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).

  • Publication number: 20240131046
    Abstract: [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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Katsumi MAENAKA, Akira MATSUDA, Hirofumi SAWA, Yasuko ORBA, Michihito SASAKI, Kentaro UEMURA
  • Patent number: 11065778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10591673
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10538454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kawanishi, Katsumi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180334406
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kawanishi, Katsumi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180306975
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180272552
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9720175
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Kunihiko Terada, Noriyuki Kawanishi, Kouichi Yokota
  • Patent number: 9541710
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9513439
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20160252152
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicants: Pneumatic Servo Controls Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Osamu Goto, Toshiaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160223752
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20160116675
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9268090
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Yokota, Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9122036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshida, Katsumi Sasaki, Takeshi Sato, Manabu Tabata
  • Patent number: 9079267
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yoshida, Katsumi Sasaki, Noriyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9027914
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8935984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Pneumatic Servo Controls Ltd., Nippon Sharyo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Hiroshi Shinmura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takeyoshi Mihara, Naohide Kamikawa
  • Publication number: 20140075999
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140060379
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: NIPPON SHARYO, LTD., PNEUMATIC SERVO CONTROLS LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Sasaki, Hiroshi Shinmura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takeyoshi Mihara, Naohide Kamikawa