    Abstract: An electrostatic driving device according to the present invention has a flexible thin film, a holding member, which holds the flexible thin film and allows the flexible thin film to bend, a function member disposed on the flexible thin film, a film-side facing electrode disposed on the flexible thin film, a base, which faces the holding member, a base-side facing electrode, which is disposed on the base and faces the film-side facing electrode; and a bonding spacer member, which is held between the holding member and base, bonds the holding member to the base, and holds an interval between the holding member and base at a predetermined interval so as to keep an electrode interval between the film-side facing electrode and base-side facing electrode at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hatakeyama, Katsuji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 6359674
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens comprises a biconcave lens and a pair of transparent flat plates arranged before and behind the lens. The biconcave lens has a pair of concave principal surfaces covered with transparent electrodes, a flat portion on its outer periphery, and an electrode extending across the flat portion and connecting the transparent electrodes. Each of the transparent flat plates has a flat principal surface covered with a transparent electrode, the surface facing the concave principal surface, a flat portion on its outer periphery, and an electrode extending across the flat portion and connected to the transparent electrode. The biconcave lens and the pair of transparent flat plates are cemented to one another in a spaced manner by sealants with their respective flat portions flush with one another. Liquid crystals are stored individually in spaces defined between the lens and the flat plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuji Horiuchi