Patents by Inventor Norihide ADACHI

Norihide ADACHI 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: 10394017
    Abstract: An actuator device includes a support portion; a first movable portion; a first torsion bar portion coupling the first movable portion to the support portion to be swingable around a first swing axis; and a wiring disposed on the first torsion bar portion. The torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections extending in a first direction along the first swing axis and juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a plurality of turnover sections alternately coupling two ends of the straight sections. The plurality of turnover sections have a curved shape. The wiring includes wiring sections embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Sadaharu Takimoto, Masakuni Kimoto, Norihide Adachi
  • Publication number: 20170293136
    Abstract: A torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections and a plurality of turnover sections. The plurality of straight sections extends in a first direction along a swing axis and is juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of turnover sections alternately couples two ends of the straight sections. Wiring is disposed on the torsion bar portion. The wiring includes first wiring sections and second wiring sections. The first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu. The second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sadaharu TAKIMOTO, Masakuni KIMOTO, Norihide ADACHI
  • Patent number: 9766448
    Abstract: A mirror drive device is provided as one capable of efficiently gaining a driving force. The mirror drive device 1 has a fixed frame 5; a movable portion 7 supported so as to be swingable relative to the fixed frame 5, through torsion bars 10a, 10b extending on an identical straight line, and being of a circular shape; a mirror 9 arranged on a principal surface 7a of the movable portion 7; and a permanent magnet 3 forming a magnetic field around the movable portion 7; the movable portion 7 has a drive coil 12 arranged below the mirror 9; the drive coil 12 is of a 2n-sided polygon shape (where n is an integer of 3 or more) when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the principal surface 7a, at least one side of which is orthogonal to a direction of the magnetic field F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Sadaharu Takimoto, Masakuni Kimoto, Norihide Adachi
  • Patent number: 9729038
    Abstract: A torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections and a plurality of turnover sections. The plurality of straight sections extends in a first direction along a swing axis and is juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of turnover sections alternately couples two ends of the straight sections. Wiring is disposed on the torsion bar portion. The wiring includes first wiring sections and second wiring sections. The first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu. The second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Sadaharu Takimoto, Masakuni Kimoto, Norihide Adachi
  • Publication number: 20160170200
    Abstract: A mirror drive device is provided as one capable of efficiently gaining a driving force. The mirror drive device 1 has a fixed frame 5; a movable portion 7 supported so as to be swingable relative to the fixed frame 5, through torsion bars 10a, 10b extending on an identical straight line, and being of a circular shape; a mirror 9 arranged on a principal surface 7a of the movable portion 7; and a permanent magnet 3 forming a magnetic field around the movable portion 7; the movable portion 7 has a drive coil 12 arranged below the mirror 9; the drive coil 12 is of a 2n-sided polygon shape (where n is an integer of 3 or more) when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the principal surface 7a, at least one side of which is orthogonal to a direction of the magnetic field F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sadaharu TAKIMOTO, Masakuni KIMOTO, Norihide ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20160172951
    Abstract: A torsion bar portion is of a meandering shape including a plurality of straight sections and a plurality of turnover sections. The plurality of straight sections extends in a first direction along a swing axis and is juxtaposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of turnover sections alternately couples two ends of the straight sections. Wiring is disposed on the torsion bar portion. The wiring includes first wiring sections and second wiring sections. The first wiring sections include damascene wiring sections that are disposed so as to be embedded in grooves formed in the turnover sections and that are made of a first metal material including Cu. The second wiring sections are disposed on the straight sections and are made of a second metal material more resistant to plastic deformation than the first metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sadaharu TAKIMOTO, Masakuni KIMOTO, Norihide ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20160154233
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror structure including a first movable portion and a second movable portion coupled to a support portion so as to be swingable, and, a mirror, a first coil, and a second coil disposed on the movable portions; a first magnetic portion and a second magnetic portion disposed on a same side as a back surface of the mirror structure to be opposed to the mirror structure, and having a magnetic pole of a first polarity and a magnetic pole of a second polarity, respectively; and a cap structure disposed on a same side as a surface of the mirror structure. The cap structure includes a first region having a magnetic pole of the first polarity, a second region having a magnetic pole of the second polarity, and an unmagnetized third region located between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sadaharu TAKIMOTO, Masakuni KIMOTO, Norihide ADACHI