Patents by Inventor Kazufumi JOKO

Kazufumi JOKO 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: 11882922
    Abstract: A storage case including a fusion splicer accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter holder, and a support portion. The fusion splicer accommodating portion includes a first placement surface. The optical fiber cutter holder has a second placement surface configured to fix a bottom surface of an optical fiber cutter, and is supported to be rotatable around a rotating shaft separated from a plane including the first placement surface. The support portion is disposed between the fusion splicer accommodating portion and the optical fiber cutter accommodating portion. The support portion is in contact with the optical fiber cutter holder which has rotated such that an angle formed by a line normal to the first placement surface and a line normal to the second placement surface is an acute angle, to support the optical fiber cutter holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Joko, Shohei Ido, Yasuhiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20230373686
    Abstract: A housing case for a fusion splicer is a housing case for housing the fusion splicer for an optical fiber. The housing case for a fusion splicer includes a case main body including a first side wall, and a lid body attached to the case main body to be openable and closable. The lid body includes a second side wall configured to match the first side wall when closed. At least one of the first side wall and the second side wall includes an insertion portion configured for a cable extending from the inside of the housing case to the outside thereof to be inserted through the insertion portion in a state where the lid body is closed with respect to the case main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta RYONO, Kazufumi JOKO, Tomoyoshi SASAKI, Ryuichiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20230367069
    Abstract: A tray for fusion splicing work is a tray used for fusion splicing work for an optical fiber, and includes a tray main body and a first body contact member. The tray main body includes a pair of long wall portions extending along a first direction, and a pair of short wall portions extending along a second direction. The first body contact member includes an outer surface configured to come into contact with a body of an operator using the fusion splicer and is attached to the tray main body on a side of one long wall portion of the pair of long wall portions. The first body contact member is able to be transitioned between an unfolded state in which the outer surface is unfolded in a third direction and a housed state in which the first body contact member is housed from the unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta RYONO, Kazufumi JOKO, Tomoyoshi SASAKI, Ryuichiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20230038405
    Abstract: An optical fiber fusion splicer includes an image acquisition unit, a condition setting unit, and a fusion splicing unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image including each of end surfaces of first and second optical fibers that are splicing targets in a state where the end surfaces of the first and second optical fibers are disposed to face each other. The condition setting unit sets splicing conditions in accordance with a state of each of the end surfaces by identifying the state of each of the end surfaces on the basis of the image. The fusion splicing unit fusion-splices the first and second optical fibers together by means of discharge between a pair of electrode bars in accordance with the splicing conditions set by the condition setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro SUWA, Kazufumi JOKO, Tomoyoshi SASAKI, Kazuyoshi OOKI
  • Publication number: 20220155523
    Abstract: A reinforcement sleeve heating device is a reinforcement sleeve heating device heating a reinforcement sleeve put on a connecting site to shrink the reinforcement sleeve in order to reinforce the connecting site of optical fibers fusion-spliced to each other. The reinforcement sleeve heating device includes: a heating element forming a housing space, the housing space extending in a predetermined direction, the housing space being opened in one direction intersecting with the predetermined direction, the housing space being capable of disposing the reinforcement sleeve, and a cover disposed at a position at which at least a part of the opening of the housing space. In a state in which the reinforcement sleeve is disposed in the housing space, the cover includes a contact surface brought into contact with the reinforcement sleeve in a direction of pushing the reinforcement sleeve into an inside of the housing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei IDO, Kazufumi JOKO, Ryosuke MEO, Hiroshi TAKAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20220007817
    Abstract: A storage case including a fusion splicer accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter accommodating portion, an optical fiber cutter holder, and a support portion. The fusion splicer accommodating portion includes a first placement surface. The optical fiber cutter holder has a second placement surface configured to fix a bottom surface of an optical fiber cutter, and is supported to be rotatable around a rotating shaft separated from a plane including the first placement surface. The support portion is disposed between the fusion splicer accommodating portion and the optical fiber cutter accommodating portion. The support portion is in contact with the optical fiber cutter holder which has rotated such that an angle formed by a line normal to the first placement surface and a line normal to the second placement surface is an acute angle, to support the optical fiber cutter holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi JOKO, Shohei IDO, Yasuhiro SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10126503
