Patents by Inventor Hidetsugu Katsura
Hidetsugu Katsura 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).
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Publication number: 20240057981Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a backing member is provided. The backing member is composed of an auxiliary backing having a first thermal anisotropic property, and a main backing having a second thermal anisotropic property different from the first thermal anisotropic property. The auxiliary backing exhibits a heat diffusion effect in an X direction. The main backing exhibits a heat transfer effect in a Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Iwashita, Hiroshi Hattori, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Hidetsugu Katsura, Wataru Sawada, Sachio Shimada
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Publication number: 20240057979Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, an auxiliary backing having a first thermal anisotropic property is provided. A main backing having a second thermal anisotropic property different from the first thermal anisotropic property is provided behind the auxiliary backing. In the main backing, each of two outer surfaces perpendicular to a Y direction functions as a heat output surface. Heat is transferred from these two outer surfaces to a shell, which is a heat absorbing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Iwashita, Hiroshi Hattori, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Hidetsugu Katsura, Wataru Sawada, Sachio Shimada
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Publication number: 20240057980Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a thermally anisotropic main backing is provided. The main backing has two outer surfaces (low thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to an X direction. In a first gap located adjacent to one of the outer surfaces, an FPC and a first group of electric components are arranged. In a second gap located adjacent to the other one of the outer surfaces, the FPC and a second group of electric components are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Iwashita, Hiroshi Hattori, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Hidetsugu Katsura, Wataru Sawada, Sachio Shimada
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Publication number: 20240057973Abstract: Behind an electronic circuit, a main backing is provided. The main backing has two outer surfaces (high thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to a Y direction, and two outer surfaces (low thermal conductivity surfaces) perpendicular to an X direction. The two outer surfaces perpendicular to the Y direction are joined to a shell head, which is a heat absorbing member. A temperature sensor is provided on a specific one of the outer surfaces perpendicular to the Y direction. The shell head has a recess in which the temperature sensor is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Iwashita, Hiroshi Hattori, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Hidetsugu Katsura, Wataru Sawada, Sachio Shimada
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Patent number: 11903319Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving an insulating property of a backing in which a lead array is buried. The method includes a coating forming process, in which insulating coatings are formed with respect to at least a plurality of lead rows included in a plurality of lead frames; after the forming of the insulating coatings, a plate manufacturing process, in which a plurality of backing plates are manufactured by pouring a backing material towards a lead row in each of the plurality of lead frames so that the lead row and the backing material are integrated with each other; and a laminating process, in which the plurality of backing plates are laminated.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Healthcare CorporationInventors: Hidetsugu Katsura, Yoshihiro Tahara, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11538982Abstract: A backing includes a plurality of backing plates that are laminated. Each backing plate includes a lead row and a backing material. Each lead includes a lead wire and an insulating coating. The insulating coating is integrated with the backing material, and an adhesive layer between them does not exist. Short-circuit between the leads may be prevented or reduced by the insulating coating. The backing plate is manufactured by a screen printing method.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Healthcare CorporationInventors: Hidetsugu Katsura, Yoshihiro Tahara, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220271216Abstract: A backing includes a plurality of backing plates that are laminated. Each backing plate includes a lead row and a backing material. Each lead includes a lead wire and an insulating coating. The insulating coating is integrated with the backing material, and an adhesive layer between them does not exist. Short-circuit between the leads may be prevented or reduced by the insulating coating. The backing plate is manufactured by a screen printing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Hidetsugu KATSURA, Yoshihiro TAHARA, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210186461Abstract: A backing 20 includes a lead array 24a that electrically connects each vibration element 12 and a plurality of ICs 32. Each bump 42 provided at a lower end portion of each lead 24 is connected to a conductor pad on an upper side surface of a relay substrate 26, and a ball-shaped terminal 44 of each IC 32 is connected to a lower surface of the relay substrate 26. The lower end portions of the leads 24 are grouped into a plurality of dense groups 46 corresponding to each IC 32 in a longitudinal direction (X-axis direction) by wiring patterns of the leads.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hidetsugu KATSURA, Tomohiro SHIRAISHI, Takayuki IWASHITA
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Publication number: 20200060650Abstract: A backing includes a plurality of backing plates that are laminated. Each backing plate includes a lead row and a backing material. Each lead includes a lead wire and an insulating coating. The insulating coating is integrated with the backing material, and an adhesive layer between them does not exist. Short-circuit between the leads may be prevented or reduced by the insulating coating. The backing plate is manufactured by a screen printing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Hidetsugu KATSURA, Yoshihiro TAHARA, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9820720Abstract: A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an internal unit (internal assembly) has an oscillator unit, a relay board, and electronic circuit board, and a backing member. The backing member is retained in a state of being housed inside a backing case, and the backing case is retained by two recesses formed in an inside surface of a heat dissipation shell as a probe head case. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to a peripheral region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A rear wing and a front wing of the exhaust heat sheet are joined to the backing case.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hidetsugu Katsura, Hidemitsu Kobayashi, Takeo Yasuhara, Toru Watanabe
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Patent number: 9612227Abstract: A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Yasuhara, Hidetsugu Katsura, Toru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150282783Abstract: A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an internal unit (internal assembly) has an oscillator unit, a relay board, and electronic circuit board, and a backing member. The backing member is retained in a state of being housed inside a backing case, and the backing case is retained by two recesses formed in an inside surface of a heat dissipation shell as a probe head case. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to a peripheral region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A rear wing and a front wing of the exhaust heat sheet are joined to the backing case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: HITACHI ALOKA MEDICAL, LTD.Inventors: Hidetsugu Katsura, Hidemitsu Kobayashi, Takeo Yasuhara, Toru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150276685Abstract: A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: HITACHI ALOKA MEDICAL, LTD.Inventors: Takeo Yasuhara, Hidetsugu Katsura, Toru Watanabe