Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Mizuno

Yasutaka Mizuno 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).

  • Publication number: 20240111097
    Abstract: A spot size converter includes a first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide. The first optical waveguide has a first tapered portion. The first tapered portion extends in a direction in which the first optical waveguide extends, and is thicker with decreasing distance from an end portion of the first optical waveguide and is thinner with decreasing distance from the second optical waveguide. The second optical waveguide is separated from the first tapered portion and has a second tapered portion. The second tapered portion extends in a direction in which the second optical waveguide extends, and is thinner with decreasing distance from the first tapered portion and is thicker with increasing distance from the first tapered portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio KOBAYASHI, Yasutaka MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20240004149
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical module including a package and lid, the package having an opening to be sealed with the lid. The manufacturing method includes placing the lid on the package so that the lid covers the opening; putting a metal block on the lid, the metal block having a first surface touching a top surface of the lid; welding the lid to the package using a seam welding machine, the first surface of the metal block touching the top surface of the lid during the welding, the metal block being configured not to interfere the seam welding machine; and detaching the metal block from the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka MIZUNO, Munetaka KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230341593
    Abstract: A light device according to one embodiment includes a light source and an optical lens having an incidence plane extending in both a first axis and a second axis intersecting the first axis and an emission plane extending in both the first axis and the second axis. The optical lens converts incident light emitted from the light source and incident on the incidence plane into parallel light and emits the parallel light from the emission plane, and the incidence plane has a convex portion provided in a first direction in which the first axis extends and a concave portion provided in a second direction in which the second axis extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu SHIOZAKI, Yasutaka MIZUNO, Tomoya SAEKI, Katsumi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 11789223
    Abstract: An optical transceiver module includes a package containing a light receiving element, a light emitting element, and an optical modulator configured to modulate light that is output from the light emitting element, a rigid circuit board including a control circuit provided on the rigid circuit board, the control circuit being configured to control at least one of the light receiving element, the light emitting element, or the optical modulator, and a flexible circuit board including a plurality of signal wires, wherein the rigid circuit board is connected to the package via the flexible circuit board, with a first surface of the rigid circuit board facing a first surface of the package, and the at least one of the light receiving element, the light emitting element, or the optical modulator is electrically connected to the control circuit via the plurality of signal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11728590
    Abstract: An optical transceiver, attachable and detachable along a first direction with respect to an apparatus, includes an optical module having a first surface intersecting the first direction and first and second sleeves extending from the first surface in a direction of the optical transceiver, a housing extending along the first direction and accommodating the optical module, and first and second receptacles connected to the first and second sleeves and aligned according to deviations of the first and second sleeves on the first surface from first and second reference positions, respectively. An accommodating part on one end of the housing along the first direction accommodates the first and second receptacles which are fixed to the housing via a conductive resin filled between the housing and the first and second receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11454771
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a housing and an optical receptacle; optical subassemblies each having a sleeve and being configured to perform a photoelectric conversion, the sleeve facing to the optical receptacle; inner fibers each connected to the sleeve one to one; and a tray having a holding part and a guiding part, the holding part holding the optical subassemblies in line, the guiding part being formed on both outer sides of the holding part and a folding back area on an opposite side of the optical receptacle. The guiding part includes a pair of passage parts. The inner fiber passes through one of the passage parts, the folding back area, and another of the passage parts in this order within the tray so as to face the optical receptacle again when the another of the passage parts is closer to the sleeve than the one of the passage parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220236506
    Abstract: An optical transceiver module includes a package containing a light receiving element, a light emitting element, and an optical modulator configured to modulate light that is output from the light emitting element, a rigid circuit board including a control circuit provided on the rigid circuit board, the control circuit being configured to control at least one of the light receiving element, the light emitting element, or the optical modulator, and a flexible circuit board including a plurality of signal wires, wherein the rigid circuit board is connected to the package via the flexible circuit board, with a first surface of the rigid circuit board facing a first surface of the package, and the at least one of the light receiving element, the light emitting element, or the optical modulator is electrically connected to the control circuit via the plurality of signal wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Yasutaka MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220077623
    Abstract: An optical transceiver, attachable and detachable along a first direction with respect to an apparatus, includes an optical module having a first surface intersecting the first direction and first and second sleeves extending from the first surface in a direction of the optical transceiver, a housing extending along the first direction and accommodating the optical module, and first and second receptacles connected to the first and second sleeves and aligned according to deviations of the first and second sleeves on the first surface from first and second reference positions, respectively. An accommodating part on one end of the housing along the first direction accommodates the first and second receptacles which are fixed to the housing via a conductive resin filled between the housing and the first and second receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Yasutaka Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20210239924
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a housing and an optical receptacle; optical subassemblies each having a sleeve and being configured to perform a photoelectric conversion, the sleeve facing to the optical receptacle; inner fibers each connected to the sleeve one to one; and a tray having a holding part and a guiding part, the holding part holding the optical subassemblies in line, the guiding part being formed on both outer sides of the holding part and a folding back area on an opposite side of the optical receptacle. The guiding part includes a pair of passage parts. The inner fiber passes through one of the passage parts, the folding back area, and another of the passage parts in this order within the tray so as to face the optical receptacle again when the another of the passage parts is closer to the sleeve than the one of the passage parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10527805
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an internal fiber that optically connects an optical modulator and a VOA, the internal fiber having a lower limit of bending radius, a guide that includes an arc-shaped convex surface, and a lower housing having an internal space and includes the optical modulator, the VOA, the internal fiber, and the guide. The arc-shaped convex surface of the guide and the inner wall of the lower housing forms an arc-shaped path that houses a portion of the internal fiber and bent the portion of the internal fiber with a bending radius larger than the minimum bending radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mizuno, Kazushige Oki, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20180231726
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an internal fiber that optically connects an optical modulator and a VOA, the internal fiber having a lower limit of bending radius, a guide that includes an arc-shaped convex surface, and a lower housing having an internal space and includes the optical modulator, the VOA, the internal fiber, and the guide. The arc-shaped convex surface of the guide and the inner wall of the lower housing forms an arc-shaped path that houses a portion of the internal fiber and bent the portion of the internal fiber with a bending radius larger than the minimum bending radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mizuno, Kazushige Oki, Hiromi Kurashima