Patents by Inventor Makoto Fujimoto

Makoto Fujimoto 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: 11952344
    Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound that can have an antagonistic action on an NMD A receptor containing the NR2B subunit and that is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, pain, peripheral symptoms of dementia and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I), wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Oguro, Makoto Kamata, Shuhei Ikeda, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Taku Kamei, Mitsuhiro Ito, Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Hirotaka Kamitani, Takaharu Hirayama, Toshio Tanaka, Hiroshi Banno, Nobuyuki Takakura, Jinichi Yonemori, Takuya Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230027556
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, distances between the first lens group and the second lens group, between the second lens group and the third lens group and between the third lens group and the fourth lens group vary. The second lens group includes a front lens group, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. Each of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes at least one positive lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group is moved as a group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMOTO, Takeshi UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20220317594
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of detachably attaching a toner storage container including: a bottle that stores toner; a discharge port that opens the bottle; a first shutter member rotatably attached to the bottle between a closed position and an open position; and a second shutter member relatively movable with respect to the bottle in an attachment/detachment direction, and the image forming apparatus includes: a container storage that has a storage port and stores the toner storage container; a toner reservoir provided below the container storage and having a supply port formed below the discharge port of the toner storage container stored in the container storage; a regulator that moves the second shutter member; a cover member that opens or closes the storage port; and a switcher that rotates the first shutter member of the toner storage container stored in the container storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: MAKOTO FUJIMOTO, TAKERU KINOSHITA, JUNJI MURAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11428913
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, distances between the first lens group and the second lens group, between the second lens group and the third lens group and between the third lens group and the fourth lens group vary. The second lens group includes a front lens group, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. Each of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes at least one positive lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group is moved as a group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fujimoto, Takeshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 11274001
    Abstract: A recording medium feeder includes: a first cassette and a second cassette that are disposed side by side in a cross direction and can be pulled out in the same pull-out direction; a housing that houses the first cassette and the second cassette; a transport unit that is disposed above the second cassette in the housing and transports a recording medium sent from the first cassette; and a feeding unit that is disposed in the housing and feeds a recording medium stored in the first cassette toward the transport unit, wherein the transport unit can be pulled out in the same direction as the first cassette and the second cassette, the feeding unit includes a first roller and a second roller that sandwich and transport a recording medium, and the first roller or the second roller releases the sandwiching when the first cassette is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20210093194
    Abstract: The ophthalmic optical system is configured to apply an angular scanning light ray to an eye. M=|?out/?in| is defined, where ?in represents an angle between an incident light ray to the ophthalmic optical system and an optical axis of the ophthalmic optical system, and ?out represents an angle between an exiting light ray exiting from the ophthalmic optical system toward the eye and the optical axis. The ophthalmic optical system satisfies a conditional expression Mpar<Mmax, where Mpar represents M in a case that the incident light ray is a paraxial ray, Mmax represents M in a case that the incident light ray is a ray of a maximum angle of win.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, OPTOS PLC
    Inventors: Gonzalo MUYO, Alistair GORMAN, David M. WILLIAMSON, Makoto FUJIMOTO, Yasufumi NISHI, Azuna NONAKA, Katsuya WATANABE, Miwako YOSHIDA, Kyoya TOKUNAGA, Masahiro MIZUTA
  • Publication number: 20200301340
    Abstract: A recording medium feeder includes: a first cassette and a second cassette that are disposed side by side in a cross direction and can be pulled out in the same pull-out direction; a housing that houses the first cassette and the second cassette; a transport unit that is disposed above the second cassette in the housing and transports a recording medium sent from the first cassette; and a feeding unit that is disposed in the housing and feeds a recording medium stored in the first cassette toward the transport unit, wherein the transport unit can be pulled out in the same direction as the first cassette and the second cassette, the feeding unit includes a first roller and a second roller that sandwich and transport a recording medium, and the first roller or the second roller releases the sandwiching when the first cassette is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200285033
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, distances between the first lens group and the second lens group, between the second lens group and the third lens group and between the third lens group and the fourth lens group vary. The second lens group includes a front lens group, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. Each of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes at least one positive lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group is moved as a group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMOTO, Takeshi UMEDA
  • Patent number: 10768488
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of the instant application includes a first substrate preparing step of preparing a first substrate including a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines; a second substrate preparing step of preparing a second substrate including a color filter; and a substrate bonding step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together using a first seal member. In the substrate bonding step, the first seal member is disposed in a manner that at least a part of the first seal member overlaps the color filter in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10670847
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, distances between the first lens group and the second lens group, between the second lens group and the third lens group and between the third lens group and the fourth lens group vary. The second lens group includes a front lens group, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. Each of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes at least one positive lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group is moved as a group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fujimoto, Takeshi Umeda
