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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7805034 | OCT probe for eliminating ghost images An OCT probe has a sheath to be inserted into a subject; and an optical system within the sheath, for changing the direction of light which propagates from a light source through an optical fiber to irradiate the light onto the subject through a transparent portion ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7528509 | Multifunction-type vibration actuator and mobile terminal device To accurately tune the vibration frequency of a suspension during assembly. Secured positions 3e where a magnetic circuit part 2 is secured to a suspension 3 are provided near to each other. From among the secured positions 3 | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518275 | Vibrator and portable terminal device mounted with the vibrator In order to improve the reliability of an electrical connection between a power supply terminal of a vibrator and an electrode of a circuit board and to improve the efficiency of mounting the vibrator on the circuit board, the power supply terminal is made from a to... | 04/14/2009 |
| D565970 | Wristwatch | 04/08/2008 |
| D565433 | Wristwatch | 04/01/2008 |
| 7265465 | Small-sized motor, small-sized vibration motor, and portable information device The present invention is constituted such that a motor is small in size and can be mounted simply, with a sure electrical connection by means of power terminals. There is provided a terminal seat made of insulating resin fitted and fixed to one end of a motor housin... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7212647 | Vibration actuator device of portable terminal By having multiple air passage holes 10c in the housing 1 and by creating a clearance G2 between the outer surface of the yoke 20 and the inner surface of the housing 1, the measurement of the clearance being confined to a r... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7068882 | Optical fiber microlens, optical fiber and method of positioning optical fiber The invention provides a single-mode optical fiber microlens with an anamorphic means of convergence, which has a core (2) and cladding (4), the core (2) extending along the central axis (3) of the optical fiber, at the tip of which there... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7035423 | Mobile terminal with electromagnetic actuator This invention deals with a portable terminal that reduces extraneous tones in a portable terminal in which is mounted an electromagnetic induction actuator that produces voice signals, a buzzer signal or a low frequency vibration. By short-circuiting the terminal f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7002742 | Polarizing function element, optical isolator, laser diode module and method of producing polarizing function element This invention has the polarizing function of polarizing an input beam and a non-reflecting function of suppressing reflection of the input beam, wherein at least one side of a light-transmissive substrate 1 has a polarizing portion 4 with a striped st... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6954016 | Vibrating actuator and a power supply mechanism thereof An improved vibrating actuator for notifying the user of a call upon signal arrival by any of a buzzer, a speech and a vibration, and a power supply mechanism thereof. The device has high impact resistance by a magnetic yoke having a flange, a damper material is pro... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6927523 | Brush device and motor with brush The present invention aims at making a motor with a brush in the direction of its motor shaft small by providing a thin brush device and at preventing deterioration of functions thereof. A guide portion is provided at a brush base portion and a recess portion is pro... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6847139 | Multi-functional vibrating actuator An amount of movement of an air passing through a clearance G2 is adjusted by adjusting the clearance G2 by placing an outer shape surface 35 of a yoke 3 in proximity of an inner side surface of a housing 1. Accordingly, a vibratio... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6810128 | Electromagnetic induction actuator and portable telecommunications equipment This invention concerns an electromagnetic induction actuator to be mounted in small equipment such as portable telephones and pagers; also concerns such portable telecommunications equipment. The electromagnetic induction actuator, as well as the portable telecommu... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807282 | Electromagnetic induction type actuator device and mounting structure therefor and pda(personal digital assistant) There is a terminal block with leaf spring metal terminals that extend downward from a housing on the side opposite the open end of the housing in which a diaphragm is fitted and fixed, and an elastic material functions as a pad that is sandwiched between the surfac... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6753630 | Vibrating actuator and feeding mechanism thereof An improved vibrating actuator for notifying the user of a call upon signal arrival by any of a buzzer, a speech and a vibration, and a power supply mechanism thereof. The device has high impact resistance by a magnetic yoke having a flange, a damper material is pro... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6744385 | Magnetic micro-encoder and micro motor A magnetic micro-encoder 1 has a magnetic disk 4 polarized in an axial direction, a first back yoke 5 mounted on the magnetic disk 4, two magnetic sensors 6 arranged opposite to a surface of the magnetic disk 4 in an axial d... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6717306 | Coreless motor A highly precise coreless motor with improved precision of assembly in which weight is reduced by reducing the metal parts and reduction of assembly processes and time by means of a smaller number of parts brings down costs. There is a cylindrical external housing | 04/06/2004 |
| 6692810 | Flat optical element and production method therefor The purpose is to obtain efficiently, from a large piece of flat optical material, flat optical elements that allow for miniaturization of optical devices because they are octagonal, and that can be fixed securely in the inner opening of permanent magnets... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6429558 | Small-sized coreless motor The motor as a whole is made smaller and lighter with a fixed shaft (10) as the main part, with this fixed shaft (10) inserted through and fixed to the center of a field magnet (11a) such that the field magnet (11a) placed roughly in the middle of the cen... | 08/06/2002 |
