Patents by Inventor Masami Takase

Masami Takase 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: 8309847
    Abstract: Drain structure of an electric connection box is provided that is capable of preventing penetration of water with simplicity. According to the drain structure of the electric connection box, since a pair of engaging leg portions of a waterproof lid is engaged in a peripheral part of a communication hole of the drain portion and a lid portion covers the upper part of the water discharging hole, the water that penetrates through to the inside of the electric connection box through the communication hole and water discharging hole of the drain portion can be dammed in use of lid portion of the waterproof lid and can be prevented from gushing into the electric connection box. As a result, since it is possible to prevent the terminal portion of a wire such as a wire harness or the like, which is arranged to run from moistening with the water, penetration of water can be surely prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kengo Aburaya, Fumikazu Naimi, Masami Takase
  • Publication number: 20100230128
    Abstract: Drain structure of an electric connection box is provided that is capable of preventing penetration of water with simplicity. According to the drain structure of the electric connection box, since a pair of engaging leg portions of a waterproof lid is engaged in a peripheral part of a communication hole of the drain portion and a lid portion covers the upper part of the water discharging hole, the water that penetrates through to the inside of the electric connection box through the communication hole and water discharging hole of the drain portion can be dammed in use of lid portion of the waterproof lid and can be prevented from gushing into the electric connection box. As a result, since it is possible to prevent the terminal portion of a wire such as a wire harness or the like, which is arranged to run from moistening with the water, penetration of water can be surely prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Aburaya, Fumikazu Naimi, Masami Takase
  • Patent number: 7747156
    Abstract: A digital single-lens reflex camera includes a first mirror for reflecting part of a light beam coming from a subject through a photographing optical system and transmitting the remaining light beam. The reflected light beam is used for detecting the focus state of an imaging light beam, and the transmitted light beam is used for performing live view display. For example, the first mirror can be configured as a movable mirror in the digital single-lens reflex camera. This enables continuous live view display using the transmitted light beam on condition that the movable mirror is down while detecting the focus state using the reflected light beam. In addition, phase-contrast AF can be adopted for detecting the focus state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Fujio Kosaka
  • Patent number: 7505283
    Abstract: The metal-core-board reinforcing structure has a metal core board having a metal core and a resin plate having substantially the same extent as that of the metal core board and being fixedly attached to the metal core board substantially parallel to one side of the metal core board and spaced apart therefrom by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumikazu Naimi, Masami Takase, Akihisa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080089037
    Abstract: [Problems to be Solved]The present invention provides a metal-core-board reinforcing structure which can simultaneously satisfy various requirements such as miniaturization, weight reduction, space-saving, heat radiation and provision of mechanically reinforced metal core board. [Means to Solve the Problems] The metal-core-board reinforcing structure according to the present invention has a metal core board 1 having a metal core and a resin plate 2 having substantially the same extent as that of the metal core board 1 and being fixedly attached to the metal core board 1 substantially parallel to one side of the metal core board 1 and spaced apart therefrom by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Fumikazu NAIMI, Masami Takase, Akihisa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20070019939
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital single-lens reflex camera having a first mirror for reflecting part of a light beam coming from a subject through a photographing optical system and transmitting the remaining light beam. The reflected light beam is used for detecting the focus state of an imaging light beam, and the transmitted light beam is used for performing live view display. For example, the first mirror can be configured as a movable mirror in the digital single-lens reflex camera. This enables continuous live view display using the transmitted light beam on condition that the movable mirror is down while detecting the focus state using the reflected light beam. In addition, phase-contrast AF can be adopted for detecting the focus state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Fujio Kosaka
  • Patent number: 6922332
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes upper and lower cases which accommodate therein bus bars, an insulator for the bus bars, fuses, and first relays. A relay module mounted with second relays is accommodated in the upper and lower cases. The electric connection box includes the relay module, but is compact in size, light in weight, low-priced, and low in heat generation due to contact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Fumikazu Naimi, Kazuo Miyajima, Masami Takase, Koichi Shima, Kiyoshi Takezawa, Akihiko Hirata
  • Patent number: 6701082
    Abstract: A camera has a rangefinder device having an optical system constituted by a plurality of optical elements and a diopter adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting the observation diopter of the rangefinder device by operation by the user from outside the camera. In addition, there are provided an operating member that operates the diopter adjustment mechanism and an adjustment mechanism that effects adjustment such that the observation diopter of the rangefinder device is at a predetermined value when the operating member is in a prescribed position. By this means, a camera having a diopter adjustment mechanism whereby the relative positional relationship of the operating member and driven member can always be ensured such that the observation diopter gets equal to the predetermined observation diopter that is to be set when the operating member is arranged in the prescribed position. This can be realized by a straightforward construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Hiroshi Kahara, Yukihiko Sugita
  • Publication number: 20030231482
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes upper and lower cases which accommodate therein bus bars, an insulator for the bus bars, fuses, and first relays. A relay module mounted with second relays is accommodated in the upper and lower cases. The electric connection box includes the relay module, but is compact in size, light in weight, low-priced, and low in heat generation due to contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicants: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Fumikazu Naimi, Kazuo Miyajima, Masami Takase, Koichi Shima, Kiyoshi Takezawa, Akihiko Hirata
  • Patent number: 6597874
    Abstract: In a camera having a camera body unit constituted by combining a plurality of units, the camera configuration is realized so as to allow to easily remove only a lens frame unit from the camera body unit before the other units (for example, a strobe unit, a finder unit, a film feed unit and the like) when the camera is disassembled to repair or replace the lens frame unit by constituting so that the lens frame unit having a photographing optical system can be mounted independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sugita, Masami Takase, Takaaki Ue, Hitoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6587644
