Patents by Inventor Seiichi Oishi

Seiichi Oishi 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: 10165193
    Abstract: An image pickup device includes: an image pickup element; a board including an opening through which light entering the image pickup element passes; a shutter opening and closing the opening; an actuator driving the shutter, and including: a rotor; a stator; and first and second coils wound around the stator and not electrically connected to each other; and a drive circuit including plural terminal portions to which the first and second coils are individually connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Minori Murata, Motoharu Sakurai, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 10101635
    Abstract: To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing variations in movement speed of blades at the time of continuous operation and shortening the operation interval of blades. A blade drive device 10 includes a bed plate 11 having an opening 12, a blade receiving plate 15 arranged so as to face the bed plate 11, a plurality of blades 31b to 34b provided between the bed plate 11 and the blade receiving plate 15, which are expanded in a state where the opening 12 is closed and are housed while overlapping one another in a state where the opening 12 is opened and a regulating member 80 having an abutting surface 82 on which side edge portions 31b1 to 34b1 of the blades 31b to 34b abut when the blades are housed. The abutting surface 82 is an inclined surface 83 inclined to the bed plate 11 side as it goes from the bed plate 11 side to the blade receiving plate 15 side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Shoichi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9733547
    Abstract: A blade driving device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators arranged adjacent to each other and respectively driving the first and second blades, and respectively including first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils; a printed circuit board; and solder portions electrically connecting the first and second coils with the printed circuit board; wherein the solder portions includes: first and second solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the first coil with the printed circuit board; and third and fourth solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the second coil with the printed circuit board; and the first, second, third, and fourth solder portions face one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Shoichi Tokura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Seiichi Oishi, Minori Murata
  • Patent number: 9671678
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter capable of suppressing production of foreign matter is provided. The focal-plane shutter includes a base plate, rear curtain drive arms, a blade that is driven by the rear curtain drive arms, and an elastically deformable cushioning member that comes into contact with the blade that moves from a retracted position to an unfolded position. The blade extends in a first direction. The rear curtain drive arms are swingable around the centers of swing motion provided on one side of the blade in the first direction. The cushioning member has a contact section that comes into contact with a side edge of the blade, a holding section that is arranged on the side opposite the blade with the contact section therebetween, and a connecting section that connects the contact section and the holding section to each other. The connecting section inclines with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extends toward the centers of swing motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Shoichi Tokura, Seiichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 9658516
    Abstract: To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing the increase in number of components while suppressing the bounding of blades, and an optical apparatus including the blade drive device. A blade drive device 10 includes a partition plate 21 having an opening 22, blades 31a to 34a, 31b to 34b which are expanded in a state where the opening 22 is closed and which overlap one another in a state where the opening 22 is opened, and a first regulating portion 23A and a second regulating portion 24A integrally formed with the partition plate 21, on which the blades 31a, 31b abut when being expanded. An optical apparatus includes the blade drive device 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Shoichi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9612505
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter capable of preventing deterioration of the quality of a captured image is provided. A focal-plane shutter includes a base plate having an opening, a rear curtain that moves between an open position where the opening is open and a closed position where the opening is closed to allow the opening to be open and closed, and a first cushioning member that comes into contact with the rear curtain, and the rear curtain has a first protrusion that is located outside the opening, protrudes in a first direction from the open position toward the closed position, and comes into contact with the first cushioning member when the rear curtain moves from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Shoichi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9606421
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a shutter opening and closing the opening; a drive lever provided with a drive pin and swinging; a drive arm provided with an engagement hole engaged with the drive pin, swinging about a center same as a swing center of the drive lever, driving the shutter, and made of a synthetic resin; and a restriction portion defining a swinging range of the drive lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shoichi Tokura
  • Publication number: 20170052428
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter capable of suppressing production of foreign matter is provided. The focal-plane shutter includes a base plate, rear curtain drive arms, a blade that is driven by the rear curtain drive arms, and an elastically deformable cushioning member that comes into contact with the blade that moves from a retracted position to an unfolded position. The blade extends in a first direction. The rear curtain drive arms are swingable around the centers of swing motion provided on one side of the blade in the first direction. The cushioning member has a contact section that comes into contact with a side edge of the blade, a holding section that is arranged on the side opposite the blade with the contact section therebetween, and a connecting section that connects the contact section and the holding section to each other. The connecting section inclines with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extends toward the centers of swing motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shoichi TOKURA, Seiichi OISHI
  • Publication number: 20170045801
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter capable of preventing deterioration of the quality of a captured image is provided. A focal-plane shutter includes a base plate having an opening, a rear curtain that moves between an open position where the opening is open and a closed position where the opening is closed to allow the opening to be open and closed, and a first cushioning member that comes into contact with the rear curtain, and the rear curtain has a first protrusion that is located outside the opening, protrudes in a first direction from the open position toward the closed position, and comes into contact with the first cushioning member when the rear curtain moves from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Shoichi TOKURA
  • Patent number: 9513533
