Patents by Inventor Makoto Furuta

Makoto Furuta 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: 11152541
    Abstract: A substrate according to an embodiment includes a plurality of land portions that are bonded to a plurality of terminals of a light source via solder, respectively, the light source having the terminals on a surface other than a light-emitting surface, each of the land portions having a cutout provided by cutting in accordance with a shape of the corresponding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Horikawa, Makoto Furuta
  • Patent number: 11042061
    Abstract: A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a substrate, a light source, a first fixing member, and a second fixing member. The light guide plate outputs, from a principal surface, light entering from a side surface. The substrate is disposed substantially in parallel with the principal surface of the light guide plate. The light source is provided on the substrate in a manner facing the side surface of the light guide plate. The light source has a light-emitting surface that outputs the light incident on the side surface. The first fixing member is disposed between the light guide plate and the substrate and fixes the light guide plate to the substrate. The second fixing member is disposed opposite to the first fixing member across the light guide plate and fixes the light guide plate to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Edamitsu, Makoto Furuta
  • Patent number: 10488582
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that emits light from an emission surface, the light being incident on a lateral surface of the light guide plate; a light source that is arranged on the lateral surface side and has a light emitting surface that emits light to be incident on the lateral surface; a substrate that has two principal surfaces, a surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light source being mounted on one of the principal surfaces; a frame that has a lateral surface and a floor surface, and accommodates the light guide plate, the light source, and the substrate; and a first coupling member that is arranged between the light guide plate and the floor surface and between the light source and the floor surface, and couples the light guide plate and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tokunaga, Makoto Furuta, Takashi Edamitsu
  • Patent number: 10353136
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that outputs light entered into the light guide plate through a side face of the light guide plate, a plurality of light sources that are arranged on the side face side, and emit light to be entered into the side face, a substrate having a mounting surface where the light sources are mounted, and first wiring that is formed on an opposite surface opposite to the mounting surface of the substrate, and connects serially the light sources with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Makoto Furuta
  • Publication number: 20190189847
    Abstract: A substrate according to an embodiment includes a plurality of land portions that are bonded to a plurality of terminals of a light source via solder, respectively, the light source having the terminals on a surface other than a light-emitting surface, each of the land portions having a cutout provided by cutting in accordance with a shape of the corresponding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Tomotaka HORIKAWA, Makoto FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10267983
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light-guiding plate that emits light made incident from a side face; a plurality of light sources that are arranged on the side face side and have respective light-emitting faces that emit light to be made incident on the side face; a substrate having a mounting face on which the light sources are mounted, the mounting face facing a face of the light sources opposite the light-emitting faces; and wiring that is formed on a face of the substrate opposite the mounting face and are connected to the light sources. The wiring includes wiring extending from both ends of the light sources connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Furuta, Takahito Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20190094614
    Abstract: A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a substrate, a light source, a first fixing member, and a second fixing member. The light guide plate outputs, from a principal surface, light entering from a side surface. The substrate is disposed substantially in parallel with the principal surface of the light guide plate. The light source is provided on the substrate in a manner facing the side surface of the light guide plate. The light source has a light-emitting surface that outputs the light incident on the side surface. The first fixing member is disposed between the light guide plate and the substrate and fixes the light guide plate to the substrate. The second fixing member is disposed opposite to the first fixing member across the light guide plate and fixes the light guide plate to the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi EDAMITSU, Makoto FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10216326
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sato, Naoyuki Terada, Kazumasa Adachi, Makoto Furuta, Takahiro Shimura, Shigeyuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10203190
    Abstract: A measuring device which reduces reading errors caused by parallax. The measuring device has a gauge head abutting against an object to be measured, and includes a pointer-type display part which displays displacement of the gauge head obtained by being enlarged by an enlarging mechanism and being converted into a rotation amount of a pointer. The measuring device further includes a transparent cover plate provided so as to cover the pointer-type display part, and the cover plate has an antireflection film on the surface. The cover plate further has an antifouling film on the antireflection film. The cover plate has a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Furuta
  • Patent number: 10139552
    Abstract: A planar lighting device includes: a light guide plate; a plurality of light sources arranged in line along a longitudinal direction of a side end surface of the light guide plate, each of light sources including a pair of electrode terminals; and a mounting substrate on which the light sources are mounted, the mounting substrate including a conductive pattern including a plurality of pairs of lands to which the respective pairs of electrode terminals of the light sources are connected. The light sources are mounted such that, in a longitudinal direction of the light sources, a gap between an outer side of each of the pairs of electrode terminals and an outer side of corresponding one of the pairs of lands is smaller than a gap between an inner side of the pair of electrode terminals and an inner side of the corresponding pair of lands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Ippei Kusunoki, Makoto Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180321789
