Patents by Inventor Go YAMASHITA

Go YAMASHITA 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: 20160226444
    Abstract: A resonator element includes a quartz crystal substrate in which a plane including X and Z? axes is set as a main plane and a direction oriented along Y? axis is a thickness direction. The quartz crystal substrate includes a first region that includes a side along the X axis and a side along the Z? axis, a second region that has a thickness thinner than the first region. When Mx is a length of the first region along the X axis, Mz is a length of the first region along the Z? axis, Z is a length of the quartz crystal substrate along the Z? axis, and lz is a length of the second region along the Z? axis interposed between the first region and an outer frame of the quartz crystal substrate, relations of 0.9<Mz/Mx<1.175 and 0.085<lz/Z<0.18 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Go YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160036413
    Abstract: A resonator element includes a quartz crystal substrate having a main surface along a plane including an X-axis and a Z?-axis, and a thickness in a Y?-axis direction. The quartz crystal substrate includes a vibrating portion including a side along the X-axis, a side along the Z?-axis, and a peripheral portion having a thickness smaller than that of the vibrating portion, which is provided along an outer edge of the vibrating portion. The vibrating portion includes a first portion and a second portion having a thickness smaller than that of the first portion, which is provided on at least an outer edge on a +X side of the X-axis and an outer edge on a ?X side thereof, among outer edges of the first portion. When Z is a length of the quartz crystal substrate along the Z?-axis, and t is a thickness of the first portion, 11<Z/t?53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Go YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160035962
    Abstract: A quartz crystal resonator includes a quartz crystal resonator element, a thermistor, and a package base having a first principal surface and a second principal surface having an opposed surface relationship with each other, the quartz crystal resonator element is mounted on the first principal surface side, the thermistor is housed in a recessed section of the second principal surface side of the package base, a plurality of electrode terminals connected to the quartz crystal resonator element or the thermistor is disposed on the second principal surface side of the package base, and a distance in a first direction perpendicular to the first principal surface from a mounting surface of the electrode terminals to the thermistor is equal to or longer than 0.05 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Go YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8638022
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes: an element plate that has a vibrating portion that performs thickness-shear vibration, a peripheral portion that is integrally formed with the vibrating portion, and a protruding portion that is provided at the peripheral portion; and an excitation electrode that is provided at the vibrating portion. When a side length of the vibrating portion is Mx, when a side length of the excitation electrode is Ex, and when a wavelength of flexure vibrations of the element plate is ?, the relationship of (Mx?Ex)/2=?/2, and Mx/2={(A/2)+(¼)}? (where, A is a positive integer) is satisfied, and when a length of the protruding portion is Dx, and when a distance between the vibrating portion and the protruding portion is Sx, the relationship of Dx=?/2)×m, and (?/2)×n?0.1??Sx?(?/2)×n+0.1? (where m and n are positive integers) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Go Yamashita, Kenji Komine, Shiro Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130307377
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes: an element plate that has a vibrating portion that performs thickness-shear vibration, a peripheral portion that is integrally formed with the vibrating portion, and a protruding portion that is provided at the peripheral portion; and an excitation electrode that is provided at the vibrating portion. When a side length of the vibrating portion is Mx, when a side length of the excitation electrode is Ex, and when a wavelength of flexure vibrations of the element plate is ?, the relationship of (Mx?Ex)/2=?/2, and Mx/2={(A/2)+(¼)}? (where, A is a positive integer) is satisfied, and when a length of the protruding portion is Dx, and when a distance between the vibrating portion and the protruding portion is Sx, the relationship of Dx=?/2)×m, and (?/2)×n?0.1??Sx?(?/2)×n+0.1? (where m and n are positive integers) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Go YAMASHITA, Kenji KOMINE, Shiro MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8536761
    Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator includes: a piezoelectric plate having a vibrating portion surrounded by a peripheral portion; and an excitation electrode on the piezoelectric plate, wherein long sides of the vibrating portion and excitation electrode are parallel to a piezoelectric plate long side. Assuming a piezoelectric plate long side length X, a vibrating portion thickness t, a vibrating portion long side length Mx, an excitation electrode long side length Ex, and a piezoelectric plate flexure vibration wavelength ?, ?/2=(1.332/f)?0.0024 (piezoelectric resonator resonance frequency f), (Mx?Ex)/2=?/2, Mx/2={(A/2)+(1/4)}? (where, A is a positive integer), and X?20t. A protruding portion is disposed on a vibrating portion extension line and parallel to a vibrating portion short side. Assuming a protruding portion length Dx, Dx=(?/2)×m (where, m is a positive integer). Assuming a distance Sx between the vibrating and protruding portions, Sx=(?/2)×n±0.1? (where, n is a positive integer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Go Yamashita, Kenji Komine, Shiro Murakami
  • Publication number: 20110095657
    Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator includes: a piezoelectric plate having a vibrating portion surrounded by a peripheral portion; and an excitation electrode on the piezoelectric plate, wherein long sides of the vibrating portion and excitation electrode are parallel to a piezoelectric plate long side. Assuming a piezoelectric plate long side length X, a vibrating portion thickness t, a vibrating portion long side length Mx, an excitation electrode long side length Ex, and a piezoelectric plate flexure vibration wavelength ?, ?/2=(1.332/f)?0.0024 (piezoelectric resonator resonance frequency f), (Mx?Ex)/2=?/2, Mx/2={(½)+(¼)}? (where, I=1, 2, 3, . . . ), and X?20 t. A protruding portion is disposed on a vibrating portion extension line and parallel to a vibrating portion short side. Assuming a protruding portion length Dx, Dx=(?/2)×m (where, m=1, 2, 3, . . . ). Assuming a distance Sx between the vibrating and protruding portions, Sx=(?/2)×n±0.1? (where, n=1, 2, 3, . . . ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go YAMASHITA, Kenji KOMINE, Shiro MURAKAMI