Patents by Inventor Zyunpei WATANABE

Zyunpei WATANABE 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: 11846407
    Abstract: A bare optical fiber manufacturing method includes applying an ultraviolet curable resin applied around an optical fiber; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin with ultraviolet light emitted from semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements, by use of an ultraviolet irradiation device having plural ultraviolet irradiation units each having plural positions where the ultraviolet light is emitted toward the ultraviolet curable resin, the plural positions being arranged on the same circle, the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being arranged in a traveling direction of the optical fiber such that the optical fiber passes centers of the circles, at least two of the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being differently arranged with respect to circumferential direction angles thereof around an axis that is the traveling direction of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zyunpei Watanabe, Hiroki Tanaka, Kenichi Suyama, Yoshihiro Arashitani
  • Publication number: 20210270448
    Abstract: A bare optical fiber manufacturing method includes applying an ultraviolet curable resin applied around an optical fiber; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin with ultraviolet light emitted from semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements, by use of an ultraviolet irradiation device having plural ultraviolet irradiation units each having plural positions where the ultraviolet light is emitted toward the ultraviolet curable resin, the plural positions being arranged on the same circle, the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being arranged in a traveling direction of the optical fiber such that the optical fiber passes centers of the circles, at least two of the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being differently arranged with respect to circumferential direction angles thereof around an axis that is the traveling direction of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zyunpei WATANABE, Hiroki TANAKA, Kenichi SUYAMA, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI
  • Patent number: 11073258
    Abstract: A bare optical fiber manufacturing method includes applying an ultraviolet curable resin applied around an optical fiber; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin with ultraviolet light emitted from semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements, by use of an ultraviolet irradiation device having plural ultraviolet irradiation units each having plural positions where the ultraviolet light is emitted toward the ultraviolet curable resin, the plural positions being arranged on the same circle, the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being arranged in a traveling direction of the optical fiber such that the optical fiber passes centers of the circles, at least two of the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being differently arranged with respect to circumferential direction angles thereof around an axis that is the traveling direction of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zyunpei Watanabe, Hiroki Tanaka, Kenichi Suyama, Yoshihiro Arashitani
  • Patent number: 10773998
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber wire includes applying ultraviolet curable resin onto the outer periphery of a traveling optical fiber, cooling the ultraviolet curable resin applied to the optical fiber using first cooled inert gas, and curing the ultraviolet curable resin by radiating ultraviolet rays on the ultraviolet curable resin that is cooled by the first cooled inert gas through an ultraviolet transparent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Suyama, Yoshihiro Arashitani, Zyunpei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180339941
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber wire includes applying ultraviolet curable resin onto the outer periphery of a traveling optical fiber, cooling the ultraviolet curable resin applied to the optical fiber using first cooled inert gas, and curing the ultraviolet curable resin by radiating ultraviolet rays on the ultraviolet curable resin that is cooled by the first cooled inert gas through an ultraviolet transparent tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi SUYAMA, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI, Zyunpei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180282209
    Abstract: A bare optical fiber manufacturing method includes applying an ultraviolet curable resin applied around an optical fiber; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin with ultraviolet light emitted from semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting elements, by use of an ultraviolet irradiation device having plural ultraviolet irradiation units each having plural positions where the ultraviolet light is emitted toward the ultraviolet curable resin, the plural positions being arranged on the same circle, the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being arranged in a traveling direction of the optical fiber such that the optical fiber passes centers of the circles, at least two of the plural ultraviolet irradiation units being differently arranged with respect to circumferential direction angles thereof around an axis that is the traveling direction of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zyunpei WATANABE, Hiroki TANAKA, Kenichi SUYAMA, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI