Patents by Inventor Shohei Kumeta

Shohei Kumeta 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: 10668696
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bonding method (S1) which is capable of achieving a high adhesive force without carrying out any special treatment on the second member (14), even in a case where the first member (11) has a surface on which a gold thin film (12) is formed. The first member (11) is made of a material other than gold and has a surface on which the gold thin film (12) is formed. The bonding method (S1) includes the steps of: (S11) irradiating, with laser light, at least part of a specific region (12a) of the surface of the first member (11), so that a base of the thin film (12) is exposed in the at least part of the specific region (12a); and (S12) bonding the second member (14) to the specific region (12a) by use of an adhesive (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Kumeta, Gento Yoshino, Yohei Kasai, Akira Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10379291
    Abstract: A double mirror (Mi) is made of a first mirror (Mi1) that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate (B) and a second mirror (Mi2) that is mounted on a top surface of the first mirror (Mi1). The first mirror (Mi1) has a reflective surface (S1) for reflecting an input beam. The second mirror (Mi2) has a reflective surface (S2) for reflecting the input beam which has been reflected by the reflective surface (S1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Shohei Kumeta
  • Patent number: 9864142
    Abstract: A double mirror (Mi) of a light-guiding device of the present invention is made of (i) a first mirror (Mi1) that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate (B) and has a reflective surface (S1) entering an input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S1) and (ii) a second mirror (Mi2) that is mounted on a top surface of the first mirror (Mi1) and is a prism having a reflective surface (S2) reflecting the input beam that has been reflected by the reflective surface (S1), the input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S2) being totally reflected inside the prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Shohei Kumeta
  • Patent number: 9645389
    Abstract: A light-guiding device that converts an input beam bundle made of a plurality of laser beams that have respectively been emitted from a plurality of LD elements, to an output beam bundle made of a plurality of output beams, includes a plurality of double mirrors each corresponding to a corresponding one of the LD elements LDi, the double mirrors being separated from one another. The double mirrors Mi each are made of a first mirror Mi1 that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate B and a second mirror Mi2 that is mounted on a top surface the first mirror Mi1. The first mirror has a first reflective surface whose normal makes an angle of 45° with a normal of the top surface of the base plate. The second mirror has a second reflective surface whose normal makes an angle of 135° with the normal of the top surface of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Kumeta, Shinichi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170100917
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bonding method (S1) which is capable of achieving a high adhesive force without carrying out any special treatment on the second member (14), even in a case where the first member (11) has a surface on which a gold thin film (12) is formed. The first member (11) is made of a material other than gold and has a surface on which the gold thin film (12) is formed. The bonding method (S1) includes the steps of: (S11) irradiating, with laser light, at least part of a specific region (12a) of the surface of the first member (11), so that a base of the thin film (12) is exposed in the at least part of the specific region (12a); and (S12) bonding the second member (14) to the specific region (12a) by use of an adhesive (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Kumeta, Gento Yoshino, Yohei Kasai, Akira Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170010417
    Abstract: A double mirror (Mi) of a light-guiding device of the present invention is made of (i) a first mirror (Mi1) that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate (B) and has a reflective surface (S1) entering an input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S1) and (ii) a second mirror (Mi2) that is mounted on a top surface of the first mirror (Mi1) and is a prism having a reflective surface (S2) reflecting the input beam that has been reflected by the reflective surface (S1), the input beam reflected by the reflective surface (S2) being totally reflected inside the prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Shohei Kumeta
  • Publication number: 20160252679
    Abstract: A double mirror (Mi) is made of a first mirror (Mi1) that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate (B) and a second mirror (Mi2) that is mounted on a top surface of the first mirror (Mi1). The first mirror (Mi1) has a reflective surface (S1) for reflecting an input beam. The second mirror (Mi2) has a reflective surface (S2) for reflecting the input beam which has been reflected by the reflective surface (S1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Shohei Kumeta
  • Publication number: 20150219890
    Abstract: A light-guiding device that converts an input beam bundle made of a plurality of laser beams that have respectively been emitted from a plurality of LD elements, to an output beam bundle made of a plurality of output beams, includes a plurality of double mirrors each corresponding to a corresponding one of the LD elements LDi, the double mirrors being separated from one another. The double mirrors Mi each are made of a first mirror Mi1 that is mounted on a top surface of a base plate B and a second mirror Mi2 that is mounted on a top surface the first mirror Mi1. The first mirror has a first reflective surface whose normal makes an angle of 45° with a normal of the top surface of the base plate. The second mirror has a second reflective surface whose normal makes an angle of 135° with the normal of the top surface of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Kumeta, Shinichi Sakamoto