Patents by Inventor Kei Masunishi
Kei Masunishi 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).
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Patent number: 12264916Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a sensor element, a housing provided around the sensor element, and a processor. The sensor element includes a base body including first and second base body regions, and first and second sensor parts. The first sensor part is provided in the first base body region, and includes a first sensor movable part. The second sensor part is provided in the second base body region and includes first and second beams. The processor can derive a rotation angle and an angular velocity based on a signal obtained from the first sensor movable part. The processor can detect acceleration and a temperature based on a first resonance frequency of the first beam and a second resonance frequency of the second beam. The processor can correct one of the rotation angle or the angular velocity based on one of the temperature or the acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ryunosuke Gando, Daiki Ono, Yasushi Tomizawa, Fumito Miyazaki, Shiori Kaji, Kei Masunishi, Hiroki Hiraga, Etsuji Ogawa, Kengo Uchida
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Publication number: 20250076047Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first face, a fixed portion fixed to the first face, a movable portion supported by the fixed portion, a first fixed electrode, and a first opposing fixed electrode. The fixed portion includes a first center in a first plane parallel to the first face. The movable portion includes first and second annular portions. The first fixed electrode includes first and second regions. The first opposing fixed electrode includes first and second opposing regions. The first region is provided between the second annular portion and the first annular portion. The first opposing region is provided between the second annular portion and the first region. The second region is provided between the second annular portion and the first annular portion. The second opposing region is provided between the second annular portion and the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daiki ONO, Hideaki MURASE, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Kei MASUNISHI, Kengo UCHIDA, Etsuji OGAWA, Fumitaka ISHIBASHI, Jumpei OGAWA
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Publication number: 20250076050Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first face, a fixed portion fixed to the first face, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion. The movable portion includes a plurality of annular portions, a plurality of connect portions, and a first structure. Each of the plurality of annular portions is provided around the fixed portion with the fixed portion as a center in a first plane along the first face. One of the plurality of connect portions connects two of the plurality of annular portions to each other. The plurality of annular portions include a first annular portion. The first annular portion is outermost of the plurality of annular portions. The first structure is connected to the first annular portion. The first annular portion is provided between the fixed portion and the first structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideaki MURASE, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Daiki ONO, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Kengo UCHIDA, Kei MASUNISHI
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Publication number: 20250076046Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first face, a fixed portion fixed to the first face, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion. The movable portion includes a plurality of annular portions, a plurality of connect portions, and a first radial structure. Each of the plurality of annular portions is provided around the fixed portion with the fixed portion as a center in a first plane along the first face. The plurality of connect portion extend along a radial direction. One of the plurality of connect portions connects two of the plurality of annular portions to each other. The plurality of annular portions include a first annular portion and a second annular portion. The first radial structure is connected to the first annular portion. The first radial structure extends toward the second annular portion along a first radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideaki MURASE, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Daiki ONO, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Kengo UCHIDA, Kei MASUNISHI
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Publication number: 20250076049Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first face, a fixed portion fixed to the first face, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion. The movable portion includes a plurality of annular portions and a plurality of connect portions. Each of the plurality of annular portions is provided around the fixed portion with the fixed portion as a center on a first plane along the first face. The plurality of annular portions includes a first annular portion, a second annular portion, and a third annular portion. The plurality of connect portions includes first and second connect portions. The first connect portion is provided between the first and second annular portions, and is connected to the first and second annular portions. The second connect portion is provided between the second and third annular portions, and is connected to the second and third annular portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Fumito MIYAZAKI, Hideaki MURASE, Kei MASUNISHI, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Daiki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA, Etsuji OGAWA, Jumpei OGAWA, Fumitaka ISHIBASHI
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Publication number: 20250076054Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first member, a first substrate, and a sensor section. A direction from the first member to the first substrate is along a first direction. A first member thickness of the first member is thicker than a first substrate thickness of the first substrate along the first direction. The sensor section is provided between the first member and the first substrate, and is fixed to the first member. The substrate is fixed to the sensor section. The sensor section includes a housing and a sensor element provided in the housing. The sensor element includes a sensor base, a fixed portion fixed to the sensor base, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion. A direction from the fixed portion to the sensor base is along the first direction. A first gap is provided between the sensor base and the movable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Fumito MIYAZAKI, Hideaki MURASE, Kei MASUNISHI, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Daiki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA, Etsuji OGAWA, Jumpei OGAWA, Fumitaka ISHIBASHI
