Mounting Structure Patents (Class 359/489.2)
  • Patent number: 11378869
    Abstract: A fixing component fixes an imaging lens and have a side surface including an opening. A holding frame holds an optical element. A holding base is inserted into the opening from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging lens and holds the holding frame. A driving gear drives the holding frame in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens. The holding base has an engagement portion that engages with the driving gear when the holding base is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka
  • Patent number: 11242464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for the partial colouring, in particular for the coloured laser engraving, of plastic parts, in particular thermoplastic plastic parts, more particularly thermoplastic plastic parts, comprising a layer structure, and to the resulting partially coloured, preferably coloured and laser engraved, plastic parts, in particular thermoplastic plastic parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Georgios Tziovaras, Ciro Piermatteo, Heinz Pudleiner, Kira Planken, Stefan Janke
  • Patent number: 11181676
    Abstract: A polarizing film provided on the viewing side in an image display device of the present invention, wherein the polarizing film has a polarizer and a first transparent resin layer on the viewing side of the polarizer. The polarizer contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, has a thickness of 10 ?m or less, and has, on the side of the first transparent resin layer, a compatible layer which is compatible with the first transparent resin layer and which corresponds to a thickness of 2 to 10% of the thickness of the polarizer. This polarizing film can make it possible to inhibit color phase changes when displaying black, even when a thin-type polarizer is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Ueno, Shinya Hiraoka, Hiromi Ikeshima, Atsushi Kishi
  • Patent number: 11181675
    Abstract: Optical polarizers, polarizer assemblies, and associated methods are disclosed herein. The polarizer assemblies may be removably coupled to an optical sight, particularly to an optical sight of a firearm. The polarizer assemblies may include a cover that is movable between a closed configuration in which an optical polarizer is aligned with an optical path of the optical sight and an open configuration in which the optical polarizer is not aligned with the optical path. The cover may be spring loaded such that the cover is biased into the open configuration. The polarizer assemblies may have retaining features to removably retain the polarizer assembly onto the optical sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ARMAMENT TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: David Lefort, Myron Sleeper
  • Patent number: 10982009
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose derivative excellent in thermoplasticity, water resistance and strength (elastic modulus, impact strength), a cellulose derivative, which is obtained by introducing a short-chain organic group (acetyl group), a medium-chain organic group having 3 to 5 carbon atoms and a long-chain organic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms at the following substitution degrees DSs into a cellulose, is used: Short-chain organic group: 0.7?DSSH?1.5; Medium-chain organic group: 0.5?DSME?2.0; Long-chain organic group: 0.1?DSLO<0.5; and 2.4?DSSH+DSME+DSLO?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori Shimura, Shukichi Tanaka, Kiyohiko Toyama, Masatoshi Iji
  • Patent number: 10754183
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a phase difference function-provided polarizing plate attached to the display panel, a protection panel disposed to interpose the phase difference function-provided polarizing plate between the display panel and the protection panel, a structural element projecting from a plate surface of the protection pane that is opposite the phase difference function-provided polarizing plate, and a light transmissive fixation layer interposed between and bonding the phase difference function-provided polarizing plate and the protection panel. The structural element and the phase difference function-provided polarizing plate overlap each other by an overlap distance of 1.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Sawasaki
  • Patent number: 10414121
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a hard coat film including a first layer in which a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule is detected as a main component and an organic solvent-soluble resin is not detected by composition analysis using a RAMAN spectroscopy; and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, in which an organic solvent-soluble resin and a polymer of a polymerizable composition containing at least one polyfunctional polymerizable compound having two or more polymerizable groups in one molecule are detected by the composition analysis, and a thickness is greater than 15 ?m. Further, the present invention relates to a polarizing plate, an image display device, and a method for producing the hard coat film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Iwahashi, Ryuji Saneto, Yuuichi Fukushige, Kenta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10274659
    Abstract: A polarizing plate including an optical functional film and a polarizing film (polarizer), the polarizing plate being thin and excellent in durability of the polarizing film. The polarizing plate includes an optical functional film, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a polarizing film, and a protective film in the stated order, in which: the polarizing film has a thickness of 15 ?m or less; the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 ?m or less; the optical functional film has a moisture permeability of 200 g/m2/24 h or less; and the protective film has a moisture permeability of 1,000 g/m2/24 h or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Izaki, Ryohei Sawazaki, Atsushi Yasui, Yuki Kida, Takeharu Kitagawa, Takuya Mori
  • Patent number: 10228571
