Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Andou

Yasuhiko Andou 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).

  • Image pickup apparatus, on-vehicle image pickup apparatus, method and apparatus for manufacturing image pickup apparatus
    Patent number: 8427540
    Abstract: A disclosed image pickup apparatus includes a first member holding a lens, and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having an approximately rectangular shape and two approximately arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the approximately rectangular shape. In the image pickup apparatus, the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nakajima, Hiroshi Takemoto, Norihiko Sasaki, Yasuhiko Andou, Shinobu Kanatani, Hayato Yoshida, Kohei Shimizu
  • Image Pickup Apparatus, On-Vehicle Image Pickup Apparatus, Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing Image Pickup Apparatus
    Publication number: 20100259616
    Abstract: A disclosed image pickup apparatus includes a first member holding a lens, and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having an approximately rectangular shape and two approximately arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the approximately rectangular shape. In the image pickup apparatus, the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.,
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nakajima, Hiroshi Takemoto, Norihiko Sasaki, Yasuhiko Andou, Shinobu Kanatani, Hayato Yoshida, Kohei Shimizu
  • Disc drive
    Patent number: D345553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Andou, Yoshiaki Sakai