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Publication number: 20250076089Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first face, an inner structure fixed to the first face, a fixed portion fixed to the first face, a movable portion supported by the fixed portion, a plurality of fixed electrodes fixed to the first face, and a plurality of connect members. A first gap is provided between the first face and the movable portion. The movable portion includes a first annular portion and a first connect portion. The plurality of fixed electrodes include a first fixed electrode and a first opposing fixed electrode that face the first annular portion. The inner structure includes a first conductive portion. The first conductive portion includes a first region and a first opposing region. The plurality of connect members include a first connect member and a first opposing connect member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Hideaki MURASE, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Daiki ONO, Kei MASUNISHI, Kengo UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20240401949Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes an element section. The element section includes a base, a first fixed portion, a first intermediate connect portion, a first intermediate movable member, a first connect portion, a first movable member, and a first fixed electrode. The first fixed portion is fixed to the base. The first intermediate connect portion is supported by the first fixed portion. The first intermediate movable member is connected to the first intermediate connect portion. The first connect portion is connected to the first intermediate movable member. The first movable member is supported by the first connect portion. The first movable member includes a first movable electrode. The first fixed electrode is fixed to the base and faces the first movable electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideaki MURASE, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Daiki ONO, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Kengo UCHIDA, Kei MASUNISHI, Etsuji OGAWA, Jumpei OGAWA, Fumitaka ISHIBASHI
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Publication number: 20240310406Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes an element section. The element section includes a first beam, a first beam electrode, a second beam, and a second beam electrode. The first beam includes a first portion, a first other portion, and a first intermediate portion between the first portion and the first other portion. The first beam electrode is connected to the first intermediate portion. The second beam includes a second portion, a second other portion, and a second intermediate portion between the second portion and the second other portion. The second beam electrode is connected to the second intermediate portion. The first and the second beam electrodes satisfy at least one of first to eighth conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Etsuji OGAWA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA
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Publication number: 20240310404Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first beam, a first opposing beam, a support portion, a first linking portion, and a first connecting portion. The first beam includes a first portion and a first other portion. A direction from the first portion to the first other portion is along a first direction. A second direction from the first opposing beam to the first beam crosses the first direction. The first opposing beam includes a first opposing portion and a first other opposing portion. The first linking portion is connected to the first other portion and the first other opposing portion. The first connecting portion is connected to the first linking portion. A first connecting portion width along the second direction of the first connecting portion is narrower than a first linking portion width along the second direction of the first linking portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Etsuji OGAWA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Daiki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA, Jumpei OGAWA, Fumitaka ISHIBASHI, Hideaki MURASE
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Patent number: 12095469Abstract: A resonance frequency detector has an adder that adds a correction term to an oscillation frequency of an output signal of an oscillator, and detects a predetermined resonance frequency of a resonance element. The correction term is generated based on a phase error in a phase locked loop and a degree of change in phase at the resonance frequency, and the phase locked loop generates a control signal based on the phase error between an output signal of the resonance element that resonates at the resonance frequency and the output signal of the oscillator that varies the oscillation frequency according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuro Itakura, Ryunosuke Gando, Daiki Ono, Kei Masunishi, Akihide Sai
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Publication number: 20240219178Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a housing, a sensor section, and a plurality of first fixing members. The housing includes a housing base. The sensor section is surrounded by the housing. The sensor section includes a sensor base, a support portion fixed to the sensor base, a movable portion supported by the support portion, and a plurality of fixed electrodes fixed to the sensor base and facing the movable portion. A first gap is provided between the sensor base and the movable portion. The fixed electrodes are provided in n-rotational symmetry in a first plane perpendicular to a first direction from the sensor base to the support portion. The n is an integer of 2 or more. The plurality of first fixing members fix the sensor base to the housing base. The first fixing members are provided in the n-rotational symmetry in the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroki HIRAGA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Kei MASUNISHI
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Patent number: 12019092Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor a sensor includes a base, a first support portion fixed to the base, and a first movable portion supported by the first support portion. The first movable portion includes first and second movable base portions, a connecting base portion, first and second movable beams, and first and second movable conductive portions. The first movable beam includes a first beam end portion, a first beam other end portion, and a first beam intermediate portion. The second movable beam includes a second beam end portion, a second beam other end portion, and a second beam intermediate portion. The first movable conductive portion includes a first crossing conductive portion, a first extending conductive portion, and a first other extending conductive portion. The second movable conductive portion includes a second crossing conductive portion, a second extending conductive portion, and a second other extending conductive portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei Masunishi, Yasushi Tomizawa, Etsuji Ogawa, Ryunosuke Gando, Shiori Kaji, Hiroki Hiraga, Fumito Miyazaki, Daiki Ono, Kengo Uchida
