Patents by Inventor Shinichi Aoshima

Shinichi Aoshima 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: 5457765
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the alignment of the optical fibers at a high precision, formed by a base frame having a plurality of pairs of V-grooves for mounting the optical fibers at mutually facing sides of the base frame, each V-groove being defined by a fixed member and a movable member, each movable member being movable within a guide groove defined between each adjacent fixed members, and one of each pair of V-grooves on one of the mutually facing sides has the fixed member and the movable member facing against the movable member and the fixed member, respectively, of another one of each pair of V-grooves on another one of the mutually facing sides; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of which is connected with each movable member of each V-groove, for causing each movable member to move within the guide groove such that a displacement of each movable member makes an adjustment of a position of an optical fiber mounted on each V-groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Suzuki, Yasuo Suzuki, Kenji Takahashi, Michio Morooka, Mikio Yoshinuma, Shinichi Aoshima