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Kyosuke Domae, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110133119NICKEL OXIDE-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA COMPOSITE OXIDE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND ANODE FOR SOLID OXIDE TYPE FUEL CELL COMPRISING THE COMPOSITE OXIDE - The present invention relates to a nickel oxide-stabilized zirconia composite in which nickel oxide is dispersed uniformly, a process for readily producing the composite oxide, and an anode for a solid oxide fuel cell having excellent output characteristics.06-09-2011

Kyosuke Fujina, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090295289XENON LAMP - A xenon lamp having a lamp tube made of silica glass containing titanium oxide and having a discharge chamber with a light emitting part containing xenon and in which a cathode and an anode are arranged in opposition to each other, the cathode and anode being mounted on an end of a respective lead rod, the lamp tube also having side tube parts extending from each of opposite sides of the light emitting part, each lead rod being sealed by a gradient binding part which is arranged in a respective side tube part, and the side tube parts having a narrowed shrink part in a region facing the light emitting part, wherein a conductive film is provided on an outer surface area of the shrink part and an adjoining area of an outer surface of the light emitting part at the cathode side of the lamp tube; and wherein the conductive film is electrically connected to the cathode.12-03-2009
20100176723HIGH PRESSURE MERCURY LAMP - To devise a UV light source which has an increased UV irradiance in the short wavelength range, prevents blackening of the light emission tube and a decrease of the irradiance and has a long durability, a high pressure mercury lamp of the direct current type is provided, comprising a light emission tube, a cathode and an anode arranged at a distance oppositely to each other inside said light emission tube, said cathode having a shape of a truncated cone with a flat part at a tip end thereof, mercury filled inside said light emission tube in an amount of 0.05 to 0.10 mg/mm07-15-2010

Patent applications by Kyosuke Fujina, Himeji-Shi JP

Kyosuke Fujisawa, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100322817TITANIUM ALLOY MATERIAL, STRUCTURAL MEMBER, AND CONTAINER FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE - It is an object of the invention to provide a titanium alloy material that exerts excellent corrosion resistance at a low cost in non-oxidizing environment such as a sulfuric acid environment, high temperature neutral chloride environment, or high temperature neutral chloride environment containing fluoride, a structural member using the titanium alloy material, and a container for radioactive waste using the titanium alloy material.12-23-2010

Kyosuke Hashimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110169483ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - A rotation angle detection device comprises angle detection means including detection circuits including detection element members consisting of coils and resistances, and inductance changing means for changing inductance of said coils corresponding to rotation of a rotation body to be measured, reference pulse voltage generating means for making said detection circuits generate output signals, and operating means for calculating output signals of said detection circuits, wherein reference pulse voltage generated by said reference pulse voltage means and output voltages of said detection circuits output when said reference pulse voltage is input are compared for calculating rotation angle of said rotation body to be measured.07-14-2011

Kyosuke Hata, Hamamatsu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090301286ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electronic musical instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of keys, a top board located in the rear of the keyboard and having a space for placing external equipment, a music stand that is erected on the top board, and a plurality of connection terminals that are located in the rear of the music stand and on a top surface of the top board, and that are freely connected with and disconnected from the external equipment.12-10-2009

Kyosuke Iida, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110136036CARBON CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON CATALYST, FUEL CELL, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND USE OF CARBON CATALYST - The present invention is made to provide a carbon catalyst which has high catalytic activity and can achieve high catalyst performance.06-09-2011
20110143253CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, FUEL CELL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, FUEL CELL, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention is made to integrate a catalyst and other component(s) to be combined with the catalyst to reduce the number of components, and to reduce contact resistance of the integrated components.06-16-2011

Kyosuke Inoue, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090257003POLARIZATION PLATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE FILM - Provided are a polarization plate which has a high mechanical strength, which does not impair a visibility even under a high temperature and high humidity, which is excellent in flexibility and abrasion resistance, and which reduces a visible disturbance such as color unevenness due to a size change, as well as a liquid crystal display device using the polarization plate. A film composed of a plurality of layers composed mainly of thermoplastic resins is used as a first protection film used for a visible side of the polarization plate, and at least one surface layer of this first protection film is composed mainly of an acrylic resin. Furthermore, a second protection film having a specific property is disposed at a side of a liquid crystal cell.10-15-2009

