Patents by Inventor Isamu Shimura

Isamu Shimura 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: 7913366
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an ultrasonic probe including the steps of forming a plurality of unit fixing plates. Laminating each unit fixing plates to one another to form a fixing base and inserting lead wires into grooves formed in the fixing base. Partially cutting away and smoothing both principal surfaces of the fixing base to expose lead wires. Fixing a piezoelectric plate to one principal surface of the fixing base and cutting out between the lead wires in a one dimension direction and a two dimension direction, to divide up said piezoelectric plate and the fixing base into a plurality of piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tahara, Isamu Shimura, Takashi Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20080294053
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic probe in which the array accuracy of lead wires, and heat resistance when connecting to a connector are enhanced, and a manufacturing method therefor. The ultrasonic probe of the invention is one in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed in a two-dimensional direction on a fixing base, and lead wires from the lower surface of each of the piezoelectric elements are inserted through the fixing base, and the electrically connected lead wires are led out, and the fixing base has an opening portion in an array direction of the piezoelectric elements, and comprises unit fixing plates laminated in the array direction, and grooves through which the lead wires are inserted, are formed on one principal surface of the unit fixing plates, and damper material is filled into the opening portion. The invention is also for a manufacturing method for the ultrasonic probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tahara, Isamu Shimura, Takashi Kondoh
  • Patent number: 7312556
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic probe in which the array accuracy of lead wires, and heat resistance when connecting to a connector are enhanced, and a manufacturing method therefor. The ultrasonic probe of the invention is one in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed in a two-dimensional direction on a fixing base, and lead wires from the lower surface of each of the piezoelectric elements are inserted through the fixing base, and the electrically connected lead wires are led out, and the fixing base has an opening portion in an array direction of the piezoelectric elements, and comprises unit fixing plates laminated in the array direction, and grooves through which the lead wires are inserted, are formed on one principal surface of the unit fixing plates, and damper material is filled into the opening portion. The invention is also for a manufacturing method for the ultrasonic probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tahara, Isamu Shimura, Takashi Kondoh
  • Publication number: 20050242689
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic probe in which the array accuracy of lead wires, and heat resistance when connecting to a connector are enhanced, and a manufacturing method therefor. The ultrasonic probe of the invention is one in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed in a two-dimensional direction on a fixing base, and lead wires from the lower surface of each of the piezoelectric elements are inserted through the fixing base, and the electrically connected lead wires are led out, and the fixing base has an opening portion in an array direction of the piezoelectric elements, and comprises unit fixing plates laminated in the array direction, and grooves through which the lead wires are inserted, are formed on one principal surface of the unit fixing plates, and damper material is filled into the opening portion. The invention is also for a manufacturing method for the ultrasonic probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tahara, Isamu Shimura, Takashi Kondoh
  • Patent number: D837391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Naka, Takashi Wakabayashi, Isamu Shimura, Chao Li
  • Patent number: D850629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Naka, Takashi Wakabayashi, Isamu Shimura, Chao Li