Patents by Inventor Takayasu Yamauchi

Takayasu Yamauchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20200412119
    Abstract: A cord clamp includes: two plate sections; and a base plate section that connects one end sections of the plate section in the longitudinal direction. A step a surface of which is shifted in a direction intersecting a plane formed by a cord insertion direction in which a cord passes between the plate sections and the longitudinal direction is provided on each of an inside surface formed on the side where the two plate sections face each other and an outside surface formed on an opposite side of the inside surface, a location in the direction where the step of the inside surface is provided and a location in the direction where the step of the outside surface is provided are equal to or greater than a plate thickness of the plate section and equal to or less than three times the plate thickness thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke OKI, Tomomi IMAKAWA, Shinsuke SATO, Takayasu YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10859783
    Abstract: An optical fiber rack includes: a rack part on which a plurality of termination units arranged along an up-down direction are located; an optical fiber housing part which has a back plate and in which an extra length wiring part in a plurality of optical fiber bundles connected to each of the plurality of termination units is housed; and a plurality of first dividing bodies for dividing locations of the optical fiber bundles in the optical fiber housing part, the plurality of first dividing bodies being attached to the back plate so as to be arranged along the up-down direction in the optical fiber housing part. The first dividing body has a holding part for holding the corresponding optical fiber bundle, and the holding part of the first dividing body provided lower in the up-down direction is positioned to be separated from the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., JAPAN COMMUNICATION ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SEI OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayasu Yamauchi, Tomohiko Ueda, Tsuneari Ito, Takayuki Yokochi, Kazuya Masuda
  • Patent number: 10820443
    Abstract: A tray unit includes: a plurality of trays each of which has a protrusion at a side end portion thereof; and a pair of frames vertically provided with a plurality tiers of rail portions, the plurality of tiers of rail portions accommodating the plurality of trays in a slidable manner in a horizontal direction. And the rail portion at each tier include a clamp on a surface facing the side end portion of the tray, the clamps in the plurality of tiers are aligned in a vertical direction, the clamp has an opening to which the protrusion is fittable, and when the side end portion of the tray move to a predetermined position with respect to the rail portion, the clamp is elastically deformed in the vertical direction of the rail portion, and the protrusion is fitted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Oki, Tomomi Imakawa, Takayuki Yokochi, Takayasu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10641979
    Abstract: An optical fiber rack includes a rack part on which a plurality of termination units arranged in a vertical direction are located, a first optical fiber housing part in which extra length wiring parts of a plurality of first optical fibers connected with each of the plurality of termination units are housed, a second optical fiber housing part in which an extra length wiring part of a second optical fiber connected with any of the termination units is housed, and a partition plate partitioning the first optical fiber housing part from the second optical fiber housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTIC LIGHTWAVE CORP.
    Inventors: Takayasu Yamauchi, Tomohiko Ueda, Takayuki Yokochi, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10591693
    Abstract: A termination unit located on a rack part of an optical fiber rack includes a housing a plurality of first optical fibers located in the housing, the plurality of first optical fibers being fusion spliced to a multi fiber cable introduced from an outside of the optical fiber rack, an adapter group including a plurality of adapters in a line in the housing, the plurality of adapters being respectively connected to the plurality of first optical fibers on an inside of the housing and being respectively connected to a plurality of second optical fibers on an outside of the housing, and an optical fiber passing part through which at least one optical fiber is configured to pass, the optical fiber passing part being located in at least one of: the adapter group, and between the housing and the adapter group in an arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu Yamauchi, Tomohiko Ueda, Junji Fukui, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Tomoyuki Yokokawa, Takayuki Yokochi, Masanori Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10481358
    Abstract: A termination unit to be located on a rack part of an optical fiber rack includes a housing, a plurality of first optical fibers located in the housing and fusion spliced to a multi fiber cable introduced from an outside of the optical fiber rack, a plurality of external connection adapters located in a line in a first direction, and in which the plurality of first optical fibers are respectively connected to the plurality of external connection adaptors on an inside of the housing, a guide part located on one side surface of the housing crossing the first direction, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fixing member attached to the one side surface of the housing, and to which the multi fiber cable is fixed. The fixing member is movably attached along the guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayasu Yamauchi, Tomohiko Ueda, Takayuki Yokochi, Masanori Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20190346645
    Abstract: An optical fiber rack includes: a rack part on which a plurality of termination units arranged along an up-down direction are located; an optical fiber housing part which has a back plate and in which an extra length wiring part in a plurality of optical fiber bundles connected to each of the plurality of termination units is housed; and a plurality of first dividing bodies for dividing locations of the optical fiber bundles in the optical fiber housing part, the plurality of first dividing bodies being attached to the back plate so as to be arranged along the up-down direction in the optical fiber housing part. The first dividing body has a holding part for holding the corresponding optical fiber bundle, and the holding part of the first dividing body provided lower in the up-down direction is positioned to be separated from the back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu YAMAUCHI, Tomohiko UEDA, Tsuneari ITO, Takayuki YOKOCHI, Kazuya MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190250351
    Abstract: An optical fiber rack includes a rack part on which a plurality of termination units arranged in a vertical direction are located, a first optical fiber housing part in which extra length wiring parts of a plurality of first optical fibers connected with each of the plurality of termination units are housed, a second optical fiber housing part in which an extra length wiring part of a second optical fiber connected with any of the termination units is housed, and a partition plate partitioning the first optical fiber housing part from the second optical fiber housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP.
