Patents by Inventor Yukiharu MAKINO
Yukiharu MAKINO 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).
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Publication number: 20230353853Abstract: An image pickup unit includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which a first land is disposed around four first side surfaces, a second circuit board on which a second land is disposed around four second side surfaces, a movement detection sensor housed in a recess of the first circuit board, and a rectangular tube bonded to the first land and the second land and sealing the recess in an airtight manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Kazuya MAEDA, Yukiharu MAKINO
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Patent number: 10962763Abstract: An optical unit includes: an objective lens unit arranged on a distal end side; an image pickup unit arranged on a proximal end side of the objective lens unit; an optical frame; an image pickup device frame; a proximal-end-side outer circumferential face provided on a proximal end side of the optical frame; an inner circumferential face of a distal-end-side frame body provided on a distal end side of the image pickup device frame; a plurality of notches provided apart in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential face of one of the frames, the plurality of notches having opening portions on end faces where the optical frame and the image pickup device frame face each other; and holding portions provided on an outer circumferential face of the other frame different from the one frame, the holding portions passing through the opening portions and being accommodated in the notches.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Kuchimaru, Yukiharu Makino, Kazuhiko Hino, Masahiro Maeda
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Publication number: 20200166741Abstract: An optical unit includes: an objective lens unit arranged on a distal end side; an image pickup unit arranged on a proximal end side of the objective lens unit; an optical frame; an image pickup device frame; a proximal-end-side outer circumferential face provided on a proximal end side of the optical frame; an inner circumferential face of a distal-end-side frame body provided on a distal end side of the image pickup device frame; a plurality of notches provided apart in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential face of one of the frames, the plurality of notches having opening portions on end faces where the optical frame and the image pickup device frame face each other; and holding portions provided on an outer circumferential face of the other frame different from the one frame, the holding portions passing through the opening portions and being accommodated in the notches.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toru KUCHIMARU, Yukiharu MAKINO, Kazuhiko HINO, Masahiro MAEDA
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Patent number: 9895053Abstract: In a capsule endoscope, on an inside of a capsule type housing including a cylindrical main body section and two semispherical end cover sections and having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to a center axis of the housing, an image pickup board section, a transmission board section, and a reception board section are housed such that principal planes of the image pickup board section, the transmission board section, and the reception board section are orthogonal to the center axis. A coil wire of at least one of a transmission coil formed by a transmission coil wire and a reception coil formed by a reception coil wire, respective principal planes of which are orthogonal to the center axis, is disposed on the end cover section side of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Fujimori, Takatoshi Igarashi, Yukiharu Makino
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Patent number: 9872611Abstract: An image pickup unit, includes: a front group lens frame holding a front group lens; a rear group lens frame fitted to the front group lens frame and holding a rear group lens; a movable frame disposed to be movable forward and backward in a direction along a photographing optical axis within the rear group lens frame, and holding a movable lens; an adhesive bonding the front group lens frame to the rear group lens frame; and an adhesive outflow preventing portion preventing the adhesive from flowing out toward the movable frame side when the front group lens frame is bonded and fitted to the rear group lens frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Wataya, Akira Muramatsu, Yukiharu Makino
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Publication number: 20170296044Abstract: An image pickup unit, includes: a front group lens frame holding a front group lens; a rear group lens frame fitted to the front group lens frame and holding a rear group lens; a movable frame disposed to be movable forward and backward in a direction along a photographing optical axis within the rear group lens frame, and holding a movable lens; an adhesive bonding the front group lens frame to the rear group lens frame; and an adhesive outflow preventing portion preventing the adhesive from flowing out toward the movable frame side when the front group lens frame is bonded and fitted to the rear group lens frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi WATAYA, Akira MURAMATSU, Yukiharu MAKINO
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Publication number: 20170027418Abstract: A battery module including: a first battery; a second battery; a connection plate wholly disposed between the first and second batteries. Where the connection plate has: a first portion electrically connected to a first metal electrode of the first battery, the first metal electrode having a first polarity; a second portion electrically connected to a second metal electrode of the second battery, the second metal electrode having an opposite polarity than the first polarity; and a connecting portion connecting the first and second portions through one or more folded portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yukiharu MAKINO
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Patent number: 9486127Abstract: A capsule endoscope includes a capsule type housing and a circuit board on which a plurality of board sections are arranged in a row, the circuit board being housed inside the housing in a bent state. Connection electrodes for electronic component mounting are not formed on a second principal plane of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takatoshi Igarashi, Noriyuki Fujimori, Yukiharu Makino
