Patents by Inventor Koji Nitta

Koji Nitta 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: 11604335
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which satisfies in well balance low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens being double-sided aspheric lens, a second lens having positive or negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface and negative refractive power, a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface and positive or negative refractive power, and a sixth lens being double-sided aspheric lens and having positive refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said sixth lens is a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and is formed as the aspheric surface, which changes from the concave surface to the convex surface at an area apart from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nitta
  • Publication number: 20230050814
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a flexible printed wiring board including a base film and a plurality of wiring lines disposed on a front surface of the base film. Each of the wiring lines has a front end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the wiring line and two side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, and the side surfaces have an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 0.05 µm to 2.0 µm. The wiring lines have an average height of 40 µm to 120 µm. The wiring lines have an average spacing of 1 µm to 30 µm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Maki IKEBE, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Shingo NAGATA, Junichi MOTOMURA, Masahiro ITOH
  • Patent number: 11573403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Patent number: 11573404
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens sequentially including, from an object side to an image side, first to sixth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.00?(d1+d2)/d3?4.00; 1.50?(d9+d10)/d11?3.00; and ?5.00?R9/R11??4.60, where d1, d3, d9 and d11 denotes on-axis thicknesses of the first, second, fifth and sixth lenses, respectively; d2 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the first lens to an object side surface of the second lens; d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens; and R9 and R11 denote curvature radiuses of object side surfaces of the fifth and sixth lenses, respectively. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Lei Zhang, Yuanshan Cui
  • Patent number: 11567298
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number, and excellently corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens having a concave surface facing the image side and the negative refractive power near the optical axis, wherein an image-side surface of said eighth lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, said sixth lens has positive refractive power near the optical axis, an object-side surface of said seventh lens is a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, and a below conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 0.15<vd7/vd8<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nitta
  • Patent number: 11561374
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which satisfies in well balance low-profileness, wide field of view and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens being double-sided aspheric lens, a second lens having positive or negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens having positive refractive power, a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface and negative refractive power, a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface and positive or negative refractive power, and a sixth lens being double-sided aspheric lens and having positive refractive power, wherein an image-side surface of said sixth lens is a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis and is formed as the aspheric surface, which changes from the concave surface to the convex surface at an area apart from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nitta
  • Publication number: 20230019563
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit includes a first electric conductor layer, a first dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a second dielectric layer, a second electric conductor layer arranged in this order, and the circuit layer includes a ground pattern and a transmission line of a high-frequency signal. An electromagnetic wave shield is disposed around the transmission line. The electromagnetic wave shield includes a ground electric conductor on inner surfaces of a plurality of holes extending through the first dielectric layer, the ground pattern, the second dielectric layer, the first electric conductor layer, and the second electric conductor layer. The plurality of holes are a plurality of elongated holes provided at an interval in a direction in which the transmission line is surrounded. In each of the plurality of elongated holes, a longitudinal dimension in the direction in which the transmission line is surrounded is larger than a width dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Takafumi UEMIYA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Shigeki SHIMADA, Hiroshi UEDA, Satoshi KIYA
  • Patent number: 11543628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens having a positive refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20220418094
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit includes a first dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a second dielectric layer arranged in this order, the circuit layer includes a transmission line of a high-frequency signal and a ground pattern disposed around the transmission line. An electromagnetic wave shield is disposed in the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer around the transmission line. The electromagnetic wave shield includes a first ground electric conductor formed on an inner surface of at least one first hole formed to extend through the first dielectric layer without extending through the ground pattern, and a second ground electric conductor formed on an inner surface of at least one second hole formed to extend through the second dielectric layer without extending through the ground pattern. The first ground electric conductor and the second ground electric conductor are each electrically connected to the ground pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Takafumi UEMIYA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Shigeki SHIMADA, Hiroshi UEDA, Satoshi KIYA
  • Patent number: 11513319
    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 comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nitta
  • Publication number: 20220317421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a field of optical lens, and discloses a camera lens with six-piece lenses including a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies following conditions: in an imaging status TTL/LB?2.40, 0.20?R1/R2?0.35, 0.20?R1/R2?0.35, 0.02?d5/f?0.04, and ?0.90?f2/f??0.70. The present invention has a small height in a retraction status, and a narrow angle as well as good optical properties in the imaging status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20220308316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a field of optical lens, and discloses a camera lens with six-piece lenses including a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies following conditions: in an imaging status TTL/LB?2.20, 7.50?D12/d2?8.50, 0.04?d6/f?0.08, and ?1.00?R6/R7??0.35. The present invention has a small height in a retraction status, and a narrow angle as well as good optical properties in the imaging status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Takayuki Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20220295637
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a base film having a hole for forming a through hole; and a coil-shaped wiring layer layered on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein the wiring layer includes a land portion arranged at an inner peripheral surface of the hole and at a peripheral portion of the hole of the base film, and a winding portion arranged in a spiral shape with the land portion as an inside end portion or an outside end portion, wherein the winding portion includes a first winding portion that is an outermost circumference and a second winding portion that is inside relative to the outermost circumference, and wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the land portion to an average thickness of the second winding portion is 1.1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichiro SAKAI, Koji NITTA, Yoshio OKA, Junichi MOTOMURA, Masanao YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11428901
    Abstract: Provided is a camera lens of a catadioptric optical system consisting of two lens assemblies and one lens and having a small height, a narrow angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes: a first lens assembly including an object side surface having a first refractive surface and a second reflective surface in a peripheral region and a central region thereof, and an image side surface having a second refractive surface, a fifth refractive surface and a sixth refractive surface that are sequentially arranged from a peripheral region to a central region thereof; a second lens assembly including an object side surface having a third refractive surface and a fourth refractive surface that are sequentially arranged from a peripheral region to a central region, and an image side surface having a first reflective surface; and a third lens having a refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Kaoru Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220272244
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to the present disclosures includes a base film having an insulating property and a planar coil disposed on a surface of the base film, wherein a number of turns on an outside of a center point of a coil width of the planar coil in a plan view is greater than a number of turns on an inside of the center point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masanao YAMASHITA, Yukie TSUDA, Yuichi NAKAMURA, Koji NITTA, Kou NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11409082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20220240388
    Abstract: A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Maki IKEBE, Kousuke MIURA, Masahiro ITOH
  • Publication number: 20220232699
    Abstract: A printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an electrically insulating base film; and an electrically conductive pattern stacked on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein an average width of a plurality of wiring portions included in the electrically conductive pattern is 5 ?m or greater and 20 ?m or less, wherein each of the wiring portions includes a seed layer and a plating layer, wherein the plating layer includes copper crystal planes of a (111) plane, a (200) plane, a (220) plane, and a (311) plane, and wherein an intensity ratio IR220 of an X-ray diffraction intensity of the copper crystal plane (220) obtained by Equation (1) below is 0.05 or greater and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Maki IKEBE, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220225500
    Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Mari SOGABE, Mitsutaka TSUBOKURA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Masashi IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220206259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of optical lenses, and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes seven lenses. An order of the seven lenses is sequentially from an object side to an image side, which is shown as follows: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens provided by the present disclosure has excellent optical characteristics, and further has characteristics of large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thin, especially suitable for mobile phone camera lens assemblies and WEB camera lenses, which are composed of camera components having high pixels, such as CCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Yaqiong Guo