    Inventors: Takayasu YAMAUCHI, Tomohiko UEDA, Takayuki YOKOCHI, Takashi KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190116683
    Abstract: A tray unit includes: a plurality of trays each of which has a protrusion at a side end portion thereof; and a pair of frames vertically provided with a plurality tiers of rail portions, the plurality of tiers of rail portions accommodating the plurality of trays in a slidable manner in a horizontal direction. And the rail portion at each tier include a clamp on a surface facing the side end portion of the tray, the clamps in the plurality of tiers are aligned in a vertical direction, the clamp has an opening to which the protrusion is fittable, and when the side end portion of the tray move to a predetermined position with respect to the rail portion, the clamp is elastically deformed in the vertical direction of the rail portion, and the protrusion is fitted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke OKI, Tomomi IMAKAWA, Takayuki YOKOCHI, Takayasu YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190064465
    Abstract: A termination unit to be located on a rack part of an optical fiber rack includes a housing, a plurality of first optical fibers located in the housing and fusion spliced to a multi fiber cable introduced from an outside of the optical fiber rack, a plurality of external connection adapters located in a line in a first direction, and in which the plurality of first optical fibers are respectively connected to the plurality of external connection adaptors on an inside of the housing, a guide part located on one side surface of the housing crossing the first direction, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fixing member attached to the one side surface of the housing, and to which the multi fiber cable is fixed. The fixing member is movably attached along the guide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayasu YAMAUCHI, Tomohiko UEDA, Takayuki YOKOCHI, Masanori YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190064468
    Abstract: A termination unit located on a rack part of an optical fiber rack includes a housing a plurality of first optical fibers located in the housing, the plurality of first optical fibers being fusion spliced to a multi fiber cable introduced from an outside of the optical fiber rack, an adapter group including a plurality of adapters in a line in the housing, the plurality of adapters being respectively connected to the plurality of first optical fibers on an inside of the housing and being respectively connected to a plurality of second optical fibers on an outside of the housing, and an optical fiber passing part through which at least one optical fiber is configured to pass, the optical fiber passing part being located in at least one of: the adapter group, and between the housing and the adapter group in an arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu YAMAUCHI, Tomohiko UEDA, Junji FUKUI, Yukihiro YOKOMACHI, Tomoyuki YOKOKAWA, Takayuki YOKOCHI, Masanori YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10175443
    Abstract: An optical fiber rack includes a rack part on which a plurality of termination units are located, a first optical fiber housing part in which extra length wiring parts of a plurality of first optical fibers are housed, a second optical fiber housing part in which an extra length wiring part of a second optical fiber connected with any of the plurality of termination units is housed, a partition plate partitioning the first optical fiber housing part from the second optical fiber housing part, and, a plurality of optical fiber guides attached to the partition plate and arranged in the vertical direction. The optical fiber guide comprises a first guide part housing the first optical fibers toward to the first optical fiber housing part, and a second guide part housing the second optical fiber passing through an opening provided in the partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: SEI OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., JAPAN COMMUNICATION ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuya Masuda, Takayasu Yamauchi, Takayuki Yokochi, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8478100
    Abstract: An optical cable gripping member which prevents the kinds of splicing devices from being diversified, thereby enabling reduction of the labor of component management and lowering of the production cost to be realized is obtained. In a cable gripping member 5 which is to be attached to a splicing device 1 to hold an optical fiber cable 121 from its outer sheath, a spacer 17 which fills a gap between one inner wall surface 15a of a tubular space 15 through which the optical fiber cable 121 is to be passed, and the spacer 17 in the tubular space 15 is formed monolithically with one end of the one inner wall surface 15a in a manner that the spacer 17 is attachable to and detachable from the one inner wall surface 15a. The spacer 17 is attached to or detached from the one inner wall surface 15a, thereby enabling a plurality of optical fiber cables of different sizes to be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Toda, Daizo Nishioka, Takayasu Yamauchi, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8401356
    Abstract: An optical connector assembling jig and an optical connector assembling method includes an optical connection. The optical connector assembling jig includes a base and a guide. The base is provided in a longitudinal direction with an accommodation groove for accommodating an optical fiber, and a rear pressing member for restraining a rear part of the optical fiber accommodated in the accommodation groove. The rear part is set apart from an embedded fiber. The guide has a front holding portion for holding a front part of the optical fiber accommodated in the accommodation groove. The front part is near the embedded fiber, and the guide is capable of moving in the longitudinal direction. Moving the base toward the optical connector causes the intermediate section of the optical fiber to separate from the accommodation groove and bend. By moving the base further toward the optical connector, a buffered fiber in the optical fiber can be connected to the embedded fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizo Nishioka, Takayasu Yamauchi, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Yoshinobu Toda, Yoshio Ukita
