Patents by Inventor Hideo Sasajima

Hideo Sasajima 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: 5815757
    Abstract: In a lens-fitted photographic film unit, a connection lever makes one reciprocating movement when struck by a shutter actuating lever. The reciprocating movement of the connection lever is transmitted to a crank lever to a pair of shutter blades to cause the shutter blades to open and then close a shutter aperture. The connection lever is coupled to the crank lever through a connection pin and a cam slot. The cam slot has an actuating portion and a keeping portion. While the connection pin moves along the actuating portion, the movement of the connection lever is transmitted to the shutter blades through the crank lever to open and close the shutter aperture. While the connection pin moves along the keeping portion, the movement of the connection lever is not transmitted to the shutter blades so that the shutter blades are kept in the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katsura, Fuminori Kawamura, Hideo Sasajima, Yukihiko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5721995
    Abstract: In a lens-fitted photographic film unit, a connection lever makes one reciprocating movement when struck by a shutter actuating lever. The reciprocating movement of the connection lever is transmitted to a crank lever to a pair of shutter blades to cause the shutter blades to open and then close a shutter aperture. The connection lever is coupled to the crank lever through a connection pin and a cam slot. The cam slot has an actuating portion and a keeping portion. While the connection pin moves along the actuating portion, the movement of the connection lever is transmitted to the shutter blades through the crank lever to open and close the shutter aperture. While the connection pin moves along the keeping portion, the movement of the connection lever is not transmitted to the shutter blades so that the shutter blades are kept in the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katsura, Fuminori Kawamura, Hideo Sasajima, Yukihiko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5628039
    Abstract: A telephotographic optical system is incorporated into a mechanism unit with an exposure mechanism, and the mechanism unit is removably attached to a main body having a cassette chamber and a film roll chamber as an integral body. The telephotographic optical system is constituted by a telephotographic taking lens, and a pair of mirrors attached to an exposure chamber so as to conduct light entering through the taking lens along a Z-shaped light path toward an exposure aperture. A lens aperture changing mechanism is also incorporated in the mechanism unit. A switching member of the lens aperture changing mechanism is disposed on an upper wall portion of the film unit. An aperture-stop member having at least a lens aperture is moved by the switching member so as to place the lens aperture in the exposure light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuji Muramatsu, Fuminori Kawamura, Hirofumi Katsura, Hideo Sasajima
  • Patent number: D345156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishibashi, Makoto Fukatsu, Tadashi Sube, Nobuo Fukuda, Hideo Sasajima