Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Shiba

Shinichiro Shiba 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).

  • Microscope, transillumination condenser therefor, and optical element slider
    Patent number: 6437912
    Abstract: A microscope having a mirror for deflecting light from an illumination light source in a direction of an objective lens and illuminating a specimen via a condenser lens disposed above the mirror includes a stage support which is mounted on the upper surface of a base portion to permanently hold a stage, on which a specimen is placed, with respect to the optical axis direction of the objective lens, a condenser body mounted on the upper surface of the base portion, a condenser lens holding member for holding the condenser body, an elevating mechanism for vertically moving the condenser lens holding member, and a focusing mechanism for moving the objective lens in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shiba, Toshimi Hayasaka
  • Microscope, transillumination condenser therefor, and optical element slider
    Publication number: 20010003489
    Abstract: A microscope having a mirror for deflecting light from an illumination light source in a direction of an objective lens and illuminating a specimen via a condenser lens disposed above the mirror includes a stage support which is mounted on the upper surface of a base portion to permanently hold a stage, on which a specimen is placed, with respect to the optical axis direction of the objective lens, a condenser body mounted on the upper surface of the base portion, a condenser lens holding member for holding the condenser body, an elevating mechanism for vertically moving the condenser lens holding member, and a focusing mechanism for moving the objective lens in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shiba, Toshimi Hayasaka
  • Body of microscope
    Patent number: D464068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asaka, Minoru Inoue, Shinichiro Shiba
  • Microscope
    Patent number: D465799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asaka, Minoru Inoue, Shinichiro Shiba
  • Microscope
    Patent number: D477008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asaka, Minoru Inoue, Shinichiro Shiba