Patents by Inventor Shozo Minamide

Shozo Minamide 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).

  • Lens tube, method of assembling lens tube, and camera module
    Patent number: 7903355
    Abstract: A lens tube has two, first and second lenses (1, 2), a tubular lens frame (3) for holding the two lenses (1, 2), and three spacers (7) in contact with the opposite lens surfaces of the first and second lenses (1, 2). The spacers (7) are arranged so as to be in contact with curved surfaces of the first and second lenses (1, 2) and determine the distance between the first and second lenses (1, 2). The lens frame (3) has the same inner diameter between the first and second lenses (1, 2), and the spacers (7) are in contact with the inner wall of the lens frame (3). Since the lens frame (3) has the same inner diameter between the first and second lenses (1, 2), the first and second lenses (1, 2) are held with their centers perfectly aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Abe, Shozo Minamide, Kohji Minami
  • Lens Tube,Method of Assembling Lens Tube, and Camera Module
    Publication number: 20090303620
    Abstract: A lens tube has two, first and second lenses (1, 2), a tubular lens frame (3) for holding the two lenses (1, 2), and three spacers (7) in contact with the opposite lens surfaces of the first and second lenses (1, 2). The spacers (7) are arranged so as to be in contact with curved surfaces of the first and second lenses (1, 2) and determine the distance between the first and second lenses (1, 2). The lens frame (3) has the same inner diameter between the first and second lenses (1, 2), and the spacers (7) are in contact with the inner wall of the lens frame (3). Since the lens frame (3) has the same inner diameter between the first and second lenses (1, 2), the first and second lenses (1, 2) are held with their centers perfectly aligned with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Abe, Shozo Minamide, Kohji Minami
  • Solid state imaging device having a solid state image sensor and its peripheral IC mounted on one package
    Patent number: 5523608
    Abstract: A peripheral IC 6 for a solid state imaging device is mounted on an island 7 of a lead frame and thereafter covered and sealed by a molding resin, thus forming a premolded package 2. Subsequently, a solid state image sensor 1 is mounted on the island 7 on one side thereof facing an opening. Thereafter, for protection of the solid state image sensor 1, a transparent lid 11 is attached to the premolded package 2 by adhesive. As a result, packaging area can be reduced in mounting the solid state image sensor on a packaging substrate, allowing video equipment such as video cameras to be miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouki Kitaoka, Takamichi Maeda, Shozo Minamide