Patents by Inventor Katumi Satoh

Katumi Satoh 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: 5847416
    Abstract: A light travelling from a light transmission window (8) to a light receiving part (2) is transmitted first through a first light guide (11) of linear single core construction and next through a second light guide (12) which is bent and of multicore construction. Single core construction achieves a high light mixing effect, and accordingly the first light guide (11) makes a distribution of light intensity uniform. On the other hand, multicore construction has little light mixing effect, and raises little variation in distribution of incident light intensity. In other words, the second light guide (12) transmits the light to the light receiving part (2) without breaking the uniform distribution of light intensity achieved by the first light guide (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Ohta, Katumi Satoh