Kyosuke Itahana, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100232766REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reproduction device includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces audio and/or video data; a reproduction position display unit which displays a time axis and scales on the time axis and displays a reproduction position indicator indicating the current reproduction position of the audio and/or video data on the time axis; an operation unit which receives operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator on the time axis; and a shift information detection unit which detects information concerning to shift received by the operation unit, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces audio and/or video data at the reproduction position indicated by the reproduction position indicator after shift when operation for shifting the reproduction position indicator is received by the operation unit, and the reproduction position display unit changes time interval shown by a unit length between the scales on the time axis based on the shift information.09-16-2010
20110231791IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display system includes: a plurality of image supply devices; and an image display device adapted to display one or more supply images out of supply images supplied from the respective image supply devices, wherein each of the image supply devices includes a display section, and an interface section adapted to display an operating image on the display section, the operating image being used for selecting at least one of the supply images to be displayed by the image display device and designating a layout of the images, and to transmit an instruction by a user via the operating image to the image supply devices.09-22-2011
20120026189DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A projector includes: a display-side communication unit that receives participation request information and image information from a plurality of terminal devices; a display-side image generating unit that generates an entire image including individual images that are based on the image information; and a display-side display unit that displays the entire image. The display-side display unit displays an individual image that is based on the image information transmitted from the terminal device that has transmitted the participation request information first time regardless of an explicit display instruction, and does not display the individual image that is based on the image information transmitted from the terminal device that has transmitted the participation request information second or later time in a state in which there is no explicit display instruction but displays the individual image in a case where there is an explicit display instruction.02-02-2012
20120030595INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In an information storage medium in which a program readable by a computer is stored, the program allows the computer to execute generating a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses and containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in an overall image displayed by a display apparatus and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus for changing a configuration of the overall image, changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area based on operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the overall image, and changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in response to the display condition.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Kyosuke Itahana, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Kyosuke Ito, Hadano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090321902SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The semiconductor device of the invention includes a transistor, an insulating layer provided over the transistor, a first conductive layer (corresponding to a source wire or a drain wire) electrically connected to a source region or a drain region of the transistor through an opening portion provided in the insulating layer, a first resin layer provided over the insulating layer and the first conductive layer, a layer containing conductive particles which is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through an opening portion provided in the first resin layer, and a substrate provided with a second resin layer and a second conductive layer serving as an antenna. In the semiconductor device having the above-described structure, the second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer with the layer containing conductive particles interposed therebetween. In addition, the second resin layer is provided over the first resin layer.12-31-2009
20100236053APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device includes a jig having a plurality of holders arranged in a row, a controller for controlling the pitch of the plurality of holders arranged in a row, a support means provided with a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits, and a support means provided with a substrate having a plurality of elements. By mounting the semiconductor integrated circuits on the respective elements by using the jig having the plurality of holders arranged in a row, semiconductor devices are manufactured.09-23-2010
20120002349POWER STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR - One object is to provide a power storage device including an electrolyte using a room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a univalent anion and a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation having excellent reduction resistance. Another object is to provide a high-performance power storage device. A room-temperature ionic liquid which includes a cyclic quaternary ammonium cation represented by a general formula (G1) below is used for an electrolyte of a power storage device. In the general formula (G1), one or two of R01-05-2012

Patent applications by Kyosuke Ito, Hadano JP

Kyosuke Ito, Hadano, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110075325POWER STORAGE DEVICE - To provide an electrolyte easily manufactured at low cost, and a power storage device including such an electrolyte. The power storage device includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte having 1-piperidine-1-propanesulfonic acid or 1-piperidine-1-butanesulfonic acid, which is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The capacitance can be increased when water is added to the obtained electrolyte and the temperature of the power storage device rises.03-31-2011

