Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Ebine

Hiromichi Ebine 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).

  • Patent number: 8242587
    Abstract: An electronic device requires an electronic component to be mounted for the purpose of static shielding. The mounting of such an electronic component raises a problem of avoiding thermal stresses and cracks generated due to the difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of component materials. A positioning recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring projection, etc. are formed in a combined manner in an electronic component mount portion of each of leads, whereby spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance can be suppressed and reliability can be improved. Filling a sealing material so as to seal and restrain the electronic component mounted in the electronic component mount portion without leaving voids contributes to further suppressing spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance and ensuring more improved reliability of the joining substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ebine, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20080283997
    Abstract: An electronic device requires an electronic component to be mounted for the purpose of static shielding. The mounting of such an electronic component raises a problem of avoiding thermal stresses and cracks generated due to the difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of component materials. A positioning recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring projection, etc. are formed in a combined manner in an electronic component mount portion of each of leads, whereby spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance can be suppressed and reliability can be improved. Filling a sealing material so as to seal and restrain the electronic component mounted in the electronic component mount portion without leaving voids contributes to further suppressing spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance and ensuring more improved reliability of the joining substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicants: HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO.,LTD., HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi EBINE, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7414307
    Abstract: An electronic device requires an electronic component to be mounted for the purpose of static shielding. The mounting of such an electronic component raises a problem of avoiding thermal stresses and cracks generated due to the difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of component materials. A positioning recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring projection, etc. are formed in a combined manner in an electronic component mount portion of each of leads, whereby spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance can be suppressed and reliability can be improved. Filling a sealing material so as to seal and restrain the electronic component mounted in the electronic component mount portion without leaving voids contributes to further suppressing spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance and ensuring more improved reliability of the joining substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ebine, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7260992
    Abstract: An outer case connector portion, a gauge housing case, and the like for use with a pressure sensor, for example, are generally made of a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin. However, the resin physically causes curing shrinkage. Especially when a metal is insert molded with a resin, curing shrinkage of the resin generates a gap at the interface between the resin and the metal. By filling an anaerobic, high-permeability adhesive in the gap, hermetic sealing can be ensured and reliability can be enhanced. Inexpensive hermetic sealing and enhanced reliability are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Hayashi, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Hiromichi Ebine
  • Publication number: 20050115328
    Abstract: An outer case connector portion, a gauge housing case, and the like for use with a pressure sensor, for example, are generally made of a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin. However, the resin physically causes curing shrinkage. Especially, when a metal is insert molded with a resin, curing shrinkage of the resin generates a gap at the interface between the resin and the metal. By filling an anaerobic, high-permeability adhesive in the gap, hermetic sealing can be ensured and reliability can be enhanced. Inexpensive hermetic sealing and enhanced reliability are realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Masahide Hayashi, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Hiromichi Ebine
  • Publication number: 20040238940
    Abstract: An electronic device requires an electronic component to be mounted for the purpose of static shielding. The mounting of such an electronic component raises a problem of avoiding thermal stresses and cracks generated due to the difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of component materials. A positioning recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring recess, a joining-substance thickness ensuring projection, etc. are formed in a combined manner in an electronic component mount portion of each of leads, whereby spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance can be suppressed and reliability can be improved. Filling a sealing material so as to seal and restrain the electronic component mounted in the electronic component mount portion without leaving voids contributes to further suppressing spreading of cracks generated in the joining substance and ensuring more improved reliability of the joining substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ebine, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6601453
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure detector capable of easily responding to changes in specification. The pressure detector has a sensor unit for detecting pressure and electronic parts for reducing electrical disturbance which are electrically joined to an exposed part of lead material of an opening of an external case. Thermoset resin is injected and set in the opening to obtain fixed members. An external electronic part for compensating for transient voltage resistance and electromagnetic failure resistance of a single one-chip semiconductor sensor can be mounted, and cost can be reduced by miniaturization, light weight, and reduction in man-hours required for assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyazaki, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Hiromichi Ebine, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20030094050
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure detector capable of easily responding to changes in the specification. The pressure detector that the sensor unit 11 for detecting pressure and the electronic parts 35 and 36 for reducing electrical disturbance are electrically joined to the exposed part 24 of the lead material of the opening 28 of the external case 28 and the thermoset resin 38 is injected and set in the opening, thus the members are fixed can be obtained. An external electronic part for compensating for the transient voltage resistance and electromagnetic failure resistance of a single one-chip semiconductor sensor can be mounted and the cost can be reduced by miniaturization, lightweight, and reduction in the assembly man-hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyazaki, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Hiromichi Ebine, Satoshi Shimada, Masahide Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5417312
    Abstract: A semiconductor acceleration sensor is formed by a cantilever having a conductive movable electrode of predetermined mass at one end, at least one pair of fixed conductive electrodes which are stationary with respect to the movable electrode located on opposing sides of the movable electrode, and gaps provided between the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes. To prevent the movable electrode becoming fused to the contacted fixed electrode, in a first aspect of this invention, an insulating layer is provided between the movable electrode and fixed electrodes, the layer being either on the movable electrode or on the fixed electrodes and in a second aspect the movable electrode or, preferably, the fixed electrodes, are formed of a high melting point material. In such a second aspect, to improve adhesion between the high melting point material and a substrate to which the fixed electrodes are mounted, a lower melting point material is firstly coated on the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki Tsuchitani, Seiko Suzuki, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Masayuki Miki, Masahiro Matsumoto, Norio Ichikawa, Hiromichi Ebine, Yukiko Sugisawa, Kanemasa Sato, Sadayasu Ueno, Yasuhiro Asano, Masanori Kubota, Masayoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5367429
    Abstract: An electrostatic type micro accelerometer comprising means for preventing permanent sticking between a movable electrode and a stationary electrode due to residual dielectric polarization, resisual electric charges and water adsorption and condensation around possible contacting portions therebetween when the movable electrode excessively displaces. The sticking preventing means is realized by disposing one of electric field reducing means, water adsorption and condensation reducing means and contacting area limiting means around the possible contacting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd, Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Tsuchitani, Seiko Suzuki, Satoshi Shimada, Masayuki Miki, Masahiro Matsumoto, Susumu Murakami, Akira Koide, Masahiro Kurita, Hiromichi Ebine
  • Patent number: 5243861
    Abstract: A capacitive type semiconductor accelerometer has an intermediate silicon plate of n type conductivity including a movable electrode constituting a pendulum mass formed within the intermediate silicon plate and supported thereby via a beam so as to permit movement in a direction perpendicular to its plane. A first conductive island is formed within the intermediate plate and is immovably supported thereby via a first insulating leg so as to be isolated therefrom, and an upper glass plate is anodic bonded to the intermediate silicon plate. A first stationary electrode is formed on the upper glass plate at the position facing one face of the movable electrode with a predetermined gap. A lower glass plate is anodic bonded to the intermediate silicon plate and a second stationary electrode is formed on the lower glass plate at the position facing the other face of the movable electrode with a predetermined gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kloeck, Seiko Suzuki, Shigeki Tsuchitani, Masayuki Miki, Masahiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sato, Akira Koide, Norio Ichikawa, Yukiko Kawai, Hiromichi Ebine