Patents by Inventor Chiaki Kera

Chiaki Kera 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: 20190162615
    Abstract: A pressure sensor according to the present invention includes a first detection unit that is disposed in a first region and that detects an absolute value of a pressure of a first medium, a second detection unit that is disposed in a second region separated from the first region and that detects an absolute value of a pressure of a second medium that differs from the first medium, and a calculation unit that performs a calculation to obtain a difference between a first pressure detected by the first detection unit and a second pressure detected by the second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hisanobu OKAWA, Chiaki KERA, Hideki GOCHO, Kazushige SEJIMO
  • Patent number: 10018527
    Abstract: A sensor package includes a pressure sensor, a computation unit that performs specified computation in accordance with a result of detection performed by the pressure sensor, a lead frame through which a result of computation performed by the computation unit is output to an outside, a main housing that is formed of resin and that holds the lead frame, and a sensor housing that is formed of ceramic and that has an inner space in which the pressure sensor is disposed. The pressure sensor is disposed in the main housing using the sensor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Okawa, Kazushige Sejimo, Chiaki Kera, Shigeaki Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20170030789
    Abstract: A sensor package includes a pressure sensor, a computation unit that performs specified computation in accordance with a result of detection performed by the pressure sensor, a lead frame through which a result of computation performed by the computation unit is output to an outside, a main housing that is formed of resin and that holds the lead frame, and a sensor housing that is formed of ceramic and that has an inner space in which the pressure sensor is disposed. The pressure sensor is disposed in the main housing using the sensor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hisanobu OKAWA, Kazushige SEJIMO, Chiaki KERA, Shigeaki YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 8796789
    Abstract: A first sealing layer having a frame-like shape and a first contact layer are formed on a back surface of a frame portion of a sensor substrate. The first contact layer is separated from the first sealing layer, extends through a functional member and an insulation layer, and is electrically connected to the functional member and a first base member. A second sealing layer and a second contact layer are formed on a surface of a wiring substrate. The second sealing layer faces the first sealing layer. The second contact layer is separated from the second sealing layer, extends through the insulation layer, and is electrically connected to the second base member. The sealing layers are eutectically bonded to each other. The contact layers are electrically connected to each other, and thereby the first and second base members and the frame portion have the same potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Uto, Akira Miyatake, Toru Takahashi, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Chiaki Kera, Hisayuki Yazawa, Hisanobu Okawa
  • Patent number: 5034840
    Abstract: A magnetic head for a video tape recorder including a mounting base and two transducer elements comprised of a pair of core tips mounted to one end of the mounting base with a small non-transducing gap defined between the core tips. Each of the core tips has a tape sliding surface on which a magnetic tape is slidingly traveled. A radius of curvature R (mm) of the tape sliding surface and a distance W (mm) between the tape sliding surfaces are so set as to satisfy the conditions of 19.5-20W .ltoreq.R.ltoreq.21.5-20W and 0.15.ltoreq.W.ltoreq.0.45. Accordingly, a quantity of sinking of the magnetic tape at the gap between both the core tips is limited to thereby reduce a noise in a special reproducing operation such as a reverse video search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiaki Kera, Toru Tanaka
  • Patent number: D689391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Okawa, Hiroshi Ishida, Masaya Yamatani, Hideki Kamimura, Chiaki Kera, Hiroyuki Morioka, Kazuhide Nakayama