Kyosuke Komizo, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110238248VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A control device for controlling a vehicle drive unit including an input member drivingly connected to an engine; an output member drivingly connected to a wheel; and a transmission device that includes engagement elements, that switches between shift speeds by control of engagement and disengagement of engagement elements, and that transmits a rotational driving force of the input member to the output member at a speed changed at a speed ratio of each of the shift speeds. The control device includes a control unit that controls the transmission device to achieve a one-way transmission speed in a running idle state in which a vehicle is running while the rotational driving force of the input member is not transmitted to the output member and a rotational speed of the engine is controlled to a predetermined idle speed. The transmission device has, as one of the shift speeds, the one-way transmission speed at which the rotational driving force from the input member to the output member is transmitted but the rotational driving force from the output member to the input member is not transmitted.09-29-2011

Kyosuke Komizo, Anjo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100242669Vehicle drive apparatus - A vehicle drive apparatus includes a case main body portion accommodating the speed change mechanism; supply oil passages that are formed in the case main body portion and supply pressure oil to the speed change mechanism; a connection case portion connecting the engine and the case main body portion; a mechanical oil pump positioned in a connection region between the case main body portion and the connection case portion and having an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage which are connected to the supply oil passage; an electric oil pump capable of supplying pressure oil to the supply oil passages in parallel with the mechanical oil pump; and connection oil passages that are provided in the connection case portion and allow an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage of the electric oil pump to communicate with the supply oil passages.09-30-2010
20100250075Vehicle control device and vehicle drive system - A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle drive device that includes an input member that is drive coupled to an engine, an output member that is drive coupled to a wheel, and a transmission apparatus that has a plurality of engaging elements, that switches a plurality of shift speeds by controlling engaging and releasing of the plurality of the engaging elements, and that transmits to the output member a rotational driving force of the input member by shifting the rotational driving force at gear ratios of the plurality of the shift speeds.09-30-2010

Kyosuke Matsumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100246807Headphone Device - A headphone device includes: two output units for outputting playback audio which has been played back; a contact determination unit determining the occurrence of contact with respect to a telephone device; a first audio-collecting unit for collecting call voice generated from the telephone device; a second audio-collecting unit for collecting ambient external sound; and an output audio control unit performing control so that the call voice is outputted from one output unit of the two output units and the external sound is outputted from the other output unit when it is determined that contact has occurred by the contact determination unit.09-30-2010
20100295678MOBILE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a notice apparatus including: a plurality of notice signal generation units which generate notice signals; a reference signal output unit which outputs a reference signal used to determine an environmental situation; a reference signal detection unit which detects the reference signal output from the reference signal output unit and generates the detected reference signal as a detection signal; and a notice controller which controls one of the notice signal generation units to generate the notice signal based on the detection signal generated by the reference signal detection unit.11-25-2010

Kyosuke Mizuno, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090080175LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A light source device which causes a sufficiently bright subject image to be obtained is provided.03-26-2009

Kyosuke Mizuno, Kumamoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090214587Recombinant virus and use thereof - The present invention provides a recombinant virus which is efficacious and highly safe in preventing the onset of SARS infection and a vaccine for SARS coronavirus containing the same. The recombinant virus of the invention can express a SARS coronavirus gene.08-27-2009

Kyosuke Nagata, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100304375Influenza Virus Genome Replication and Transcription System in Yeast Cells - A system in which vRNP purified from influenza virus particles is introduced into yeast (12-02-2010

Kyosuke Nagata, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110104710CONSTRUCTION OF EXPRESSION SYSTEM FOR RNA POLYMERASE DERIVED FROM INFLUENZA VIRUS, CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE RNA POLYMERASE, AND SCREENING METHOD FOR ANTI-INFLUENZA AGENT - The present invention aims to express influenza virus RNA polymerase on a large scale, to crystallize the influenza virus RNA polymerase, and to provide a method for screening a substance capable of serving as an active ingredient in anti-influenza drugs which target a protein highly conserved among influenza virus species.05-05-2011
20110262944CONSTRUCTION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF EXPRESSION SYSTEM FOR RNA POLYMERASE PB1-PB2 PROTEIN DERIVED FROM INFLUENZA VIRUS - The present invention aims to express influenza virus RNA polymerase on a large scale, to crystallize the influenza virus RNA polymerase, and to provide a method for screening a substance capable of serving as an active ingredient in anti-influenza drugs.10-27-2011

