Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Fujinaga

Yoichiro Fujinaga 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: 20240030102
    Abstract: Conventional problems are solved by providing a cooling mechanism having a nanocapillary structure constituted by graphene, a semiconductor device including the cooling mechanism, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first metal layer, a first graphene layer formed on the first metal layer and having a nanocapillary channel, a second graphene layer joined to an upper surface of the nanocapillary channel to form an opening of a passage for a refrigerant, and a second metal layer covering the second graphene layer are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru OHIRA, Yoichiro FUJINAGA, Christopher WRIGHT, Jan Jasper VAN DEN BERG, Matthew LAWRENSON
  • Patent number: 11877045
    Abstract: To suppress a reduction in yield and to reduce production costs even when a failure has occurred with respect to the alignment and the like of a camera module in a multi-ocular configuration in which a plurality of camera modules is included. An image-capturing apparatus includes a plurality of camera modules; and a support member used to support the plurality of camera modules in a specified positional relationship, the image-capturing apparatus including a first camera module and at least one second camera module as the plurality of camera modules, the first camera module being fixed to the support member, the at least one second camera module being fixed to the support member using an adhesive portion formed of an adhesive that has a property of being released in a specific temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiya Tsuzaki, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Yoichiro Fujinaga
  • Publication number: 20230005813
    Abstract: Provided with a semiconductor apparatus which is able to be miniaturized and is provided with a Peltier element. The semiconductor apparatus is provided with a semiconductor substrate and the Peltier element which is disposed facing the semiconductor substrate. The Peltier element has a first substrate and a thermoelectric semiconductor which is disposed between the first substrate and the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a first electrode provided on a surface side facing the first substrate. The first substrate has a second electrode provided on a surface side facing the semiconductor substrate. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are each connected to the thermoelectric semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YOICHIRO FUJINAGA, MASAMI SUZUKI, TASUKU OGAMI
  • Publication number: 20210152717
    Abstract: To suppress a reduction in yield and to reduce production costs even when a failure has occurred with respect to the alignment and the like of a camera module in a multi-ocular configuration in which a plurality of camera modules is included. An image-capturing apparatus includes a plurality of camera modules; and a support member used to support the plurality of camera modules in a specified positional relationship, the image-capturing apparatus including a first camera module and at least one second camera module as the plurality of camera modules, the first camera module being fixed to the support member, the at least one second camera module being fixed to the support member using an adhesive portion formed of an adhesive that has a property of being released in a specific temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: SEIYA TSUZAKI, YASUHIRO HOSOKAWA, YOICHIRO FUJINAGA
  • Patent number: 8941773
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens body; a lens holding member that movably holds the lens body along an optical axis of the lens body without tilting the optical axis; a displacement element that has a flat-plate shape of which one end edge on a side of the lens body along the optical axis is disposed as a free end and the free end is displaced to freely approach the lens body by applying a voltage; and a push-up member that is disposed on the free end of the displacement element and is inserted on one end surface side of the lens body, which is perpendicular to the optical axis, by the approach towards the lens body of the displacement element so as to push up the lens body in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Yoichiro Fujinaga, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8605196
    Abstract: A compact and thin lens module that uses a flat-plate-shaped displacement device to drive a lens, and a compact, thin imaging apparatus and electronic system using the lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Fujinaga, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120287318
    Abstract: A compact and thin lens module that uses a flat-plate-shaped displacement device to drive a lens, and a compact, thin imaging apparatus and electronic system using the lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Fujinaga, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120249868
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens body; a lens holding member that movably holds the lens body along an optical axis of the lens body without tilting the optical axis; a displacement element that has a flat-plate shape of which one end edge on a side of the lens body along the optical axis is disposed as a free end and the free end is displaced to freely approach the lens body by applying a voltage; and a push-up member that is disposed on the free end of the displacement element and is inserted on one end surface side of the lens body, which is perpendicular to the optical axis, by the approach towards the lens body of the displacement element so as to push up the lens body in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kamatani, Yoshihito Higashitsutsumi, Yoichiro Fujinaga, Junichi Muramoto, Shuji Shimizu