Patents by Inventor Toru Fukushima

Toru Fukushima 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: 20100195962
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor module including a base having installed on an optical fiber and an optical semiconductor element, and a package which houses the base on a bottom thereof and has a first side wall with an optical section through which the optical fiber is led and a second side wall facing the first side wall, where the base is cut off to form a curved surface with respect to the bottom at a lower corner on a side of the base facing the second side wall of the housing, and a ratio of r/t is from 0.4 to 1.0, where t is a thickness of the base, and r is a curvature radius of the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Miyokawa, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7738747
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor module including a base having installed on an optical fiber and an optical semiconductor element, and a package which houses the base on a bottom thereof and has a first side wall with an optical section through which the optical fiber is led and a second side wall facing the first side wall, where the base is cut off to form a curved surface with respect to the bottom at a lower corner on a side of the base facing the second side wall of the housing, and a ratio of r/t is from 0.4 to 1.0, where t is a thickness of the base, and r is a curvature radius of the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Miyokawa, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7694956
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shimomura, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Masafumi Furuyama, Toru Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20100049139
    Abstract: A medical needle device includes a hub having an injection needle fixed at a top end thereof, and a substantially cylindrical sheath which is fit on the hub and having a pair of wings mounted on both sides thereof. The pair of wings are bent along the both sides of the sheath, overlapped and held together at a time of puncturing so that an inner peripheral surface of the sheath strongly presses an outer peripheral surface of the hub, thereby preventing movement of the hub caused by transfer of the hub relative to the sheath both in a rotational direction and a longitudinal direction. sheath has a plurality of protrusions provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction, the protrusions being spaced out from each other; and the outer peripheral surface of the hub abuts the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Takafumi Kiyono, Takayuki Ohno, Takahide Nakanishi, Toru Fukushima, Eiji Sanada
  • Patent number: 7477810
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor module includes an optical semiconductor element; an optical fiber optically coupled with the semiconductor element; a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a package. The package has a bottom plate on which the base is mounted, a front wall having a hole through which the optical fiber is inserted, and a rear wall opposite to the front wall. The optical fiber and the optical semiconductor element are mounted on the upper surface. The base has a rear face formed on an end portion opposite to the front wall, and the rear face is positioned above the lower surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Miyokawa, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20080267240
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor module including a base having installed on an optical fiber and an optical semiconductor element, and a package which houses the base on a bottom thereof and has a first side wall with an optical section through which the optical fiber is led and a second side wall facing the first side wall, where the base is cut off to form a curved surface with respect to the bottom at a lower corner on a side of the base facing the second side wall of the housing, and a ratio of r/t is from 0.4 to 1.0, where t is a thickness of the base, and r is a curvature radius of the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun MIYOKAWA, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20080031567
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor module includes an optical semiconductor element; an optical fiber optically coupled with the semiconductor element; a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a package. The package has a bottom plate on which the base is mounted, a front wall having a hole through which the optical fiber is inserted, and a rear wall opposite to the front wall. The optical fiber and the optical semiconductor element are mounted on the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun MIYOKAWA, Takashi KOSEKI, Toru FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20070211086
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shimomura, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Tsuyosi Yamanaka, Masafumi Furuyama, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7182336
    Abstract: A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turned to be most apart from the paper feed roller, a non-release mode in which the printing sheet is abutted against the paper feed roller, and a small release mode in which the printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller, and is at a medium level between the above two modes. When a paper feeding job is still present, a state that the uppermost printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller is retained by the small release mode, whereby a swing range of the hopper is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Fukushima, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Masafumi Furuyama, Yoji Sasai, Norihiro Yamashita, Yoichi Kobayashi, Hirotomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060284364
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI, Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masafumi FURUYAMA, Toru FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 7134658
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shimomura, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Tsuyosi Yamanaka, Masafumi Furuyama, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7056035
