Patents by Inventor Naofumi HORIO

Naofumi HORIO 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: 11856296
    Abstract: In a shake correction unit, a first circuit board has a first portion extending from a first side to a second side in a direction, a second portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the second side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the second side of the first portion. A second circuit board has a first portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, a second portion extending from the first side to the second side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the first side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the first side of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Horio, Soichiro Kimura, Shinri Ono, Kazuhiro Sazai
  • Publication number: 20230099047
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a first wiring board, a second wiring board connected to the first wiring board, a third wiring board connected to the first wiring board, a connector, and an external terminal connector. A different-direction reference portion of the third wiring board extends in a direction different from an extending direction of a reference portion of the second wiring board between a first end of the third wiring board and a second end of the third wiring board. The connector electrically connects any portion between the reference portion and the second end of the second wiring board and any portion between the different-direction reference portion and the second end of the third wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Naofumi HORIO, Shinri ONO, Tomohiro EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220385819
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a fixed body, a movable body movably arranged with respect to the fixed body, a support mechanism that supports the movable body, and a swing mechanism that swings the movable body with respect to the fixed body. The movable body includes an optical element having an optical axis and a holder that holds the optical element, the holder includes a bottom portion and a side portion, the support mechanism supports the bottom portion of the holder, and a bottom surface of the optical element is spaced away from an upper surface of the bottom portion of the holder at a position overlapping the support mechanism in an optical axis direction extending along the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAZAI, Naofumi HORIO
  • Publication number: 20220272264
    Abstract: In a shake correction unit, a first circuit board has a first portion extending from a first side to a second side in a direction, a second portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the second side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the second side of the first portion. A second circuit board has a first portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, a second portion extending from the first side to the second side in the direction, and a bent Portion in which an end portion on the first side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the first side of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Naofumi HORIO, Soichiro KIMURA, Shinri ONO, Kazuhiro SAZAI
  • Patent number: 10801884
    Abstract: The use of a blade driving device including a first plate wherein a first opening portion is formed; a blade formed so as to enable opening/closing of the first opening portion; a driving mechanism driving the blade; and a cover, wherein a second opening portion is formed so as to essentially overlap the first opening portion, and formed so as to cover the base plate and the driving mechanism portion. Because the base plate and driving mechanism portion are covered by the cover, when compared to the conventional structure, this enables the transmission, without variability, of heat in relation to the driving mechanism portion and the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Horio, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Shigemi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190178708
    Abstract: The use of a blade driving device including a first plate wherein a first opening portion is formed; a blade formed so as to enable opening/closing of the first opening portion; a driving mechanism driving the blade; and a cover, wherein a second opening portion is formed so as to essentially overlap the first opening portion, and formed so as to cover the base plate and the driving mechanism portion. Because the base plate and driving mechanism portion are covered by the cover, when compared to the conventional structure, this enables the transmission, without variability, of heat in relation to the driving mechanism portion and the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC COPAL CORPROATION
    Inventors: Naofumi HORIO, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Shigemi TAKAHASHI