Patents by Inventor Maiko Ariga
Maiko Ariga 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: 11903125Abstract: An optical module includes a box-shaped housing with an optical element mounted therein. Further, a wiring substrate is bonded to a part of a surface of a housing part of the housing, and an electric wiring, which is formed in the wiring substrate or on a surface of the wiring substrate, and an electric wiring, which is introduced into the housing part or onto a surface of the housing part, are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba, Kazuki Yamaoka, Atsushi Izawa, Kazuya Nagashima
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Patent number: 11677210Abstract: A semiconductor laser module that includes a package accommodating therein a plurality of optical components, includes: a semiconductor laser device that emits laser light toward one end side in the package; an optical fiber having an incident end of the laser light on another end side in the package, the another end being in an opposite direction of an emission direction in which the semiconductor laser device emits the laser light; and a turn-back unit that turns back the laser light toward the another end side in the package, the another end being in the opposite direction of the emission direction in which the semiconductor laser device emits the laser light, and outputs the laser light to the incident end of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Inaba, Maiko Ariga, Kazuki Yamaoka
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Patent number: 11552455Abstract: A disclosed semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser device; a semiconductor optical amplifier configured to receive laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device and amplify the laser light that has been received; and a first light receiving device that measures an intensity of a part of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device, for monitoring a wavelength of the laser light, wherein the semiconductor optical amplifier is located rearward in relation to a light receiving surface of the first light receiving device along a propagation direction of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba, Kazuki Yamaoka
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Patent number: 11545814Abstract: A disclosed semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser device; a waveguide optical function device that has an incidence end on which laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device is incident and that guides the incident light; and a protrusion that is provided on an extension line of a light path of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser device, the extension line extending beyond the incidence end.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba, Kazuki Yamaoka, Toshio Sugaya
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Publication number: 20220369524Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical element; a housing configured to house the optical element; as electrical terminal arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the housing and electrically connected to an inside of the housing; and a positioning unit configured to determine a relative position of a wiring board electrically connected to the electrical terminal from outside of the housing, with respect to the electrical terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NAGASHIMA, Maiko ARIGA, Atsushi IZAWA, Jun MIYOKAWA
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Publication number: 20220317392Abstract: An optical device includes: a case; a sleeve attached to the case, the sleeve including a first through-hole penetrating between an inside and an outside of the case, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to a penetrating direction of the first through-hole, the inclined surface having an opening of the first through-hole; a first optical fiber including a core wire including a core and a clad, and a sheath configured to surround the core wire, wherein an exposed portion of the core wire not surrounded by the sheath passes through the first through-hole; and a first joining material interposed and sealed between an outer peripheral surface of the exposed portion and an inner peripheral surface of the first through-hole in the first through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi IZAWA, Jun MIYOKAWA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuya NAGASHIMA, Yozo ISHIKAWA, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
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Patent number: 11367993Abstract: A lid portion, that is mounted on a package that houses an optical isolator at a certain position, includes: a main body portion that is in contact with an upper end portion of a sidewall of the package; and a thick portion that is provided on a lower surface of the main body portion and determines a position of the lid portion with respect to the package. Further, the thick portion is provided on the lower surface other than a lower surface region of the main body portion, the lower surface region being directly above the optical isolator housed in the package when the lid portion is mounted on the package.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Inaba, Maiko Ariga, Kazuki Yamaoka
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Patent number: 11283234Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical component; a light receiving element receiving a laser beam through the optical component; a package housing the optical component and the light receiving unit; and a shielding portion that prevents stray light, which is generated by at least one of the laser beam and the laser beam emitted through the optical component is reflected or scattered in the package or at the optical component, from being incident on the light receiving element.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Yamaoka, Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba
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Publication number: 20220007496Abstract: An optical module includes a box-shaped housing with an optical element mounted therein. Further, a wiring substrate is bonded to a part of a surface of a housing part of the housing, and an electric wiring, which is formed in the wiring substrate or on a surface of the wiring substrate, and an electric wiring, which is introduced into the housing part or onto a surface of the housing part, are electrically connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko ARIGA, Yusuke INABA, Kazuki YAMAOKA, Atsushi IZAWA, Kazuya NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20210364697Abstract: An optical module includes: a substrate and a waveguide element having a mount face opposed to the substrate, the waveguide element having an interference waveguide portion having an optical interference function. Further, the mount face includes a projection region to which the interference waveguide portion is projected on the mount face and a non-projection region, and the waveguide element is joined to the substrate with a joint material in the non-projection region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke INABA, Junichi HASEGAWA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuki YAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20210367398Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical functional element outputting a first light beam; a first optical part receiving the first light beam, having a predetermined effect on the first light beam, and outputting the affected first light beam as a second light beam; a second optical part receiving the second light beam, having a predetermined effect on the second light beam, outputting the affected second light beam as a third light beam, and reflecting a reflected light beam in a direction not coupled to the first optical part, the reflected light beam being generated from the second light on an incident surface on which the second light beam is incident; a housing accommodating the optical functional element, the first optical part, and the second optical part; and an optical attenuator provided inside the housing and attenuating power of the reflected light beam incident on the optical attenuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki YAMAOKA, Maiko ARIGA, Yusuke INABA
