Patents by Inventor Sigeru Watanabe

Sigeru Watanabe 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: 5056929
    Abstract: A temperature compensation type infrared sensor includes a substrate having a central pit and functioning as a heat sink with an insulation film formed on the top face of the substrate and defining a diaphragm located above the pit, a plurality of thermocouples disposed on the insulation film and connected in series with each of said thermocouples having a hot junction on said diaphragm and a cold junction on the heat sink, and a thermopile element including a black body on the central portion of the diaphragm in the insulation film for absorbing infrared rays with the thermopile element being placed on a thermistor chip for compensating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sigeru Watanabe, Kenji Kamiya, Takanori Nanya