Patents by Inventor Ayumu Akabane

Ayumu Akabane 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: 10990180
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate that has a lower surface on which a vibration generation element is mounted, and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface; a first adhesive layer that is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate; a first elastic layer that is disposed on the first adhesive layer, and has a lower elastic modulus than an elastic modulus of the substrate; wherein the elastic modulus of the first elastic layer corresponding to a frequency of an ultrasonic band of the vibration generation element is equal to or more than 1 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumio Takei, Ayumu Akabane, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Naoki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10860109
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate including a vibration plate and a terminal plate which are integrally formed; an actuator that is provided on the vibration plate, and generates a standing wave of ultrasonic vibration; a terminal that is provided on an end of the terminal plate, and electrically connects the actuator to an external; a fixing member that fixes the vibration plate to a support; and a vibration suppressor that is provided between the terminal and the fixing member, and suppresses the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the vibration plate to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Naoki Shimizu, Fumio Takei
  • Patent number: 10725546
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes a plate panel; a piezo-electric element attached to the panel; an actuator that drives the piezo-electric element to vibrate the piezo-electric element so that a tactile sensation is generated on the panel; a detection unit that detects an electrical signal generated at the piezo-electric element, touching of an object to the panel being detected based on the detected electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Fumio Takei
  • Patent number: 10712854
    Abstract: An input device includes: a touch panel; a tactile presentation device that is mounted on the touch panel, and presents a tactile feel; and a control device that detects a position of a finger in accordance with information from the touch panel, controls the tactile presentation device to present the tactile feel in accordance with the position of the finger, and confirms an input value, the input value being the number of times the tactile feel is presented before input confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Fumio Takei
  • Publication number: 20200081542
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate including a vibration plate and a terminal plate which are integrally formed; an actuator that is provided on the vibration plate, and generates a standing wave of ultrasonic vibration; a terminal that is provided on an end of the terminal plate, and electrically connects the actuator to an external; a fixing member that fixes the vibration plate to a support; and a vibration suppressor that is provided between the terminal and the fixing member, and suppresses the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the vibration plate to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu AKABANE, Naoki SHIMIZU, Fumio TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20190302892
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate that has a lower surface on which a vibration generation element is mounted, and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface; a first adhesive layer that is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate; a first elastic layer that is disposed on the first adhesive layer, and has a lower elastic modulus than an elastic modulus of the substrate; wherein the elastic modulus of the first elastic layer corresponding to a frequency of an ultrasonic band of the vibration generation element is equal to or more than 1 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumio Takei, Ayumu Akabane, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Naoki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190138140
    Abstract: An input device includes: a touch panel; a tactile presentation device that is mounted on the touch panel, and presents a tactile feel; and a control device that detects a position of a finger in accordance with information from the touch panel, controls the tactile presentation device to present the tactile feel in accordance with the position of the finger, and confirms an input value, the input value being the number of times the tactile feel is presented before input confirmation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Fumio Takei
  • Publication number: 20190042012
    Abstract: A substrate includes: a plurality of wiring patterns arranged to face each other; an electronic component that is disposed between the wiring patterns and has electrodes at both end portions; and a conductive member that connects the wiring patterns to the electrodes, wherein the wiring patterns have such a shape that a distance between the wiring patterns changes in a region where the electronic component is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu AKABANE, Tsuyoshi KANDA, Shailendra Kumar SHAH, Fumio TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20180239433
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes a plate panel; a piezo-electric element attached to the panel; an actuator that drives the piezo-electric element to vibrate the piezo-electric element so that a tactile sensation is generated on the panel; a detection unit that detects an electrical signal generated at the piezo-electric element, touching of an object to the panel being detected based on the detected electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Fumio Takei
  • Patent number: 9964714
