Patents by Inventor Kunio Yamamiya
Kunio Yamamiya 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: 7972738Abstract: Upon determining the temperature of and pressure in a flow path connecting between a fuel cell and a fuel storage container for supplying fuel to the fuel cell in order to detect a residual capacity of a fuel cell battery, the temperature is determined from those measured in electronic equipment connected to the fuel cell battery. Therefore, there can be provided a residual capacity detection method and a residual capacity detection system for a fuel cell battery, which can give a user accurate information on battery residual capacity even if there is no temperature detection part in a fuel cell system. The present invention can also be understood as a residual capacity detection system for a fuel cell battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 7952640Abstract: In an image pickup element module, a heat releasing member disposed to be thermally coupled to an FPC substrate and an image pickup element is formed of a PPS resin material having good thermal conductivity. Further, this image pickup element module is configured so that a phase-changing heat storage which is insert-molded or formed into a sheet shape is disposed to be thermally coupled to the heat releasing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 7928358Abstract: In an imaging device module according to the invention, an opening is provided in an FPC board accommodated in an apparatus chassis. An insulating sheet of an imaging device is mounted opposite the opening on the FPC board. In a configuration of the imaging device module, a heat reflection member is thermally coupled to the insulating sheet, and a first radiation member thermally coupled to both the apparatus chassis and the imaging device is disposed so as to face the heat reflection member.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20090231537Abstract: A lens unit fixed inside a lens barrel frame of a lens unit and is provided with a liquid crystal lens including a liquid crystal optical element constituted of a plurality of transparent electrode plates which are held in a liquid crystal lens holder, an imaging element arranged on the image side of the liquid crystal lens, a board, an imaging element support plate, and a two-dimensional drive mechanism, and the liquid crystal lens holder includes first and second retention members. The first retention member includes a first positioning section for performing positioning in an X-Y plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the liquid crystal lens, and a second positioning section for specifying an optical axis direction. The second retention member includes a connection section covering the liquid crystal lens and connecting with the second positioning section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20080316344Abstract: In an image pickup element module, a heat releasing member disposed to be thermally coupled to an FPC substrate and an image pickup element is formed of a PPS resin material having good thermal conductivity. Further, this image pickup element module is configured so that a phase-changing heat storage which is insert-molded or formed into a sheet shape is disposed to be thermally coupled to the heat releasing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20080192435Abstract: In an imaging device module according to the invention, an opening is provided in an FPC board accommodated in an apparatus chassis. An insulating sheet of an imaging device is mounted opposite the opening on the FPC board. In a configuration of the imaging device module, a heat reflection member is thermally coupled to the insulating sheet, and a first radiation member thermally coupled to both the apparatus chassis and the imaging device is disposed so as to face the heat reflection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20080176115Abstract: Upon determining the temperature of and pressure in a flow path connecting between a fuel cell and a fuel storage container for supplying fuel to the fuel cell in order to detect a residual capacity of a fuel cell battery, the temperature is determined from those measured in electronic equipment connected to the fuel cell battery. Therefore, there can be provided a residual capacity detection method and a residual capacity detection system for a fuel cell battery, which can give a user accurate information on battery residual capacity even if there is no temperature detection part in a fuel cell system. The present invention can also be understood as a residual capacity detection system for a fuel cell battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio YAMAMIYA
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Publication number: 20080176121Abstract: In a system, a first or second opening and closing valve, a first or second pressure sensor for detection, and a first or second pressure adjusting valve are disposed between a hydrogen storing alloy container and a fuel battery cell, and the first or second opening and closing valves or the first or second pressure sensor for detection and first or second safety valve are directly connected to each other. A fine flow passage of at least one system and a temperature sensor provided near the flow passage or on a terminal device are provided between a first pipe connected to the hydrogen storing alloy container and a second pipe connected to the fuel battery cell. An opening and closing valve being used at a time of an abnormality occurrence remains open or is closed and the safety valve is opened according to an output of the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio YAMAMIYA
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Publication number: 20080014482Abstract: Mobile terminal equipment is provided with a battery receiving chamber for using a fuel battery cell unit including a hydrogen storage alloy container, a pressure adjusting valve, and a fuel battery cell. A fuel battery system for mobile terminal equipment is further provided with a fuel battery including the valve, and a secondary battery. A space section between an inner surface of the battery receiving chamber and the fuel battery cell unit is formed by contact between protrusion sections provided on the fuel battery cell unit and the inner surface of the battery receiving chamber. In an electronic camera main body, an air intake port provided near a grip is disposed near an anode side of a fuel battery cell, a part of the air intake port and a fuel tank can be attached or detached from the electronic camera main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 7280854Abstract: A portable information terminal device cradle apparatus includes a recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing data using a recording disk, disposed in an inner space enclosed by an enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate, a main part of a connector for a connection with a portable information terminal device and/or a cradle assembly placed on the upper plate, and a connector holding part for holding the main part of the connector such that the main part of the connector is rotatable with respect to the upper plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Ken Sugawara, Kunio Yamamiya, Keito Fukushima
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Publication number: 20050287852Abstract: A portable information terminal device cradle apparatus includes a recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing data using a recording disk, disposed in an inner space enclosed by an enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate, a main part of a connector for a connection with a portable information terminal device and/or a cradle assembly placed on the upper plate, and a connector holding part for holding the main part of the connector such that the main part of the connector is rotatable with respect to the upper plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Ken Sugawara, Kunio Yamamiya, Keito Fukushima
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Patent number: 6970411Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20040071067Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6704257Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6501713Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6501720Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Publication number: 20020186627Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6452877Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6445660Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: August 14, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya
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Patent number: 6426924Abstract: An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a magneto-optical disk including an optical head for projecting a laser beam onto a magneto-optical disk and receiving the laser beam reflected by the disk, an up-down block arranged movably between a lower position and an upper position, an up-down motor for moving said up-down block up and down, a turntable for supporting the disk and a spindle motor secured to said up-down block and having a driving shaft coupled with said turntable for rotating the turntable, a position detecting device for detecting a position of said up-down block to derive a position signal when the up-down block is driven into the upper position, a rotation detecting device for detecting a rotation of said optical information record disk to derive a rotation signal when the optical information record disk is rotated at a predetermined revolving speed, and a control device for initiating a focus control for moving said objective lens and turntable relative to eachType: GrantFiled: August 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kunio Yamamiya