Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Hidaka

Toshiharu Hidaka 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).

  • Torsional rocking structural component
    Patent number: 6813049
    Abstract: There is disclosed a torsional rocking structural component comprising: a movable plate; an elastic member for rockably supporting the movable plate, the elastic member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a rectangular surface; a support for holding the elastic member; and a wiring passing through the elastic member, disposed in the vicinity of a surface of the elastic member and passing through a portion in which a stress generated during torsional deformation of the elastic member is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyajima, Toshiharu Hidaka
  • Torsional rocking structural component
    Publication number: 20030218787
    Abstract: There is disclosed a torsional rocking structural component comprising: a movable plate; an elastic member for rockably supporting the movable plate, the elastic member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a rectangular surface; a support for holding the elastic member; and a wiring passing through the elastic member, disposed in the vicinity of a surface of the elastic member and passing through a portion in which a stress generated during torsional deformation of the elastic member is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyajima, Toshiharu Hidaka
  • Torsional rocking structural component
    Publication number: 20020135846
    Abstract: There is disclosed a torsional rocking structural component comprising: a movable plate; an elastic member for rockably supporting the movable plate, the elastic member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a rectangular surface; a support for holding the elastic member; and a wiring passing through the elastic member, disposed in the vicinity of a surface of the elastic member and passing through a portion in which a stress generated during torsional deformation of the elastic member is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyajima, Toshiharu Hidaka
  • Torsional rocker
    Patent number: 6445484
    Abstract: A torsional rocker used in an optical scanner comprises a movable element, a pair of torsion spring structures or elastic members for rockably supporting the movable element, and a stationary element which fixes or holds the torsion spring structures. The movable element includes a coil which surrounds its edges and a mirror inside the coil. The opposite ends of the coil are connected individually to electrode pads on the stationary element by means of wires. The torsion spring structure includes a pair of leaf springs which extend parallel to each other, and the torsion spring structure also includes another pair of leaf springs which extend parallel to each other. The four leaf springs have the same thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyajima, Kenji Murakami, Toshiharu Hidaka, Tomoko Arikawa