Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kamada

Kenichi Kamada 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: 20210063696
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi KAMADA, Masaya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210055509
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of low-profileness and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a fifth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi KAMADA, Masaya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10859800
    Abstract: Compact imaging lens which maintains low-profileness, wide field of view, and properly corrects various aberrations. Imaging lens includes first lens having positive refractive power and convex surface facing object side near an optical axis, second lens having negative refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis, third lens having positive refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, fourth lens having meniscus shape with positive refractive power and concave surface facing object side near optical axis, fifth lens as double-sided aspheric lens, and sixth lens having negative refractive power and concave surface facing image side near optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, and conditional expression is satisfied: (1) 0.6<?d/f<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20200292785
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number in well balance. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95??(1) 0.15<vd5/vd6<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yukio SEKINE, Kenichi KAMADA, Koji NITTA
  • Publication number: 20200292786
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number in well balance. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95 ??(1) 0.15<vd5/vd6<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yukio Sekine, Kenichi Kamada, Koji Nitta
  • Patent number: 10678021
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number in well balance. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95??(1) 0.15<vd5/vd6<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Sekine, Kenichi Kamada, Koji Nitta
  • Publication number: 20200150397
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which realizes the low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-value well balance. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<vd3<32??(2) 20<vd5<32??(3) where vd3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens vd5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hisao FUKAYA, Kenichi KAMADA, Shingo YUZA
  • Publication number: 20200150396
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which realizes the low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-value well balance. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<?d3<32??(2) 20<?d5<32??(3) where ?d3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens ?d5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hisao FUKAYA, Kenichi KAMADA, Shingo YUZA
  • Patent number: 10534159
    Abstract: An imaging lens including order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<?d 3<32??(2) 20<?d 5<32??(3) where ?d3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens ?d5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada, Shingo Yuza
  • Publication number: 20190265438
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number in well balance. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and negative refractive power, wherein said second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, composite refractive power of said second lens, said third lens and said fourth lens is negative, and below conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.85<vd1/(vd2+vd3)<1.95??(1) 0.15<vd5/vd6<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yukio SEKINE, Kenichi KAMADA, Koji NITTA
  • Patent number: 10209485
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens which is low-profile, has a small f-value, and obtains wide field of view which aberrations are properly corrected, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens having negative refractive power and a concave surface on the object side near the optical axis, a third lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on the image side as a double-sided aspheric lens and a fourth lens having negative refractive power and a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as a double-sided aspheric lens, wherein a conditional expression (1) below is satisfied: 8.5<ih/f<1.0??(1) where f denotes the focal length of the overall optical system, and ih denotes maximum image height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Yuza, Kenichi Kamada
  • Patent number: 9361788
    Abstract: A receiver of a remote control device includes a receiver configured to receive by wireless communication, a packet including a count value of edges of pulse signals, which are output from an encoder, per a predetermined period and to obtain the count value from the received packet, a register configured to retain the count value based on a write signal input from the receiver, and a pulse regenerating circuit including a counter in which the count value of the register is set based on the write signal input from the receiver, and configured to regenerate the pulse signals at an edge period that corresponds to the count value set in the counter in the predetermined period that corresponds to the write signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20150029006
    Abstract: A receiver of a remote control device includes a receiver configured to receive by wireless communication, a packet including a count value of edges of pulse signals, which are output from an encoder, per a predetermined period and to obtain the count value from the received packet, a register configured to retain the count value based on a write signal input from the receiver, and a pulse regenerating circuit including a counter in which the count value of the register is set based on the write signal input from the receiver, and configured to regenerate the pulse signals at an edge period that corresponds to the count value set in the counter in the predetermined period that corresponds to the write signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Kenichi KAMADA
