Patents by Inventor Kikuo Kainou

Kikuo Kainou 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: 5910189
    Abstract: It is aimed to present a liquid level detector that can be assembled by simply stacking component parts one upon another, without using any soldering work at all. In the liquid level detector, a thermistor (7) is placed on an electrode (2a) of element holder (2) and is pressed by an electrode (3a) of a terminal (3), a coil spring (4) is inserted around the terminal (3) for the electrode (3a) to press the thermistor (7). An insulator (5), with which a terminal member (6) is calked together in advance, is placed to a fitting portion (2c) of the element holder (2), and then the entire assembly is inserted from the opening into a metal case (1), so that the opening is closed with the insulator (5) calked by a fitting portion (1a) of case (1) and the fitting portion (2c) of element holder (2) aligned to an indention (5c) of insulator (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kikuo Kainou
  • Patent number: 5003824
    Abstract: A vibration/acceleration sensor is provided which includes a basic sensor unit fixed to a casing adapted to be mounted on a body the vibrations of which are to be detected. The sensor unit is surrounded by a resinous material having a low heat transfer coefficient. The sensor unit includes a vibration detecting unit including a piezoelectric bending vibrator, thin plates each formed of, for example, a resinous material having a low heat transfer coefficient, provided respectively on the upper and lower surfaces of the vibration detecting unit, and a signal processing circuit formed on the upper thin plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fukada, Masayuki Wakamiya, Kikuo Kainou