Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Konno

Yoshimi Konno 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).

  • Patent number: 11969149
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a lens barrel having an opening of a through hole on an outer surface of the lens barrel; a lens inserted into the through hole and having a distal end surface which is disposed in a protruding manner from the outer surface; a first resin disposed between a wall surface of the through hole and a side surface of the lens; and a second resin disposed on a surface of the first resin, a portion of the lens barrel around the opening and an entire circumference of an outer peripheral portion of the distal end surface of the lens, the second resin containing rubber and light blocking particles and having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the first resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita Iyoshi, Yoshimi Konno, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11712152
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a barrel having an opening of a through hole on an outer surface; a lens inserted into the through hole and having a distal end surface which protrudes from the outer surface; a first resin disposed between a wall surface of the through hole and a side surface of the lens; and a second resin disposed on a surface of the first resin, a portion of the barrel disposed around the opening, and an entire circumference of an outer peripheral portion of the distal end surface of the lens, the second resin forming a protruding portion which protrudes from the distal end surface of the optical member, containing light blocking particles, and having a larger fracture toughness value than the first resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita Iyoshi, Yoshimi Konno, Hiroaki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220106500
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds. At the time of defining a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) as 100% by weight, the composition comprises one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 15% or more by weight. The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition preferably comprises, as the alkyl (meth)acrylate(s) (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A1) having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A2) having 15 to 20 carbon atoms. A ratio by weight of the component (A1) to the component (A2) (A1/A2) is preferably from 1.0/9.0 to 4.0/6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210361146
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an image pickup unit having an incidence face; a distal end body including a front face in which an insertion hole is formed, the incidence face of the image pickup unit inserted into the insertion hole protruding from the front face; a distal end cover that covers a periphery of the insertion hole of the distal end body and has a distal end face including an opening from which the incidence face is protruded; a first adhesive that bonds the distal end cover to the image pickup unit and contains first calcium carbonate particles; and a second adhesive that covers a step at a boundary between the distal end face of the distal end cover and the incidence face of the image pickup unit and contains first silicon oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita IYOSHI, Yoshimi KONNO, Naoto KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210317337
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least radical polymerizable compounds. The radical polymerizable compounds comprise a component A having a log Pow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a log Pow more than 7, each of these log Pow values representing an octanol/water distribution coefficient. The component A preferably comprises at least one nitrogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide derivatives, amino-group-containing monomers, and nitrogen-containing and heterocycle-containing vinyl monomers. The component B preferably comprises an alkyl (eth)acrylate having 18 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210093165
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a lens barrel having an opening of a through hole on an outer surface of the lens barrel; a lens inserted into the through hole and having a distal end surface which is disposed in a protruding manner from the outer surface; a first resin disposed between a wall surface of the through hole and a side surface of the lens; and a second resin disposed on a surface of the first resin, a portion of the lens barrel around the opening and an entire circumference of an outer peripheral portion of the distal end surface of the lens, the second resin containing rubber and light blocking particles and having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the first resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita IYOSHI, Yoshimi KONNO, Hiroaki KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210093164
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a barrel having an opening of a through hole on an outer surface; a lens inserted into the through hole and having a distal end surface which protrudes from the outer surface; a first resin disposed between a wall surface of the through hole and a side surface of the lens; and a second resin disposed on a surface of the first resin, a portion of the barrel disposed around the opening, and an entire circumference of an outer peripheral portion of the distal end surface of the lens, the second resin forming a protruding portion which protrudes from the distal end surface of the optical member, containing light blocking particles, and having a larger fracture toughness value than the first resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita IYOSHI, Yoshimi KONNO, Hiroaki KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 10901129
    Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10858553
    Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190331838
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate that can improve viewability by suppressing a hue change in accordance with the angle of polarized sunglasses. An optical laminate of the present invention includes: a first retardation layer; a second retardation layer; a polarizer; and a third retardation layer. The first retardation layer, the second retardation layer, the polarizer, and the third retardation layer is laminated from a viewer side in the stated order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimi Konno, Hironori Yaginuma, Akinori Izaki, Yoshitsugu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20190136101
    Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190137673
    Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of -60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190136091
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds. At the time of defining a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) as 100% by weight, the composition comprises one or more alkyl (meth) acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 15% or more by weight. The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition preferably comprises, as the alkyl (meth)acrylate(s) (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A1) having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A2) having 15 to 20 carbon atoms. A ratio by weight of the component (A1) to the component (A2) (A1/A2) is preferably from 1.0/9.0 to 4.0/6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190106599
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least radical polymerizable compounds. The radical polymerizable compounds comprise a component A having a log Pow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a log Pow more than 7, each of these log Pow values representing an octanol/water distribution coefficient. The component A preferably comprises at least one nitrogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide derivatives, amino-group-containing monomers, and nitrogen-containing and heterocycle-containing vinyl monomers. The component B preferably comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate having 18 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda