Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Koike

Yasuhiro Koike 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: 12242103
    Abstract: A batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet assembly includes a batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet, a housing member, and a fixing element. The batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet includes a sheet-like covering part made of plastic, and a plurality of optical transmission regions, inside the covering part, including a core region made of plastic that is disposed to extend along an extending direction of the covering part and a clad region made of plastic that surrounds an outer circumference of the core region, the optical transmission regions being arranged in a line in substantially parallel with each other along a principal surface of the covering part. The housing member includes a disposition hole in which at least one end part of the batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet is housed. The fixing element fixes the batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet and the housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koike, Hiroshi Takizuka
  • Publication number: 20250059310
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for efficiently producing an N-alkylmaleimide-based polymer that has an excellent optical characteristic, excellent heat resistance, and excellent mechanical strength. A method for producing an N-alkylmaleimide-based polymer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes using an oil-soluble radical polymerization initiator to carry out suspension polymerization, in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of a nonionic compound having no hydrogen bonded to oxygen or nitrogen, a polyacrylate salt, and a polyalkylene glycol, with respect to a monomer mixture consisting of 20% by weight to 100% by weight of N-alkylmaleimide and 0% by weight to 80% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the N-alkylmaleimide being represented by the following general formula (1): where R represents a C1-C12 linear alkyl group, a C3-C12 branched alkyl group, or a C3-C6 cyclic alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: TOSOH CORPORATION, KAI PHOTONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru YAMADA, Misaki WATANABE, Fumiaki KATAGIRI, Takahiro KITAGAWA, Ryuichi SAKASHITA, Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Patent number: 12219876
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator including forming a vibration plate, forming a first electrode on the vibration plate, forming a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and forming a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the forming the vibration plate has a single layer forming step including forming a metal layer containing zirconium by a gas phase method, and forming a metal oxide layer by firing the metal layer, the single layer forming step is repeated, thereby forming the vibration plate in which the metal oxide layers are stacked, and the metal oxide layer has a thickness less than 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harunobu Koike, Takanori Aimono, Masao Nakayama, Motoki Takabe, Koji Sumi, Yasuhiro Itayama, Toshihiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240326283
    Abstract: Supporting tables 8, 9 for supporting both edges 90a, 90b of a veneer 90 are arranged when both edges 90a, 90b are scarfed using circular saws 40a, 41a. Supporting tables 8, 9 include pressing units 56, 57 for pressing both edges 90a, 90b, circular saw contacting sections 54, 55 for receiving the circular saws 40a, 41a, and auxiliary conveyors 60, 62 for transporting both edges 90a, 90b in a transporting direction TD. Pressing units 56, 57 are configured to press both edges 90a, 90b against at least the auxiliary conveyors 60, 62. Auxiliary conveyors 60, 62 are arranged adjacent to the circular saw contacting sections 54, 55. Both edges 90a, 90b transported in the transporting direction TD are pressed by the pressing units 56, 57, reducing a friction acting on both edges 90a, 90b in the direction opposite to the transporting direction TD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya INOUE, Michito NINOMIYA, Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20240195503
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes an optical signal transmitter, an optical signal receiver, and an optical transmission path. Further, the optical transmission path includes a first optical transmission path that has a product of a scattering loss and a length of 6 dB or less and outputs a beam with a beam diameter being enlarged by three times or more when the Gaussian beam emitted from a single-mode optical fiber is input by center excitation, and a second optical transmission path that is optically connected to the first optical transmission path, is longer than the first optical transmission path, has a transmission loss of 100 dB/km or less, and outputs a beam with a beam diameter being enlarged by less than three times when the Gaussian beam emitted from a single-mode optical fiber is input by center excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Yasuhiro KOIKE
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOIKE, Kenta MURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240053529
    Abstract: An integrally molded multi-optical transmission sheet includes: a sheet-like coated portion formed of plastic; and a plurality of optical transmission regions having a core region formed of plastic, and a clad region formed of plastic and surrounding an outer periphery of the core region, which are provided inside the coated portion to extend along an extending direction of the coated portion, wherein the plurality of optical transmission regions are arranged in a row substantially parallel to each other along a main surface of the coated portion, and in a case where light is incident from one end face side of the plurality of optical transmission regions and transmitted toward the other end face side, a M2 value of emitted light is 1.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230400624
