Patents by Inventor Kana Chida

Kana Chida 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).

  • Optical fiber grating part
    Patent number: 7218816
    Abstract: An optical fiber grating part including an elongated pedestal, and a base plate installed on said pedestal, and having a different coefficient of linear thermal expansion from said pedestal, and an optical fiber passing through said pedestal, and connected to connection points installed on said pedestal or said base plate located apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and having an optical fiber grating located between said connection points, wherein a predetermined tensile force is added to said optical fiber grating, and said pedestal and said base plates thermally expand or thermally shrink independently in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and an extension line of an axis of said optical fiber joining said connection points passes through a contact surface between said pedestal and said base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Yasuhiro Isaka, Kana Chida, Toshihiko Ota
  • Optical fiber grating part
    Publication number: 20050249460
    Abstract: An optical fiber grating part including an elongated pedestal, and a base plate installed on said pedestal, and having a different coefficient of linear thermal expansion from said pedestal, and an optical fiber passing through said pedestal, and connected to connection points installed on said pedestal or said base plate located apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and having an optical fiber grating located between said connection points, wherein a predetermined tensile force is added to said optical fiber grating, and said pedestal and said base plates thermally expand or thermally shrink independently in the longitudinal direction of said pedestal, and an extension line of an axis of said optical fiber joining said connection points passes through a contact surface between said pedestal and said base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinozaki, Yasuhiro Isaka, Kana Chida, Toshihiko Ota