Patents by Inventor Kazushige Suematsu

Kazushige Suematsu 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).

  • Pressure sensor for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7406875
    Abstract: A pressure sensor is provided with a housing which has an opening portion for communicating an interior of the housing with an exterior, and a pressure detecting unit which has a detection surface for detecting a pressure applied thereto through the opening and is arranged in the housing. One of a perimeter of the detection surface and that of the opening portion has a protrusion portion which protrudes toward other of the perimeters. The other of the perimeters has a groove, into which a tip of the protrusion portion is inserted. A seal member is arranged between the groove and the protrusion portion, to seal therebetween and buffer stress caused by relative displacement between the housing and the pressure detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Wanami, Kazushige Suematsu, Toshihito Nonaka, Minoru Fujioka, Taiki Katsu
  • Pressure sensor
    Publication number: 20070068276
    Abstract: A pressure sensor is provided with a housing which has an opening portion for communicating an interior of the housing with an exterior, and a pressure detecting unit which has a detection surface for detecting a pressure applied thereto through the opening and is arranged in the housing. One of a perimeter of the detection surface and that of the opening portion has a protrusion portion which protrudes toward other of the perimeters. The other of the perimeters has a groove, into which a tip of the protrusion portion is inserted. A seal member is arranged between the groove and the protrusion portion, to seal therebetween and buffer stress caused by relative displacement between the housing and the pressure detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Wanami, Kazushige Suematsu, Toshihito Nonaka, Minoru Fujioka, Taiki Katsu