Patents by Inventor Hiromi Kurashima

Hiromi Kurashima 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094481
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a light emitting apparatus and a host apparatus. The light emitting apparatus includes a housing extending in a first direction, a light emitting device mounted in the housing, an optical connector including a first optical connection part provided at one end of the housing, and an electrical connector including a first electrical connection part provided at one end of the housing and receiving a voltage to drive the light emitting device. The host apparatus includes a host optical connector including a second optical connection part which faces the first optical connection part and is optically coupled thereto, a host electrical connector including a second electrical connection part facing the first electrical connection part and being electrically connected to the first electrical connection part, and a host board mounting the host optical connector and the host electrical connector thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki ISHII, Hiromi KURASHIMA, Hideaki KAMISUGI, Tomomi SANO, Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Hong NGUYEN, Hajime ARAO, Dai SASAKI, Takuro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11510325
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a circuit board having a first side and a first edge; a thermal conductive member configured to be attached on the first side of the circuit board; the thermal conductive member having a first thermal conductive face inclined with respect to the first side of the circuit board and parallel to the first direction; a filling material having a thermal conductivity; and a housing having an inner face and an inner space, the housing being configured to house the circuit board, the circuit component, the thermal conductive member, and the filling material, and configured to hold the electrical connector at an end thereof in the first direction, the housing having a second thermal conductive face facing the first thermal conductive face with a spacing. The filling material adheres to the first thermal conductive face and the second thermal conductive face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Ishii, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11194106
    Abstract: An optical transceiver according to an aspect of the present embodiment is an optical transceiver configured to be inserted to and extracted from a cage of an apparatus along a first direction. The optical transceiver includes a device generating heat, and a housing having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with long sides extending along the first direction. The housing includes an internal space housing the device, and an outside part configured to be exposed to an outside of the cage. When the housing is engaged with the cage, the outside part having an air intake part configured to bring an outside air into the internal space for cooling the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20210176874
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a circuit board having a first side and a first edge; a thermal conductive member configured to be attached on the first side of the circuit board; the thermal conductive member having a first thermal conductive face inclined with respect to the first side of the circuit board and parallel to the first direction; a filling material having a thermal conductivity; and a housing having an inner face and an inner space, the housing being configured to house the circuit board, the circuit component, the thermal conductive member, and the filling material, and configured to hold the electrical connector at an end thereof in the first direction, the housing having a second thermal conductive face facing the first thermal conductive face with a spacing. The filling material adheres to the first thermal conductive face and the second thermal conductive face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki ISHII, Hiromi KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10924187
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes: a first OSA and a second OSA; a circuit board; an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer which includes a plurality of internal fibers, is optically connected to each of the first OSA and the second OSA through each of the internal fibers, and multiplexes the single optical signal to generate an optical transmission signal or demultiplexes an optical reception signal to generate the single optical signal; a receptacle which is optically connected to the optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, transmits the optical transmission signal to the outside, and receives the optical reception signal; and a second holding member which holds the first OSA and the second OSA and is engaged with the circuit board. The second holding member includes a first guide which guides the internal fiber and a second guide which detours the internal fiber with respect to the first guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Ishii, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10812193
    Abstract: An optical transceiver comprises an optical port, paired transmitter optical sub-assemblies (TOSAs), paired receiver optical sub-assemblies (ROSAs) and a printed circuit board (PCB) including an electrical circuit electrically connected to the paired TOSAs and the paired ROSAs. And the optical transceiver comprises a housing configured to house the optical port, the paired ROSAs, the paired TOSAs, and the PCB, so that the paired ROSAs are arranged between the optical port and the PCB in the first direction and the paired TOSAs are arranged between the paired ROSAs and the PCB in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20200285006
    Abstract: An optical transceiver according to an aspect of the present embodiment is an optical transceiver configured to be inserted to and extracted from a cage of an apparatus along a first direction. The optical transceiver includes a device generating heat, and a housing having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with long sides extending along the first direction. The housing includes an internal space housing the device, and an outside part configured to be exposed to an outside of the cage. When the housing is engaged with the cage, the outside part having an air intake part configured to bring an outside air into the internal space for cooling the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi MATSUI, Hiromi KURASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200195350
    Abstract: An optical transceiver comprises an optical port, paired transmitter optical sub-assemblies (TOSAs), paired receiver optical sub-assemblies (ROSAs) and a printed circuit board (PCB) including an electrical circuit electrically connected to the paired TOSAs and the paired ROSAs. And the optical transceiver comprises a housing configured to house the optical port, the paired ROSAs, the paired TOSAs, and the PCB, so that the paired ROSAs are arranged between the optical port and the PCB in the first direction and the paired TOSAs are arranged between the paired ROSAs and the PCB in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10613280
    Abstract: An optical receptacle is disclosed. The optical receptacle includes a ferrule that includes an inner hole extending in a first direction and a distal end face having an opening in the inner hole, an optical fiber disposed in the inner hole, the optical fiber having a first end exposed from the opening, a metal member that includes a first through hole extending in the first direction and holds the ferrule in the first through hole, a metal body that includes a second thorough hole extending in the first direction and holds the metal member in the second thorough hole, a low dielectric constant material formed inside the ferrule and outside the optical fiber. The low dielectric constant material has a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10527805
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an internal fiber that optically connects an optical modulator and a VOA, the internal fiber having a lower limit of bending radius, a guide that includes an arc-shaped convex surface, and a lower housing having an internal space and includes the optical modulator, the VOA, the internal fiber, and the guide. The arc-shaped convex surface of the guide and the inner wall of the lower housing forms an arc-shaped path that houses a portion of the internal fiber and bent the portion of the internal fiber with a bending radius larger than the minimum bending radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mizuno, Kazushige Oki, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10459171
