Patents by Inventor Junichi Nakane

Junichi Nakane 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: 20170351039
    Abstract: A cleaning tool includes a head member that presses a cleaning element at a pressing face against a cleaning target; a feed mechanism that supplies the cleaning element to the pressing face and that collects the cleaning element from the pressing face; and a liquid supply section that supplies a liquid cleaner and moistens the cleaning element at the pressing face with the liquid cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakane, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9821347
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connector cleaning tool including: a tool body; and an extended part that extends from the tool body and that has a head for pressing a cleaning element against an optical connector, the extended part being provided so as to be movable with respect to the tool body. The optical connector is cleaned with the cleaning element by moving the tool body toward the extended part in a state where the cleaning element is pressed against the optical connector with the head. The tool body includes: a take-up reel that, in accordance with the movement of the tool body with respect to the extended part, takes up the cleaning element which has been sent out from the head; and a take-up amount adjustment mechanism that makes constant the take-up amount of the take-up reel per single cleaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi Nakane
  • Publication number: 20170059788
    Abstract: A cleaning tool includes: a tool body; and an insertion part provided projecting from the tool body, the insertion part being configured to be movable in a predetermined direction with respect to the tool body, the insertion part including a head unit, the head unit being configured to press a cleaning element against a cleaning target with a pressing surface, wherein by relatively moving the tool body and the insertion part, the cleaning element is supplied and recovered, and the head unit is rotated in a rotation direction with the predetermined direction as an axis, the head unit includes a head member and a tubular member, the head member including the pressing surface, the head member being inserted into the tubular member with the pressing surface in a projected state, the cleaning element is stretched around the pressing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20150362680
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for cleaning an optical connector including a plurality of ferrules, including: a plurality of heads whose pressing surfaces are spanned by a cleaner, each of the pressing surfaces being for pressing the cleaner against the ferrules; a guide member that is placed sandwiched between the heads, and that guides the heads in such a manner that the heads can move rearward; and a cover that accommodates the plurality of heads and the guide member and that exposes the cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi NAKANE
  • Patent number: 9134485
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cleaning body that is fed and moved, a feeding mechanism that performs supply and take-up of the cleaning body, a housing body that houses the feeding mechanism, an extension portion that extends from the housing body, comprising a plurality of distal end tube portions, and an outer tube body through which the plurality of distal end tube portions pass, including a plurality of distal end openings from which the plurality of distal end tube portions are extended; and a head member that is passed through each of the plurality of distal end tube portions and that presses the cleaning body against the joining end face at the distal end of the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Fujiwara, Junichi Nakane
  • Publication number: 20140259481
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cleaning body that is fed and moved, a feeding mechanism that performs supply and take-up of the cleaning body, a housing body that houses the feeding mechanism, an extension portion that extends from the housing body, comprising a plurality of distal end tube portions, and an outer tube body through which the plurality of distal end tube portions pass, including a plurality of distal end openings from which the plurality of distal end tube portions are extended; and a head member that is passed through each of the plurality of distal end tube portions and that presses the cleaning body against the joining end face at the distal end of the extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko FUJIWARA, Junichi NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20140144468
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical connector cleaning tool including: a tool body; and an extended part that extends from the tool body and that has a head for pressing a cleaning element against an optical connector, the extended part being provided so as to be movable with respect to the tool body. The optical connector is cleaned with the cleaning element by moving the tool body toward the extended part in a state where the cleaning element is pressed against the optical connector with the head. The tool body includes: a take-up reel that, in accordance with the movement of the tool body with respect to the extended part, takes up the cleaning element which has been sent out from the head; and a take-up amount adjustment mechanism that makes constant the take-up amount of the take-up reel per single cleaning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi NAKANE
  • Patent number: 8555451
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface of a to-be-cleaned object protruding from an optical connector with a cleaning body, and includes: a main body; an extending part which extends from the main body; and a guiding part attached to a tip portion of the extending part, wherein the extending part includes an extending tube body and a tip extending part; the guiding part includes a fitting part and a tube-shaped guiding body, which is flexible and extends from the fitting part towards an extending direction; an insertion hole is formed; and the to-be-cleaned object is cleaned by inserting the to-be-cleaned object into the insertion hole, and by pressing the cleaning body against the connecting terminal surface of the to-be-cleaned object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakane, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8266755
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface formed inside an insertion hole of an optical connector, by wiping the connecting terminal surface with a cleaning body, the optical connector cleaning device including: a main body including a feeding mechanism which supplies and wraps up the cleaning body; an extending part which extends from the main body and includes an extending tube body and a head part, the head part being inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the head part includes a tip extending part which presses the cleaning body to the connecting terminal surface; the extending tube body includes a tube base part and a tip tube part, the tip tube part being energized in an extending direction with respect to the tube base part; the tip extending part protrudes from a tip of the tip tube part; and the tip extending part is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakane, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110154599
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface of a to-be-cleaned object protruding from an optical connector with a cleaning body, and includes: a main body; an extending part which extends from the main body; and a guiding part attached to a tip portion of the extending part, wherein the extending part includes an extending tube body and a tip extending part; the guiding part includes a fitting part and a tube-shaped guiding body, which is flexible and extends from the fitting part towards an extending direction; an insertion hole is formed; and the to-be-cleaned object is cleaned by inserting the to-be-cleaned object into the insertion hole, and by pressing the cleaning body against the connecting terminal surface of the to-be-cleaned object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi NAKANE, Kunihiko FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20110072600
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning device which cleans a connecting terminal surface formed inside an insertion hole of an optical connector, by wiping the connecting terminal surface with a cleaning body, the optical connector cleaning device including: a main body including a feeding mechanism which supplies and wraps up the cleaning body; an extending part which extends from the main body and includes an extending tube body and a head part, the head part being inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the head part includes a tip extending part which presses the cleaning body to the connecting terminal surface; the extending tube body includes a tube base part and a tip tube part, the tip tube part being energized in an extending direction with respect to the tube base part; the tip extending part protrudes from a tip of the tip tube part; and the tip extending part is flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi NAKANE, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: D642756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Fujiwara, Junichi Nakane
  • Patent number: D681292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Fujiwara, Junichi Nakane
  • Patent number: D690889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Fujikura, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakane, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: D693076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakane, Akari Kurashige