Patents by Inventor Shunichi Shinohara

Shunichi Shinohara 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).

  • Light adjusting apparatus for positioning an incident light adjusting unit
    Patent number: 8462417
    Abstract: A light adjusting apparatus includes a substrate (10, 40) having an aperture, a plurality of incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c) each moving in a same plane, and a plurality of driving units (50a, 50b, 50c) respectively driving the incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c), and adjusts an incident light passing through the aperture by mutually moving the incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c) with the driving units to an aperture position that is center-aligned with the aperture and a retracted position that is retracted from the aperture. An incident light adjusting unit that is moved to the aperture position is positioned by contacting with at least one of other incident light adjusting units that are retracted from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ide, Tomoya Ueda, Shunichi Shinohara, Eiji Mochizuki
  • LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110085223
    Abstract: A light adjusting apparatus includes a substrate (10, 40) having an aperture, a plurality of incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c) each moving in a same plane, and a plurality of driving units (50a, 50b, 50c) respectively driving the incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c), and adjusts an incident light passing through the aperture by mutually moving the incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c) with the driving units to an aperture position that is center-aligned with the aperture and a retracted position that is retracted from the aperture. An incident light adjusting unit that is moved to the aperture position is positioned by contacting with at least one of other incident light adjusting units that are retracted from the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki IDE, Tomoya UEDA, Shunichi SHINOHARA, Eiji MOCHIZUKI
  • Friction material
    Patent number: 5411773
    Abstract: An asbestos-free friction material with improved water resistance which is used in automobiles, vehicles, and industrial machinery is disclosed. The friction material comprises a fibrous reinforcing substrate other than asbestos, a binder and a friction wear regulator, the fibrous reinforcing substrate partly containing a fibrillated pulp of an aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ohya, Shunichi Shinohara
  • Melt-processable copolyesterimide composed of bis-trimellitimide units
    Patent number: 5147962
    Abstract: A copolyesterimide composed of bis-trimellitimide units, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid units, hydroquinone units and p-hydroxybenzic acid units. This copolyesterimide is melt-processable, and excels in heat resistance and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroka Tanisake, Koji Yamamoto, Takeshi Koyama, Shunichi Shinohara, Kazunobu Maruo, Tsukasa Toki