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Patent number: 9439559Abstract: An image pickup device constituted by a bare chip is mounted to a flexible substrate including an opening portion and a wiring pattern, so that a light receiving area is positioned at the opening portion and so as to be electrically connected to the wiring pattern. A rigid substrate having a concave portion capable of housing the image pickup device is connected to the flexible substrate. A bottom face of the concave portion is set as a reference face for regulating the optical axis direction of the image pickup device, and a rear face of the image pickup device is firmly fixed to the bottom face. A wiring pattern is provided on the rigid substrate, and the wiring pattern of the rigid substrate and the wiring pattern of the flexible substrate are electrically connected.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yukiharu Makino
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Publication number: 20140180040Abstract: In a capsule endoscope, on an inside of a capsule type housing including a cylindrical main body section and two semispherical end cover sections and having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to a center axis of the housing, an image pickup board section, a transmission board section, and a reception board section are housed such that principal planes of the image pickup board section, the transmission board section, and the reception board section are orthogonal to the center axis. A coil wire of at least one of a transmission coil formed by a transmission coil wire and a reception coil formed by a reception coil wire, respective principal planes of which are orthogonal to the center axis, is disposed on the end cover section side of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki FUJIMORI, Takatoshi IGARASHI, Yukiharu MAKINO
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Publication number: 20140180005Abstract: In a capsule endoscope, inside a housing, a plurality of connecting sections of a circuit board formed by arranging a plurality of board sections to one another in a row via the connecting sections are bent at 180 degrees and the plurality of board sections are arranged such that principal planes of the respective board sections are orthogonal to a center axis of the housing. The capsule endoscope includes two transducer sections, a first image pickup chip connected to the transducer section via two signal lines and configured to generate a clock signal and acquire first image data according to the generated clock signal, a second image pickup chip configured to acquire second image data according to the clock signal transmitted by one signal line from the first image pickup chip, and a transmitting section configured to transmit the first image data and the second image data by radio.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takatoshi IGARASHI, Yukiharu MAKINO, Noriyuki FUJIMORI
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Publication number: 20140179999Abstract: A capsule endoscope includes a capsule type housing and a circuit board on which a plurality of board sections are arranged in a row, the circuit board being housed inside the housing in a bent state. Connection electrodes for electronic component mounting are not formed on a second principal plane of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takatoshi IGARASHI, Noriyuki FUJIMORI, Yukiharu MAKINO
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Patent number: 8698887Abstract: An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup device chip, a wiring board placed within a projection plane of the image pickup device chip and a reinforcement member fixed in abutment with at least a part of the wiring board. An endoscope having the image pickup apparatus. A method for manufacturing the image pickup apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yukiharu Makino, Takashi Nakayama, Fukashi Yoshizawa, Takatoshi Igarashi
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Publication number: 20140098208Abstract: An image pickup device constituted by a bare chip is mounted to a flexible substrate including an opening portion and a wiring pattern, so that a light receiving area is positioned at the opening portion and so as to be electrically connected to the wiring pattern. A rigid substrate having a concave portion capable of housing the image pickup device is connected to the flexible substrate. A bottom face of the concave portion is set as a reference face for regulating the optical axis direction of the image pickup device, and a rear face of the image pickup device is firmly fixed to the bottom face. A wiring pattern is provided on the rigid substrate, and the wiring pattern of the rigid substrate and the wiring pattern of the flexible substrate are electrically connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yukiharu MAKINO
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Publication number: 20130231532Abstract: There is provided a battery module including batteries and a connection body, wherein the connection body includes a first connection portion which is electrically connected to the metal electrode of the battery and a second connection portion which is electrically connected to the metal electrode of the battery and is arranged in a region which overlaps with the individual batteries when the individual batteries connected by the connection body are viewed in a plan view from one of two sides in a direction of series connection of the individual batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yukiharu MAKINO
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Publication number: 20110249106Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device chip having an image pickup device on a front face and an external connection terminal on a rear face through a via interconnect; a wiring board placed within a projection plane of the image pickup device chip and made up of an intermediate portion whose first main face is connected with the external connection terminal, a first flexing portion and a second flexing portion extended from opposite ends of the intermediate portion and bent toward the intermediate portion at a predetermined angle, and a first extension portion and a second extension portion; and a signal cable connected to the first extension portion and the second extension portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yukiharu MAKINO, Takashi NAKAYAMA, Fukashi YOSHIZAWA, Takatoshi IGARASHI