Patents Assigned to Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20180323355
    Abstract: A condensation reaction-type die bonding agent has little liability of poor electrical connection at the electrodes. A condensation reaction-type die bonding agent for bonding an LED device provided on its surface with device electrodes having connection surfaces covered by gold, where the die bonding agent includes (A) a polysilsesquioxane solid in state at room temperature having trisiloxy units (TA) expressed by R1SiO3/2 where, R1 indicates one group selected from the group comprised of C1 to C15 alkyl groups, a phenyl group, and a benzyl group, and having hydroxyl groups, (B) a polysilsesquioxane liquid in state at room temperature having trisiloxy units (TB) expressed by R2SiO3/2 where, R2 indicates one group selected from the group comprised of C1 to C15 alkyl groups, a phenyl group, and a benzyl group, and having —OR2 where, R2 indicates one group selected from the group comprised of C1 to C15 alkyl groups, a phenyl group, and a benzyl group, and (C) a condensation reaction catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroo Kajiwara, Yuji Ogawa, Kenichiro Sato, Yuta Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 10118419
    Abstract: A sheet detection device includes a sheet guide between a sheet feeding opening into which a sheet is to be inserted and a printing mechanism for printing on the sheet, the sheet guide including a guide surface through which the sheet is to pass, a sheet detector including an optical sensor configured to detect a predetermined position of the sheet, an opening defined in the guide surface, the sheet detector being inside the opening and the optical sensor being exposed through the opening, and a transparent guide cover configured in the guide surface to cover at least a first border position between the sheet detector and the opening on an upstream side in a sheet transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kikui, Takuro Kohyama
  • Patent number: 10115541
    Abstract: A switch component includes a spring plate and a cover of rubber. The cover of rubber covers at least one part of an upper surface of the spring plate. The cover of rubber includes at least one pair of supporting portions that support the spring plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Wakuda
  • Patent number: 10096437
    Abstract: A key switch includes a base plate, a key top, a pair of link members, and a switch mechanism. The key top is above the base plate. The link members support the key top and operate in an interlocked manner to allow the key top to be lifted and lowered with respect to the base plate. One of the link members includes a projecting portion at a distal end of an arm of the link member. The other one of the link members includes a concave receiving portion at a distal end of an arm of the link member. The projecting portion is rotationally fitted to the concave receiving portion. The switch mechanism is disposed between the base plate and the key top and is configured to open and close a contact portion of an electric circuit in accordance with lifting and lowering operation of the key top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10096439
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a spring plate includes a central portion; a first leg portion projecting outward from an edge of the central portion; and a second leg portion projecting outward from the edge of the central portion. The first leg portion includes a hollow portion that is positioned within an outline of the first leg portion in a top plan view, and the second leg portion includes a hollow portion that is positioned within an outline of the second leg portion in a top plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Wakuda
  • Publication number: 20180281090
    Abstract: A numerical control apparatus includes: a drive unit controlling a main shaft rotating a workpiece, a first drive shaft feeding a cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along a perpendicular direction to a lead direction of a thread, and a second drive shaft feeding the cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along the lead direction; and a vibration unit superimposing, on movement of the first drive shaft, vibration having a period having a predetermined ratio with a rotation period of the main shaft, and forms a thread on the workpiece by moving the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each other and performing cut processes on the workpiece. The numerical control apparatus includes a thread-cutting vibration adjustment unit controlling the drive unit to shift phase of the vibration with respect to phase of the main shaft by a predetermined vibration phase shift amount every time in the cut processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo WATANABE, Masakazu SAGASAKI, Yuki HIRATA, Kazuhiko SANNOMIYA, Takaichi NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20180275616
    Abstract: A watch includes a dial plate, a patch antenna, an upper side display component at a visible side than the dial plate, and a lower side display component at the rear surface side of the dial plate. The watch includes a first component layer on which at least a part of a wheel train mechanism for driving the upper side display component and a motor for driving the wheel train mechanism are disposed, and a second component layer that is positioned between the first component layer and the dial plate, and on which the lower side display component and a driving component of the lower side display component are disposed. The patch antenna is disposed on the second component layer so as to be planarly overlapped with a metal component disposed on the first component layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro MORITA, Takashi HOSAKA, Kaori IZUMI
