Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Ando

Kazutoshi Ando 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: 11911805
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a fitting portion (44) fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) of a connection component (32) into which a compact dual core optical connector is fitted on one end side and a cleaning medium (45) projecting from the fitting portion (44). The fitting portion (44) is formed to have a shape by which the fitting portion (44) is fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) in each of the first and second postures as postures shifted through 180° with respect to as the center the middle (P2) of a virtual straight line connecting the centers of the two ferrules when viewed from an axial direction of the compact dual core optical connector. The fitting portion (44) contacts one ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the first posture. The fitting portion (44) contacts the other ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the second posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Etsu Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Haga, Kazutoshi Ando, Yohei Omodaka
  • Publication number: 20230221499
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a tip (44) for cleaning in a distal end portion. The tip (44) has a distal end face (51) in which a delivery hole (53) and a winding hole (54) for a cleaning medium are formed, and has an outer circumferential surface (52). The distal end face (51) has a first inclined surface (56) and a second inclined surface (57) forming the distal end portion of the tip (44) into a mountain shape in cross section, and has a convex curved surface (58) for connecting them to the outer circumferential surface (52). The first inclined surface (56) crosses an axis of the tip (44), and inclines at an angle smaller than an inclination angle of a distal end face of an APC connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Etsu HASHIMOTO, Kazutoshi ANDO, Terumasa KAMOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220137307
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cleaning tool main body, a feed-side bobbin, a cleaning head (cleaning portion), a winding-side bobbin, a moving body that moves at the time of cleaning, a feed mechanism that sends an unused cleaning medium in synchronism with the moving body, and a winding mechanism that drives the winding-side bobbin. The feed mechanism moves a turn-back portion at one point where the cleaning medium is turned back in a direction to separate from the winding-side bobbin. The winding mechanism includes a driving piece that engages with a rotation body of the winding-side bobbin. The driving piece slips with respect to the rotation body when a load to press engaging projections of the rotation body has reached a predetermined load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terumasa KAMOUCHI, Kazutoshi ANDO, Etsu HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220088645
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a fitting portion (44) fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) of a connection component (32) into which a compact dual core optical connector is fitted on one end side and a cleaning medium (45) projecting from the fitting portion (44). The fitting portion (44) is formed to have a shape by which the fitting portion (44) is fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) in each of the first and second postures as postures shifted through 180° with respect to as the center the middle (P2) of a virtual straight line connecting the centers of the two ferrules when viewed from an axial direction of the compact dual core optical connector. The fitting portion (44) contacts one ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the first posture. The fitting portion (44) contacts the other ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the second posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Etsu HASHIMOTO, Yoshiaki HAGA, Kazutoshi ANDO, Yohei OMODAKA
  • Patent number: 9934282
    Abstract: A cooking recipe information provision device including a recipe name obtaining unit for obtaining a recipe name input by a user; a recipe extraction unit for extracting a plurality of recipes, based on the recipe name obtained from a recipe information database for storing a plurality of recipes, ingredients used in the respective recipes, and amounts of the respective ingredients so as to be correlated to each other; and a display data generation unit for extracting a recipe, based on the amount of the main ingredient, from among the plurality of recipes extracted, and generating display data indicating information on the extracted recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Koichi Suto, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Kazutoshi Ando
  • Patent number: 9811593
    Abstract: A cooking recipe information providing device includes: a recipe extracting unit (16) for extracting a prescribed cooking recipe from a recipe information DB (14a) for storing cooking recipes; an evaluation value determining unit (18) for determining an evaluation value of the cooking recipe extracted by the recipe extracting unit (16) based on a place in order of a given ingredient in an ingredient field where ingredients of the cooking recipe are displayed; and a display data generating unit (19) for generating display data which indicates information of the cooking recipe based on the evaluation value determined by the evaluation value determining unit (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Koichi Suto, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Kazutoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20160110423
    Abstract: A cooking recipe information provision device (10a) includes a recipe name obtaining unit (15) for obtaining a recipe name inputted by a user; a recipe extraction unit (16) for extracting a plurality of recipes, based on the recipe name obtained from a recipe information DB (14a) for storing a plurality of recipes, ingredients used in the respective recipes, and amounts of the respective ingredients so as to be correlated to each other; and a display data generation unit (18) for extracting a recipe, based on the amount of the main ingredient, from among the plurality of recipes extracted, and generating display data indicating information on the extracted recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki UCHIDA, Koichi SUTO, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Kazutoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20150066909
    Abstract: A cooking recipe information providing device includes: a recipe extracting unit (16) for extracting a prescribed cooking recipe from a recipe information DB (14a) for storing cooking recipes; an evaluation value determining unit (18) for determining an evaluation value of the cooking recipe extracted by the recipe extracting unit (16) based on a place in order of a given ingredient in an ingredient field where ingredients of the cooking recipe are displayed; and a display data generating unit (19) for generating display data which indicates information of the cooking recipe based on the evaluation value determined by the evaluation value determining unit (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Koichi Suto, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Kazutoshi Ando