    Abstract: A finder unit includes an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing image, a first optical component deployed closer to the objective optical system than the viewing image formation position, and a second optical component deployed closer to the eyepiece optical system than the viewing image formation position; and satisfies the condition 8<1000×(D1+D2)/f2(1/m) when the focal length of the eyepiece optical system is represented as f (mm), the distance from the viewing image formation position to the first optical component as D1 (mm), and the distance from the viewing image formation position to the second optical component as D2 (mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Yukihiko Sugita, Shinya Takahashi, Shigeru Kato
  • Publication number: 20020122667
    Abstract: This finder unit is configured such that [it comprises] an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing image, a first optical component deployed closer to the objective optical system than the viewing image formation position is, and a second optical component deployed closer to the eyepiece optical system than the viewing image formation position is; and satisfies the condition
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Yukihiko Sugita, Shinya Takahashi, Shigeru Kato
  • Patent number: 6415109
    Abstract: A camera of this invention incorporates a finder unit capable of changing its magnification corresponding to any one of plural zoom lens barrels (first, second lens barrels) each having different zoom range. When installing the finder unit, first, a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole in a rotary frame so as to hold the lens barrel in standard zoom condition. Then, a finder positioning pin is inserted into a cam gear positioning hole and main body positioning hole in finder cam shaft so as to hold a finder lens at a variable magnification position corresponding to the standard zoom condition. With that condition, a zoom driving gear arrangement is meshed with a driving gear portion and cam gear in a rotary frame so that the lens barrel and finder are assembled with each other. This camera realizes reduction of product development term and production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Takaaki Ue, Yukihiko Sugita, Akiyoshi Tochigi, Shinya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6411783
    Abstract: A finder unit includes an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing image, a first optical component deployed closer to the objective optical system than the viewing image formation position and a second optical component deployed closer to the eyepiece optical system than the viewing image formation position and satisfies the condition 8<1000×(D1+D2)/f2(1/m) when the focal length of the eyepiece optical system is represented as f (mm), the distance from the viewing image formation position to the first optical component as D1(mm), and the distance from the viewing image formation position to the second optical component as D2 (mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Yukihiko Sugita, Shinya Takahashi, Shigeru Kato
  • Publication number: 20020025168
    Abstract: In a camera having a camera body unit constituted by combining a plurality of units, the camera configuration is realized so as to allow to easily remove only a lens frame unit from the camera body unit before the other units (for example, a strobe unit, a finder unit, a film feed unit and the like) when the camera is disassembled to repair or replace the lens frame unit by constituting so that the lens frame unit having a photographing optical system can be mounted independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Opitcal Co. , LTD
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sugita, Masami Takase, Takaaki Ue, Hitoshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020018651
    Abstract: A camera has a rangefinder device having an optical system constituted by a plurality of optical elements and a diopter adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting the observation diopter of the rangefinder device by operation by the user from outside the camera. In addition, there are provided an operating member that operates the diopter adjustment mechanism and an adjustment mechanism that effects adjustment such that the observation diopter of the rangefinder device is at a predetermined value when the operating member is in a prescribed position. By this means, a camera having a diopter adjustment mechanism whereby the relative positional relationship of the operating member and driven member can always be ensured such that the observation diopter gets equal to the predetermined observation diopter that is to be set when the operating member is arranged in the prescribed position. This can be realized by a straightforward construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Hiroshi Kahara, Yukihiko Sugita
  • Publication number: 20010004421
    Abstract: This finder unit is configured such that an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing image, a first optical component deployed closer to the objective optical system than the viewing image formation position is, and a second optical component deployed closer to the eyepiece optical system than the viewing image formation position is; and satisfies the condition
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Yukihiko Sugita, Shinya Takahashi, Shigeru Kato
  • Patent number: 5754897
    Abstract: A strobe camera with a strobe emission section movable between a first position in which strobe light can be emitted and a second position different from the first position. A strobe state detection unit outputs a first strobe state signal when the strobe emission section is in the first position, and a second strobe state signal when the strobe emission section is in the second position. A camera state detection unit outputs a first camera state signal when the camera is in a photographing-permitted state, and a second camera state signal when the camera is in a photographing-prohibited position. A control unit causes the camera to execute a warning operation when the camera state detection unit outputs the first camera state signal and the strobe state detection unit outputs the second strobe state signal, and causes the camera to stop execution of the warning operation and perform an exposure operation when the first strobe state signal is output instead of the second strobe stage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Masami Takase
  • Patent number: 5534960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera having a film feed mechanism comprising a microphone for sensing the surrounding noise around the camera, a noise level measuring portion for measuring the sensed noise (sound pressure), a noise level discriminator for comparing the measured noise level with a predetermined level to discriminate whether the measured noise level is higher or lower than the predetermined level, a feed mode change-over portion for changing the film feed speed to a silent mode or a normal film feed by selecting the normal film feed or the film feed whose generated noise level is low in response to the discriminated noise level, and a film feed mechanism for feeding a film in both winding and rewinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Takase
  • Patent number: D423459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takase, Kazuo Miyajima, Noriyuki Kajiyama