Patents by Inventor Kentaro Terashioma

Kentaro Terashioma 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).

  • Optical transmission and receiving module
    Patent number: 6236477
    Abstract: An optical transmission and receiving module includes a light source; a light receiving element; and a light branching element for causing signal light from the light source to be incident on an optical fiber and causing signal light output from the optical fiber to be incident on the light receiving element. The light branching element includes a prism array including a plurality of triangular prisms arranged at substantially an identical pitch on a plane extending substantially perpendicular to an imaginary line connecting the light source and the light receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehisa Ishihara, Hideki Miyuki, Kazuhito Nagura, Kentaro Terashioma, Hiroshi Nakatsu