Patents by Inventor Minoru KATAGIRI

Minoru KATAGIRI 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: 20220288406
    Abstract: A medical device according to the present invention is a medical device that includes an ion generating unit configured to generate a positive ion and a negative ion by discharge, and that prevents or treats a cataract by delivering the positive ion and the negative ion to a surface of an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: SATOHIKO YAMAMOTO, Kimiaki TOMIMOTO, Yukihiro KUBO, HIROKAZU FUNAMORI, Taizou TANIGUCHI, Minoru KATAGIRI, Kinuyo MATSUMOTO, Mariko TAKENOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10880461
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus movable part includes a lens holder adapted to hold a lens part and an auto-focusing coil part, an autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder adapted to hold an auto-focusing magnet part, and a shake-correcting fixing part includes a base to which a shake-correcting coil part is disposed. At least one of the lens holder, magnet holder, and base is formed from a molding material consisting of polyarylate (PAR) or a PAR alloy which is a mixture of multiple resin materials including polyarylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa, Atsushi Kikuchi, Minoru Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10571649
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes an auto-focusing driving part that includes an auto-focusing coil and driving magnets, and an optical image stabilization driving part that includes an optical image stabilization coil disposed so as to be spaced apart from the driving magnets in an optical-axis direction and the driving magnets. An autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder to which the driving magnets are fixed by adhesion, and adhesion surfaces of the magnet holder to which the driving magnets adhere are parallel to the optical-axis direction, and first end portions of the adhesion surfaces facing an optical image stabilization fixing part in the optical-axis direction are opened. Each adhesion surface includes a recessed portion that extends in the optical-axis direction toward a second end portion, which is opposite to the first end portion, from a portion positioned closer to an inside than the first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Atsushi Kikuchi, Minoru Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20190243087
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes an auto-focusing driving part that includes an auto-focusing coil and driving magnets, and an optical image stabilization driving part that includes an optical image stabilization coil disposed so as to be spaced apart from the driving magnets in an optical-axis direction and the driving magnets. An autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder to which the driving magnets are fixed by adhesion, and adhesion surfaces of the magnet holder to which the driving magnets adhere are parallel to the optical-axis direction, and first end portions of the adhesion surfaces facing an optical image stabilization fixing part in the optical-axis direction are opened. Each adhesion surface includes a recessed portion that extends in the optical-axis direction toward a second end portion, which is opposite to the first end portion, from a portion positioned closer to an inside than the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Minoru KATAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20190011664
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus movable part includes a lens holder adapted to hold a lens part and an auto-focusing coil part, an autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder adapted to hold an auto-focusing magnet part, and a shake-correcting fixing part includes a base to which a shake-correcting coil part is disposed. At least one of the lens holder, magnet holder, and base is formed from a molding material consisting of polyarylate (PAR) or a PAR alloy which is a mixture of multiple resin materials including polyarylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Minoru KATAGIRI