    Abstract: An optical transceiver of an embodiment comprises a housing having a rectangular solid-like shape extending in a direction pluggable into the host system, an electrical plug provided on an end of the housing closer to the host system in the direction pluggable into the host system, the electrical plug being electrically connected with the host system when the optical transceiver is plugged into the host system, and a cover provided on the end of the housing, the cover covering at least a part of the electrical plug when the optical transceiver is extracted from the host system, the cover moving with respect to the housing toward an extraction direction opposite to a direction of inserting the optical transceiver into the host system when the optical transceiver is inserted into the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20190312645
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes: a first OSA and a second OSA; a circuit board; an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer which includes a plurality of internal fibers, is optically connected to each of the first OSA and the second OSA through each of the internal fibers, and multiplexes the single optical signal to generate an optical transmission signal or demultiplexes an optical reception signal to generate the single optical signal; a receptacle which is optically connected to the optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, transmits the optical transmission signal to the outside, and receives the optical reception signal; and a second holding member which holds the first OSA and the second OSA and is engaged with the circuit board. The second holding member includes a first guide which guides the internal fiber and a second guide which detours the internal fiber with respect to the first guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki ISHII, Hiromi KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10270531
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes: a TOSA that converts an electrical signal into an optical signal; an ROSA that converts an optical signal into an electrical signal; a receptacle that houses an external optical connector for transmitting or receiving an optical signal through the external optical connector; an internal fiber that optically connects one of the ROSA and the TOSA to the receptacle; a circuit board that includes a circuit that is electrically connected to the TOSA and the ROSA via an FPC; a holding member that is attached to the circuit board and holds the ROSA and the TOSA; and a housing that houses the TOSA, the ROSA, the receptacle, the internal fiber, the circuit board, and the holding member. The holding member includes a plurality of guides that guide the internal fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Ishii, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10261270
    Abstract: An optical transceiver according to an embodiment is an optical transceiver that is engageable with an MPO connector in a longitudinal direction, and includes: a housing having a first inner surface on an inner side thereof and made of a metal; and an MPO receptacle that has a receptacle main body that has a first outer surface and is made of a metal, and a latch that determines a position of the receptacle main body which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction with respect to the housing, and that is engaged with the MPO connector. The receptacle main body is fixed to the housing such that the first outer surface of the receptacle main body comes into close contact with the first inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20190107676
    Abstract: An optical transceiver of an embodiment comprises a housing having a rectangular solid-like shape extending in a direction pluggable into the host system, an electrical plug provided on an end of the housing closer to the host system in the direction pluggable into the host system, the electrical plug being electrically connected with the host system when the optical transceiver is plugged into the host system, and a cover provided on the end of the housing, the cover covering at least a part of the electrical plug when the optical transceiver is extracted from the host system, the cover moving with respect to the housing toward an extraction direction opposite to a direction of inserting the optical transceiver into the host system when the optical transceiver is inserted into the host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20190011649
    Abstract: An optical receptacle is disclosed. The optical receptacle includes a ferrule that includes an inner hole extending in a first direction and a distal end face having an opening in the inner hole, an optical fiber disposed in the inner hole, the optical fiber having a first end exposed from the opening, a metal member that includes a first through hole extending in the first direction and holds the ferrule in the first through hole, a metal body that includes a second thorough hole extending in the first direction and holds the metal member in the second thorough hole, a low dielectric constant material formed inside the ferrule and outside the optical fiber. The low dielectric constant material has a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the ferrule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20180254831
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes: a TOSA that converts an electrical signal into an optical signal; an ROSA that converts an optical signal into an electrical signal; a receptacle that houses an external optical connector for transmitting or receiving an optical signal through the external optical connector; an internal fiber that optically connects one of the ROSA and the TOSA to the receptacle; a circuit board that includes a circuit that is electrically connected to the TOSA and the ROSA via an FPC; a holding member that is attached to the circuit board and holds the ROSA and the TOSA; and a housing that houses the TOSA, the ROSA, the receptacle, the internal fiber, the circuit board, and the holding member. The holding member includes a plurality of guides that guide the internal fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Ishii, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20180231726
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an internal fiber that optically connects an optical modulator and a VOA, the internal fiber having a lower limit of bending radius, a guide that includes an arc-shaped convex surface, and a lower housing having an internal space and includes the optical modulator, the VOA, the internal fiber, and the guide. The arc-shaped convex surface of the guide and the inner wall of the lower housing forms an arc-shaped path that houses a portion of the internal fiber and bent the portion of the internal fiber with a bending radius larger than the minimum bending radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mizuno, Kazushige Oki, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20180136416
    Abstract: An optical transceiver according to an embodiment is an optical transceiver that is engageable with an MPO connector in a longitudinal direction, and includes: a housing having a first inner surface on an inner side thereof and made of a metal; and an MPO receptacle that has a receptacle main body that has a first outer surface and is made of a metal, and a latch that determines a position of the receptacle main body which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction with respect to the housing, and that is engaged with the MPO connector. The receptacle main body is fixed to the housing such that the first outer surface of the receptacle main body comes into close contact with the first inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 9829662
    Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver implementing a pull-tab is disclosed. The pull-tab includes arms assembled with a body of the optical transceiver and a holder connecting the arms. The holder, which is provided in ends of the arms, provides a tab and a bridge, where the tab and the bridge form a space where an optical fiber mated with the optical transceiver is secured. The tab is dynamically engaged with the bridge after the optical fiber is set on the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Kurashima