Patents by Inventor Tetsuhiko MURAKAMI

Tetsuhiko MURAKAMI 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).

  • Braider and method of manufacturing flexible waveguide
    Patent number: 11693175
    Abstract: A braider includes: a plurality of cylindrical bobbins around which flat foil yarns are wound so as not to be inverted; a plurality of carriers to which the bobbins are rotatably attached, the plurality of carriers being configured to feed out the flat foil yarns from the bobbins; a core material supply mechanism configured to supply a core material to be placed inside the outer conductor; a waveguide take-out mechanism configured to take out the flexible waveguide after the outer conductor is formed; and a carrier movement determination mechanism configured to determine movement of the carriers so that there are always three or more cross points formed by the individual flat foil yarns with other ones of the flat foil yarns in an enlarged portion before the flat foil yarns form a braided shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Tadashi Watanabe, Keigo Ito, Shinji Suesada, Tetsuhiko Murakami
  • BRAIDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE
    Publication number: 20220283357
    Abstract: A braider includes: a plurality of cylindrical bobbins around which flat foil yarns are wound so as not to be inverted; a plurality of carriers to which the bobbins are rotatably attached, the plurality of carriers being configured to feed out the flat foil yarns from the bobbins; a core material supply mechanism configured to supply a core material to be placed inside the outer conductor; a waveguide take-out mechanism configured to take out the flexible waveguide after the outer conductor is formed; and a carrier movement determination mechanism configured to determine movement of the carriers so that there are always three or more cross points formed by the individual flat foil yarns with other ones of the flat foil yarns in an enlarged portion before the flat foil yarns form a braided shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Tadashi WATANABE, Keigo ITO, Shinji SUESADA, Tetsuhiko MURAKAMI