Patents by Inventor Wataru Inami

Wataru Inami 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).

  • Transmission electron microscope
    Patent number: 8431897
    Abstract: A scanning transmission electron microscope using optical fibers as optical guiding media. The microscope obtains a high-angle scattering image or a dark-field image from electrons transmitted through a specimen. A scintillator converts electrons transmitted through the specimen into optical signals. The optical fibers couple outputs from the scintillator to the photodetector segments. The connections of the fibers with the photodetector segments are formed into arbitrary shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Shibata, Wataru Inami, Hidetaka Sawada
  • Transmission Electron Microscope
    Publication number: 20120187293
    Abstract: A scanning transmission electron microscope using optical fibers as optical guiding media. The microscope obtains a high-angle scattering image or a dark-field image from electrons transmitted through a specimen. A scintillator converts electrons transmitted through the specimen into optical signals. The optical fibers couple outputs from the scintillator to the photodetector segments. The connections of the fibers with the photodetector segments are formed into arbitrary shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: JEOL, LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Naoya Shibata, Wataru Inami, Hidetaka Sawada