Patents by Inventor Hiromoto KANEMITSU

Hiromoto KANEMITSU 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).

  • DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA
    Publication number: 20140160583
    Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element that vibrates in a thickness-shear vibration mode in a first direction, a first member that is driven to vibrate in the first direction by the first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element that is supported by the first member and that vibrates in the thickness-shear vibration mode in a second direction, and a second member that is driven to vibrate in the second direction by the second piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro KUWANO, Hiromoto KANEMITSU
  • Driving mechanism, lens barrel, and camera
    Patent number: 8687296
    Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element that vibrates in a thickness-shear vibration mode in a first direction, a first member that is driven to vibrate in the first direction by the first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element that is supported by the first member and that vibrates in the thickness-shear vibration mode in a second direction, and a second member that is driven to vibrate in the second direction by the second piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Kuwano, Hiromoto Kanemitsu
  • DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA
    Publication number: 20120081804
    Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element that vibrates in a thickness-shear vibration mode in a first direction, a first member that is driven to vibrate in the first direction by the first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element that is supported by the first member and that vibrates in the thickness-shear vibration mode in a second direction, and a second member that is driven to vibrate in the second direction by the second piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro KUWANO, Hiromoto KANEMITSU