    Abstract: An integrally molded multi-optical transmission sheet includes: a sheet-like coated portion formed of plastic; and a plurality of optical transmission regions having a core region formed of plastic, and a clad region formed of plastic and surrounding an outer periphery of the core region, which are provided inside the coated portion to extend along an extending direction of the coated portion, wherein the plurality of optical transmission regions are arranged in a row substantially parallel to each other along a main surface of the coated portion, and in a case where light is incident from one end face side of the plurality of optical transmission regions and transmitted toward the other end face side, a M2 value of emitted light is 1.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230400623
    Abstract: An integrally molded multi-optical transmission sheet includes: a sheet-like coated portion formed of plastic; and a plurality of optical transmission regions having a core region formed of plastic, and a clad region formed of plastic and surrounding an outer periphery of the core region, which are provided inside the coated portion to extend along an extending direction of the coated portion, wherein the plurality of optical transmission regions are arranged in a row substantially parallel to each other along a main surface of the coated portion, and in a case where light is incident from one end face side of the plurality of optical transmission regions and transmitted toward the other end face side, a M2 value of emitted light is 1.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230382004
    Abstract: Scarf faces 92a, 92b are machined at a heeling angle ?2 on a veneer 90 by adjusting the heeling angle ?2 for a desired camber h using the following Equation (1): h = R 2 · sin ? ? 2 - sin 2 ? ? 2 · R 2 - t 2 ( 1 + i 2 ) 4 ( 1 ) With the configuration, double cutting of the veneer 90 by a circular saw 20 can be effectively prevented. Since the camber h is set desirably, the risk can be reduced that the scarf faces 92a, 92b only partially join each other, and a space can be secured to retain an adhesive Ad between arc concavities 91, 91. Thus, when the veneers 90 are joined together at the scarf faces 92a, 92b, the adhesive Ad is unlikely to seep out onto the surfaces of the veneers 90. As a result, the scarf faces 92a, 92b can be properly joined together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya INOUE, Michito NINOMIYA, Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11828977
    Abstract: An integrally molded multi-optical transmission sheet includes: a sheet-like coated portion formed of plastic; and a plurality of optical transmission regions having a core region formed of plastic, and a clad region formed of plastic and surrounding an outer periphery of the core region, which are provided inside the coated portion to extend along an extending direction of the coated portion, wherein the plurality of optical transmission regions are arranged in a row substantially parallel to each other along a main surface of the coated portion, and in a case where light is incident from one end face side of the plurality of optical transmission regions and transmitted toward the other end face side, a M2 value of emitted light is 1.7 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Koike
  • Publication number: 20230367059
    Abstract: A batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet assembly includes a batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet, a housing member, and a fixing element. The batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet includes a sheet-like covering part made of plastic, and a plurality of optical transmission regions, inside the covering part, including a core region made of plastic that is disposed to extend along an extending direction of the covering part and a clad region made of plastic that surrounds an outer circumference of the core region, the optical transmission regions being arranged in a line in substantially parallel with each other along a principal surface of the covering part. The housing member includes a disposition hole in which at least one end part of the batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet is housed. The fixing element fixes the batch-molding multi optical transmission sheet and the housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Yasuhiro KOIKE
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOIKE, Hiroshi TAKIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11726247
    Abstract: There is provided a display device exhibiting a good color reproducibility, even when observed through polarized sunglasses. A display device comprises a polarizer a and an optical film X on a surface on a light emitting surface side of a display element, wherein L1, which is the light incident vertically on the optical film X, among light incident on the optical film X from the display element side, satisfies a specific condition, and L2, which is the light emitting vertically from the light emitting surface side of the optical film X, and passing through a polarizer b having the absorption axis parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizer a, satisfies a specific condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kuroda, Yasuhiro Koike
  • Publication number: 20230065322
    Abstract: An optical polymer material includes an alternating copolymer made of a monomer of a styrene derivative and a monomer of a maleimide derivative, and has a nonlinear property in which the photoelastic coefficient of the optical polymer material decreases to a predetermined value with increase in composition ratio of the styrene derivative, and rises above the predetermined value with further increase in composition ratio of the styrene derivative. A composition ratio of the styrene derivative is within a predetermined range. An absolute value of the photoelastic coefficient is equal to or smaller than a first absolute value within the predetermined range of the composition ratio, and an absolute value of the intrinsic birefringence is equal to or smaller than a second absolute value of the optical polymer material within the predetermined range of the composition ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Yasuhiro KOIKE
