Patents by Inventor Takayuki Iwase

Takayuki Iwase 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: 20220082850
    Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body, a support body, a swing mechanism, and a magnetic member. The movable body includes an optical element. The optical element reflects light, which travels to one side in a first direction, to one side in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The support body supports the movable body so as to be swingable about a swing axis. The swing mechanism swings the movable body about the swing axis. The magnetic member is arranged on the support body. The swing mechanism includes a magnet and a coil. The magnet is arranged at an end of the movable body in a direction intersecting the first direction. The coil opposes the magnet. The magnetic member is arranged on one side in the first direction with respect to the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki IWASE, Tomohiro EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220082902
    Abstract: An optical unit includes an optical element, a holder, a first support portion, a second support portion, a first swing mechanism, and a second swing mechanism. The holder holds the optical element. The first support portion supports the holder so as to be swingable about a first swing axis. The second support portion supports the first support portion so as to be swingable about the second swing axis. The second swing mechanism includes a second magnet and a second coil. The second magnet is arranged on the first support portion. The second coil is arranged on the second support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki IWASE, Tomohiro EGAWA, Keishi OTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20210368078
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes an optical element including a reflection surface to reflect light in a first axis direction, a holder to hold the optical element, a case to support the holder, a first swing mechanism to swing the holder around a first swing axis, and a second swing mechanism to swing the holder around a second swing axis perpendicular to the first swing axis. The holder includes first and second protrusions. The case includes first and second recesses. Each of the recesses includes a first side surface located on one side in the axial direction of the second swing axis and a second side surface located on the other side with respect to the corresponding protrusion. At least one of the first and second side surfaces includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to the second swing axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takayuki IWASE, Tomohiro EGAWA, Keishi OTSUBO, Kazuhiro SAZAI, Genki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210294111
    Abstract: In an optical unit, a first swing mechanism swings a holder with reference to the y-axis direction, and a second swing mechanism swings the holder with reference to the z-axis direction. A case has a first recess that accommodates at least a part of a first protrusion of the holder and a second recess that accommodates at least a part of a second protrusion of the holder. The first recess has a first side surface located on one side in the y-axis direction of the first protrusion, a second side surface located on the other side in the y-axis direction of the first protrusion, and a bottom surface. The second recess has a first side surface located on one side in the y-axis direction of the second protrusion, a second side surface located on the other side in the y-axis direction of the second protrusion, and a bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro EGAWA, Keishi OTSUBO, Kazuhiro SAZAI, Genki TANAKA, Takayuki IWASE
  • Publication number: 20210240003
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a movable body that includes an optical module, a frame body radially outward of the movable body, and support portions that swingably support the movable body with respect to the frame body. Each of the support portions includes a guide portion between the movable body and the frame body to support the movable body, and a preload portion that pushes the guide portion toward the movable body. A radially inner end portion of the preload portion is connected to a radially outer end portion of the guide portion. A radially outer end portion of the preload portion is supported by the frame body. One of the movable body and the guide portion includes a first convex surface, and the other includes a first concave surface in contact with the first convex surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAZAI, Tomohiro EGAWA, Takayuki IWASE, Genki TANAKA, Tsutomu ARAI, Shinji MINAMISAWA, Takeshi SUE
  • Publication number: 20210240001
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function has a shake correction function for correcting a shake of an optical module. The optical unit with a shake correction function includes: a movable body including the optical module; a fixed body disposed outward of the movable body in a radial direction with respect to an optical axis of the optical module; and a support part disposed between the movable body and the fixed body in the radial direction and structured to support the movable body such that the movable body is swingable relative to the fixed body. The movable body and the support part or the support part and the fixed body have, in a pair, a swing mechanism structured to allow the movable body to swing relative to the fixed body. The swing mechanism includes a protruded spherical portion and a recessed spherical portion that is larger in radius of curvature than the protruded spherical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Genki TANAKA, Tomohiro EGAWA, Takayuki IWASE, Kazuhiro SAZAI, Tsutomu ARAI, Shinji MINAMISAWA, Takeshi SUE
  • Publication number: 20210240002
    Abstract: An optical unit with an image stabilization function includes a movable body having an annular holder for holding a camera module, a swing support mechanism for swingably supporting the movable body, and a fixing body for supporting the movable body with the swing support mechanism interposed between them. The holder includes three or more of a plurality of protrusions that project radially. The fixing body includes a plurality of arc surfaces that come into contact with each of the plurality of protrusions from the outer peripheral side. The swing support mechanism includes the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of arc surfaces. The arc surface is a concave curved surface obtained by transferring part of a virtual spherical surface centered on a preset swing center point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAZAI, Tsutomu ARAI, Tomohiro EGAWA, Shinji MINAMISAWA, Takayuki IWASE, Takeshi SUE, Genki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140284086