  • Patent number: 8767298
    Abstract: An imaging lens with large aperture ratio, high-performance and low-cost is provided, which is applied to an imaging element of a small-size and high resolution, in which aberration is corrected satisfactorily and sufficient diffraction resolution is achieved. An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from an object side, wherein both surfaces of each lens are formed from aspheric surface, a diffraction optics surface exerting chromatic dispersion function is arranged on a surface on an image side of the second lens, each lens is configured from plastic material, and an aperture ratio is equal to or smaller than F/2.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kantatsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Suzuki, Shingo Watanabe, Kenichi Kamada, Kazuo Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8378906
    Abstract: An electrical connection structure including: a first terminal attached to an edge portion of a circuit board, and composed of a first nipping portion, a connecting portion, a second nipping portion and a leaf spring portion each formed integrally in order as a single member, wherein the connecting portion exists along a side face of the edge portion, the first and second nipping portion and the connecting portion hold the edge portion therebetween and the leaf spring portion extends from an opposite side to the side of the connecting portion of the second nipping portion so that an interior angle formed by the second nipping portion and the leaf spring portion to be an acute; and a second terminal to be electrically connected to the leaf spring portion, wherein the second terminal is pressed to the leaf spring portion into a direction of widening the interior angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuichi Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenichi Kamada, Takao Kato
  • Publication number: 20120162769
    Abstract: An imaging lens with large aperture ratio, high-performance and low-cost is provided, which is applied to an imaging element of a small-size and high resolution, in which aberration is corrected satisfactorily and sufficient diffraction resolution is achieved. An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from an object side, wherein both surfaces of each lens are formed from aspheric surface, a diffraction optics surface exerting chromatic dispersion function is arranged on a surface on an image side of the second lens, each lens is configured from plastic material, and an aperture ratio is equal to or smaller than F/2.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanori Suzuki, Shingo Watanabe, Kenichi Kamada, Kazuo Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8094085
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cabinet of an electrical apparatus including: a base; a cover to cover over the base; a gasket placed on a top face of the base and nipped between a bottom edge section of the cover and the base; a fastening section to penetrate through the base from a bottom face to the top face of the base to connect to an inner face of the cover and to tighten so that the base is pulled to a cover side; a seal integrally formed with the gasket to surround on the top face of the base a through hole which the fastening section penetrates; and a hood provided on an inner face of the cover so as to surround a connecting portion of the fastening section and the cover, and the hood being pressed against the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuichi Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenichi Kamada, Takao Kato
  • Patent number: 8072385
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit substrate supporting structure including: a base; a cover to cover over the base; a circuit substrate accommodated in the cover in a state standing on the base; a projecting section provided on the circuit substrate in a state projecting from a bottom edge section of the circuit substrate and placed on the base; an elastic piece placed on the projecting section; and a pressurizing section convexly provided on an inner wall of the cover above the projecting section to be pressed against the projecting section from above the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuichi Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenichi Kamada, Takao Kato
  • Patent number: 8044871
    Abstract: A hybrid antenna unit includes a circuit board having top and bottom surfaces, a planer antenna element which is mounted on the top surface of the circuit board and which receives first and second radio waves, an antenna base and a top cover that cover the circuit board and the planer antenna element. A bar antenna element stands on the top cover in a slanting position. A processing unit is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and is connected to the planer antenna element. The processing unit processes the first and the second radio waves. A shielding case is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and shields the processing unit. A booster circuit is mounted on the circuit board and is for use in the bar antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Takisawa, Junichi Noro, Takao Kato, Kenichi Kamada, Kyuichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100315305
    Abstract: A hybrid antenna unit includes a circuit board having top and bottom surfaces, a planer antenna element which is mounted on the top surface of the circuit board and which receives first and second radio waves, an antenna base and a top cover that cover the circuit board and the planer antenna element. A bar antenna element stands on the top cover in a slanting position. A processing unit is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and is connected to the planer antenna element. The processing unit processes the first and the second radio waves. A shielding case is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and shields the processing unit. A booster circuit is mounted on the circuit board and is for use in the bar antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi TAKISAWA, Junichi NORO, Takao KATO, Kenichi KAMADA, Kyuichi SATO