Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kuwabara

Tsuyoshi Kuwabara 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: 8829890
    Abstract: A polarizing optical system (15, 16) is disposed perpendicular to an optical axis of incoming light from a light source (12), having the optical axis (12) as a center axis, and configured for polarization of incoming light to a prescribed reference state, an electro-optical device (17) is disposed perpendicular to the optical axis, having the optical axis as a center axis, and adapted, as a voltage to be measured is imposed thereon, to respond to the imposed voltage by polarizing light polarized by the polarizing optical system (15, 16), and an analyzer (18) is disposed perpendicular to the optical axis, having the optical axis as a center axis, and adapted for detection of light polarized by the electro-optical device (17), to irradiate a detector (21) configured for conversion of incoming light into an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Industrial Products Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Takahashi, Junichi Sato, Takashi Miyabe, Tokihiro Umemura, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 8319958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensor that uses a phase modulation technique for optical detection and conducts a highly accurate measurement. The photosensor uses a phase change difference of light propagated through a polarization preserving fiber with respect to tensile stress and employs proper polarization preserving fibers for a phase modulator 10, light-transmitting polarization preserving fiber 23, and coil-shaped polarization preserving fiber 30, to achieve a highly accurate measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Industrial Products Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Kinichi Sasaki, Masao Takahashi, Masahiro Hamaguchi, Takashi Miyabe, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara, Tokihiro Umemura
  • Patent number: 8115473
    Abstract: An optical voltage transformer is connected with an external electric device and includes a primary electrode to which a measured voltage is applied by the external electric device, a first secondary electrode provided oppositely to the primary electrode, an insulation layer provided between the primary and first secondary electrodes and constituting an insulation cylinder integrally formed with the primary and first secondary electrodes, a ground layer provided on an outer circumference of the insulation cylinder and around the first secondary electrode for securing a capacitance by interposing the insulation layer between the ground layer and the first secondary electrode, and an electro-optic element for measuring a voltage between the first secondary electrode and the ground layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Industrial Products Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Sato, Masao Takahashi, Miwa Takeuchi, Teruhiko Maeda, Mitsuhiro Fujikawa, Tokihiro Umemura, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20110234202
    Abstract: A polarizing optical system (15, 16) is disposed perpendicular to an optical axis of incoming light from a light source (12), having the optical axis (12) as a center axis, and configured for polarization of incoming light to a prescribed reference state, an electro-optical device (17) is disposed perpendicular to the optical axis, having the optical axis as a center axis, and adapted, as a voltage to be measured is imposed thereon, to respond to the imposed voltage by polarizing light polarized by the polarizing optical system (15, 16), and an analyzer (18) is disposed perpendicular to the optical axis, having the optical axis as a center axis, and adapted for detection of light polarized by the electro-optical device (17), to irradiate a detector (21) configured for conversion of incoming light into an electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Masao Takahashi, Junichi Sato, Takashi Miyabe, Tokihiro Umemura, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20100315621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensor that uses a phase modulation technique for optical detection and conducts a highly accurate measurement. The photosensor uses a phase change difference of light propagated through a polarization preserving fiber with respect to tensile stress and employs proper polarization preserving fibers for a phase modulator 10, light-transmitting polarization preserving fiber 23, and coil-shaped polarization preserving fiber 30, to achieve a highly accurate measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Kinichi Sasaki, Masao Takahashi, Masahiro Hamaguchi, Takashi Miyabe, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara, Tokihiro Umemura
  • Publication number: 20100109642
    Abstract: An optical voltage transformer is connected with an external electric device and includes a primary electrode to which a measured voltage is applied by the external electric device, a first secondary electrode provided oppositely to the primary electrode, an insulation layer provided between the primary and first secondary electrodes and constituting an insulation cylinder integrally formed with the primary and first secondary electrodes, a ground layer provided on an outer circumference of the insulation cylinder and around the first secondary electrode for securing a capacitance by interposing the insulation layer between the ground layer and the first secondary electrode, and an electro-optic element for measuring a voltage between the first secondary electrode and the ground layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Junichi Sato, Masao Takahashi, Miwa Takeuchi, Teruhiko Maeda, Mitsuhiro Fujikawa, Tokihiro Umemura, Tsuyoshi Kuwabara