Patents by Inventor Takeshi Okada

Takeshi Okada 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: 9795278
    Abstract: A housing watertight mechanism includes, a case member, a lid member configured to be fixed to the case member, an annular elastic member interposed between a first edge portion and a second edge portion, and compressed in an attaching and detaching direction to fill a space between the first edge portion and the second edge portion when the lid member is fixed to the case member, a first portion formed in the elastic member, and a second portion formed in the elastic member, disposed on a side on which the space between the first edge portion and the second edge portion is broadened when the elastic member is compressed in the attaching and detaching direction, and having a larger size in the attaching and detaching direction than a size of the first portion in the attaching and detaching direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 9793680
    Abstract: An optical component includes a support member having a through-hole, a second light-transmissive member disposed inside the through-hole, and having a light incidence face, a light emission face, and an outer peripheral side surface, and at least one functional film selected from a group consisting of a short pass filter, a long pass filter, and a heat dissipation member and disposed on a surface of the second light-transmissive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 9791646
    Abstract: An optical module with an improved coupling portion to couple an optical device with an external fiber is disclosed. The coupling portion includes a stub to secure a coupling fiber in a center thereof, a bush to support the stub, a sleeve to receive the stub in a portion thereof and an external ferrule in another portion, and a sleeve cover to cover the sleeve. The coupling portion further includes a latch put between the bush and the cover by being hooked with both the bush and the cover. The latch electrically isolates the bush from the cover even when the bush and the sleeve cover are made of metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20170293795
    Abstract: A moving device for moving along a terminal device includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit is configured to move the moving device from a position far from the terminal device to a vicinity of the terminal device based on a current position of the terminal device. The second control unit is configured to recognize the terminal device or a user of the terminal device in the vicinity of the current position of the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20170280304
    Abstract: A terminal being connected in communication with a server, and exchanging information with other terminal, the terminal including a processor, wherein the processor executes: an identification information transmission processing of transmitting identification information of a user's terminal to the server; a grouping authorization information transmission processing of associating the identification information of the user's terminal with identification information of the other terminal on the server, and transmits grouping authorization information for allowing a plurality of terminals to be grouped; and a grouping cancellation processing of constantly providing users with an interface for transmitting cancellation of the association to the server, in a state where the identification information of the user's terminal is associated with the identification information of the other terminal on the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Takeshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20170276696
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a weight portion having a recess section and a solid section, beam portions, a movable electrode provided on the opposite surface of the weight portion from an open surface of the recess section to extend over the recess section and the solid section, a first fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the recess section, and a second fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the solid section. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration using a change in capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes caused by rotation of the weight portion. The beam portions are shifted toward the recess section such that an angle between a perpendicular line extending from a gravity center position of the weight portion to the rotation axis and a surface of the movable electrode becomes equal to 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi YOSHIDA, Nobuyuki IBARA, Hideki UEDA, Takeshi OKADA, Takeshi MORI, Masatoshi NOMURA, Katsumi KAKIMOTO, Yuji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170271075
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a reactor includes: assembling an assembly constituted by a coil and a bobbin by inserting the bobbin, which includes a tube portion and a flange portion, through the coil so that a tip of the tube portion protrudes from the coil; forming a cavity by installing the assembly in a first die so that a portion of a coil lateral face comes into contact with a cavity face of the first die, and closing a second die so that the second die is opposed to the first die; and extending first press rods from a cavity face of the second die toward the bobbin in the cavity, and injecting a resin into the cavity while pressing both ends of the bobbin in an axial direction of the coil from an opposite side to the portion of the coil lateral face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio KITAMI, Takashi ATSUMI, Nobuki SHINOHARA, Takeshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 9759875
    Abstract: A bi-directional optical module that provides an Rx unit and a Tx unit, where optical axes are perpendicular to each other, is disclosed. The optical module provides a housing that installs a WDM filter therein and assembles the coupling unit in a surface through the front alignment unit, the Tx unit in another surface opposite to the former surface, and the Rx unit in still another surface connecting the former two surfaces through the rear alignment unit. The axes of the Tx unit and the coupling unit are in parallel to each other, but the axis of the Rx unit is in perpendicular to the former two axes. The Rx unit installs a photodiode (PD) with an optically sensitive surface leveled with the surface of the rear alignment unit to which the Rx unit is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 9702895
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a weight portion having a recess section and a solid section, beam portions, a movable electrode provided on the opposite surface of the weight portion from an open surface of the recess section to extend over the recess section and the solid section, a first fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the recess section, and a second fixed electrode arranged at the opposite side of the movable electrode from the solid section. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration using a change in capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes caused by rotation of the weight portion. The beam portions are shifted toward the recess section such that an angle between a perpendicular line extending from a gravity center position of the weight portion to the rotation axis and a surface of the movable electrode becomes equal to 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yoshida, Nobuyuki Ibara, Hideki Ueda, Takeshi Okada, Takeshi Mori, Masatoshi Nomura, Katsumi Kakimoto, Yuji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170177067
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a state determination unit. The state determination unit switches between first execution processing that executes a function of the information processing device by way of an operating system, and second execution processing that stops operation of the operating system during operation, and executes a specific function of the information processing device by way of a specific program without turning ON a power source of the information processing device. The second execution processing is not performed during execution of the first execution processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi OKADA, Hiroyuki KATO, Keiichi IMAMURA, Kayo OKADA, Masaru SAKATA, Kousuke ISHIZAKI
  • Patent number: 9679694