    Abstract: This optical-fiber fusion-splicing device includes: a first heating device (12); a second heating device (13); and a CPU (14) which controls the first heating device (12) and the second heating device (13), wherein the CPU (14) stops heating of the second heating device (13) if heating of the first heating device (12) is started during heating in the second heating device (13), and resumes the heating of the second heating device (13) if the heating of the first heating device (12) is ended, and sets a heating condition after resumption of heating in the second heating device (13), based on at least an interruption time of heating or a change in temperature during heating interruption in the second heating device (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SEI OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Meo, Kazufumi Joko, Makoto Miyamori, Toshihiko Homma
  • Patent number: 10101534
    Abstract: An optical-fiber fusion-splicing device includes: a first heating device in which a fusion-splicing operation of heating and fusing abutting parts of at least a pair of optical fibers with end faces brought into contact with each other is performed; a second heating device in which a reinforcing operation of heating and shrinking a heat-shrinkable resin which covers a site where the optical fibers are fusion-spliced to each other is performed; and a CPU which controls the first heating device and the second heating device, wherein the CPU preheats a heater of the second heating device so as to reach a predetermined first temperature, if the CPU receives a heating end signal from the first heating device, and thereafter, heats the heater of the second heating device so as to reach a second temperature higher than the first temperature, if the CPU receives a reinforcement start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEI OPTIFRONTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Meo, Kazufumi Joko, Makoto Miyamori, Toshihiko Homma
  • Patent number: 10048442
    Abstract: This reinforcement device includes: a first heater (9A) on which a fusion-spliced section of an optical fiber covered with a protective member is disposed and which heats a central portion of the protective member at a first temperature (T1); second heaters (9B) which are respectively provided on both sides of the first heater (9A) along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber and respectively heat both end portions of the protective member at a second temperature (T2); and a CPU (14) which performs energization control for heating each of the first heater (9A) and the second heaters (9B), wherein the CPU (14) makes an energizing time of the first heater (9A) and an energizing time of each of the second heaters (9B) at least partially overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Joko, Ryosuke Meo, Makoto Miyamori, Toshihiko Homma
  • Publication number: 20160341898
    Abstract: This reinforcement device includes: a first heater (9A) on which a fusion-spliced section of an optical fiber covered with a protective member is disposed and which heats a central portion of the protective member at a first temperature (T1); second heaters (9B) which are respectively provided on both sides of the first heater (9A) along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber and respectively heat both end portions of the protective member at a second temperature (T2); and a CPU (14) which performs energization control for heating each of the first heater (9A) and the second heaters (9B), wherein the CPU (14) makes an energizing time of the first heater (9A) and an energizing time of each of the second heaters (9B) at least partially overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kazufumi JOKO, Ryosuke MEO, Makoto MIYAMORI, Toshihiko HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20160341897
    Abstract: An optical-fiber fusion-splicing device includes: a first heating device in which a fusion-splicing operation of heating and fusing abutting parts of at least a pair of optical fibers with end faces brought into contact with each other is performed; a second heating device in which a reinforcing operation of heating and shrinking a heat-shrinkable resin which covers a site where the optical fibers are fusion-spliced to each other is performed; and a CPU which controls the first heating device and the second heating device, wherein the CPU preheats a heater of the second heating device so as to reach a predetermined first temperature, if the CPU receives a heating end signal from the first heating device, and thereafter, heats the heater of the second heating device so as to reach a second temperature higher than the first temperature, if the CPU receives a reinforcement start signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Ryosuke MEO, Kazufumi JOKO, Makoto MIYAMORI, Toshihiko HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20160334578
    Abstract: This optical-fiber fusion-splicing device includes: a first heating device (12); a second heating device (13); and a CPU (14) which controls the first heating device (12) and the second heating device (13), wherein the CPU (14) stops heating of the second heating device (13) if heating of the first heating device (12) is started during heating in the second heating device (13), and resumes the heating of the second heating device (13) if the heating of the first heating device (12) is ended, and sets a heating condition after resumption of heating in the second heating device (13), based on at least an interruption time of heating or a change in temperature during heating interruption in the second heating device (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke MEO, Kazufumi JOKO, Makoto MIYAMORI, Toshihiko HOMMA
  • Patent number: D918016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Joko, Ryosuke Meo
  • Patent number: D983851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Joko, Shohei Nakamura, Hiroki Akiyama