Patents by Inventor Takashi Shirakawa

Takashi Shirakawa 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: 5477266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal head and the manufacturing method. In the thermal head, even when a multilayer wiring constitution is adopted, a trouble caused by bad connection or bad insulation in respective layers can be certainly prevented, and even if a real edge constitution is adopted, manufacturing is easy and reliability can be maintained high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 5473357
    Abstract: A thermal head having high heat resisting characteristics and heat response capable of being sufficiently adapted for finer printing and achieving high quality printing at a high speed, the substrate thereof being formed of silicon and the heat accumulation layer thereof being formed of silicon, at least one selected among from elements such as Ta, W, and Mo and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shirakawa, Toshifumi Nakatani
  • Patent number: 5374946
    Abstract: A wear resistance layer is formed on a surface of a portion of a sliding contact part adapted to contact with a recording medium and slide relative thereto. The wear resistance layer is formed of a material mainly composed of chromium oxide and at least one of conductive nitride and conductive carbide. Accordingly, the wear resistance of the sliding contact part can be greatly improved to thereby extend the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 5162814
    Abstract: A thermal head for use in a printer or a facsimile machine and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The thermal head having a heat regenerative layer, heating elements and electrodes respectively formed on the substrate thereof and in which they are covered with a protection layer is manufactured by forming a coating made of a thermosetting resin on the protection layer. Thus, pin holes formed in the protection layer due to the roughness of the surface of the substrate can be sealed up so that the reliability of the thermal head is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shirakawa, Toshifumi Nakatani
  • Patent number: 4724182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film circuit substrate which comprises an electrically insulating substrate, and at least one conductor layer and one protecting layer which are formed on the substrate, the insulating substrate having a surface roughness which is equal to or smaller than 0.1 .mu.Ra when measured as a center line average height. The thin film circuit substrate is suitable for use, for example, in a thermal head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kato, Takashi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 4369483
    Abstract: A trimmer capacitor includes two spaced electrodes having a dielectric layer therebetween. One of the electrodes includes a resilient central portion formed into a bulbous shape and engaged by a pressing plate threadedly receiving a screw shaft. The screw shaft may be rotated to move the pressing plate axially to vary the distance between the two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 4356607
    Abstract: An insulating frame is formed by an insert mold such that a portion of a stator lead member is exposed from and flush with the upper surface thereof. The exposed portion of the stator lead member is plated with a metal having a low melting temperature, and the upper surface of the insulating frame is coated with an adhesive. Then, a ceramic dielectric body, which is provided at its lower side with a stator electrode, is placed on the adhesive layer. Subsequently, heat is applied to the ceramic dielectric body and the insulating frame while pressing them to each other so that the metal of the low melting point is molten to electrically connect the stator electrode and the stator lead member. The assembly is then cooled to solidify the metal of the low melting point, as well as the adhesive. Since the ceramic dielectric body is fixed to the frame by means of the adhesive, the steps of grinding and polishing of the stator electrode is eliminated advantageously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shirakawa, Hiroshi Izumi
  • Patent number: 4353106
    Abstract: A trimmer capacitor includes an insulating substrate having recesses to accommodate a dielectric member having the stator electrode printed thereon. A terminal is soldered to the stator electrode and fits within a recess of the insulating plate. A rotor electrode is provided over the dielectric member. The dielectric member does not itself need to be rotated and is adequately supported and thus can be made quite thin even if brittle dielectric material such as titanium dioxide or barium tatinate is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Alps Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 4291361
    Abstract: A trimmer capacitor has a rotor electrode which slides on two stator electrodes which are on a substrate, one of which is a ground electrode connected to the rotor. To maintain accurate thickness in the trimmer, an insulating plate is applied under the ground stator electrode and on the top surface of the other stator electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Shirakawa