Patents by Inventor Sawako Yamai

Sawako Yamai 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: 9477058
    Abstract: Technical Problem In the case where an optical fiber is wound around several times and housed, it is difficult to take out a terminal end of the optical fiber at a side wound around before. Solution to Problem A housing case includes: a body; and bobbin around which an optical fiber is to be wound, the bobbin being housed rotatably in the body, bobbin having a partition portion, partition portion having a fiber groove that guides the optical fiber between an inside and an outside of the partition portion, and the optical fiber being housed by housing a one end side of the optical fiber in the inside of the partition portion and by winding around an outer wall surface of the partition portion the optical fiber that has been guided to the outside of the partition portion with the fiber groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuu Takahashi, Susumu Okabe, Sawako Yamai
  • Patent number: 9453978
    Abstract: An optical module includes: a transparent substrate through which light can pass; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the transparent substrate and emitting light toward the transparent substrate or receiving light having passed through the transparent substrate; and a support member supporting an optical fiber for transmitting light, the support member and the transparent substrate forming an optical path between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber. A positioning hole is formed in the transparent substrate. A positioning pin having a tapered surface is formed on the support member. The transparent substrate and the support member are positioned with respect to one another by inserting the positioning pin into the positioning hole along the optical axis direction of light between the transparent substrate and the support member and by making the tapered surface of the positioning pin contact the edge of the positioning hole without leaving any space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tanaka, Sawako Yamai, Osamu Kikuchi, Susumu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20160124171
    Abstract: Technical Problem In the case where an optical fiber is wound around several times and housed, it is difficult to take out a terminal end of the optical fiber at a side wound around before. Solution to Problem A housing case includes: a body; and bobbin around which an optical fiber is to be wound, the bobbin being housed rotatably in the body, bobbin having a partition portion, partition portion having a fiber groove that guides the optical fiber between an inside and an outside of the partition portion, and the optical fiber being housed by housing a one end side of the optical fiber in the inside of the partition portion and by winding around an outer wall surface of the partition portion the optical fiber that has been guided to the outside of the partition portion with the fiber groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuu TAKAHASHI, Susumu OKABE, Sawako YAMAI
  • Publication number: 20140328561
    Abstract: An optical module includes: a transparent substrate through which light can pass; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the transparent substrate and emitting light toward the transparent substrate or receiving light having passed through the transparent substrate; and a support member supporting an optical fiber for transmitting light, the support member and the transparent substrate forming an optical path between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber. A positioning hole is formed in the transparent substrate. A positioning pin having a tapered surface is formed on the support member. The transparent substrate and the support member are positioned with respect to one another by inserting the positioning pin into the positioning hole along the optical axis direction of light between the transparent substrate and the support member and by making the tapered surface of the positioning pin contact the edge of the positioning hole without leaving any space therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki TANAKA, Sawako YAMAI, Osamu KIKUCHI, SUSUMU OKABE
  • Patent number: 8842952
    Abstract: An optical module includes: a transparent substrate through which light can pass; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the transparent substrate and emitting light toward the transparent substrate or receiving light having passed through the transparent substrate; and a support member supporting an optical fiber for transmitting light, the support member and the transparent substrate forming an optical path between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber. A positioning hole is formed in the transparent substrate. A positioning pin having a tapered surface is formed on the support member. The transparent substrate and the support member are positioned with respect to one another by inserting the positioning pin into the positioning hole along the optical axis direction of light between the transparent substrate and the support member and by making the tapered surface of the positioning pin contact the edge of the positioning hole without leaving any space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tanaka, Sawako Yamai, Osamu Kikuchi, Susumu Okabe
  • Publication number: 20140064675
    Abstract: An optical module includes: a transparent substrate through which light can pass; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the transparent substrate and emitting light toward the transparent substrate or receiving light having passed through the transparent substrate; and a support member supporting an optical fiber for transmitting light, the support member and the transparent substrate forming an optical path between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber. A positioning hole is formed in the transparent substrate. A positioning pin having a tapered surface is formed on the support member. The transparent substrate and the support member are positioned with respect to one another by inserting the positioning pin into the positioning hole along the optical axis direction of light between the transparent substrate and the support member and by making the tapered surface of the positioning pin contact the edge of the positioning hole without leaving any space therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki TANAKA, Sawako YAMAI, Osamu KIKUCHI, Susumu OKABE
  • Publication number: 20110170832
    Abstract: An optical transceiver module that is capable of being inserted into and removed from a cage includes a housing that houses a photoelectric conversion element, the housing having a guiding section formed along a front-rear direction, an operating lever that has an operating section and a lever-side contact section, the operating lever being attached to the housing in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation; and a slider that has a wedge section that engages with a latching section provided to the cage, and a slider-side contact section that comes into contact with the lever-side contact section, the slider being guided in the front-rear direction by the guiding section, the lever-side contact section being located opposite the operating section with respect to the axis of rotation, and as the operating section is pushed rearward, the lever-side contact section pushes the slider-side contact section forward and the slider moves forward to a position where the wedge section is unlatched from the latching s
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: Fujikura Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NTT Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Sawako Yamai, Susumu Okabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Kota Asaka, Koji Kitahara, Toshio Ishikawa