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Publication number: 20210364713Abstract: An optical module includes: a base having a predetermined product of a coefficient of linear expansion and a Young's modulus; a planar lightwave circuit element mounted on the base; and a warpage suppression component, which is mounted on a surface of the planar lightwave circuit element, the surface being on a side opposite to a side where the planar lightwave circuit element is mounted on the base, having a product of a coefficient of linear expansion and a Young's modulus that reduces warpage of the planar lightwave circuit element in accordance with warpage of the base depending on temperature change.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko ARIGA, Yusuke INABA, Kazuki YAMAOKA, Junichi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20210367399Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical element; and a thermoelectric module on which the optical element is mounted. Further, the thermoelectric module includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and a plurality of thermoelectric elements provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a pattern made of a material different from a material of the first substrate is formed on a surface of the first substrate opposite to a back surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and the optical element is mounted on the surface of the first substrate in association with the pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke INABA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuki YAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20210234331Abstract: An optical module includes: at least one optical element; a housing main body that houses therein the at least one optical element; and a plurality of lead pins that are provided to a side wall of the housing main body. Further, at least one of the lead pins is electrically connected to the at least one optical element, and the lead pins are lined up in a plurality of rows along a height direction of the side wall, and are arranged in such a manner that adjacent lead pins do not overlap each other in a top view.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko ARIGA, Yusuke INABA, Kazuki YAMAOKA
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Patent number: 11031746Abstract: A semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser device that outputs laser light; an optical fiber that includes a core portion and a cladding portion formed at an outer periphery of the core portion and that receives the laser light from one end and guides the laser light to the outside of the semiconductor laser module; an optical part disposed at an outer periphery of the optical fiber, having optical transmittance at a wavelength of the laser light, and that fixes the optical fiber; a first fixative that fixes the optical part and the optical fiber; and a housing that accommodates the semiconductor laser device and the one end of the optical fiber that receives the laser light, wherein an optical reflection reducing region treated to absorb the laser light and having a rough surface is formed around the optical part.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Ishige, Maiko Ariga, Masaki Iwama
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Patent number: 10886693Abstract: An optical module includes a housing and an optical element that is disposed in the housing and emits light in the housing, in which a partial area of a surface inside the housing serves as a reduced optical reflection area processed so as to absorb the light and have a rough surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Ariga, Yuta Ishige, Masaki Iwama
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Patent number: 10869395Abstract: A flexible substrate has an insulating base member and a conductive layer that is formed on the base member and includes an electrical connecting portion fixed to a component and electrically connected to the component, and the flexible substrate includes: a main portion on which the electrical connecting portion is formed; and a protruding portion provided so as to protrude from a portion of the main portion in which the electrical connecting portion is formed, wherein the main portion is bent along a first bending line extending in a first direction, and wherein the protruding portion can be bent along a second bending line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and is adapted to reduce stress occurring at the electrical connecting portion by the protruding portion being bent along the second bending line.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsuji Katayama, Jun Miyokawa, Maiko Ariga, Toshio Sugaya
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Publication number: 20200366053Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical component; a light receiving element receiving a laser beam through the optical component; a package housing the optical component and the light receiving unit; and a shielding portion that prevents stray light, which is generated by at least one of the laser beam and the laser beam emitted through the optical component is reflected or scattered in the package or at the optical component, from being incident on the light receiving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki YAMAOKA, Maiko ARIGA, Yusuke INABA
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Publication number: 20200366054Abstract: A lid portion, that is mounted on a package that houses an optical isolator at a certain position, includes: a main body portion that is in contact with an upper end portion of a sidewall of the package; and a thick portion that is provided on a lower surface of the main body portion and determines a position of the lid portion with respect to the package. Further, the thick portion is provided on the lower surface other than a lower surface region of the main body portion, the lower surface region being directly above the optical isolator housed in the package when the lid portion is mounted on the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke INABA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuki YAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20200366056Abstract: A semiconductor laser module that includes a package accommodating therein a plurality of optical components, includes: a semiconductor laser device that emits laser light toward one end side in the package; an optical fiber having an incident end of the laser light on another end side in the package, the another end being in an opposite direction of an emission direction in which the semiconductor laser device emits the laser light; and a turn-back unit that turns back the laser light toward the another end side in the package, the another end being in the opposite direction of the emission direction in which the semiconductor laser device emits the laser light, and outputs the laser light to the incident end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke INABA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuki YAMAOKA