Patents by Inventor Miwa Kojima

Miwa Kojima 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).

  • Inverted microscope
    Patent number: 6940640
    Abstract: The inverted microscope comprises a microscope main body, a stage configured to place a specimen thereon, a stage fixing part arranged between the stage and the microscope main body and configured to fix the stage to the microscope main body, an objective lens configured to observe the specimen from below the stage, an observation optical system configured to observe a specimen image taken by the objective lens with an eyepiece, and a reflection member configured to reflect an image in vicinity of the objective lens from vicinity of the eyepiece, the reflection member being arranged below the stage fixing part of the microscope main body and arranged on an axis which is almost parallel to an optical axis of the observation optical system passing the eyepiece and passes vicinity of the eyepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Sukekawa, Susumu Honda, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Miwa Kojima, Keisuke Tamura
  • Inverted microscope
    Publication number: 20030165010
    Abstract: The inverted microscope comprises a microscope main body, a stage configured to place a specimen thereon, a stage fixing part arranged between the stage and the microscope main body and configured to fix the stage to the microscope main body, an objective lens configured to observe the specimen from below the stage, an observation optical system configured to observe a specimen image taken by the objective lens with an eyepiece, and a reflection member configured to reflect an image in vicinity of the objective lens from vicinity of the eyepiece, the reflection member being arranged below the stage fixing part of the microscope main body and arranged on an axis which is almost parallel to an optical axis of the observation optical system passing the eyepiece and passes vicinity of the eyepiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Minoru Sukekawa, Susumu Honda, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Miwa Kojima, Keisuke Tamura