Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Yamano

Kazuhiko Yamano 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: 9904382
    Abstract: An operation input device has a housing including a concave portion in which an information display device is accommodated. A piezoelectric element of a flat film shape and a control IC connected to the piezoelectric element are built in a base portion of the housing. The control IC is connected to a device IC of the information display device. When a user's finger touches an attachment region of the piezoelectric element in the base portion of the housing, a detection signal corresponding to the touch position and a pressing amount is outputted from the piezoelectric element. The control IC generates operation information based on the detection signal, and outputs the operation information to the device IC of the information display device. The device IC shows display corresponding to the operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Patent number: 9859054
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Publication number: 20150170834
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Kazuhiko YAMANO
  • Patent number: 8997333
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Publication number: 20150042590
    Abstract: An operation input device has a housing including a concave portion in which an information display device is accommodated. A piezoelectric element of a flat film shape and a control IC connected to the piezoelectric element are built in a base portion of the housing. The control IC is connected to a device IC of the information display device. When a user's finger touches an attachment region of the piezoelectric element in the base portion of the housing, a detection signal corresponding to the touch position and a pressing amount is outputted from the piezoelectric element. The control IC generates operation information based on the detection signal, and outputs the operation information to the device IC of the information display device. The device IC shows display corresponding to the operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Publication number: 20120227250
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko YAMANO
  • Patent number: 8201318
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yamano
  • Publication number: 20080257488
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor includes a lamination step, a division step, a firing step, and a plating step. In the lamination step, a laminate including an insulator, a coil body, and external electrodes is formed. That is, in the lamination step, insulating layers having wide filling conductors, insulating layers having narrow filling conductors, and conductor patterns having external electrode patterns are laminated. As a result, the conductor patterns form the coil body, and the wide filling conductors, the narrow filling conductors, and the external electrode patterns form the external electrodes. The narrow filling conductors have a width that is less than the widths of the wide filling conductors and the external electrode patterns, and recesses and projections are provided in the external electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yamano