Patents by Inventor Kiichirou Tanaka

Kiichirou Tanaka 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).

  • Thermal head
    Patent number: 4586056
    Abstract: A thermal ceramic head chip (1) having plural heating elements (2) and a connecting portion (5) and held on a head base (10) and a folded flexible printed circuit sheet (3) having an external lead portion (4) on its outside face, the wiring conductors on the flexible printed circuit sheet (3) is connected to the connecting portion (5). At the former's connecting opening disposed on the inside face of the former, and the flexible printed circuit sheet (3) with a dew sensor gap (13) for electrical detection of dew if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Okamura, Kiichirou Tanaka, Hideo Fujino