Patents by Inventor Taku Akaiwa

Taku Akaiwa 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: 10623613
    Abstract: A camera module with excellent strength is provided. A camera module includes a housing to which a lens unit is attached and a substrate having a certain positional relationship with the lens unit and supported by the housing, where the housing includes an adhesive agent pool provided to a first main plane of the substrate with a certain opposing space and an open end of an adhesive agent path including the opposing space that is provided to a side of a second main plane of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Akaiwa, Nobuyuki Mano
  • Publication number: 20190007586
    Abstract: A camera module with excellent strength is provided. A camera module includes a housing to which a lens unit is attached and a substrate having a certain positional relationship with the lens unit and supported by the housing, where the housing includes an adhesive agent pool provided to a first main plane of the substrate with a certain opposing space and an open end of an adhesive agent path including the opposing space that is provided to a side of a second main plane of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Taku AKAIWA, Nobuyuki MANO
  • Patent number: 9606352
    Abstract: A camera module is provided which has a simple structure, can be easily assembled, can avoid the adverse effects of dust on imaging, and can promote heat dissipation of an imaging device. In a camera module, which includes a lens unit that has a cylindrical thread portion, a flat plate-shaped imaging device that is mounted on a printed wiring board, and a holder that holds the lens unit and the printed wiring board with maintaining the predetermined positional relationship therebetween, an imaging field of the imaging device is disposed in a space tightly closed by a first spacer that is made into a ring shape made of an elastic material the surface of which is an adhesive surface, and the adhesive surface is exposed at least in an inner peripheral wall of the first spacer. The first spacer may be made of a material that further has favorable thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kashima, Nobuyuki Mano, Taku Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 9509105
    Abstract: A receptacle, fixed to a first case, has a central conductor portion, an outer conductor portion that concentrically surrounds the central conductor portion, and a receptacle-side convex portion that extends in a connector circumferential direction and is formed on a top end portion of the outer conductor portion. A plug, fixed to a second case, has a plurality of inner contact pieces that make contact with an outer peripheral surface of the central conductor portion with fitting into the receptacle, a plurality of outer contact pieces that extend in a connector axial direction on an outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion with intervals therebetween, and plug-side convex portions that are freely displaceable in the connector axial direction in a state of being in surface contact with the outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion and are formed on the outer contact pieces of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Kunieda, Ryo Sasaki, Ryutaro Takano, Taku Akaiwa, Wataru Iwasaki, Masayoshi Kashima
  • Publication number: 20160062110
    Abstract: A camera module is provided which has a simple structure, can be easily assembled, can avoid the adverse effects of dust on imaging, and can promote heat dissipation of an imaging device. In a camera module, which includes a lens unit that has a cylindrical thread portion, a flat plate-shaped imaging device that is mounted on a printed wiring board, and a holder that holds the lens unit and the printed wiring board with maintaining the predetermined positional relationship therebetween, an imaging field of the imaging device is disposed in a space tightly closed by a first spacer that is made into a ring shape made of an elastic material the surface of which is an adhesive surface, and the adhesive surface is exposed at least in an inner peripheral wall of the first spacer. The first spacer may be made of a material that further has favorable thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Masayoshi KASHIMA, Nobuyuki MANO, Taku AKAIWA
  • Publication number: 20150325964
    Abstract: A receptacle, fixed to a first case, has a central conductor portion, an outer conductor portion that concentrically surrounds the central conductor portion, and a receptacle-side convex portion that extends in a connector circumferential direction and is formed on a top end portion of the outer conductor portion. A plug, fixed to a second case, has a plurality of inner contact pieces that make contact with an outer peripheral surface of the central conductor portion with fitting into the receptacle, a plurality of outer contact pieces that extend in a connector axial direction on an outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion with intervals therebetween, and plug-side convex portions that are freely displaceable in the connector axial direction in a state of being in surface contact with the outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion and are formed on the outer contact pieces of the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hironori KUNIEDA, Ryo SASAKI, Ryutaro TAKANO, Taku AKAIWA, Wataru IWASAKI, Masayoshi KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150327377
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an electronic circuit unit that includes an imaging element and a first connection terminal; a case that accommodates the electronic circuit unit and has an opening so as to expose the first connection terminal therefrom; a lid-shaped body that causes a second connection terminal to be connected to the first connection terminal when the lid-shaped body abuts against the case. The lid-shaped body is loose-fitted in a moveable manner with respect to the case in a direction of an abutting surface that is substantially orthogonal to center axes of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The lid-shaped body is fixed at an arbitrary position within a movable range with respect to the case in the abutting surface direction in a state in which the center axes of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are substantially aligned with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nobyuki MANO, Taku AKAIWA
  • Patent number: 7997939
    Abstract: A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are to be in contact with the contacts of a mating jack, the connection electrode group including connection electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are connected to the electrodes of a connection member. The mating electrode sections are disposed coaxially with an axis P of the plug, and at least two of the connection electrode sections are disposed around the axis P so as to surround the axis P side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Akaiwa, Susumu Shinozaki, Takeshi Matsuda, Tatsuo Kato, Masaji Komuro, Kenji Nakazawa, Kenji Hatano, Yoshitaka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110136392
    Abstract: A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are to be in contact with the contacts of a mating jack, the connection electrode group including connection electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are connected to the electrodes of a connection member. The mating electrode sections are disposed coaxially with an axis P of the plug, and at least two of the connection electrode sections are disposed around the axis P so as to surround the axis P side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku AKAIWA, Susumu SHINOZAKI, Takeshi MATSUDA, Tatsuo KATO, Masaji KOMURO, Kenji NAKAZAWA, Kenji HATANO, Yoshitaka KIMURA