Patents by Inventor Kenji Shinohara
Kenji Shinohara 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).
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Patent number: 10276329Abstract: A switch includes a base on which a bearing body having a bearing part at an upper end is provided in a protruding manner, an operating lever having an operating shaft with a lower end surface rotatably supported by the bearing part, and at least one operating leg extending from the operating shaft toward the base; and at least one contact mechanism having a fixed contact and a movable contact movable by the operating leg during rotation of the operating shaft, the contact mechanism being disposed on an upper surface of the base, with the movable contact opened and closed by the operating leg with respect to the fixed contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Shoya Shinohara, Kenji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20180082809Abstract: A switch includes a base on which a bearing body having a bearing part at an upper end is provided in a protruding manner, an operating lever having an operating shaft with a lower end surface rotatably supported by the bearing part, and at least one operating leg extending from the operating shaft toward the base; and at least one contact mechanism having a fixed contact and a movable contact movable by the operating leg during rotation of the operating shaft, the contact mechanism being disposed on an upper surface of the base, with the movable contact opened and closed by the operating leg with respect to the fixed contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Shoya Shinohara, Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 9804371Abstract: A zoom lens according to the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, in which a distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming, the configuration of the second lens unit, the curvature radius Rb2obj of a lens surface of a cemented lens GRb2 on the object side included in the second lens unit, the curvature radius Rb2img of a lens surface of the cemented lens GRb2 on the image side, the focal length f2bimg of the cemented lens GRb2, and the focal length f2 of the second lens unit are appropriately set.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 9779897Abstract: The switch includes the base, a plurality of the fixed contact terminals, the sliding body, the operation lever, the coil spring, and the cover. From above the base, the fixed contact terminals, the sliding body, the operation lever, and the coil spring are mounted to the base, and the sliding body is pressed against the operation lever to position the operation lever. The cover is mounted to the base from above so as to press the operation lever by the pressing portion of the cover and cause the operation lever to rotate to an initial position.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kenji Shinohara, Kenji Takahama, Naoki Torikai, Hiromitsu Kokabu, Katsutoshi Kondo
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Publication number: 20170045719Abstract: A zoom lens according to the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, in which a distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming, the configuration of the second lens unit, the curvature radius Rb2obj of a lens surface of a cemented lens GRb2 on the object side included in the second lens unit, the curvature radius Rb2img of a lens surface of the cemented lens GRb2 on the image side, the focal length f2bimg of the cemented lens GRb2, and the focal length f2 of the second lens unit are appropriately set.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20170011872Abstract: The switch includes the base, a plurality of the fixed contact terminals, the sliding body, the operation lever, the coil spring, and the cover. From above the base, the fixed contact terminals, the sliding body, the operation lever, and the coil spring are mounted to the base, and the sliding body is pressed against the operation lever to position the operation lever. The cover is mounted to the base from above so as to press the operation lever by the pressing portion of the cover and cause the operation lever to rotate to an initial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kenji SHINOHARA, Kenji TAKAHAMA, Naoki TORIKAI, Hiromitsu KOKABU, Katsutoshi KONDO
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Patent number: 9170407Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side thereof, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between adjacent ones of the lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side thereof, one negative lens element and one positive lens element. Lengths of travel M1 and M2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, focal lengths f1 and f2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, and a zoom ratio Z of the zoom lens are set appropriately.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 9146387Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and is configured to move the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit during a zooming operation to change an interval between adjacent lens units. A moving amount of the second lens unit during a zooming operation from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a focal length of the second lens unit, and transverse magnification of the third lens unit at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are individually set appropriately.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 9082350Abstract: According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a display unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays information. The control unit determines a scrolling speed of the information in accordance with a speed of an operation, and changes a display size of the information to be scrolled on the display unit in accordance with the scrolling speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 8988587Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, a third lens unit having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power. During zooming, a distance between every adjacent lens unit from the first to fourth lens units varies. A focal length fw of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f4 of the fourth lens unit are appropriately set according to predetermined mathematical conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20150036226Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side thereof, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between adjacent ones of the lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side thereof, one negative lens element and one positive lens element. Lengths of travel M1 and M2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, focal lengths f1 and f2 of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, respectively, and a zoom ratio Z of the zoom lens are set appropriately.