Patents Assigned to NGK Spark Plus Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9693453
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a base layer, a plurality of connection terminals and a surface layer. The base layer is electrically insulative. The plurality of connection terminals are conductive and formed on the base layer. The surface layer is electrically insulative, and fills gaps between the plurality of connection terminals on the base layer. The connection terminals include a base portion made of a conductive first metal and a coating portion made of a conductive second metal that is different from the first metal. The coating portion penetrates the surface layer, and coats the base portion to the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hayashi, Seiji Mori, Tatsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 8413495
    Abstract: An output correction apparatus that corrects offset drift of a cylinder internal pressure sensor, and a cylinder internal pressure detection apparatus that accurately detects cylinder internal pressure of an internal combustion engine through use of the output correction apparatus. The cylinder internal pressure detection apparatus includes a detection circuit section which detects a change in the resistance of a piezoresistor element as an electrical signal; an amplification circuit section which amplifies and outputs the electrical signal (output value); and a correction circuit section which corrects the output value. The correction circuit section includes a reset control section which resets the output value of the amplification circuit section to a reference value, and a reset timing detection section which determines a timing of the resetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plus Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzo Higuchi, Yoshinori Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 7042288
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charge amplifier which can be operated at low cost so that electric charge generated in a piezoelectric pressure sensor having one end grounded is converted into a voltage signal. In the charge amplifier (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plus side power source input terminal of an operational amplifier (5) is connected to a plus power source (+5 V) while a minus side power source input terminal of the operational amplifier (5) is grounded, so that the operational amplifier (5) is supplied with a single power source. Further, an offset voltage lower than the plus power source voltage but higher than the ground potential is applied to a non-inverted input terminal of the operational amplifier (5). Accordingly, change of pressure in both positive and negative directions can be converted into a voltage signal with the offset voltage as its center though the operational amplifier (5) is driven by a single power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plus Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Matsui, Koji Okazaki