  • Patent number: 10084122
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus is provided which can improve the reflectance of light in the emission wavelength region of the LED. The light-emitting apparatus includes a mount board constituted by a metal support, a circuit board provided with an opening and fixed onto the mount board, a multi-layered film containing silver as a light-reflecting material, the multi-layered film being stacked on the mount board exposed in the opening, exclusive of a portion of the mount board onto which the circuit board is fixed, and an LED element mounted on the multi-layered film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Katoh, Sadato Imai
  • Publication number: 20180254263
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided whose color mixing property and light emission efficiency are improved, while white light with high color rendering performance is ensured by means of four kinds of LED elements emitting red, green, blue, and white light respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hamada, Hirohiko Ishii
  • Patent number: 10068723
    Abstract: A switch that more reliably prevents solvent permeation from the outside, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The switch includes a first molded resin molded integrally with a plurality of fixed contacts by insert molding, a movable member disposed above the first molded resin to bring the plurality of fixed contacts into and out of contact with each other, and a second molded resin molded so as to close a through hole of the first molded resin formed by a pin supporting the plurality of fixed contacts at a time of the insert molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Oyamada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Mitsunori Miura
  • Publication number: 20180245237
    Abstract: A method of production of a high insulation resistance, high strength langatate-based single crystal and a langatate-based single crystal are provided. That is, a method of production of a langatate-based single crystal using the Czochralski method of pulling up a crystal from a starting material solution so as to grow a langatate-based single crystal, comprising placing the starting material solution of the single crystal in a platinum crucible and growing the single crystal using the Z-axis as the growth axis in a growth atmosphere of a mixed gas comprising an inert gas in which an oxidizing gas is contained in an amount greater than 5 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo TAKAHASHI, Takayuki AOKI, Youichi NONOGAKI, Yoshitaka KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20180243834
    Abstract: The invention provides a control apparatus for a machine tool, which can perform reciprocating vibration in consideration of a vibration frequency, increase flexibility in machining a workpiece, and perform vibration cutting by means of an external spindle or the like without rotating a spindle. The control apparatus and the machine tool include control means. The control means includes an imaginary spindle regarded as a spindle for rotating a workpiece W or a cutting tool. The control means sets the number of rotations of the imaginary spindle and the number of reciprocating vibrations in accordance with a vibration frequency attributable to a cycle during which an operation instruction can be issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sannomiya, Takaichi Nakaya
  • Patent number: 10054509
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure detection device (10) including: a pressure detection element (21) which receives pressure (P) so as to output a detection signal (Qi) corresponding to the pressure (P); and a processing circuit (30) which processes and outputs the detection signal (Qi) output from the pressure detection element (21), where on a circuit board (40) on which a conductor pattern is formed, an integrated circuit (IC1) including an analog circuit which uses a reference voltage (Vr) set to a predetermined voltage value as an operation reference and converts the detection signal (Qi) into a voltage waveform is mounted, and the processing circuit (30) includes an input circuit 50 which feeds the detection signal (Qi) to the integrated circuit (IC1) and a shield pattern (SHP1) which surrounds the region of at least a part of the input circuit (50) and to which the reference voltage (Vr) is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rikoku Nakamura, Masanori Yomoyama, Hitoshi Satsuta
  • Patent number: D831507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rido Sasaki
  • Patent number: D831509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rido Sasaki
  • Patent number: D831580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaori Amano
  • Patent number: D831591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Iino
  • Patent number: D833989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Tamura
  • Patent number: D834542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Funakubo, Takeru Ohmori
  • Patent number: D834543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Tamura