Patents by Inventor Makoto Nakahara

Makoto Nakahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240045184
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, and a rear group including one or more lens units. Distances between adjacent lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, three or more negative lenses. The second lens unit consists of a positive lens configured to move from the object side to the image side during focusing from infinity to a close distance. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Makoto NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230213739
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear group including one or more lens units. Each distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The rear group includes a focus lens unit having a positive refractive power that moves from the image side to the object side during focusing from an infinite distance object to a close distance object. A lens closest to an object in the focus lens unit has a shape with a concave surface on the object side. The following inequalities are satisfied. 1.20<fLP/fL2<3.20 ?3.00<fL1/fL2<?0.85 fLP represents a focal length of the focus lens unit, fL1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and fL2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto NAKAHARA, Shinya OKUOKA
  • Publication number: 20230213738
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, and a rear unit including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The rear unit includes a focus lens unit having positive refractive power and configured to move from the image side to the object side during focusing from infinity to a short-distance end. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first negative lens and a second negative lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya OKUOKA, Makoto NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220299741
    Abstract: An optical system includes a main optical system including an aperture stop, and a variable-magnification optical system configured to be removably inserted between the aperture stop and an image plane. A distance from a lens surface that is the closest to an object side in the main optical system to the image plane is constant before and after insertion and removal of the variable-magnification optical system. The main optical system includes a plurality of positive lenses and a plurality of negative lenses. A distance from the lens surface that is the closest to the object side in the main optical system to a lens surface of a negative lens that is the closest to the object side among the plurality of negative lenses and a total length of the main optical system satisfy a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Makoto Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11448862
    Abstract: A zoom lens L0 includes a first lens unit L1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit L2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit L3 having a positive refractive power, an intermediate lens group LM including a plurality of lens units, and a last lens unit LR having a negative refractive power. An interval between the adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The zoom lens L0 includes an aperture stop SP. The intermediate lens group LM includes a negative lens unit LN having a negative refractive power. Both the negative lens unit LN and the last lens unit LR move to an object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens L0 satisfies predetermined conditional inequalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Shunji Iwamoto, Masato Katayose
  • Publication number: 20220214530
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit with a positive refractive power, a second lens unit with a negative refractive power, a third lens unit with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit with a positive refractive power. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit moves, the second lens unit is fixed, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is widened, a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is narrowed, and a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit is narrowed. The first lens unit includes a positive lens and a negative lens. Each of the second, third, and fourth lens units consists of two lenses or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Akira Mizuma
  • Publication number: 20220148551
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing material nonwoven fabric includes: 30 to 80 mass % of short fibers A having a fineness of 0.4 to 0.9 dtex; and 20 to 70 mass % of short fibers B having a fineness of 1.1 to 20.0 dtex. A carding passage coefficient of the short fibers A calculated from equation (1) is in a range of 15 to 260. The equation (1) is carding passage coefficient=(fineness×strength×?elongation percentage×?number of crimps×?crimping degree)/(fiber length).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Hiroshi Kajiyama
  • Publication number: 20220096707
    Abstract: A hemostatic material includes a lipid that can accelerate adhesion or aggregation of platelets even if the lipid does not carry a protein or a peptide involved in adhesion or aggregation of platelets such as GPIb and H12 and, to achieve the object, provides a hemostatic material including a water-insoluble base and a lipid supported on a surface of the base, wherein the lipid includes one or two or more anionic lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Takeoka, Keiko Nakahara, Mamoru Nishiura, Shinya Otsubo, Hajimu Kurumatani, Toru Arakane, Masanobu Takeda, Makoto Nakahara, Kumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 11256062
    Abstract: The optical system according to the present invention consists of a first lens unit with positive refractive power disposed closest to an object side, a middle group including at least two lens units, and a final lens unit with negative refractive power disposed closest to an image side in which intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during focusing. The middle group includes a first focus lens unit configured to move during focusing, and a second focus lens unit disposed on the image side of the first focus lens unit and configured to move during focusing. An aperture stop is disposed between two lenses included in the middle group. Here, a focal length of the optical system, a focal length of the final lens unit, and a focal length of a second focus lens unit are appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Takeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20220040050