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a reactor includes: assembling an assembly constituted by a coil and a bobbin by inserting the bobbin, which includes a tube portion and a flange portion, through the coil so that a tip of the tube portion protrudes from the coil; forming a cavity by installing the assembly in a first die so that a portion of a coil lateral face comes into contact with a cavity face of the first die, and closing a second die so that the second die is opposed to the first die; and extending first press rods from a cavity face of the second die toward the bobbin in the cavity, and injecting a resin into the cavity while pressing both ends of the bobbin in an axial direction of the coil from an opposite side to the portion of the coil lateral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Kitami, Takashi Atsumi, Nobuki Shinohara, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 9673678
    Abstract: An inner rotor motor may include a shaft, a rotor, a stator, an upper bearing, a lower bearing, a motor casing that includes an opening at an upper portion, a casing cover that holds the upper bearing and covers the opening of the motor casing, and a lower damping member. The motor casing may include a cylindrical portion, a bottom wall portion that extends inward from the cylindrical portion, and a lower boss portion that is formed in the shape of a bottomed cylinder protruding downward from a bottom of the bottom wall portion. The lower bearing is disposed inside the lower boss portion, and the lower damping member is disposed outside the lower boss portion ion. The lower boss portion is provided with a lower boss recess, and the lower damping member is provided with a concave or convex rotation prevention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC TECHNO MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Yasunobu Yuki, Lu Qiang, Hirotada Tanaka, Yusuke Inaki
  • Publication number: 20170143190
    Abstract: A holder which is disposed inside an endoscopic operation section and which fixes the flexible substrate, includes a first opening to pass the flexible substrate into the holder from the outside of the holder, a cavity portion which has a ceiling portion in the inner circumferential surface thereof and in which the flexible substrate is disposed in a bent state inside the holder, and a second opening to pass the flexible substrate to the outside of the holder from the inside of the holder. The flexible substrate is disposed separately from the ceiling portion of the cavity portion in a state where the flexible substrate protruding to the outside of the holder from the first opening and the second opening is fixed to the outer circumference of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 9644805
    Abstract: An optical assembly that installs red, green, blue laser diodes (LDs) within a single package is disclosed. The LDs are mounted on a base via respective sub-mounts. Light emitted from the LDs is collimated by collimating lenses and multiplexed by two wavelength filters so as to align optical axes of the light. The multiplexed light has an axis substantially leveled with the axes of the red, green, and blue light measured from the top of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Nakanishi, Takeshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20170085772
    Abstract: Photographed pictures are uploaded to an appropriate location easily without complicated operations. A photographing terminal includes a photographing control unit, an input detection unit, a photographing control unit, and a communication control unit. The photographing control unit acquires an image. The input detection unit acquires a predetermined sound generated from a user. The photographing control unit controls so as to acquire an image based on a sound that is the same as the predetermined sound acquired by the input detection unit. The communication control unit controls to store an image in a storage destination which is set in advance according to contents of the sound that is the same as the predetermined sound acquired by the input detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Takeshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20170054270
    Abstract: An optical component includes a support member having a through-hole, a second light-transmissive member disposed inside the through-hole, and having a light incidence face, a light emission face, and an outer peripheral side surface, and at least one functional film selected from a group consisting of a short pass filter, a long pass filter, and a heat dissipation member and disposed on a surface of the second light-transmissive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Takeshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20170020368
    Abstract: A housing watertight mechanism includes, a case member, a lid member configured to be fixed to the case member, an annular elastic member interposed between a first edge portion and a second edge portion, and compressed in an attaching and detaching direction to fill a space between the first edge portion and the second edge portion when the lid member is fixed to the case member, a first portion formed in the elastic member, and a second portion formed in the elastic member, disposed on a side on which the space between the first edge portion and the second edge portion is broadened when the elastic member is compressed in the attaching and detaching direction, and having a larger size in the attaching and detaching direction than a size of the first portion in the attaching and detaching direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20170009958
    Abstract: A light emitting device wherein discoloration of a reflective layer in an optical component can be prevented and a stable optical output power can be maintained, and a method of manufacturing an optical component used in the light emitting device. The optical component includes a supporting member defining a through-hole, a reflective layer formed on an inner wall defining the through-hole, a protective layer formed on the reflective layer, and a light transmissive member having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface, and an outer circumference side-surface, and disposed in the through hole. The light transmissive member is fixed in the through-hole with a joining portion where the outer circumference side-surface and the protective layer are joined, and an end portion at the light emitting side of the joining portion is covered with a second protective layer disposed continuously on the protective layer and the light transmissive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro HAYASHI, Naoto MORIZUMI, Takeshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 9518374
    Abstract: Provided is a shovel including a swiveling motor, and a swiveling speed reducer that reduces the rotational speed of an output shaft of the swiveling motor. The swiveling speed reducer includes a first gear mechanism; a first gear case that houses the first gear mechanism; a first oil check pipe that is disposed in the first gear case; a first communication portion that allows an inside of the first gear case and the first oil check pipe to communicate with each other; and a second communication portion that connects a position of the first gear case higher than a position where the first communication portion is connected, and a high position of the first oil check pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Furusho, Kazunori Hiranuma, Takeshi Okada, Yoshitaka Shizu
  • Patent number: 9510966
    Abstract: A knee brace capable of correction only in a required angle range and of reproducing a normal screw-home movement in a knee joint of a knee osteoarthritis patient having outer and inner leg joints including first and second couplings coupled at coupling portions. The coupling portion includes a cam groove, a long groove, a rotation fulcrum shaft, and a cam shaft. When flexing the knee, the rotation fulcrum shaft and the cam shaft slide in the long groove and the cam groove and the second coupling rotates around the coupling portion with respect to the first coupling to flex the leg joints, and when extending the leg joints, the rotation fulcrum shaft and the cam shaft slide in the long groove and the cam groove to move the second coupling on the outer leg side upward and rearward and the second coupling on the inner leg side downward and forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: AITORINO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Seiji Inoue