    Abstract: A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a leading blade and a trailing blade opening and closing the opening; a trailing blade actuator driving the trailing blade; a drive member driving the trailing blade by receiving driving force of the trailing blade actuator; and a buffering member abutting with the drive member in a state where the trailing blade recedes away from the opening, wherein the trailing blade actuator causes the drive member to move away from the buffering member from an abutting state therewith and to abut therewith again in a charging operation, and then starts an exposure operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Minori Murata, Seiichi Oishi, Mitsuru Suzuki, Shoichi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9465275
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter opening and closing the opening; a leading shutter actuator and a trailing shutter actuator respectively driving the leading shutter and the trailing shutter; and a restrict portion that restricts reciprocating movement ranges of the leading shutter and the trailing shutter, an image pickup element which light enters through the opening; and a drive control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Minori Murata, Seiichi Oishi, Shoichi Tokura
  • Publication number: 20160282704
    Abstract: To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing variations in movement speed of blades at the time of continuous operation and shortening the operation interval of blades. A blade drive device 10 includes a bed plate 11 having an opening 12, a blade receiving plate 15 arranged so as to face the bed plate 11, a plurality of blades 31b to 34b provided between the bed plate 11 and the blade receiving plate 15, which are expanded in a state where the opening 12 is closed and are housed while overlapping one another in a state where the opening 12 is opened and a regulating member 80 having an abutting surface 82 on which side edge portions 31b1 to 34b1 of the blades 31b to 34b abut when the blades are housed. The abutting surface 82 is an inclined surface 83 inclined to the bed plate 11 side as it goes from the bed plate 11 side to the blade receiving plate 15 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Shoichi TOKURA
  • Publication number: 20160216593
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a shutter opening and closing the opening; a drive lever provided with a drive pin and swinging; a drive arm provided with an engagement hole engaged with the drive pin, swinging about a center same as a swing center of the drive lever, driving the shutter, and made of a synthetic resin; and a restriction portion defining a swinging range of the drive lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Shoichi TOKURA
  • Patent number: 9395598
    Abstract: A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter opening and closing the opening; first and second biasing members respectively biasing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move away from the opening; a first actuator causing the leading shutter to move from a position to close the opening to a position to recede from the opening while the leading shutter is assisted by a biasing force of the first biasing member in an exposure operation; and a second actuator causing the trailing shutter to move from a position to recede from the opening to a position to close the opening against a biasing force of the second biasing member in the exposure operation, wherein drive torque of the first actuator is smaller than that of the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Minori Murata, Seiichi Oishi, Mitsuru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160195795
    Abstract: A blade driving device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators arranged adjacent to each other and respectively driving the first and second blades, and respectively including first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils; a printed circuit board; and solder portions electrically connecting the first and second coils with the printed circuit board; wherein the solder portions includes: first and second solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the first coil with the printed circuit board; and third and fourth solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the second coil with the printed circuit board; and the first, second, third, and fourth solder portions face one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Shoichi TOKURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Seiichi OISHI, Minori MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160195796
    Abstract: To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing the increase in number of components while suppressing the bounding of blades, and an optical apparatus including the blade drive device. A blade drive device 10 includes a partition plate 21 having an opening 22, blades 31a to 34a, 31b to 34b which are expanded in a state where the opening 22 is closed and which overlap one another in a state where the opening 22 is opened, and a first regulating portion 23A and a second regulating portion 24A integrally formed with the partition plate 21, on which the blades 31a, 31b abut when being expanded. An optical apparatus includes the blade drive device 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Shoichi TOKURA
  • Publication number: 20160191777
    Abstract: An image pickup device includes: an image pickup element; a board including an opening through which light entering the image pickup element passes; a shutter opening and closing the opening; an actuator driving the shutter, and including: a rotor; a stator; and first and second coils wound around the stator and not electrically connected to each other; and a drive circuit including plural terminal portions to which the first and second coils are individually connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Minori MURATA, Motoharu SAKURAI, Akira ITO
  • Patent number: 9304374
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter includes: a mechanical portion including: a board including an opening; and a leading blade and a trailing blade capable of opening and closing the opening; and a leading blade actuator and a trailing blade actuator respectively driving the leading blade and the trailing blade, and respectively including a leading blade coil and a trailing blade coil, wherein a current value flowing through at least one of the leading blade coil and the trailing blade coil is adjusted such that one of variations in a leading blade run-up period and a trailing blade run-up period depending on a temperature change corresponds to the other one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi Oishi, Minori Murata, Shoichi Tokura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160011491
    Abstract: A focal-plane shutter includes: a mechanical portion including: a board including an opening; and a leading blade and a trailing blade capable of opening and closing the opening; and a leading blade actuator and a trailing blade actuator respectively driving the leading blade and the trailing blade, and respectively including a leading blade coil and a trailing blade coil, wherein a current value flowing through at least one of the leading blade coil and the trailing blade coil is adjusted such that one of variations in a leading blade run-up period and a trailing blade run-up period depending on a temperature change corresponds to the other one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Seiichi OISHI, Minori MURATA, Shoichi TOKURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150227020
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter opening and closing the opening; a leading shutter actuator and a trailing shutter actuator respectively driving the leading shutter and the trailing shutter; and a restrict portion that restricts reciprocating movement ranges of the leading shutter and the trailing shutter, an image pickup element which light enters through the opening; and a drive control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Minori MURATA, Seiichi OISHI, Shoichi TOKURA