Patents by Inventor Katsumi Sasaki
Katsumi Sasaki 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).
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Publication number: 20240131046Abstract: [Problem] The present invention has as an object to provide an antiviral agent effective as a remedy for COVID-1 9 and other viral infections. [Resolution Means] Provided is an antiviral agent and the like, made of: the compound represented by general formula (1) or (2) below [R1 being —(CH2)n1—Z1—R11 2 r —CH—(—Z1—R11,)(n1 being 0 or 1; Z1 being a single bond, —O—, —NH—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—,SO—CO—, —CO—O—, or —CH?N—O—; R11 being a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons, —NR12 R13, —N3,—NO2,—CN, —CH2—CO—O—R14, or a five- or six-membered heterocyclic group including a nitrogen atom; R12 and R13 each independently being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons; and R14 being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons], a derivative thereof, a salt of these compounds, or a solvate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Katsumi MAENAKA, Akira MATSUDA, Hirofumi SAWA, Yasuko ORBA, Michihito SASAKI, Kentaro UEMURA
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Patent number: 11065778Abstract: An optical fiber cutter includes a base that includes a pair of clamps, a blade member moving base that includes a disk-shaped blade member and is configured to move the blade member and bring an outer circumferential edge of the blade member into contact with a surface of the optical fiber, and a pressing that press-bends a scratched portion of the optical fiber to cut the optical fiber. The blade member is rotatably fixed to the blade member moving base to change a position of the outer circumferential edge to be in contact with the optical fiber. The base further includes a rotating member that is rotatably fixed to the base and configured to rotate to transmit power to rotate the blade member, and power transmission between the blade member and the rotating member is releasable.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 10591673Abstract: An optical fiber cutting system includes: a pair of clamps disposed at an interval in a longitudinal direction of an optical fiber and that grips the optical fiber; a disk-shaped blade member including an outer peripheral edge portion, the blade member scratches the optical fiber by moving between the pair of clamps and by bringing the outer peripheral edge portion into contact with a surface of the optical fiber and changes a position of the outer peripheral edge portion where the outer peripheral edge portion is in contact with the optical fiber; a pressing member that cuts the optical fiber by pressing and bending a scratched portion on the optical fiber; and an sensor that acquires position information of the outer peripheral edge portion where the outer peripheral edge portion is in contact with the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 10538454Abstract: An optical fiber cutter includes a device main body that includes a lid rotatably mounted with respect to a base and grips an optical fiber by an at least one lower gripper provided on the base and an upper gripper provided on the lid; a movable blade member that scratches a surface of the optical fiber gripped between the lower gripper and the upper gripper; and a pressing portion that presses the optical fiber scratched by the blade member to cut the optical fiber, wherein the at least one lower gripper is a gripping member separate from the base and is rotatable about a rotation fulcrum, and wherein a rotation fulcrum of the upper gripper paired with the at least one lower gripper is on the same center line as the rotation fulcrum of the at least one lower gripper.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventors: Noriyuki Kawanishi, Katsumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20180334406Abstract: An optical fiber cutter includes a device main body that includes a lid rotatably mounted with respect to a base and grips an optical fiber by an at least one lower gripper provided on the base and an upper gripper provided on the lid; a movable blade member that scratches a surface of the optical fiber gripped between the lower gripper and the upper gripper; and a pressing portion that presses the optical fiber scratched by the blade member to cut the optical fiber, wherein the at least one lower gripper is a gripping member separate from the base and is rotatable about a rotation fulcrum, and wherein a rotation fulcrum of the upper gripper paired with the at least one lower gripper is on the same center line as the rotation fulcrum of the at least one lower gripper.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Kawanishi, Katsumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20180306975Abstract: An optical fiber cutting system includes: a pair of clamps disposed at an interval in a longitudinal direction of an optical fiber and that grips the optical fiber; a disk-shaped blade member including an outer peripheral edge portion, the blade member scratches the optical fiber by moving between the pair of clamps and by bringing the outer peripheral edge portion into contact with a surface of the optical fiber and changes a position of the outer peripheral edge portion where the outer peripheral edge portion is in contact with the optical fiber; a pressing member that cuts the optical fiber by pressing and bending a scratched portion on the optical fiber; and an sensor that acquires position information of the outer peripheral edge portion where the outer peripheral edge portion is in contact with the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20180272552Abstract: An optical fiber cutter includes a base that includes a pair of clamps, a blade member moving base that includes a disk-shaped blade member and is configured to move the blade member and bring an outer circumferential edge of the blade member into contact with a surface of the optical fiber, and a pressing that press-bends a scratched portion of the optical fiber to cut the optical fiber. The blade member is rotatably fixed to