Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Soekawa

Hirokazu Soekawa 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: 6201923
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical fiber gyroscope comprising a fiber coil composed of a lengthy optical fiber wound therearound in a predetermined number of turns, a coupler for optically coupling an optical fiber led from a light source and an optical fiber led to a photodetector, and an optical IC chip arranged between the fiber coil and the coupler and provided with a phase modulator and a polarizer mounted on an optical waveguide, the optical fiber gyroscope further comprising a fiber coil reel around which the lengthy optical fiber for constructing the fiber coil is wound in the predetermined number of turns, a coupler reel around which the optical fibers led in both directions from the coupler are wound in a predetermined number of turns, and a housing member including a plurality of compartments (reel-placing region, frame, frame) for accommodating at least the both reels, the light source, and the optical IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya Yuhara, Hirokazu Soekawa, Toshiyuki Tetsu, Wataru Ohnuki, Shuhei Toyoda, Takenori Ichigi