Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Nakashima

Hirotaka Nakashima 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: 11920951
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric sensor capable of being securely joined to a housing while being sufficiently resistant to dirt. A housing 12 of a photoelectric sensor 10 has an opening 121 which allows passage of at least one of light from a light projecting unit 14 and light to a light receiving unit 16, and is provided with a cover lens 50 which covers the opening 121 and is optically transmissive. The cover lens 50 is joined to an edge portion 121a of the housing 12 defining the opening 121. An outer surface 51 of the cover lens 50 is provided with antifouling coating 61. An inner surface 52 of the cover lens 50 has a joint portion 52a which is in contact with the edge portion 121a and is not provided with the antifouling coating 61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei Nakamura, Hirotaka Nakashima, Kazunari Komai, Takahiro Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11776770
    Abstract: A sensor and an electronic device are provided. The sensor includes a setting part and a seal ring in an annular shape. The setting part changes a setting of a sensor main body. The seal ring is provided to surround a shaft of the setting part and seals a gap between the shaft and a housing. The seal ring has a curved surface part and a pair of end parts. The curved surface part is curved convexly in a cross-sectional view. The pair of end parts have a shape different from the curved surface part and extend in an axial direction of the seal ring, on two sides of the curved surface part in the axial direction of the seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takahashi, Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomonari Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11744025
    Abstract: Provided is a photosensor in which a cable can be easily mounted on a circuit board. A photosensor is provided with: a housing; a cable; a first circuit board; and a second circuit board. A through-hole is formed in the housing. The cable is inserted into the through-hole. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are accommodated in the housing. The first circuit board is provided with a first connector. The second circuit board has a first portion and a second portion. The cable is soldered to the first portion. The second portion is provided with a second connector. The second connector is inserted into the first connector. The second circuit board connects the cable and the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takahashi, Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomonari Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220201875
    Abstract: Provided is a photosensor in which a cable can be easily mounted on a circuit board. A photosensor [[1]] is provided with: a housing [[2]]; a cable [[5]]; a first circuit board [[3]]; and a second circuit board [[4]]. A through-hole [[24]] is formed in the housing [[2]]. The cable [[5]] is inserted into the through-hole [[24]]. The first circuit board [[3]] and the second circuit board [[4]] are accommodated in the housing [[2]]. The first circuit board [[3]] is provided with a first connector [[34]]. The second circuit board [[4]] has a first portion [[41]] and a second portion [[42]]. The cable [[5]] is soldered to the first portion [[41]]. The second portion [[42]] is provided with a second connector [[44]]. The second connector [[44]] is inserted into the first connector [[34]]. The second circuit board [[4]] connects the cable [[5]] and the first circuit board [[3]].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Jumpei NAKAMURA, Tomonari KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220172907
    Abstract: A sensor and an electronic device are provided. The sensor includes a setting part and a seal ring in an annular shape. The setting part changes a setting of a sensor main body. The seal ring is provided to surround a shaft of the setting part and seals a gap between the shaft and a housing. The seal ring has a curved surface part and a pair of end parts. The curved surface part is curved convexly in a cross-sectional view. The pair of end parts have a shape different from the curved surface part and extend in an axial direction of the seal ring, on two sides of the curved surface part in the axial direction of the seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Jumpei NAKAMURA, Tomonari KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220091298
    Abstract: Provided is an air purge unit capable of removing contamination of a lens surface of a photoelectric sensor with a small air supply amount. This air purge unit 2 is provided with: a housing 30; an air supply port 31 for supplying air into the housing 30; and a plurality of air blow-out ports 32 arranged on a side wall of the housing 30 and blowing air to a lens surface 11a of a photoelectric sensor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei NAKAMURA, Hirotaka NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220082380
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric sensor capable of being securely joined to a housing while being sufficiently resistant to dirt. A housing 12 of a photoelectric sensor 10 has an opening 121 which allows passage of at least one of light from a light projecting unit 14 and light to a light receiving unit 16, and is provided with a cover lens 50 which covers the opening 121 and is optically transmissive. The cover lens 50 is joined to an edge portion 121a of the housing 12 defining the opening 121. An outer surface 51 of the cover lens 50 is provided with antifouling coating 61. An inner surface 52 of the cover lens 50 has a joint portion 52a which is in contact with the edge portion 121a and is not provided with the antifouling coating 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei NAKAMURA, Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Kazunari KOMAI, Takahiro OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10739582
    Abstract: An air purge unit which blows out air to a lens surface of an optical sensor includes: a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; a third surface which is located along a direction intersecting with the first surface and the second surface; a first connection part, a second connection part and a third connection part which are respectively arranged on the first surface, the second surface and the third surface, and to which an air injector for injecting air to the inside of the air purge unit is selectively connected; and an air blowout part which blows out the air injected to the inside of the air purge unit to the lens surface of the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotaka Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10698133