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Naoyuki TERADA, Kazumasa ADACHI, Makoto FURUTA, Takahiro SHIMURA, Shigeyuki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10120122
    Abstract: A planar lighting device includes: a board that includes a strip-shaped section, and an external connection section, which protrudes from the central part of the strip-shaped section in a lateral direction of the strip-shaped section, and that is provided with an installation surface; and light source units that are provided with a plurality of light sources connected in series, that are each provided with a first electrode and a second electrode on both end sides, and that are arranged side by side on the installation surface at the strip-shaped section of the board in a longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the single external connection section is provided for the light source units, and the first electrodes in all the light source units, related to the single external connection section, are located farther from the external connection section than the second electrodes in the light source units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Edamitsu, Makoto Furuta
  • Patent number: 10114506
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sato, Naoyuki Terada, Kazumasa Adachi, Makoto Furuta, Takahiro Shimura, Shigeyuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10028382
    Abstract: A planar lighting device includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources arranged in a line shape along a longitudinal direction of a side end face of the light guide plate, and a mounting substrate, on which the light sources are mounted. The mounting substrate has a base material, a conduction pattern formed on the base material, and a cover member arranged on the conduction pattern. The conduction pattern includes pairs of lands corresponding to a plurality of electrode terminals of each light source and to which the pair of electrode terminals is respectively connected, and first and second extension parts that are respectively connected to the pair of lands, extend from a first end portion of the lands, which faces the land of the adjacent light source, extend toward opposite sides of the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Horikawa, Makoto Furuta, Hidekazu Kasai, Namiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180149805
    Abstract: A planar lighting device comprising: a board that includes a strip-shaped section, and an external connection section, which protrudes from the central part of the strip-shaped section in a lateral direction of the strip-shaped section, and that is provided with an installation surface; and light source units that are provided with a plurality of light sources connected in series, that are each provided with a first electrode and a second electrode on both end sides, and that are arranged side by side on the installation surface at the strip-shaped section of the board in a longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the single external connection section is provided for the light source units, and the first electrodes in all the light source units, related to the single external connection section, are located farther from the external connection section than the second electrodes in the light source units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi EDAMITSU, Makoto FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20180059313
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that outputs light entered into the light guide plate through a side face of the light guide plate, a plurality of light sources that are arranged on the side face side, and emit light to be entered into the side face, a substrate having a mounting surface where the light sources are mounted, and first wiring that is formed on an opposite surface opposite to the mounting surface of the substrate, and connects serially the light sources with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Makoto FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20180003879
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light-guiding plate that emits light made incident from a side face; a plurality of light sources that are arranged on the side face side and have respective light-emitting faces that emit light to be made incident on the side face; a substrate having a mounting face on which the light sources are mounted, the mounting face facing a face of the light sources opposite the light-emitting faces; and wiring that is formed on a face of the substrate opposite the mounting face and are connected to the light sources. The wiring includes wiring extending from both ends of the light sources connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto Furuta, Takahito YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170371095
    Abstract: A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that emits light from an emission surface, the light being incident on a lateral surface of the light guide plate; a light source that is arranged on the lateral surface side and has a light emitting surface that emits light to be incident on the lateral surface; a substrate that has two principal surfaces, a surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light source being mounted on one of the principal surfaces; a frame that has a lateral surface and a floor surface, and accommodates the light guide plate, the light source, and the substrate; and a first coupling member that is arranged between the light guide plate and the floor surface and between the light source and the floor surface, and couples the light guide plate and the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tokunaga, Makoto Furuta, Takashi Edamitsu
  • Patent number: 9798445
    Abstract: A measuring instrument includes a main body casing, a detector on the main body casing and detecting an amount of stylus head displacement, a display on an outer surface of the casing; a plurality of key switches on the outer surface, a menu proximate the display on the outer surface, and a display controller controlling the display. The display includes a main display and a cursor display, which is arranged in a location alongside the menu and displays a cursor pointing to the menu, and performs control such that a measured value based on an amount of displacement is displayed, but the cursor is not displayed when in a measurement mode where the detector detects the amount of displacement, and such that a cursor is displayed so as to point to the menu corresponding to a selected menu when in a settings mode where measurement conditions are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuya Niwano, Kazuhiro Ishizu, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Takashi Kozawa, Takefumi Kiwada, Makoto Furuta, Aki Hiroshima
  • Publication number: 20170177152
    Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Naoyuki TERADA, Kazumasa ADACHI, Makoto FURUTA, Takahiro SHIMURA, Shigeyuki ADACHI