the blade member moving base to change a position of the outer circumferential edge to be in contact with the optical fiber. The base further includes a rotating member that is rotatably fixed to the base and configured to rotate to transmit power to rotate the blade member, and power transmission between the blade member and the rotating member is releasable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 9720175Abstract: A fusion splicing apparatus fusion-splices end faces 1a and 3a of a pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 to each other. The apparatus includes a mirror shaft 21 provided with a mirror 23 that is arranged between the end faces 1a and 3a of the pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 that are faced toward and spaced away from each other and is movable between a first position to reflect an image of the end face 1a and a second position to reflect an image of the end face 3a, a first camera 25 that takes the image of the end face 1a reflected in the first position, and a second camera 27 that takes the image of the end face 3a reflected in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Kunihiko Terada, Noriyuki Kawanishi, Kouichi Yokota
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Patent number: 9541710Abstract: An optical fiber holding device of the invention includes a holder that includes a base and a lid which are openable and closable, sandwiches an optical fiber when the base and the lid are in a closed state, and thereby holds the optical fiber. The holder includes: an elastic body; a drive unit configured to generate driving power; and a pusher. The pusher is configured to generate a pressing force based on the driving power generated by the drive unit and press the lid by the pressing force via the elastic body. The lid and the base are configured to sandwich and hold the optical fiber based on the pressing force transmitted through the elastic body when the lid is pressed by the pusher via the elastic body.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
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Patent number: 9513439Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes: a pair of right and left V-grooved stands having V-grooves for butting tips of a pair of optical fibers each other while positioning the tips of a pair of optical fibers; a pair of elastic members respectively supporting the pair of V-grooved stands and formed into the form of an elastically deformable plate; a fixed base on which the pair of elastic members is mounted, whereby the pair of V-grooved stands is fixed thereto through the pair of elastic members, and which is long in a right-left direction; and a pair of micrometers aligning the tips of the pair of optical fibers by finely moving the pair of V-grooved stands with respect to each other while elastically deforming the pair of elastic members by pressing the pair of V-grooved stands from forward and backward directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20160252152Abstract: The damper device is equipped with: a cylinder unit having a sliding inner wall surface; a piston unit, having a piston head, which has an outer diameter part that slides on the sliding inner wall surface of the cylinder unit, and divides the interior space of the cylinder unit into a first gas chamber and a second gas chamber, a rod extending from the second gas chamber side of the piston head, and a closed-end hole which opens toward the first air chamber side of the piston head and extends through the interior of the rod in the direction of the second air chamber; and a guide shaft affixed to the first gas chamber side of the cylinder unit and equipped with a tip part having an outer circumferential surface that slides on the inner wall surface of the closed-end hole of the piston unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicants: Pneumatic Servo Controls Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Osamu Goto, Toshiaki Matsui
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Publication number: 20160223752Abstract: An optical fiber holding device of the invention includes a holder that includes a base and a lid which are openable and closable, sandwiches an optical fiber when the base and the lid are in a closed state, and thereby holds the optical fiber. The holder includes: an elastic body; a drive unit configured to generate driving power; and a pusher. The pusher is configured to generate a pressing force based on the driving power generated by the drive unit and press the lid by the pressing force via the elastic body. The lid and the base are configured to sandwich and hold the optical fiber based on the pressing force transmitted through the elastic body when the lid is pressed by the pusher via the elastic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
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Publication number: 20160116675Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes: a pair of right and left V-grooved stands having V-grooves for butting tips of a pair of optical fibers each other while positioning the tips of a pair of optical fibers; a pair of elastic members respectively supporting the pair of V-grooved stands and formed into the form of an elastically deformable plate; a fixed base on which the pair of elastic members is mounted, whereby the pair of V-grooved stands is fixed thereto through the pair of elastic members, and which is long in a right-left direction; and a pair of micrometers aligning the tips of the pair of optical fibers by finely moving the pair of V-grooved stands with respect to each other while elastically deforming the pair of elastic members by pressing the pair of V-grooved stands from forward and backward directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