  • Patent number: 8311378
    Abstract: There is provided an optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable introducing method, according to which an introducing operation through an existing electrical wiring conduit or the like can be implemented, without damaging an optical fiber cable to be introduced, and with a small towing force. When inserting into a conduit 39 an optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable 31 in which a grip 19 having a function of engaging with and disengaging from an adaptor is fitted onto a plug frame 9 that covers a ferrule, an introducing operation of the optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable is implemented by towing and inserting the optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable 31, from which at least the grip 19 is detached, through the conduit 39 and, thereafter, the grip 19 is attached to the plug frame 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Niiyama, Takayasu Yamauchi, Hideaki Tajima
  • Publication number: 20120195557
    Abstract: Provided is a connected optical fiber that is stable and has minimal connection loss even in a high-temperature or low-temperature environment, without involving an excessive amount of labor in the optical fiber connection process, and also provided is a method for assembling a connected optical fiber. The connected optical fiber includes a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, and a mechanical splice, an end face of the first optical fiber and an end face of the second optical fiber being placed end to end and mechanically connected in the mechanical splice. In this connected optical fiber, at least one end face among the end face of the first optical fiber and the end face of the second optical fiber is formed having a convex curved surface shape in a direction angled with respect to a surface perpendicular to an axis of the optical fiber that has the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Nishioka, Takayasu Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Imaizumi, Hiroya Minamitsubo
  • Publication number: 20120128312
    Abstract: An optical cable gripping member which prevents the kinds of splicing devices from being diversified, thereby enabling reduction of the labor of component management and lowering of the production cost to be realized is obtained. In a cable gripping member 5 which is to be attached to a splicing device 1 to hold an optical fiber cable 121 from its outer sheath, a spacer 17 which fills a gap between one inner wall surface 15a of a tubular space 15 through which the optical fiber cable 121 is to be passed, and the optical fiber cable 121 in the tubular space 15 is formed monolithically with one end of the one inner wall surface 15a in a manner that the spacer 17 is attachable to and detachable from the one inner wall surface 15a. The spacer 17 is attached to or detached from the one inner wall surface 15a, thereby enabling a plurality of optical fiber cables of different sizes to be held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Toda, Daizo Nishioka, Takayasu Yamauchi, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20110056246
    Abstract: An optical connector assembling jig and an optical connector assembling method includes an optical connection. The optical connector assembling jig includes a base and a guide. The base is provided in a longitudinal direction with an accommodation groove for accommodating an optical fiber, and a rear pressing member for restraining a rear part of the optical fiber accommodated in the accommodation groove. The rear part is set apart from an embedded fiber. The guide has a front holding portion for holding a front part of the optical fiber accommodated in the accommodation groove. The front part is near the embedded fiber, and the guide is capable of moving in the longitudinal direction. Moving the base toward the optical connector causes the intermediate section of the optical fiber to separate from the accommodation groove and bend. By moving the base further toward the optical connector, a buffered fiber in the optical fiber can be connected to the embedded fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Nishioka, Takayasu Yamauchi, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Yoshinobu Toda, Yoshio Ukita
  • Patent number: 7731429
    Abstract: An optical connector has a simple structure and a method of attaching an optical fiber cord to the connector is easy. The connector 1 includes: a plug part 2 which has a capillary 5 provided at the front and containing a built-in optical fiber 6 and which includes a mechanical splicing portion 7 capable of allowing an optical fiber 51 to be inserted from the rear so as to be fixed therein; a caulking stand 35 capable of holding a sheath by radially contracting in a state in which the optical fiber cord 50 is inserted therein; a caulking ring 45 provided outside the cylindrical portion 36 of the stand 35 so as to hold the tension member 52 between the ring 45 and the stand 35; and a coupling body 20 provided behind the plug part 2 and accommodating the stand 35 and the ring 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Daizo Nishioka, Yukihiro Yokomachi, Kenichi Suzuki, Takayasu Yamauchi, Katsuyuki Aihara, Keisuke Okada
  • Publication number: 20100092137
    Abstract: There is provided an optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable introducing method, according to which an introducing operation through an existing electrical wiring conduit or the like can be implemented, without damaging an optical fiber cable to be introduced, and with a small towing force. When inserting into a conduit 39 an optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable 31 in which a grip 19 having a function of engaging with and disengaging from an adaptor is fitted onto a plug frame 9 that covers a ferrule, an introducing operation of the optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable is implemented by towing and inserting the optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable 31, from which at least the grip 19 is detached, through the conduit 39 and, thereafter, the grip 19 is attached to the plug frame 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Shinsuke Niiyama, Takayasu Yamauchi, Hideaki Tajima