Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa MINAMIGAWA

Yoshihisa MINAMIGAWA 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: 20250003736
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement head and a confocal displacement sensor which are capable of suppressing a decrease in reliability of measurement in a high-temperature environment of the confocal displacement sensor. The measurement head is a measurement head for a confocal displacement sensor having a white light source. The measurement head has a configuration in which a plurality of glass lenses are accommodated in a head metal housing. A metal spring member biases the plurality of glass lenses including the lens toward the +x direction in a state where the lens abuts on the ring screw is provided in the head metal housing. Or a thermal expansion polyimide member provided inside the metal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto TAKEI, Yoshihisa MINAMIGAWA, Takumi KOGA
  • Patent number: 11668559
    Abstract: An optical measurement apparatus performs an optical axis adjustment with respect to a reference surface and obtains high measurement accuracy. In an outer surface of a box-shaped light receiving housing, reference surfaces which become a reference at the time of placing the light receiving housing. In the light receiving housing, the light receiving side telecentric lens is mounted. An imaging element holder holding a two-dimensional imaging element is provided on an inner surface opposite to an introducing opening of the light receiving housing, and the two-dimensional imaging element is mounted in a manner of being capable of adjusting its position and posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Minamigawa, Yusuke Suemura, Hideto Takei
  • Publication number: 20220163321
    Abstract: An optical measurement apparatus performs an optical axis adjustment with respect to a reference surface and obtains high measurement accuracy. In an outer surface of a box-shaped light receiving housing, reference surfaces which become a reference at the time of placing the light receiving housing. In the light receiving housing, the light receiving side telecentric lens is mounted. An imaging element holder holding a two-dimensional imaging element is provided on an inner surface opposite to an introducing opening of the light receiving housing, and the two-dimensional imaging element is mounted in a manner of being capable of adjusting its position and posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa MINAMIGAWA, Yusuke SUEMURA, Hideto TAKEI