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Patent number: 9268090Abstract: A fusion splicing apparatus includes discharge electrodes 13 and 15 to discharge-heat and fusion-splice end faces 5a and 7a of optical fibers 1 and 3, fiber holders 17 and 19 to hold the optical fibers 1 and 3, V-groove blocks 21 and 23 to receive, position, and fix parts of the optical fibers 1 and 3 on the end face sides of the fiber holders 17 and 19, V-groove-block moving mechanisms 33 and 35 to move the V-groove blocks 21 and 23 so as to shift an axial center of the optical fibers 1 and 3 from a straight line between the discharge electrodes 13 and 15, and holder moving mechanisms 37 and 39 to move the fiber holders 17 and 19 so as to shift the axial center of the optical fibers 1 and 3 from the straight line between the discharge electrodes 13 and 15.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Kouichi Yokota, Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
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Patent number: 9122036Abstract: A device for setting an optical fiber in place is comprised of: a pedestal capable of supporting the optical fiber; a clamper having the optical fiber gripped between the clamper and the pedestal; and a pressure device having a first elastic member bearing a first load area, a second elastic member bearing a second load area distinct from the first load area, and a limiter device limiting a deformation range of the second elastic member, the pressure device being so linked with the clamper as to, in the deformation range, cause the second elastic member to pressurize the clamper, and, after reaching a limit of the deformation range, cause the first elastic member to pressurize the clamper.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Kensuke Yoshida, Katsumi Sasaki, Takeshi Sato, Manabu Tabata
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Patent number: 9079267Abstract: A device for applying electric discharge on an optical fiber by electrodes is comprised of a first driving mechanism for controllably driving the electrodes in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the optical fiber; and a second driving mechanism for controllably and synchronously driving the electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the optical fiber but not identical to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Yoshida, Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
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Patent number: 9027914Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes: a windshield cover having a rotating shaft and rotating around the rotating shaft so as to be openable and closable; a cable member wrapping unit coupled and fixed to the windshield cover on the same axis as the rotating shaft of the windshield cover or formed as a portion of the windshield cover, the cable member wrapping unit being rotatable in a normal direction or in a reverse direction around the rotating shaft; a first cable member winding unit that is a rotary pulley, a non-rotary pulley, or a rotary gear; and a closed-loop member including a deformable cable member wound around the cable member wrapping unit and the first cable member winding unit, the closed-loop member constituting a closed loop.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 8935984Abstract: A carriage-body inclination device (30) has individual inclination units (112, 113) that are provided corresponding to air springs (22, 23), and a control unit (110). The individual inclination unit (112) can sufficiently execute supply or release of air to or from the air spring (22) by driving a control valve (40) and a large-capacity valve (170) using a height difference value which is a difference between a height instruction value provided by the control unit (110) and a height value obtained from a link-lever mechanism (24). The control valve (40) has a two-layer structure of a fixed sleeve (91), a control sleeve (90), and a spool (80). The control sleeve (90) is moved and driven by the link-lever mechanism (24) and a rotation-translation conversion mechanism (44). The spool (80) is moved and driven by a spool actuator (120) according to a set height value.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignees: Pneumatic Servo Controls Ltd., Nippon Sharyo, Ltd.Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Hiroshi Shinmura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takeyoshi Mihara, Naohide Kamikawa
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Publication number: 20140075999Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes: a windshield cover having a rotating shaft and rotating around the rotating shaft so as to be openable and closable; a cable member wrapping unit coupled and fixed to the windshield cover on the same axis as the rotating shaft of the windshield cover or formed as a portion of the windshield cover, the cable member wrapping unit being rotatable in a normal direction or in a reverse direction around the rotating shaft; a first cable member winding unit that is a rotary pulley, a non-rotary pulley, or a rotary gear; and a closed-loop member including a deformable cable member wound around the cable member wrapping unit and the first cable member winding unit, the closed-loop member constituting a closed loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20140060379Abstract: A carriage-body inclination device (30) has individual inclination units (112, 113) that are provided corresponding to air springs (22, 23), and a control unit (110). The individual inclination unit (112) can sufficiently execute supply or release of air to or from the air spring (22) by driving a control valve (40) and a large-capacity valve (170) using a height difference value which is a difference between a height instruction value provided by the control unit (110) and a height value obtained from a link-lever mechanism (24). The control valve (40) has a two-layer structure of a fixed sleeve (91), a control sleeve (90), and a spool (80). The control sleeve (90) is moved and driven by the link-lever mechanism (24) and a rotation-translation conversion mechanism (44). The spool (80) is moved and driven by a spool actuator (120) according to a set height value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: NIPPON SHARYO, LTD., PNEUMATIC SERVO CONTROLS LTD.Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Hiroshi Shinmura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takeyoshi Mihara, Naohide Kamikawa