Patents by Inventor Kouji MOCHIDUKI

Kouji MOCHIDUKI 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: 11914205
    Abstract: The present invention satisfies at least one of the condition of the degree of freedom of a primary layer 11 shown in the equation (I) and the condition of the rigidity of a secondary layer 12 shown in the equation (II). Thus, a coated optical fiber 1 capable of suppressing transmission loss in a low temperature environment is provided, in which, even when an optical fiber 10 having a large effective core cross-sectional area Aeff of the optical fiber 10 at a wavelength of 1550 nm and having high microbend sensitivity is used, transmission loss in a low temperature environment can be suppressed. [Math.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kasahara, Yoshihiro Arashitani, Kouji Mochiduki, Masahiro Yabe
  • Publication number: 20220397732
    Abstract: The present invention satisfies at least one of the condition of the degree of freedom of a primary layer 11 shown in the equation (I) and the condition of the rigidity of a secondary layer 12 shown in the equation (II). Thus, a coated optical fiber 1 capable of suppressing transmission loss in a low temperature environment is provided, in which, even when an optical fiber 10 having a large effective core cross-sectional area Aeff of the optical fiber 10 at a wavelength of 1550 nm and having high microbend sensitivity is used, transmission loss in a low temperature environment can be suppressed. [Math.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru KASAHARA, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI, Kouji MOCHIDUKI, Masahiro YABE
  • Patent number: 11435518
    Abstract: Provided is a coated optical fiber and an optical fiber cable capable of suppressing transmission loss (microbend loss) even in an optical fiber having high microbend sensitivity. In the present invention, the degree of freedom of a primary layer 11 represented by the equation (I) and the rigidity of a secondary layer 12 represented by the equation (II) are set in specific ranges, respectively. Thus, the present invention provides a coated optical fiber 1 capable of suppressing the transmission loss even when an optical fiber 10 having high microbend sensitivity such as a BI fiber having a large effective core cross-sectional area Aeff of an optical fiber is used. The present invention can be widely used as a coated optical fiber 1 constituting a coated optical fiber ribbon or as a coated optical fiber 1 housed in an optical fiber cable. Further, an optical fiber cable including such coated optical fibers 1 enjoys the effect of the above-described coated optical fiber 1. [Math.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kasahara, Yoshihiro Arashitani, Kouji Mochiduki, Masahiro Yabe
  • Publication number: 20220003950
    Abstract: An optical processing structure of an optical fiber, includes: an optical fiber that includes a core, a cladding, and a coating, the coating being partially removed; and a thermally conductive protective material made of a silicone-based thermally conductive compound and provided around the cladding in a coating removed region of the optical fiber. Further, the thermally conductive protective material contains a filler having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the cladding, and the filler is present in a region where evanescent light seeping out of the cladding is present when cladding mode light propagating in the cladding is totally reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOMIYASU, Hirotatsu ISHII, Yoshihiro EMORI, Kenichi SUYAMA, Kouji MOCHIDUKI
  • Publication number: 20210199883
    Abstract: Provided is a coated optical fiber and an optical fiber cable capable of suppressing transmission loss (microbend loss) even in an optical fiber having high microbend sensitivity. In the present invention, the degree of freedom of a primary layer 11 represented by the equation (I) and the rigidity of a secondary layer 12 represented by the equation (II) are set in specific ranges, respectively. Thus, the present invention provides a coated optical fiber 1 capable of suppressing the transmission loss even when an optical fiber 10 having high microbend sensitivity such as a BI fiber having a large effective core cross-sectional area Aeff of an optical fiber is used. The present invention can be widely used as a coated optical fiber 1 constituting a coated optical fiber ribbon or as a coated optical fiber 1 housed in an optical fiber cable. Further, an optical fiber cable including such coated optical fibers 1 enjoys the effect of the above-described coated optical fiber 1. [Math.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru KASAHARA, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI, Kouji MOCHIDUKI, Masahiro YABE
  • Publication number: 20140226941
    Abstract: The present invention provides a colored optical fiber that shows anti-microbend property and hot-water resistance, an optical fiber ribbon that utilizes the same, and an optical fiber cable. It is a colored optical fiber 1, which comprises two coating layers of a primary coating layer 31 and a secondary coating layer 32, wherein either one of the primary coating layer 31 or the secondary coating layer 32 is colored, both coating layers have equilibrium elastic moduli of 60 MPa or less, and the secondary coating layer 32 has a relaxation modulus of 410 MPa or more, an optical fiber ribbon 4 that utilizes it, and an optical fiber cable 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki TANAKA, Minoru KASAHARA, Kouji MOCHIDUKI, Minoru SAITO, Yasuo NAKAJIMA