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Publication number: 20240085181Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base, a first support portion fixed to the substrate, and a first member supported by the first support portion. A gap is provided between the base and the first member. The first beam electrode and the second beam electrode satisfy at least one of a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, a fourth condition, a fifth condition, a sixth condition, a seventh condition, or an eighth condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Etsuji OGAWA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Daki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA, Hiroki HIRAGA, Shiori KAJI, Hideaki MURASE
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Publication number: 20240085451Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a support portion fixed to the base body, and a first member supported by the support portion. A gap is provided between the base body and a part of the first member. The first member includes a supported region, a first movable region, a first structure, a first support structure, a first connection structure, a first connect portion, and a first beam. The support portion is located between the base body and the supported region in a first direction from the base body to the support portion. The first beam extends along a second direction crossing the first direction. A first beam position of the first beam is located between a first movable region position of the first movable region and a support portion position of the support portion in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Etsuji OGAWA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Daki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA, Hiroki HIRAGA, Shiori KAJI, Hideaki MURASE
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Publication number: 20240060777Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body, a support member, and a movable member. The base body includes a first face including a first base region. The support member is fixed to the first base region. The support member includes a support portion and an extending portion. The extending portion is connected to the support portion. The extending portion extends along a second direction crossing a first direction from the first base region to the support portion. A first width of the support portion in a third direction crossing a plane including the first direction and the second direction is wider than a second width of the extending portion in the third direction. The movable member is supported by the extending portion. A first gap is provided between the first face and the movable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Fumito MIYAZAKI, Hiroki HIRAGA, Kengo UCHIDA, Shiori KAJI, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Kei MASUNISHI, Daiki ONO, Ryunosuke GANDO
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Publication number: 20240019248Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body including a first face, a first support portion, a first movable portion, and a first insulating member. The first face includes a first base region, a second base region, and a third base region. The first support portion is fixed to the third base region. The first movable portion is supported by the first support portion. The first movable portion includes a first movable region and a second movable region. A first gap is provided between the first base region and the first movable region. The first insulating member is fixed to the second base region, and located between the second base region and the second movable region in a first direction from the third base region to the first support portion. A second gap is provided between the first insulating member and the second movable region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroki HIRAGA, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Kengo UCHIDA, Kei MASUNISHI, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Ryunosuke GANDO, Shiori KAJI, Etsuji OGAWA, Daiki ONO
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Patent number: 11834326Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first detection element. The first detection element includes a base body, a first support member fixed to the base body, a conductive first movable member, and a first conductive part fixed to the base body. The first movable member includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth movable parts. In a second direction crossing a first direction from the base body toward the first movable member, the third movable part is between the first and second movable parts. In the second direction, the fourth movable part is between the first and third movable parts. In the second direction, the fifth movable part is between the third and second movable parts. The first movable part is supported by the first support member. The second, third, fourth and fifth movable parts are separated from the base body.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei Masunishi, Yasushi Tomizawa, Etsuji Ogawa, Ryunosuke Gando, Shiori Kaji, Hiroki Hiraga, Fumito Miyazaki, Daiki Ono
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Patent number: 11796319Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base body including a first surface including first and second base body regions, a first structure body provided in the first base body region, a second structure body provided in the second base body region, and a control device. The first structure body includes a first movable member configured to vibrate. The vibration of the first movable member includes first and second components. The second structure body includes a second movable member configured to vibrate. The control device includes a controller configured to perform a processing operation. The processing operation includes outputting a second rotation angle, The second rotation angle is obtained by correcting a first rotation angle based on a resonance frequency of the second movable member. The first rotation angle of the first movable member is obtained based on the first component and the second component.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Fumito Miyazaki, Yasushi Tomizawa, Ryunosuke Gando, Hiroki Hiraga, Kei Masunishi, Shiori Kaji, Daiki Ono, Etsuji Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230288445Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a stage, a driver, and a detector. The stage includes a first portion and a second portion. The driver is configured to rotate the stage. A rotation axis of the stage passes through the first portion and is along a first direction. A second direction from the first portion to the second portion crosses the first direction. The second portion is configured to rotate along a circumferential direction with the rotation axis as a center when the stage rotating. The detector is provided at the second portion. The detector includes a first detection element configured to detect a first acceleration including a component along the second direction, and a second detection element configured to detect a second acceleration including a component along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Yasushi TOMIZAWA, Etsuji OGAWA, Ryunosuke GANDO, Shiori KAJI, Hiroki HIRAGA, Fumito MIYAZAKI, Daiki ONO, Kengo UCHIDA