    Abstract: The photoelectric sensor includes a light projecting part emitting light, a light receiving part receiving light, a housing housing the light projecting part and the light receiving part, a setting part receiving an input operation from outside to set a threshold value, and an adjustment part receiving an input operation from outside to finely adjust the set threshold value. The housing includes a front surface having a light projecting/receiving surface allowing light from the light projecting part and light to the light receiving part to pass, a rear surface located on a side opposite to the front surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface and the rear surface, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to and connecting the top surface and the rear surface. The adjustment part is provided on the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakashima, Kazunari Komai
  • Patent number: 10338087
    Abstract: A housing of a photoelectric sensor has a front surface having a light projecting/receiving surface, a rear surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface and the rear surface, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to and connecting the top surface and the rear surface. On the top surface, a teach button that receives an input operation from outside to set a threshold value and an indicator that displays a detection result of the object being detected are provided in order from the side of the inclined surface. On the inclined surface, an adjustment button that receives an input operation from outside to finely adjust the threshold value is provided. A distance between the teach button and the adjustment button is larger than a distance between the teach button and the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakashima, Kazunari Komai
  • Patent number: 10309826
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a body case provided with an opening, and a body cover assembled to the body case to cover the opening. The body cover has at an outer peripheral portion thereof an overlapping region overlapping a portion of the body case located at a peripheral edge of the opening. The body cover is fixed to the body case by providing a welded portion surrounding the opening using laser-welding at a portion distant from an end surface of the body cover in a boundary of the overlapping region of the body cover and a portion of the body case overlapping the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizusaki, Hirotaka Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10293973
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: a casing provided with an opening; a cover member covering the opening; a gasket interposed between the cover member and the casing; and a fixing cover which fixes both the gasket and the cover member to the casing. A plurality of welded portions bonding the casing and the fixing cover together are provided in a region outside the cover member such that the welded portions are distant from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizusaki, Hirotaka Nakashima, Kazuyuki Ohashi, Makoto Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20190101561
    Abstract: A housing of a photoelectric sensor has a front surface having a light projecting/receiving surface, a rear surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface and the rear surface, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to and connecting the top surface and the rear surface. On the top surface, a teach button that receives an input operation from outside to set a threshold value and an indicator that displays a detection result of the object being detected are provided in order from the side of the inclined surface. On the inclined surface, an adjustment button that receives an input operation from outside to finely adjust the threshold value is provided. A distance between the teach button and the adjustment button is larger than a distance between the teach button and the indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Kazunari KOMAI
  • Publication number: 20190101749
    Abstract: An air purge unit which blows out air to a lens surface of an optical sensor includes: a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; a third surface which is located along a direction intersecting with the first surface and the second surface; a first connection part, a second connection part and a third connection part which are respectively arranged on the first surface, the second surface and the third surface, and to which an air injector for injecting air to the inside of the air purge unit is selectively connected; and an air blowout part which blows out the air injected to the inside of the air purge unit to the lens surface of the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotaka NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190101667
    Abstract: The photoelectric sensor includes a light projecting part emitting light, a light receiving part receiving light, a housing housing the light projecting part and the light receiving part, a setting part receiving an input operation from outside to set a threshold value, and an adjustment part receiving an input operation from outside to finely adjust the set threshold value. The housing includes a front surface having a light projecting/receiving surface allowing light from the light projecting part and light to the light receiving part to pass, a rear surface located on a side opposite to the front surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface and the rear surface, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to and connecting the top surface and the rear surface. The adjustment part is provided on the inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Kazunari KOMAI
  • Publication number: 20170253369
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: a casing provided with an opening; a cover member covering the opening; a gasket interposed between the cover member and the casing; and a fixing cover which fixes both the gasket and the cover member to the casing. A plurality of welded portions bonding the casing and the fixing cover together are provided in a region outside the cover member such that the welded portions are distant from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUSAKI, Hirotaka NAKASHIMA, Kazuyuki OHASHI, Makoto SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: D913250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takahashi, Kazunari Komai, Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomonari Kawakami, Heita Nada, Hiroyuki Mizusaki
  • Patent number: D916607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takahashi, Kazunari Komai, Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomonari Kawakami, Heita Nada, Hiroyuki Mizusaki
  • Patent number: D916608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takahashi, Kazunari Komai, Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomonari Kawakami, Heita Nada, Hiroyuki Mizusaki
  • Patent number: D916609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakashima, Jumpei Nakamura