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: an imaging device; a polarization filter that transmits a polarization component; an infrared ray cut filter that cuts infrared rays; a first motor that rotates the polarization filter; and a second motor that inserts any one filter of the polarization filter and the infrared ray cut filter in an imaging region of the imaging device. The infrared ray cut filter cuts the infrared rays among light beams incident on the imaging device when the infrared ray cut filter is inserted in the imaging region by the second motor, and the polarization filter that is rotated by the first motor transmits the polarization component among the light beams incident on the imaging device when the polarization filter is inserted in the imaging region by the second motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyouji Wada, Masahito Oka, Yoshihito Urashima
  • Patent number: 10035907
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article formed of the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes a polyalkyl (meth)acrylate resin, a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer, and an aromatic vinyl resin, wherein the polyalkyl (meth)acrylate resin has a weight average molecular weight of about 100,000 g/mol to about 145,000 g/mol, and the aromatic vinyl resin is a polymer of a monomer mixture comprising alkyl (meth)acrylate, maleic anhydride (MAH), an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a vinyl cyanide monomer. The thermoplastic resin composition can exhibit excellent properties in terms of scratch resistance, heat resistance, impact resistance, and transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 9624347
    Abstract: The present invention provides the resin composition having excellent inflation moldability by which a film having high water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) and low elastic modulus can be produced, and a film which is formed from the resin composition. The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A) and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (B) which includes 2-10% by mole of structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and has a degree of saponification of 70-90% by mole, and a film which is formed from the resin composition. [In the formula, R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and X represents a single bond or a linking chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Sakai, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 9523794
    Abstract: The optical film contains cellulose ester and cellulose ether. The cellulose ester satisfies formulae 2.0?X+Y?3.0 and 0?Y?1.6. X is an acetyl group, and Y is a propionyl group and/or a butyryl group. The mass ratio of the cellulose ester to the cellulose ether is 99.0:1.0 to 55.0:45.0. Retardations Ro and Rt of the film are 20 to 130 nm and 100 to 300 nm, respectively, and expressed as Ro=(nx?ny)×d and Rt={(nx+ny)/(2?nz)}×d. nx is an in-plane refractive index of a film in a slow axis direction, ny is an in-plane refractive index of a film in a fast axis direction, nz is a refractive index of a film in a thickness direction, and d is a thickness of a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Kaneko, Masumi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9417480
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has at least: a first and a second polarizing layers arranged so that respective absorption axes thereof are orthogonal to each other; a first and a second substrates arranged opposite to each other between the first and second polarizing layers, at least either one of which has a transparent electrode; a twisted alignment mode liquid crystal cell arranged between the first and the second substrates; a first optical compensation film arranged between the first polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a first transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a first liquid crystal compound; and a second optical compensation film arranged between the second polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a second transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a second liquid crystal compound, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Yujiro Yanai, Megumi Sekiguchi, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8937768
    Abstract: An optical component has a lens including a further optical component therein. The further optical component acts upon light propagating within a portion of the lens but not on light propagating within a second other portion of the lens. A simple configuration involves a lens having a slot for having the optical component inserted therein. Optical components including the lens with further optical component include beam splitters and beam combiners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Viscore Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Wenlu Wang, Kinwai Leong, Yunqu Liu
  • Publication number: 20140286366
    Abstract: An optical device includes a plate-like optical element made of a calcium fluoride crystal, a holding member to sandwich and hold the optical element, a seal member provided between the holding member and one surface of the optical element in close contact therewith, and a cushioning member provided between the holding member and the other surface of the optical element in contact therewith. The cushioning member is made of one of a 304 stainless steel, a 303 stainless steel, a 316 stainless steel, a Hastelloy™ alloy, a carbon steel for machine construction S45C, and Inconel™.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Takahito KUMAZAKI, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 8264773
    Abstract: A grating structure for splitting light. The grating structure including alternating ridges and grooves. The ridges and grooves are configured such that the grating directs p-polarization components of incident light to the ?1st order diffraction mode and s-polarization components of incident light to the 0th order diffraction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hideo Iizuka, Nader Engheta
  • Patent number: 8237918
    Abstract: An optical system, such as an illumination device or a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, is disclosed. The optical system can include a polarization compensator which has at least one polarization-modifying partial element. The optical system can also include a manipulator by which the position of the at least one partial element can be altered. At least one operating mode of the optical system can be set in which the intensity, over a region which belongs to a plane perpendicular to the optical axis and which can be illuminated with light from the light source, does not exceed 20% of the maximum intensity in the plane, and the manipulator is arranged in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Totzeck, Toralf Gruner, Damian Fiolka