Patents by Inventor Yohei HIRATSUKA

Yohei HIRATSUKA 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: 20170318180
    Abstract: An image sensor unit (1A) includes: a light condenser (40) that condenses light including image information of an illuminated object; an image sensor (48) that receives the light passed through the light condenser (40) and that converts the light to an electrical signal; and a frame (10A) that houses the light condenser (40) and the image sensor (48), wherein the image sensor unit (1A) includes an urging member (50A) that urges and fixes the light condenser (40) to the frame (45), and the urging member (50A) urges and fixes the light condenser (40) to the frame (10A) from a light entering side or a light emission side of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo KIYOTA, Yohei HIRATSUKA, Takashi KOBE, Hiroyuki FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170295287
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a sensor unit, the sensor unit including: a rod-shaped light condenser that condenses light from an original; a frame that houses the light condenser; and a plurality of urging members that urge the light condenser toward the frame and mount the light condenser on the frame, the manufacturing method including: a light condenser housing step of housing the light condenser in the frame; and an urging member mounting step of pressing, by an assembly machine, the plurality of urging members against the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo KIYOTA, Yohei HIRATSUKA, Takashi KOBE, Hiroyuki FUJIMURA