Patents by Inventor Sakae Kiguchi

Sakae Kiguchi 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: 5908991
    Abstract: In a Karman vortex flow meter, a first space section is provided between a detection section and an inflow opening, and a second space section is provided between the detection section and an outflow opening. The first space and the second space have cross-sectional areas larger than a cross-sectional area of the detection passage. Accordingly, a disorder of a fluid coming in the inflow opening of the detection passage and pulsation components coming from the outflow opening are reduced by the first and second spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Sasaki, Sakae Kiguchi, Toru Hashimoto, Shoji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5728946
    Abstract: In a Karman vortex flow meter, a first space section is provided between a detection section and an inflow opening, and a second space section is provided between the detection section and an outflow opening. The first space and the second space have cross-sectional areas larger than a cross-sectional area of the detection passage. Accordingly, a disorder of a fluid coming in the inflow opening of the detection passage and pulsation components coming from the outflow opening are reduced by the first and second spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Sasaki, Sakae Kiguchi, Toru Hashimoto, Shoji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5708214
    Abstract: A Karman vortex flow meter has detection passages located along a fluid flow in a duct. Flow outlets of the detection passages are disposed on an end face of a vortex generation element and flow inlets are disposed upstream from the flow outlets. Heating coils for detecting flow velocity change of a fluid caused by a negative pressure of a Karman vortex are mounted in the detection passages. A flow meter is used that lessens dust accumulation on heating coils, etc., and reliably detects Karman vortexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sakae Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 5225373
    Abstract: A semiconductor pressure sensor device that improve the measuring accuracy without providing a silicon base in attaching a semiconductor pressure sensor chip to a lead frame, and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The semiconductor pressure sensor device includes a die-bond adhesive 10 formed of a resilient material for fixing a semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 to a lead frame 100, a wire bond receiving projection 4 provided in the diepad where the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 is attached for receiving pressure application force from the bottom of the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 at the time of wire bonding, and a supporting projection 11 for preventing distortion stress by the wire bond receiving projection 4 from being transmitted. Thermal distortion of the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 and the lead frame 100 is absorbed by die-bond adhesive 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Takahashi, Seiji Takemura, Keitaro Tsukui, Junko Itoh, Eitaro Nagai, Yasuo Tada, Yuuji Kishimoto, Sakae Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 5126813
    Abstract: A semiconductor pressure sensor device that can improve the measuring accuracy without providing a silicon base in attaching a semiconductor pressure sensor chip to a lead frame, and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The semiconductor pressure sensor device includes a die-bond adhesive 10 formed of a resilient material for fixing a semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 to a lead frame 100, a wire bond receiving projection 4 provided in the diepad where the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 is attached for receiving pressure application force from the bottom of the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 at the time of wire bonding, and a supporting projection 11 for preventing distortion stress by the wire bond receiving projection 4 from being transmitted. Thermal distortion of the semiconductor pressure sensor chip 50 and the lead frame 100 is absorbed by die-bond adhesive 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Takahashi, Seiji Takemura, Keitaro Tsukui, Junko Itoh, Eitaro Nagai, Yasuo Tada, Yuuji Kishimoto, Sakae Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 5050428
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring an air flow intake of an internal combustion engine which comprises an air flow sensor for measuring the level of the air flow intake and an interface circuit for receiving an output signal from the sensor. The air flow sensor includes a current output circuit which outputs a current corresponding to the level of the air flow intake as the output signal of the sensor, and the interface circuit includes a current to voltage converter which converts the current from the sensor into a voltage signal and outputs it to an A/D converter included in a fuel injection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
    Inventors: Setsuhiro Shimomura, Toshiro Hara, Masanori Inada, Sakae Kiguchi