Kyosuke Nakano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
201100002264-VALVE PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER - A 4-valve pulse tube cryocooler has, on a high-pressure end of a compressor, first and second coolant supply channels respectively connected to high-temperature ends of a regenerator and a pulse tube. The cryocooler further has, on a low-pressure end of the compressor, a first coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the regenerator, a second coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the pulse tube, and a third coolant recovery channel connected to the high-temperature end of the pulse tube via a common pipe and including a flow resistance member interposed between a flow control valve and the high-temperature end of the pulse tube.01-06-2011
20110061404REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATOR - A regenerative refrigerator includes a compressor compressing working fluid; a cylinder fed with the compressed working fluid, containing a regenerator material, and having an expansion space; and a rotary valve to switch a first passage and a second passage formed to cause the working fluid to flow from the compressor to the expansion space and from the expansion space to the compressor, respectively. The working fluid expands in the expansion space to generate cold temperatures in the cylinder. The rotary valve includes a valve body having a first flat surface; and a valve plate having a second flat surface and configured to rotate with the first and second flat surfaces in surface contact. One of the first and second flat surfaces has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.1 μm to 0.9 μm. The other one of the first and second flat surfaces includes resin.03-17-2011
20110185747PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR - A pulse tube refrigerator includes a regenerator tube; a pulse tube; and a condenser condensing an atmospheric gas and disposed at cold ends of the regenerator tube and the pulse tube so as to also function as a cooling stage. The condenser includes a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a flow path having two openings on the first surface and connecting the cold end of the regenerator tube and the cold end of the pulse tube, and multiple holes extending from the second surface. The holes formed in an area of the condenser defined by a circle having the center on a straight line connecting the centers of the openings of the flow path do not pass through the condenser up to the first surface. The circle is the smallest circle enclosing the openings or a circumscribed circle circumscribing the openings.08-04-2011

Kyosuke Ono, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090316305VIBRATION REDUCING HEAD SUSPENSION MECHANISM FOR A MAGNETIC DISC UNIT - There is provided a head suspension mechanism capable of more effectively restraining sway mode and second-order torsion mode vibrations of the head suspension mechanism caused by an air flow. A flange portion having a free end portion 12-24-2009

Kyosuke Ono, Hachioji JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110043942MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISC DRIVE - The invention provides a magnetic head slider and a magnetic disc drive which can position at a high precision and in a simple manner. A magnetic head slider (02-24-2011
20110299188MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE - A magnetic head slider having a thermal microactuator capable of efficiently transmitting thermal expansion displacement in the vicinity of a heating element to the region of a read/write element and thereby enabling high-speed displacement response is realized. The magnetic head slider comprises a slider substrate and a thin film stack part formed on the slider substrate. The thin film stack part includes a read/write element for reading and writing data and one or more heating elements arranged on one side or on each side of the read/write element in regard to a direction corresponding to the track width direction for generating heat in response to energization. Further, a low Young's modulus layer (made of a material having a low Young's modulus or void) is arranged between the slider substrate and the thin film stack part.12-08-2011

Kyosuke Ookubo, Marietta, GA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100212603BOILER - An amount of scale adhering onto inner surfaces of water tubes in any one of various boilers including a steam boiler, a hot water boiler, a waste heat boiler, and an exhaust gas boiler is accurately known by providing a temperature sensor at an appropriate position of the boiler. A plurality of water tubes (08-26-2010

Kyosuke Sakai, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110188526TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser light is provided. The two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a plate-shaped member provided with a periodic arrangement of identically-shaped modified refractive index areas having a refractive index different from that of the plate-shaped member; and an active layer provided on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal. The modified refractive index areas are arranged at lattice points of a lattice with a same period at least in two directions; each modified refractive index area is shaped so that a feedback strength is different with respect to directions of two primitive lattice vectors of the lattice; the two-dimensional photonic crystal has a periodic structure of a supercell, which contains a plurality of lattice points; and the sum of the feedback strengths by all modified refractive index areas in the supercell is identical in each direction of the two primitive lattice vectors.08-04-2011