  • Publication number: 20190219867
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate including a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines; a second substrate that is disposed opposite the first substrate and includes a color filter; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first seal member that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounds at least a part of a periphery of the liquid crystal layer in plan view. At least a part of the first seal member overlaps the color filter in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki IWATO, Makoto FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190219850
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of the instant application includes a first substrate preparing step of preparing a first substrate including a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines; a second substrate preparing step of preparing a second substrate including a color filter; and a substrate bonding step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together using a first seal member. In the substrate bonding step, the first seal member is disposed in a manner that at least a part of the first seal member overlaps the color filter in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki IWATO, Makoto FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180196240
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 and a distance between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 are varied. The second lens group G2 includes, in order from the object side, a front lens group G2F, an aperture stop S, and a rear lens group G2R. Each of the front lens group G2F and the rear lens group G2R includes at least one negative lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group G2 is moved as a movable group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Thus, the zoom lens can have high optical performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMOTO, Takeshi UMEDA
  • Patent number: 9939621
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, distances between the first lens group and the second lens group, between the second lens group and the third lens group and between the third lens group and the fourth lens group vary. The second lens group includes a front lens group, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. Each of the front lens group and the rear lens group includes at least one negative lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group is moved as a group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fujimoto, Takeshi Umeda
  • Publication number: 20170227809
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, a double-sided adhesive tape that fixedly bonds the display panel and the backlight unit to each other, and a tab connected to the double-sided adhesive tape. At least a part of the tab protrudes outward from an end portion of the display panel in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Takeki SATO, Makoto FUJIMOTO, Ryouhei SHIMANO
  • Publication number: 20160170189
    Abstract: A zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power. Upon varying magnification, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 and a distance between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 are varied. The second lens group G2 includes, in order from the object side, a front lens group G2F, an aperture stop S, and a rear lens group G2R. Each of the front lens group G2F and the rear lens group G2R includes at least one negative lens. At least a part of the lenses in the second lens group G2 is moved as a movable group to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Thus, the zoom lens can have high optical performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMOTO, Takeshi UMEDA
  • Patent number: 8988792
    Abstract: A telephoto lens TL having, in order from an object, a plurality of lenses L1, L2, . . . and a diffractive optical element DOE which has a diffraction grating having a rotationally symmetric shape with respect to the optical axis, wherein the diffractive optical element DOE is disposed on any one of lens surfaces of the plurality of lenses L1, L2, . . . , and conditional expression 0.50<fa/Rd<0.90 or 1.10<fa/Rd<2.00 is satisfied, where fa denotes a combined focal length of each lens from the lens L1, which is closest to the object, of the plurality of lenses L1, L2, . . . to the lens L2, on which the diffractive optical element DOE is disposed, and Rd is a radius of curvature of the lens surface on which the diffractive optical element DOE is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8908273
    Abstract: An imaging lens, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the imaging lens are provided. The imaging lens includes a front lens group having negative refractive power disposed to the most object side and a rear lens group having negative refractive power, disposed to an image side of the front lens group and moving at least a portion thereof in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. The rear lens group includes G3a having negative refractive power, G3b having negative refractive power, and G3c having positive refractive power. G3b is disposed between G3a and G3c. G3b side lens surface of G3a is a concave surface facing G3b. G3b is a negative meniscus lens shape having a concave surface facing G3a. At least one lens surface among optical surfaces of G3a, G3b and G3c is an aspherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8681293
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device in which uneven brightness in a side-light type backlight unit is reduced, the uneven brightness being generated through reflection of light from a light source at an interface of an engaging cutout portion for preventing a light guide plate from shifting. A light guide plate (60) includes a cutout portion (82) through which a light guide plate support pin (80) provided upright to a lower frame fitting is inserted, at a lower side adjacent to a left side at which a light bar (64) is arranged. Further, at the lower side, a cutout portion (84) having a shallower recess than that of the cutout portion (82) and positioned in front of the cutout portion (82) when viewed from the light bar (64) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Obata, Makoto Fujimoto, Shunsuke Morishita, Naruhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8605370
    Abstract: An imaging lens, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the imaging lens are disclosed. An imaging lens consists of, in order from an object, a front group having negative power, and a rear group including a sub-lens group having negative power. At least a portion of the sub-lens group is movable in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. The sub-lens group includes, in order from the object, a first negative component having negative power, a second negative component having negative power and a positive component having positive power. The shape of an air lens formed by the first negative component and the second negative component is a double convex shape. An antireflection coating is applied on at least one optical surface of the front group, and the antireflection coating including at least one layer formed by use of a wet process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Issei Tanaka, Makoto Fujimoto