Patents by Inventor Mituo Nakashima

Mituo Nakashima 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: 20120229927
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lens driving device that prevents looseness during movement of the holder caused by repeated contact and separation between sliding contact sections and the shaft, with a simple configuration. The lens driving device includes holder (10) that holds a lens unit and is movable in the direction of the optical axis of the lens unit; columnar shaft (51) extended in the direction of the optical axis; and further guide unit (15) provided on holder (10), that slidingly contacts the side of shaft (51) and guides the moving direction of the holder in the direction of the optical axis of the lens unit while the holder is moving. Guide unit (15) includes multiple sliding contact sections (15a) and (15b) that always continue to slidingly contact the side of the shaft at the same part while the holder is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Suguru Ohishi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Mituo Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20120154938
    Abstract: A lens driving device suppresses inward deformation of posts when the winding of a conductive wire generates a winding pressure. A lens driving device 1 includes a holder 10 that holds a lens unit 13. The holder 10 is movable in an optical axis direction of the lens unit 13. A magnet 20 surrounds the lens unit 13 in a radial direction of the lens unit 13. The magnet 20 is fixed to the holder 10. A coil 60 surrounds the holder 10 in the radial direction. The coil 60 faces the magnet in the radial direction. Posts surround the holder in the radial direction. The posts to which the coil is wound extends in the optical axis direction. A beam connects ends of the posts facing the same direction in the optical axis direction with each other. The beam is connected to each end of the posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Ohishi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Mituo Nakashima, Seigo Yamanaka, Yuma Aoi, Koji Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120154671
    Abstract: A lens driving device accurately and smoothly moves a holder in an optical axis direction even when the distance between lower shaft end supporting portions differ from the distance between upper shaft end supporting holes. The cross-section, in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, of at least one upper shaft end supporting hole 42 among the plurality of upper shaft end supporting holes 41 and 42 arranged in the cover is larger than the cross-section, in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, of a corresponding sub-shaft 52 among the plurality of shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Ohishi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Mituo Nakashima, Kazuaki Someya, Yuma Aoi, Satoru Ota
  • Publication number: 20110205424
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a holder which holds a lens and is movable in the direction of an optical axis of the lens and a plurality of magnets which is fixed to the holder so as to be separated from each other in a circumferential direction. Cut-out portions are provided on the holder and the magnets which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are communicated with each other through the cut-out portions. When an adhesive is filled into the cut-out portions, the adhesive bonds the magnets which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mituo Nakashima, Hiroshi Yamashita, Satoru Ota, Yuma Aoi