Patents by Inventor Masaaki KITAWAKI

Masaaki KITAWAKI 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: 10663668
    Abstract: An optical splitter includes a housing, a diffraction grating, and an optical filter. An incidence unit and an emission unit are provided in the housing. The optical filter is disposed between the emission unit and the diffraction grating in the housing. An anti-reflection coating is formed on a surface of a filter main body of the optical filter on the emission unit side. Therefore, from light dispersed by the diffraction grating and having passed through the optical filter, light reflected at a back surface of the emission unit passes through the optical filter without being reflected by a back surface of the optical filter and is directed toward the inside of the housing. As a result, light having passed through the optical filter and having a wavelength other than a target wavelength is inhibited from being emitted from an emission slit of the emission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Kitawaki
  • Patent number: 10436643
    Abstract: A spectrometer includes a grating, a cylinder retainer and a housing. The grating comprises a grating surface having a concave toroidal form. The retainer comprises an end surface having a convex contact surface compatible with the grating surface, wherein the contact surface contacts with the grating surface. The housing includes an opening which the retainer fits in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Kitawaki
  • Publication number: 20190302368
    Abstract: An optical splitter includes a housing, a diffraction grating, and an optical filter. An incidence unit and an emission unit are provided in the housing. The optical filter is disposed between the emission unit and the diffraction grating in the housing. An anti-reflection coating is formed on a surface of a filter main body of the optical filter on the emission unit side. Therefore, from light dispersed by the diffraction grating and having passed through the optical filter, light reflected at a back surface of the emission unit passes through the optical filter without being reflected by a back surface of the optical filter and is directed toward the inside of the housing. As a result, light having passed through the optical filter and having a wavelength other than a target wavelength is inhibited from being emitted from an emission slit of the emission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki KITAWAKI