    Abstract: A vibration-proof material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less and the vibration-proof material has a Young's modulus at 23° C. of 6.0×105 Pa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki IWASE, Bunta HIRAI, Eiji MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20140287222
    Abstract: A buffer material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. In the buffer material, the content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less, the buffer material has a 50% compressive load value of 0.1 N/cm2 or more and 2.0 N/cm2 or less, and the buffer material has a stress relaxation rate in a compressed state of 50% after 10 seconds of compression of 60% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bunta HIRAI, Takayuki IWASE
  • Publication number: 20140287223
    Abstract: An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. In the ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material, the content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less, a rate of change of a 50% compressive load value after being heated at 140° C. for 7 days to a 50% compressive load value before being heated is 50% or more and 150% or less, and the 50% compressive load value before being heated is 0.1 N/cm2 or more and 2.0 N/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bunta HIRAI, Takayuki IWASE
  • Publication number: 20140238775
    Abstract: A sound insulating material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated by a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less. The sound insulating material has a 50% compressive load value of 0.1 N/cm2 or more and 10 N/cm2 or less. The sound insulating material has an air permeability of 10 cm3/min/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Bunta Hirai
  • Publication number: 20140234611
    Abstract: An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material has a 50% compressive load value of 0.1 to 2.0 N/cm2 and the content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Joji Kawata
  • Publication number: 20140234610
    Abstract: A sound absorbing material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The content ratio of sulfur in the sound absorbing material calculated by a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less. The sound absorbing material has a 50% compressive load value of 0.1 N/cm2 or more and 10 N/cm2 or less. The sound absorbing material has a 50% permanent compression set of less than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Bunta Hirai
  • Publication number: 20140220334
    Abstract: An ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material is obtained by foaming a rubber composition containing an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber foamed material has a permanent compression set obtained by being compressed by 50% at 80° C. for 22 hours to be then released at 23° C. after the elapse of 24 hours of 30% or less. The content ratio of a sulfur atom calculated based on the measurement result of a fluorescent X-ray measurement, based on mass, is 1000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Joji Kawata
  • Publication number: 20130267619
    Abstract: An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Takayuki IWASE, Joji KAWATA, Takumi KOUSAKA, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8481155
    Abstract: An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Joji Kawata, Takumi Kousaka, Nobuyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8315010
    Abstract: A hub includes first and second side surfaces respectively opposed to inner and outer circumferential surfaces of an upper portion of a magnetic member, and a ceiling surface arranged to interconnect an upper ends of the first and second side surfaces. The adhesive agent is interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the first side surface of the hub and between the upper surface of the magnetic member and the ceiling surface of the hub. Radial distance between the inner circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the first side surface of the hub and axial distance between the upper surface of the magnetic member and the ceiling surface of the hub are smaller than radial distance between the outer circumferential surface of the upper portion of the magnetic member and the second side surface of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Hamakawa, Daisuke Adachi, Takuro Jimbu, Takayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20120277337
    Abstract: An EPDM foam contains an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, in which the EPDM foam has water stopping performance lasting for 1 hour or more according to 50% waterstop test and metal corrosion is not observed according to metal corrosion test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Kawata, Takayuki Iwase, Nobuyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110135909
    Abstract: An EPDM foam is obtained by foaming a foam composition containing, based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylenepropylenediene rubber, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a vulcanizer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanization accelerator, 1 to 30 parts by weight of a foaming agent, and a foaming auxiliary agent. The vulcanization accelerator contains a thiourea vulcanization accelerator, a thiazole vulcanization accelerator, a dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, and a thiuram vulcanization accelerator such that a thiourea vulcanization accelerator/thiazole vulcanization accelerator/dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator/thiuram vulcanization accelerator weight ratio is in a range of 1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 20/1 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Joji Kawata, Takumi Kousaka, Nobuyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110135904
    Abstract: There is provided an EPDM foam including, in which an amount of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine generated therefrom by heating the EPDM foam at 200° C. for three hours is not more than 1 ?g/g, and a 50% compression load value thereof is in a range of 0.10 to 2.0 N/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iwase, Joji Kawata, Takumi Kousaka, Nobuyuki Takahashi