Patents by Inventor Shigemasa YAMANE

Shigemasa YAMANE 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).

  • Dust-proof member, imaging module, and imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 11729482
    Abstract: A dust-proof member includes a base portion, a protruding portion. The base portion has a hollow shape. The protruding portion includes an elastic member and arranged so as to protrude from the base portion in a direction opposite to a mounting direction when the base portion is mounted on a mounting portion of a housing. A contact surface portion of the base portion has an inclination from an inner circumferential end portion to an outer circumferential portion, the contact surface portion coming in contact with the mounting portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigemasa Yamane
  • DUST-PROOF MEMBER, IMAGING MODULE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220038612
    Abstract: A dust-proof member includes a base portion, a protruding portion. The base portion has a hollow shape. The protruding portion includes an elastic member and arranged so as to protrude from the base portion in a direction opposite to a mounting direction when the base portion is mounted on a mounting portion of a housing. A contact surface portion of the base portion has an inclination from an inner circumferential end portion to an outer circumferential portion, the contact surface portion coming in contact with the mounting portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Shigemasa YAMANE