Patents by Inventor Miwa FUKUNAGA

Miwa FUKUNAGA 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).

  • Microscope system with plural attachable/detachable objective lens units
    Patent number: 9250433
    Abstract: A plurality of mounting devices are selectively exchanged while keeping the same parfocal distances for objective lenses among these mounting devices. A microscope system includes a microscope main unit and a plurality of attachable/detachable objective lens units that are selectively attached to the microscope main unit. The microscope main unit includes raising mechanism that can move the attached objective lens unit in an optical axis direction. The plurality of objective lens units have a revolver or a nosepiece that can be attached to the microscope main unit and an objective lens that can be mounted on the revolver or the nosepieces in an attachable/detachable manner. Distances from an attachment position in the microscope main unit for the revolver or the nosepiece to focal positions of the objective lenses are set to be mutually equal among the objective lens units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Makara, Miwa Fukunaga
  • MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130021663
    Abstract: A plurality of mounting devices are selectively exchanged while keeping the same parfocal distances for objective lenses among these mounting devices. A microscope system includes a microscope main unit and a plurality of attachable/detachable objective lens units that are selectively attached to the microscope main unit. The microscope main unit includes raising mechanism that can move the attached objective lens unit in an optical axis direction. The plurality of objective lens units have a revolver or a nosepiece that can be attached to the microscope main unit and an objective lens that can be mounted on the revolver or the nosepieces in an attachable/detachable manner. Distances from an attachment position in the microscope main unit for the revolver or the nosepiece to focal positions of the objective lenses are set to be mutually equal among the objective lens units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori MAKARA, Miwa FUKUNAGA