Kyosuke Suzuki, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100021695ENGRAVED PLATE AND SUBSTRATE WITH CONDUCTOR LAYER PATTERN USING THE SAME - An engraved plate which includes a substrate and an insulating layer on a surface of the substrate wherein a concave portion which increases in width toward an opening and to which the substrate is exposed is formed at the insulating layer, and an engraved plate, a substrate with conductor layer pattern manufactured by a transferring method using the engraved plate, and a conductor layer pattern are provided.01-28-2010

Kyosuke Takahashi, Higashiyamato-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080315958PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT, PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a phase-locked loop circuit comprises a phase difference detection unit which detects a phase error between a reproduced binary data and extracted clock and generates phase error pulse signals each having an amplitude corresponding to the phase error, a phase sifter sensitivity adjusting unit which generates a first adjustment pulse signal produced by adjusting the phase error pulse signal, and a loop filter unit which generates a pulse train signal for feedback control to generate the extracted clock from the first adjustment signal, wherein the phase shifter sensitivity adjusting unit comprises a first pulse doubler unit which generates an expanded pulse signal which doubles a time width of the phase error pulse signal, and a first amplifying unit which amplifies the amplitude of the expanded pulse signal and generates the first adjustment pulse signal.12-25-2008
20090219792DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE AND DATA REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproducing device according to the invention includes a frequency difference detector, a phase comparator, a loop filter, an integrator, a first conversion part for converting a value of the integrator into a first conversion value, a second conversion part for converting the value of the integrator into a second conversion value, a first conversion table, a second conversion table, a first D/A converter (DAC), a second D/A converter (DAC), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a prediction table. The value of the integrator and the first conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the first conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO. Meanwhile, the value of the integrator and the second conversion value are associated with each other and stored in the second conversion table in consideration of the characteristics of the VCO.09-03-2009

Kyosuke Toda, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090309923PRINTING HEAD - There is provided a printing head, enabling to suppress the occurrence of cracks in a printing element substrate, even if the printing head is erroneously fallen. The printing head comprises: a printing element substrate, an ink flow passage and a sheet-shaped portion comprising a rectangular major surface. A rear surface side of the major surface of the sheet-shaped portion is provided with a space formed separately from the ink flow passage. A surface adjacent to the major surface is provided with an opening of the space formed therein, and wherein the sheet-shaped portion is provided with a concave portion formed on the rear surface side of two regions between the printing element substrate and two corner portions arranged proximate to the opening in the major surface.12-17-2009
20090309926PRINTING HEAD - There is provided a printing head in which a printing element substrate is hard to be deformed even if the printing head falls by mistake. The printing head comprises an element substrate in which an energy generating element for generating energy used for ejecting ink is provided, a first sheet-shaped portion to which the element substrate is provided, a second sheet-shaped portion provided away from the first sheet-shaped portion at an opposite side to a direction of ejecting the ink in relation to the first sheet-shaped portion, and a sheet-shaped wall member connecting the first sheet-shaped portion to the second sheet-shaped portion, wherein the wall member has a thickness of a portion connected to the second sheet-shaped portion, which is larger than a thickness of a portion connected to the first sheet-shaped portion.12-17-2009

Kyosuke Watanabe, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120104121FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve that promotes formation of thin membranes of fuel within injection holes and promotes atomization of spray is obtained. Holes provided in an injection hole plate 05-03-2012

Kyosuke Yamagishi, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039126RETRACTABLE CUP HOLDER - A retractable cup holder has a tray for receiving a bottom of a cup, a support for holding a barrel of the cup, the support being superimposed on the tray when retracted and being raised up, in use, from the tray to a height necessary for holding the cup. A retainer locks, in use, the support in the raised-up position and is allowed to unlock the support through retraction motion of the cup holder. Thus, in use, the cup is sufficiently held in position and backlash of the support due to vibrations during travel is prevented.02-12-2009

Kyosuke Yoshida, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110044679Lens barrel, camera module, and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes: a lens holding member that holds a lens; a drive coil attached to an outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member; a magnet attached to face the drive coil; a barrel member in which the lens holding member is disposed; and a cover member attached to the barrel member with the lens on a light incident side of the lens holding member facing to an outside. The cover member is magnetic, and the magnet is directly attached to the cover member at a position acing the drive coil.02-24-2011