Patents by Inventor Yukio Harata

Yukio Harata 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 fiber display apparatus, fixing device for optical fiber used therein, and decorative optical fiber usable therein
    Patent number: 5129032
    Abstract: An optical fiber display apparatus comprises a display panel, and a plurality of optical fibers, one end of each being optically connected to a light source, and the other end thereof being implanted in the panel from one surface side thereof, so that the end face thereof is exposed at the other surface of the panel. A fixing device is used for implanting of the fibers, and includes a sleeve detachably inserted and held in a through hole formed in the panel, and a ferrule detachably inserted in the sleeve from a side of one end thereof and held therein, the other end of each of the fibers being received and fixed in the ferrule. A second ferrule may be detachably inserted in the sleeve from a side of the other end thereof, to be thus suspended from the other surface of the panel. One end of a decorative optical fiber is received and fixed in the second ferrule to be thus suspended from the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Kawai, Yoshihiro Shimoshimbara, Yoshio Ueda, Shozo Shimizu, Toshinobu Shiba, Yukio Harata