Patents by Inventor Shotaro BABA

Shotaro BABA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170241851
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes a film portion, a sensor unit, and a structure body. The film portion has a front surface and is deformable. The sensor unit includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged along the front surface. One of the plurality of sensing elements includes a magnetic layer, a opposing magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic intermediate layer. The structure body is arranged with the first sensor unit along the arrangement direction of the plurality of sensing elements. The structure body includes a structure body layer, a opposing structure body layer, and a intermediate structure body layer. The structure body layer has at least one of a floating potential with respect to the opposing structure body layer or same potential as a potential of the opposing structure body layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Shotaro BABA, Yoshihiko FUJI, Kei MASUNISHI, Michiko HARA, Akiko YUZAWA, Shiori KAJI, Tomohiko NAGATA, Yoshihiro HIGASHI, Kenji OTSU, Kazuaki OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170067791
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a deformable film portion, a first sensing element and a second sensing element. The first sensing element is fixed to the film portion, and includes a first magnetic layer of a first material, a first opposing magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer. The first intermediate layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the first opposing magnetic layer. The second sensing element is fixed to the film portion, and includes a second magnetic layer of a second material, a second opposing magnetic layer, and a second intermediate layer. The second material is different from the first material. The second intermediate layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the second opposing magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiko FUJI, Michiko HARA, Kei MASUNISHI, Yoshihiro HIGASHI, Shiori KAJI, Akiko YUZAWA, Akio HORI, Tomohiko NAGATA, Kazuaki OKAMOTO, Kenji OTSU, Shotaro BABA