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a board including an element that performs conversion between an electric signal and light, a first ferrule and a second ferrule that are butted against each other, an optical waveguide that optically connects the first ferrule with the element, and a guide that guides the optical waveguide disposed between the first ferrule and the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Satoshi Moriyama, Mitsuki Kanda, Shinichiro Akieda
  • Patent number: 9933579
    Abstract: An optical module includes an optical waveguide; a lens sheet including a lens; a substrate on one surface of which at least one of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is mounted; a first adhesion film that adheres the optical waveguide and the lens sheet; a second adhesion film that adheres the lens sheet and the substrate; and an adhesive agent introducing area, provided at at least one of the first adhesion film and the second adhesion film, to which an adhesive agent is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Takeshi Komiyama
  • Publication number: 20180031772
    Abstract: An optical module includes an optical waveguide; a lens sheet including a lens; a substrate on one surface of which at least one of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is mounted; a first adhesion film that adheres the optical waveguide and the lens sheet; a second adhesion film that adheres the lens sheet and the substrate; and an adhesive agent introducing area, provided at at least one of the first adhesion film and the second adhesion film, to which an adhesive agent is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Takeshi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 9784932
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base having a surface, and a plurality of protrusions formed on the surface of the base. The plurality of protrusions is arranged in a form to cause a space between the protrusions to be filled up with adhesive to adhere an adhesion target component above the base by a capillary phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Osamu Daikuhara, Satoshi Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Toshihiro Kusagaya
  • Publication number: 20170176695
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a board including an element that performs conversion between an electric signal and light, a first ferrule and a second ferrule that are butted against each other, an optical waveguide that optically connects the first ferrule with the element, and a guide that guides the optical waveguide disposed between the first ferrule and the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Satoshi Moriyama, Mitsuki Kanda, Shinichiro Akieda
  • Patent number: 9651750
    Abstract: An optical connector has an optical waveguide slit and a pass-through hole. The optical waveguide slit is a hole that extends from an insertion surface of a connector body into the connector body. The optical waveguide slit accommodates a sheet-like optical waveguide whose tip abuts against a slit bottom. The pass-through hole is provided near the slit bottom, and passes through the top surface of the connector body and the top surface of the optical waveguide slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Moriyama, Ayumu Akabane, Osamu Daikuhara
  • Patent number: 9645319
    Abstract: An optical connector connectable to another optical connector includes an optical waveguide that includes a core, an attachment part to which the optical waveguide is attached, a lens part in which a positioning hole is formed, and a positioning pin that is provided on the attachment part and inserted through the positioning hole. The lens part and the attachment part are joined with the positioning pin being inserted into the positioning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Shinichiro Akieda, Hongfei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9625663
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a board including an element that performs conversion between an electric signal and light, a first ferrule and a second ferrule that are butted against each other, an optical waveguide that optically connects the first ferrule with the element, and a guide that guides the optical waveguide disposed between the first ferrule and the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Satoshi Moriyama, Mitsuki Kanda, Shinichiro Akieda
  • Publication number: 20160266324
    Abstract: An optical connector connectable to another optical connector includes an optical waveguide that includes a core, an attachment part to which the optical waveguide is attached, a lens part in which a positioning hole is formed, and a positioning pin that is provided on the attachment part and inserted through the positioning hole. The lens part and the attachment part are joined with the positioning pin being inserted into the positioning hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Shinichiro Akieda, Hongfei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160259137
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a board including an element that performs conversion between an electric signal and light, a first ferrule and a second ferrule that are butted against each other, an optical waveguide that optically connects the first ferrule with the element, and a guide that guides the optical waveguide disposed between the first ferrule and the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Satoshi Moriyama, Mitsuki Kanda, Shinichiro Akieda
  • Patent number: 9423572
    Abstract: An optical connector includes an optical waveguide having multiple cores for propagating light arranged in a width direction, a connector body including a distal end reference surface that contacts a distal end of the optical waveguide, a first reference surface that contacts a first surface of the optical waveguide, a lens array that face the multiple cores, and an opening, and a positioning member that is mounted to the opening, the positioning member including a pressing part that contacts a second surface of the optical waveguide and presses the optical waveguide to the first reference surface, and a first positioning part that contacts a first side of the optical waveguide in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayumu Akabane, Satoshi Moriyama, Osamu Daikuhara, Takeshi Komiyama