    Abstract: An optical module includes a package; an optical device housed in the package, and having a temperature-dependent characteristic; a thermo-module connected to the optical device to control its temperature and configured to heat or cool the optical device when supplied with a first electric current in one direction or a second electric current in a direction opposite to the first electric current, respectively; and a heating element disposed close to the optical device and configured to heat the optical device when supplied with an electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Iida, Takahiro Okada, Takashi Koseki, Masaru Saito, Jun Miyokawa, Toru Fukushima, Takeshi Aikiyo
  • Patent number: 7006361
    Abstract: A controller includes a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted to control operations of a recording apparatus. An electromagnetic wave shielding member having electric conductivity and thermal conductivity covers the electronic component. The electromagnetic wave shielding member is formed with a contact portion which is brought into contact with the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokawa, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 6917482
    Abstract: An improved optical module mounted body is disclosed. The optical module mounted body comprising: a mounting board having a mounting surface with a plurality of holes formed thereon; an optical module placed on the mounting surface; and a securing member configured to secure the optical module, the securing member including an upper portion, a plurality of legs extending from the upper portion and a plurality of engagement portions formed at ends of the plurality of legs, wherein the optical module is held between the mounting board and the securing member such that the upper portion of the securing member abuts on an upper surface of the optical module, and wherein the plurality of legs are inserted in the plurality of holes, the plurality of engagement portion engaging with the mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Minamino, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 6899326
    Abstract: A first non-recording region is situated in one of both outer sides of a recording region in a main scanning direction of recording. A second non-recording region is situated in the other one of the both sides of the recording region. A power source provides a driving force. A driving gear is interconnected with the power source. A transmission gear is operable to be coupled with the driving gear to transmit the driving force to a rotatable member. An actuator is operable to move in the main scanning direction. A first trigger is disposed in the first non-recording region. A second trigger is disposed in the second non-recording region. A clutch is interconnected with the trigger so as to couple the driving gear and the transmission gear when the one of the first trigger and the second trigger is actuated by the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kawakami, Masaki Shimomura, Takuya Yasue, Toru Fukushima
  • Patent number: 6880822
    Abstract: A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turned to be most apart from the paper feed roller, a non-release mode in which the printing sheet is abutted against the paper feed roller, and a small release mode in which the printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller, and is at a medium level between the above two modes. When a paper feeding job is still present, a state that the uppermost printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller is retained by the small release mode, whereby a swing range of the hopper is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Fukushima, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Masafumi Furuyama, Yoji Sasai, Norihiro Yamashita, Yoichi Kobayashi, Hirotomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050062216
    Abstract: A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turned to be most apart from the paper feed roller, a non-release mode in which the printing sheet is abutted against the paper feed roller, and a small release mode in which the printing sheet, is slightly separated from the paper feed roller, and is at a medium level between the above two modes. When a paper feeding job is still present, a state that the uppermost printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller is retained by the small release mode, whereby a swing range of the hopper is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Fukushima, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Masafumi Furuyama, Yoji Sasai, Norihiro Yamashita, Yoichi Kobayashi, Hirotomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050062215
    Abstract: A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turned to be most apart from the paper feed roller, a non-release mode in which the printing sheet is abutted against the paper feed roller, and a small release mode in which the printing sheet. is slightly separated from the paper feed roller, and is at a medium level between the above two modes. When a paper feeding job is still present, a state that the uppermost printing sheet is slightly separated from the paper feed roller is retained by the small release mode, whereby a swing range of the hopper is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Fukushima, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Masafumi Furuyama, Yoji Sasai, Norihiro Yamashita, Yoichi Kobayashi, Hirotomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040251610
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Shimomura, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Tsuyosi Nakayama, Masafumi Furuyama, Toru Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20040052478
    Abstract: An improved optical module mounted body is disclosed. The optical module mounted body comprising: a mounting board having a mounting surface with a plurality of holes formed thereon; an optical module placed on the mounting surface; and a securing member configured to secure the optical module, the securing member including an upper portion, a plurality of legs extending from the upper portion and a plurality of engagement portions formed at ends of the plurality of legs, wherein the optical module is held between the mounting board and the securing member such that the upper portion of the securing member abuts on an upper surface of the optical module, and wherein the plurality of legs are inserted in the plurality of holes, the plurality of engagement portion engaging with the mounting board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Minamino, Takashi Koseki, Toru Fukushima