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOIKE, Yuma KOBAYASHI, Kohei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11411648
    Abstract: An optical transmission system transmits a Radio Frequency (RF) signal by a frequency division multiplexing method. The optical transmission system includes a Transmitter Optical SubAssembly (TOSA), an optical fiber, and a Receiver Optical SubAssembly (ROSA). The TOSA includes a surface emitting laser diode configured to be capable of emitting light at output of 0.8 mW or more. In the optical transmission system including the surface emitting laser diode, a noise index obtained by a measurement method including a predetermined step is 10.0 dB?V or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Tsujita, Takeshi Tanaka, Satoshi Ito, Keita Kiyoshima, Atsushi Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Koike, Azusa Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220045756
    Abstract: An optical transmission system transmits a Radio Frequency (RF) signal by a frequency division multiplexing method. The optical transmission system includes a Transmitter Optical SubAssembly (TOSA), an optical fiber, and a Receiver Optical SubAssembly (ROSA). The TOSA includes a surface emitting laser diode configured to be capable of emitting light at output of 0.8 mW or more. In the optical transmission system including the surface emitting laser diode, a noise index obtained by a measurement method including a predetermined step is 10.0 dB?V or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJITA, Satoshi ITO, Takeshi TANAKA, Keita KIYOSHIMA, Atsushi YAMAGISHI, Yasuhiro KOIKE, Azusa INOUE
  • Patent number: 11204524
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an image display device including an optical film having a thickness suitable for practical use without including any special inorganic material, wherein the image display device has high color rendering properties and is capable of minimizing the occurrence of blackout and interference colors (rainbow unevenness) even when the image display device includes light sources that emit light having a narrow emission spectrum. The present invention provides an image display device including an optical film having an in-plane birefringence and a polarizer in this order, wherein the optical film and the polarizer are disposed to form an angle of about 45° between a slow axis of the optical film and an absorption axis of the polarizer, the optical film has a retardation of 3000 nm or more, and light incident on the optical film provides at least 50% coverage of ITU-R BT.2020.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koike, Takashi Kuroda, Kana Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11092738
    Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber cable which allows for high-quality signal transmission in short-distance transmission. The optical fiber cable is designed for use in optical communication based on transmitting an optical beam from a light-emitting device, to a light-receiving device. The optical fiber cable has: a proximal end which is one end thereof on the side of the light-emitting device, and a distal end which is the other end thereof on the side of the light-receiving device, wherein an optical beam returning from the side of the distal end toward the side of the light-emitting device has an M2 factor of 1.7 or more; and a length of 50 m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koike, Azusa Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210141137
    Abstract: An optical material includes: a medium that is transparent with respect to visible light; and a plurality of crystal materials having birefringence, the crystal materials being dispersed in the medium. The optical material is configured to randomize a polarization state of incident visible light, and emit visible light having a polarization degree lower than a polarization degree of the incident visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOIKE
  • Patent number: 10948764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display method capable of, when a screen thereof is observed through a polarizer such as sunglasses, ensuring an excellent visibility regardless of the angle of observation. In a liquid crystal display device at least having a backlight light source, a liquid crystal cell, and a polarizer disposed on a viewing side of the liquid crystal cell, a white light-emitting diode is used as the backlight light source; and a polymer film having a retardation of from 3,000 nm to 30,000 nm is used so as to be disposed on the viewing side of the polarizer so that an angle between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the polymer film becomes about 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: KEIO UNIVERSITY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koike, Akihiro Tagaya
  • Publication number: 20210011214
    Abstract: An integrally molded multi-optical transmission sheet includes: a sheet-like coated portion formed of plastic; and a plurality of optical transmission regions having a core region formed of plastic, and a clad region formed of plastic and surrounding an outer periphery of the core region, which are provided inside the coated portion to extend along an extending direction of the coated portion, wherein the plurality of optical transmission regions are arranged in a row substantially parallel to each other along a main surface of the coated portion, and in a case where light is incident from one end face side of the plurality of optical transmission regions and transmitted toward the other end face side, a M2 value of emitted light is 1.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KOIKE