Patents by Inventor Toyoko Arai

Toyoko Arai 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).

  • Positioning mechanism and microscope using the same
    Patent number: 7672048
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism capable of decreasing width and size and a microscope using the positioning mechanism are provided. The positioning mechanism is provided with a supporting shaft possessing a spherical surface part at a prescribed position and guides disposed substantially parallel to the supporting shaft and is characterized, on the assumption that of the three-dimensional directions, the axial direction of the supporting shaft constitutes the z direction, by the fact that the supporting shaft is nipped by the guides at the position of the spherical surface part and enabled to oscillate on the spherical surface part as a fulcrum in the xy directions and as well slide in the z direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Advanced Instituter of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masahiko Tomitori, Toyoko Arai, Yutaka Nakae
  • Positioning Mechanism and Microscope Using the Same
    Publication number: 20080212174
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism capable of decreasing width and size and a microscope using the positioning mechanism are provided. The positioning mechanism is provided with a supporting shaft possessing a spherical surface part at a prescribed position and guides disposed substantially parallel to the supporting shaft and is characterized, on the assumption that of the three-dimensional directions, the axial direction of the supporting shaft constitutes the z direction, by the fact that the supporting shaft is nipped by the guides at the position of the spherical surface part and enabled to oscillate on the spherical surface part as a fulcrum in the xy directions and as well slide in the z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: JAPAN ADVAMCED INTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masahiko Tomitori, Toyoko Arai, Yutaka Nakae