Patents by Inventor Yohei OMODAKA

Yohei OMODAKA 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).

  • Optical connector cleaning tool and optical connector cleaning tool attachment
    Patent number: 11911805
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a fitting portion (44) fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) of a connection component (32) into which a compact dual core optical connector is fitted on one end side and a cleaning medium (45) projecting from the fitting portion (44). The fitting portion (44) is formed to have a shape by which the fitting portion (44) is fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) in each of the first and second postures as postures shifted through 180° with respect to as the center the middle (P2) of a virtual straight line connecting the centers of the two ferrules when viewed from an axial direction of the compact dual core optical connector. The fitting portion (44) contacts one ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the first posture. The fitting portion (44) contacts the other ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the second posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Etsu Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Haga, Kazutoshi Ando, Yohei Omodaka
  • OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20220088645
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a fitting portion (44) fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) of a connection component (32) into which a compact dual core optical connector is fitted on one end side and a cleaning medium (45) projecting from the fitting portion (44). The fitting portion (44) is formed to have a shape by which the fitting portion (44) is fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) in each of the first and second postures as postures shifted through 180° with respect to as the center the middle (P2) of a virtual straight line connecting the centers of the two ferrules when viewed from an axial direction of the compact dual core optical connector. The fitting portion (44) contacts one ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the first posture. The fitting portion (44) contacts the other ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the second posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Etsu HASHIMOTO, Yoshiaki HAGA, Kazutoshi ANDO, Yohei OMODAKA