Patents by Inventor Tomoki Soutome

Tomoki Soutome 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).

  • OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICE COMPRISING PLURAL MECHANICAL OPTICAL SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20050063640
    Abstract: An optical switching device comprising a plurality of mechanical optical switching structures having one to several movable optical fibers and one to several fixed optical fibers installed in a housing in which a refractive index matching oil is filled up and immerses the structures. Each of the structures has an electromagnetic actuator to reciprocate open ends of the movable optical fibers relatively to open ends of the fixed optical fibers and to connect/disconnect optical paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Uchida, Fumio Nitanda, Tomoki Soutome, Shinji Furuichi
  • Optical switching device comprising plural mechanical optical switches
    Patent number: 6870984
    Abstract: An optical switching device comprising a plurality of mechanical optical switching structures having one to several movable optical fibers and one to several fixed optical fibers installed in a housing in which a refractive index matching oil is filled up and immerses the structures. Each of the structures has an electromagnetic actuator to reciprocate open ends of the movable optical fibers relatively to open ends of the fixed optical fibers and to connect/disconnect optical paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Uchida, Fumio Nitanda, Tomoki Soutome, Shinji Furuichi