Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsusaka

Kenji Matsusaka 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: 20120075721
    Abstract: Provided is an image pickup lens that forms an image on an image pickup element with light from a subject. In the image pickup lens, a lens that is disposed on an image pickup element side is fixed in position, and a focusing lens group having a plurality of lenses including a lens closest to the subject is moved in an optical axis direction, thereby performing focusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Konishi, Taizo Wakimura, Satoshi Onishi, Kenji Matsusaka, Mitsuhiko Morita, Eigo Sano, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110102541
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wide-angle optical system constituted of, in order from the object side to the image side, front group 11, stop 12, and rear group 13. The front group 11 is constituted, in order from the object side to the image side, of first lens 111 having negative optical power, second lens 112 having negative optical power, and third lens 113 having positive optical power. The rear group 13 is constituted, in order from the object side to the image side, of fourth lens 131 having positive optical power, and fifth lens 132 having negative optical power. The opposite surface from the stop of each of the paired lenses 113 and 131 arranged at the both sides of the stop 12 is a convex surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Jin, Kenji Matsusaka, Toru Nakatani
  • Patent number: 6876826
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge having a memory device having a cartridge electrical contact is detachably mountable has an openable and closable cover, a main body positioning portion for positioning a positioning member provided on the process cartridge to thereby position the process cartridge relative to the main body of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus when the process cartridge is to be mounted on the main body of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a main body electrical contact portion electrically connected to the cartridge electrical contact portion, and a moving member for making the main body electrical contact portion movable in operative association with the opening and closing operation of the openable and closable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Noda, Kenji Matsusaka
  • Publication number: 20030091361
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge having a memory device having a cartridge electrical contact is detachably mountable has an openable and closable cover for opening and closing an opening, a main body positioning portion for positioning a positioning member provided on the process cartridge to thereby position the process cartridge relative to the main body of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus when the process cartridge is to be mounted on the main body the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a main body electrical contact portion electrically connected to the cartridge electrical contact portion, and a moving member for making the main body electrical contact portion movable in operative association with the opening and closing operation of the openable and closable cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Noda, Kenji Matsusaka