Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Taniguchi

Yoshinao Taniguchi 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: 20240011801
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor has: one or more front-side electrodes including at least one detection electrode; an elastic dielectric body disposed below the front-side electrodes; a shield electrode disposed below the elastic dielectric body; a first, second, and third voltage output unit that respectively outputs a first, second, and third AC voltage; and a detection unit that detects a proximity, a contact, and pressing of a detection target to the detection electrode. The first, second, and third AC voltages have substantially the same frequency. The amplitude of the first AC voltage is larger than or equal to the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The amplitude of the third AC voltage is smaller than the amplitude of the second AC voltage. The first AC voltage is output to a driving unit coupled to the detection electrode with capacitances intervening between them. The second AC voltage is applied to the detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi FUJIYOSHI, Tetsuya SUZUKI, Shinichi HIGUCHI, Yoshinao TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160257863
    Abstract: A micro chip plate according to an embodiment includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive layer, the first substrate and the second substrate being bonded to each other with the adhesive layer provided therebetween, in which each of the first substrate and the second substrate is composed of a cycloolefin polymer (COP) or a cycloolefin copolymer (COCA), and the adhesive layer contains a polymer of ?-olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshinao Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20160052238
    Abstract: A microchip plate according to an embodiment includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive layer, the first substrate and the second substrate being bonded to each other with the adhesive layer provided therebetween, in which each of the first substrate and the second substrate is composed of a cycloolefin polymer (COP) or a cycloolefin copolymer (COC), and the adhesive layer contains a polymer of ?-olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshinao Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8784973
    Abstract: A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sugimura, Yoshihiro Taguchi, Yoshinao Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20130248102
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a microchip that has a pair of resin base materials of which facing surfaces are bonded to each other and that has a concave portion formed in at least one of the facing surfaces, the facing surfaces before the pair of resin base materials are bonded to each other are irradiated with ultraviolet light which is light having a wavelength of an ultraviolet region, and the ultraviolet light-irradiated facing surfaces of the pair of resin base materials are irradiated with visible light that substantially includes light having a wavelength of a visible region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Taniguchi, Yoshinao Taguchi, Hiroyuki Sugimura, Young-Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 8535789
    Abstract: A microchip plate made such that polymer substrates made, in particular, of a cycloolefin polymer (COP) or a cycloolefin copolymer (COC) can be appropriately bonded to each other and a process for producing the microchip plate are provided. A microchip plate (1) of an embodiment is constituted by a first substrate (2) and a second substrate (3), which are bonded to each other through an adhesive layer (5), wherein the first substrate (2) and the second substrate (3) are formed by a COP or a COC, and the adhesive layer (5) is formed of paraffin or naphthene or formed including paraffin or naphthene and at least any one of an adhesion auxiliary material, a polymer constituting each of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a macromonomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Maruno, Yoshinao Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8246774
    Abstract: A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sugimura, Yoshihiro Taguchi, Yoshinao Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20120140335
    Abstract: A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUGIMURA, Yoshihiro TAGUCHI, Yoshinao TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110045262
    Abstract: A microchip plate made such that polymer substrates made, in particular, of a cycloolefin polymer (COP) or a cycloolefin copolymer (COC) can be appropriately bonded to each other and a process for producing the microchip plate are provided. A microchip plate (1) of an embodiment is constituted by a first substrate (2) and a second substrate (3), which are bonded to each other through an adhesive layer (5), wherein the first substrate (2) and the second substrate (3) are formed by a COP or a COC, and the adhesive layer (5) is formed of paraffin or naphthene or formed including paraffin or naphthene and at least any one of an adhesion auxiliary material, a polymer constituting each of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a macromonomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Maruno, Yoshinao Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20100260975
    Abstract: A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUGIMURA, Yoshihiro TAGUCHI, Yoshinao TANIGUCHI