Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Matushima

Toshiyuki Matushima 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: 6516115
    Abstract: In a two-way optical communication device, a rising mirror bends light transmitted from a light-emitting element in a virtually perpendicular direction to a surface of a substrate, and the light is gathered on an end of an optical fiber via a light-gathering mirror having a curved surface and is coupled to the optical fiber. Further, in the two-way optical communication device, received light, that is propagated from the optical fiber, is reflected on the light-gathering mirror and is gathered on the light-receiving element. The two-way optical communication device can transmit and receive light through a single optical fiber, causing only small loss in transmission and reception, so that light can be efficiently coupled to an optical fiber such as a POF having a large diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Fujita, Yorishige Ishii, Yoshifumi Iwai, Toshiyuki Matushima, Toshihiro Tamura, Yukio Kurata