Patents by Inventor Masazumi Yasuoka

Masazumi Yasuoka 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: 7466065
    Abstract: A bimorph switch electrically connecting a traveling contact and a fixed contact. The switch comprises a substrate having a front face, a rear face, and a through hole penetrating from the front face to the rear face; a fixed contact extending from an edge portion of the aperture of the through hole towards the inside of the aperture; and a bimorph section holding the traveling contact at a position facing the aperture and driving the traveling contact. One end of the bimorph section may be formed on a silicon oxide layer formed on a front face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignees: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sanpei, Jun Mizuno, Masazumi Yasuoka, Humikazu Takayanagi, Takehisa Takoshima, Masaru Miyazaki, Masayoshi Esashi
  • Publication number: 20080061922
    Abstract: A microswitch that switches a signal path of a high-frequency signal is provided. The microswitch includes a circuit board; a pair of first feedthrough lines spaced from each other on a circuit board that electrically connect the first surface and the second surface of the circuit board, respectively; a pair of first signal lines which are faced to each other with a gap therebetween on a straight line connecting the pair of first feedthrough lines on the first surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the pair of first feedthrough lines, respectively; and a movable section which can switch between being in contact with and being spaced from the first surface of the circuit board and electrically connects the pair of signal lines with each other when the it is in contact with the first surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: KIYOTO NAKAMURA, MASAZUMI YASUOKA, HIROKAZU SANPEI, YOSHIAKI MORO
  • Patent number: 7170216
    Abstract: A bimorph switch electrically connecting a traveling contact and a fixed contact. The switch comprises a substrate having a front face, a rear face, and a through hole penetrating from the front face to the rear face; a fixed contact extending from an edge portion of the aperture of the through hole towards the inside of the aperture; and a bimorph section holding the traveling contact at a position facing the aperture and driving the traveling contact. One end of the bimorph section may be formed on a silicon oxide layer formed on a front face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sanpei, Jun Mizuno, Masazumi Yasuoka, Humikazu Takayanagi, Takehisa Takoshima, Masaru Miyazaki, Masayoshi Esashi
  • Publication number: 20060273692
    Abstract: A bimorph switch electrically connecting a traveling contact and a fixed contact. The switch comprises a substrate having a front face, a rear face, and a through hole penetrating from the front face to the rear face; a fixed contact extending from an edge portion of the aperture of the through hole towards the inside of the aperture; and a bimorph section holding the traveling contact at a position facing the aperture and driving the traveling contact. One end of the bimorph section may be formed on a silicon oxide layer formed on a front face of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicants: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sanpei, Jun Mizuno, Masazumi Yasuoka, Humikazu Takayanagi, Takehisa Tokoshima, Masaru Miyazaki, Masayoshi Esashi
  • Publication number: 20050195056
    Abstract: A bimorph switch electrically connecting a traveling contact and a fixed contact. The switch comprises a substrate having a front face, a rear face, and a through hole penetrating from the front face to the rear face; a fixed contact extending from an edge portion of the aperture of the through hole towards the inside of the aperture; and a bimorph section holding the traveling contact at a position facing the aperture and driving the traveling contact. One end of the bimorph section may be formed on a silicon oxide layer formed on a front face of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicants: Advantest Corporation, Masayoshi Esashi
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sanpei, Jun Mizuno, Masazumi Yasuoka, Humikazu Takayanagi, Takehisa Takoshima, Masaru Miyazaki, Masayoshi Esashi
  • Patent number: 6813133
    Abstract: There is provided a switch 10 for connecting a first terminal with a second terminal electrically. The switch 10 includes: the first terminal 46; the second terminal 26 and a third terminal 28 confronting said first terminal 46; driving means 70 for driving the first terminal 46 in the direction of the second terminal 26 and the third terminal 28; and an electrostatic coupling section 72 including a first electrode 50 and a second electrode 30 confronting each other for attracting the first terminal 46 in the direction of the second terminal 26 and the third terminal 28 by electrostatic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Masazumi Yasuoka, Masaru Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20040160302
    Abstract: A switch, comprising a movable part supported at both ends and a contact installed on the movable part, the movable part characterized by further comprising a first bimetal for displacing the contact in a specified direction according to a temperature and a second bimetal for displacing the contact in the direction opposite to the specified direction according to the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Masazumi Yasuoka, Hirokazu Sanpei, Jun Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20040022044
    Abstract: There is provided a switch 10 for connecting a first terminal with a second terminal electrically. The switch 10 includes: the first terminal 46; the second terminal 26 and a third terminal 28 confronting said first terminal 46; driving means 70 for driving the first terminal 46 in the direction of the second terminal 26 and the third terminal 28; and an electrostatic coupling section 72 including a first electrode 50 and a second electrode 30 confronting each other for attracting the first terminal 46 in the direction of the second terminal 26 and the third terminal 28 by electrostatic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Masazumi Yasuoka, Masaru Miyazaki