    Abstract: Provided is a nonwoven fabric for skin care products. The nonwoven fabric includes: a thermoplastic resin fiber having a single fiber diameter of 50 nm or more and 800 nm or less; and a cellulose fiber. A tensile strength of the cellulose fiber measured in accordance with JIS L 1015:2010 8.7.2 is 1.9 cN/dtex or less, a total content of the thermoplastic resin fiber and the cellulose fiber is 85% by mass or more relative to a total mass of the nonwoven fabric for skin care products, a content ratio by mass of the thermoplastic resin fiber and the cellulose fiber (thermoplastic resin fiber/cellulose fiber) is 0.23 to 1.50, and a density of the nonwoven fabric for skin care products is 0.08 g/cm3 to 0.16 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kumi Oyama, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Makoto Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11225048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated nonwoven fabric achieving both handling properties during manufacturing and use and adherence to a skin surface at a high level particularly when used for a face mask. The laminated nonwoven fabric includes a nonwoven fabric layer (A) and a nonwoven fabric layer (B). The nonwoven fabric layer (A) is formed from a fiber A having a single fiber diameter of 50 nm or more and 800 nm or less, and the nonwoven fabric layer (B) is formed from a fiber B having a single fiber diameter of 3 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less. The nonwoven fabric layer (B) includes 15 to 40% by mass of a fiber B1 to all of the fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric layer (B), the fiber having tensile strength of 2.0 cN/dtex or less as measured based on JIS L 1015: 2010 8.7.2. The nonwoven fabric layer (B) Includes a fiber B2 having tensile strength exceeding 2.0 cN/dtex as measured based on JIS L 1015: 2010 8.7.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kumi Oyama, Makoto Nakahara, Hiroshi Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 11150466
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit, and a third lens unit having negative refractive power arranged in order from an object side to an image side. The second lens unit moves in focusing, thereby changing a distance between adjacent lens units. The first lens unit includes a positive lens, and the third lens unit includes a negative lens. A focal length of the positive lens, a focal length of the negative lens, a focal length of the third lens unit, and a back focus of the optical system are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Saito, Makoto Nakahara, Suguru Inoue, Akira Mizuma, Masakazu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11137583
    Abstract: A plurality of lens units of a zoom lens according to an aspect of the embodiments includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group which includes one or more lens units and has a positive refractive power as a whole. The first lens unit consists of a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a positive lens which are disposed in order from an object side to an image side. A specific gravity of the first negative lens, a focal length of the second negative lens, and a focal length of the first lens unit are appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11048068
    Abstract: An optical system is constituted of a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power and moving when focusing is performed, and a third lens unit which are arranged in this order from an object side to an image side, and distances between neighboring lens units are changed when focusing is performed. In the optical system, a back focus, arrangement of the second lens unit, and the like are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Saito, Makoto Nakahara, Suguru Inoue, Akira Mizuma, Masakazu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11042012
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit B1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit B2, and a third lens unit B3 disposed in order from an object side to an image side. The second lens unit B2 moves in focusing so that an interval between adjacent lens units among the first, second, and third lens units changes. The first lens unit B1 includes a positive lens G1p disposed closest to the object side and a negative lens G1n being a closest negative lens with respect to the object side. The optical system satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Saito, Makoto Nakahara, Suguru Inoue, Akira Mizuma, Masakazu Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20210096342
    Abstract: A zoom lens L0 includes a first lens unit L1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit L2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit L3 having a positive refractive power, an intermediate lens group LM including a plurality of lens units, and a last lens unit LR having a negative refractive power. An interval between the adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The zoom lens L0 includes an aperture stop SP. The intermediate lens group LM includes a negative lens unit LN having a negative refractive power. Both the negative lens unit LN and the last lens unit LR move to an object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens L0 satisfies predetermined conditional inequalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Shunji Iwamoto, Masato Katayose
  • Patent number: 10935755
    Abstract: Provided is an optical system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power configured to move during focusing; and a third lens unit. An interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during focusing. The optical system includes an aperture stop. The first lens unit includes at least three positive lenses including a positive lens (G1P) arranged closest to the object side. A distance LD on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side of the optical system to an image plane, a focal length “f” of the optical system, a refractive index ndG1P of a material of the positive lens (G1P), and an Abbe number ?dG1P of the material of the positive lens (G1P) are each appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Saito, Makoto Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210033835
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear unit including a plurality of lens units. During zooming, a distance between adjacent lens units of the first, second and plurality of lens units changes. The rear unit includes an aperture stop and a negative lens unit disposed closest to an object among at least one lens unit having a negative refractive power on the image side of the aperture stop. The negative lens unit includes a positive lens. A predetermined conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Makoto Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10855898
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system, a movable member holding at least one of lenses and configured to move in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, a fixed member whose movement in the direction is restricted, a coil provided at one of the movable member and the fixed member, a magnet provided at the other of the movable member and the fixed member, and a first shield member configured to cover at least a part of the coil as viewed in a direction parallel to the optical axis and as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis. At least a part of the first shield member being arranged closer to an image plane than the coil, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Shu Ito, Takahiro Hatada
  • Patent number: 10754131
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, in which an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens and a negative lens, and a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the negative lens, and a focal length of an entire system of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end are each appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Nakahara