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20140268366Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and is configured to move the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit during a zooming operation to change an interval between adjacent lens units. A moving amount of the second lens unit during a zooming operation from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a focal length of the second lens unit, and transverse magnification of the third lens unit at the wide angle end and the telephoto end are individually set appropriately.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 8720039Abstract: A laminated core punching apparatus, configured such that a stator-punching press machine that has a molding die performing a partial punching gradually approaches the shape of the stator core piece. There is a punching die to punching out the stator core piece from a strip-form steel plate, and two stator lamination stations. A rotor-punching press machine and a stator-punching press machine are constructed to operate synchronously. An intermediate loop portion capable of causing a strip-form steel plate to hang down in a loop is provided in order to adjust a length of the strip-form steel plate between the two press machines, and a loop guide portion that guides a loop locus of the strip-form steel plate from above so that the strip-form steel plate does not invert is disposed above the intermediate loop portion to be capable of ascending and descending.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Matsubara, Shigeru Maeda, Atsuya Takagi, Takuya Ooura, Hajime Nishiguchi, Motoki Koori, Masahiro Hayabuchi, Susumu Kato, Keishi Ohki, Kenji Shinohara, Akio Murakami
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Publication number: 20140022416Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, a third lens unit having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power. During zooming, a distance between every adjacent lens unit from the first to fourth lens units varies. A focal length fw of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f4 of the fourth lens unit are appropriately set according to predetermined mathematical conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 8526117Abstract: A zoom lens including first to fifth lens units in order from an object side toward an image. The refractive powers of the first to the fifth lens units are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive, respectively. The distance between the first and the second lens units is increased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the distance between the second and the third lens unit is decreased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit and the fourth lens unit are fixed for the zooming. When M2 and M3 are the amounts of movement of the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, respectively, the conditional expression; 0.2<|M2/M3|<5.0 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Shinohara, Akihisa Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8514498Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming. The third lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens. When Rnf and Rnr are radiuses of curvature of surfaces on the object side and the image side respectively of one negative lens of the second lens unit, Rpf and Rpr are radiuses of curvature on the object side and the image side respectively of one positive lens of the second lens unit, the following conditions are satisfied: 3.4<(Rnf?Rnr)/(Rnf+Rnr)<4.4 ?0.7<(Rpf?Rpr)/(Rpf+Rpr)<?0.5.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Patent number: 8360528Abstract: In a vehicle seat, by turning-control a control lever, a locked state of a reclining device is cancelled, to thereby bring a seat back into a forward foldable state. When the seat back is switched into the forward folding state while maintaining the operating state of the control lever, the interlocked state between the vehicle seat and a floor is cancelled. However, when the operating state of the control lever is cancelled while the seat back is folded forward, the interlocked state between the vehicle seat and the floor is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Shinohara
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Publication number: 20130010174Abstract: A zoom lens including first to fifth lens units in order from an object side toward an image. The refractive powers of the first to the fifth lens units are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive, respectively. The distance between the first and the second lens units is increased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the distance between the second and the third lens unit is decreased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit and the fourth lens unit are fixed for the zooming. When M2 and M3 are the amounts of movement of the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, respectively, the conditional expression; 0.2<|M2/M3|<5.0 is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Shinohara, Akihisa Horiuchi
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Patent number: 8284498Abstract: A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, a third lens unit of a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit of a positive refractive power. In zooming, the first lens unit is configured fixed and the second, third, and fourth lens units are configured movable. The following conditions are satisfied where f3st is a movement amount of the third lens unit associated with zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, ?2w is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the wide angle end, and z is a zoom ratio, 0.010<(|f3st|/f3)/z<0.045, and ?0.33<?2w<?0.20.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Shinohara, Nobuyuki Miyazawa, Akihisa Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20120218310Abstract: According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a display unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays information. The control unit determines a scrolling speed of the information in accordance with a speed of an operation, and changes a display size of the information to be scrolled on the display unit in accordance with the scrolling speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Kenji SHINOHARA