Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Sakuma

Mitsuru Sakuma 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: 9002165
    Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide device capable of reducing stress that occurs inside an optical waveguide substrate due to a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion. The optical waveguide device (10) includes an optical waveguide substrate (11) having a thickness of 30 ?m or less, and a liquid crystal polymer substrate (12) which holds the optical waveguide substrate (11) and has permittivity lower than that of the optical waveguide substrate (11). The optical waveguide substrate (11) and the liquid crystal polymer substrate (12) are bonded to each other by an adhesive layer (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ichioka, Mitsuru Sakuma, Junichiro Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140050440
    Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide device capable of reducing stress that occurs inside an optical waveguide substrate due to a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion. The optical waveguide device (10) includes an optical waveguide substrate (11) having a thickness of 30 ?m or less, and a liquid crystal polymer substrate (12) which holds the optical waveguide substrate (11) and has permittivity lower than that of the optical waveguide substrate (11). The optical waveguide substrate (11) and the liquid crystal polymer substrate (12) are bonded to each other by an adhesive layer (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ichioka, Mitsuru Sakuma, Junichiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 7397974
    Abstract: The present invention offers an optical modulator capable of efficiently transmitting electric signals to an interaction part of a signal electrode with acting on an optical waveguide even when the electric signals are in a high frequency zone, and capable of performing high frequency broad-band operation. The optical modulator comprises a substrate 1 formed of a material having electro-optical effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and an electrode 3 for modulating the light passing through the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Ichikawa, Takahisa Fujita, Yuji Yamane, Norikazu Miyazaki, Mitsuru Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20040264827
    Abstract: Present invention offers an optical modulator capable of efficiently transmitting electric signals to an acting portion of a signal electrode with acting on an optical waveguide even when the electric signals are in high frequency zone, and capable of performing high frequency broad band operation. The optic modulator comprises a substrate 1 formed of a material having electro-optical effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and an electrode 3 for modulating the light passing through the optical waveguide. The optical modulator is characterized in that an electric signal connection pad unit 6 is provided on a part of the electrode, and in that the thickness of the substrate which is located at least on a lower part of the electric signal connection pad unit 6 and directly or indirectly continuous to the electric signal connection pad unit 6 is thinner than the thickness of other parts of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Junichiro Ichikawa, Takahisa Fujita, Yuji Yamane, Norikazu Miyazaki, Mitsuru Sakuma