Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Sato

Kiyoshi Sato 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).

  • Publication number: 20100072563
    Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a movable electrode portion and a fixed electrode portion which are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein: conductive supporting portions of the movable electrode portion and the fixed electrode portion are, respectively, fixedly secured to a surface of the first substrate via a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer, a lead layer buried into the second insulating layer, and connection electrode portions that are electrically connected to the lead layer to be individually connected to the conductive supporting portions are provided on a surface of the second substrate; a metallic connection layer is formed on the surface of one of the respective conductive supporting portions; one of the respective connection electrode portions and the metallic connection layer are bonded together by eutectic bonding or diffusion bonding; and, at least each of the connection electrode portions has a thickness of about 4 ?
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sato, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Uto, Katsuya Kikuiri, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Jun Suzuki, Hideki Gochou, Toru Takahashi, Hisanobu Ohkawa
  • Publication number: 20100066359
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided with two output terminals and a mode switch circuit which includes a pair of switch terminals. The mode switch circuit is allowed to switch the output mode between the 1-output mode for outputting the (+) magnetic field detection signal and the (?) magnetic field detection signal from the output terminal, and the 2-output mode for outputting the (+) magnetic field signal from the output terminal as one of the output terminals, and the (?) magnetic field detection signal from the output terminal as the other output terminal in accordance with the shortcircuit state or the non-shortcircuit state between the switch terminals. The switch terminals are exposed on the surface of the device, and the shortcircuit state and the non-shortcircuit state may be externally adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sato, Hideto Ando, Hideki Gochou
  • Patent number: 7652857
    Abstract: A magnetic sensing element is provided. The magnetic sensing element includes a laminate disposed on a conductive layer. The laminate having a structure including a pinned magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a free magnetic layer disposed in that order from the bottom, first insulating films disposed at both sides in the track width direction of the laminate, second insulating films disposed on the conductive layer, the second insulating films being connected to the respective first insulating films, bias layers disposed over the respective first insulating films and the respective second insulating films, wherein the thickness in the track width direction of the first insulating film is smaller than the thickness of the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100006324
    Abstract: In a curable resin composition containing an inorganic filler, the average particle diameter of the inorganic filler is 1 ?m or less and the content of the inorganic filler is 50 wt % or less. The curable resin composition can be preferably used for a halogen-free resin substrate and the like having a small load on an environment as a hole-plugging curable resin composition as well as used to provide a hole-plugging build-up printed wiring board having a via-on-via structure (in particular, a stacked via structure) having an excellent crack-resistant property, an excellent insulation/connection reliability, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: SAN-EI KAGAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori KITAMURA, Yukihiro Koga, Kiyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20090193905
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a package having pressure sensor including a first substrate having a fixed electrode bonded to a second substrate having a movable electrode disposed at a predetermined interval from the fixed electrode, a support substrate with an opening for storing the second substrate, and a resin layer for fixing the pressure sensor and the support substrate. The pressure sensor may be packaged on the support substrate via the first substrate and a bonding member in a state where the second substrate is fit within the opening. The package for the pressure sensor may be sufficiently thin to be employed for the use on a minimum area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Alps Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya FUKUDA, Katsuya KIKUIRI, Kiyoshi SATO, Mitsuru WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7554763
    Abstract: A magnetic head includes a plurality of coil elements disposed in a space defined by a lower core layer, a pole layer, and a back gap layer. A coil insulator fills the space so as to cover the coil elements. The top face of the pole layer, the top face of the coil insulator, the top faces of the coil elements, and the top face of the back gap layer form a planarized plane. The coil elements are disposed on a recess formed on the lower core layer. The bottom faces of the coil elements are disposed at substantially the same height as the top face of the lower core layer. The top faces of the coil elements lie in the planarized plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20090124134
    Abstract: A differential transmission connector unit is disclosed that includes a first differential transmission connector including a first electrically insulating block body; and first signal contact pairs and first ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the first block body; and a second differential transmission connector including a second electrically insulating block body; and second signal contact pairs and second ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the second block body. The first differential transmission connector is connected to the second differential transmission connector with the first signal contact pairs and the second signal contact pairs being in contact with each other and the first ground contacts and the second ground contacts being in contact with each other. One of the contact surface of each first ground contact and the contact surface of the corresponding second ground contact is a rolled surface, the contact surfaces contacting each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED of Tokyo
    Inventors: Satoshi Moriyama, Tadashi Kumamoto, Masahiro Hamazaki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20090079195
    Abstract: When a wind velocity sensor detects a wind velocity higher than a predetermined level, a timer device starts a waiting timer function during an operation timer period shorter than the waiting timer period. After the waiting timer period is over, the waiting timer function is switched to an operation timer function, and a switching relay switches a generator to a motor only during an operation timer period. Then, a driving circuit performs a start assisting rotation. After the operation timer period is over, the waiting timer period re-starts. This process is repeated. When during this period, the number of rotations of a rotor monitored by a rotation number measuring device, based on the output voltage Vm of a three-phase conduction coil exceeds a predetermined number of rotations, the charging of a battery by a three-phase generator is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: ZEPHYR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ito, Kiyoshi Sato, Hideaki Tamura, Katsushi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7506432
    Abstract: A lower shield layer is formed by being embedded in a first recess formed in an under layer. Accordingly, the distance between the lower shield layer and a slider can be reduced. Also, a second metal layer is formed from above a gap layer covering an electrode extracting layer over above the under layer hindwards therefrom. Accordingly, the second metal layer can be brought closer to the slider side than an upper shield layer. Consequently, the thermal dissipation effects of the thin-film magnetic head can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sato, Hideki Gochou, Hisayuki Yazawa
  • Patent number: 7506548
    Abstract: A package is mainly formed of a package body having a storage area for storing a pressure sensor, a capacity type pressure sensor stored in the storage area of the package body, a lid seals the package body in which the pressure sensor is stored, an adhesive agent for fixing the pressure sensor to the package body, and a bonding wire for electrically coupling a bonding pad of the pressure sensor and a conductive portion of the package body. An adhesive area of the package body and the pressure sensor is set to the area other than a projection area of the diaphragm of the pressure sensor on a mount bottom surface. This makes it possible to provide the package for the pressure sensor capable of detecting the pressure with high sensitivity although the gap between the substrate and the diaphragm has the value with the magnitude of several ?ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fukuda, Katsuya Kikuiri, Kiyoshi Sato, Mitsuru Watanabe, Yoshinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7488188
    Abstract: A differential transmission connector unit is disclosed that includes a first differential transmission connector including a first electrically insulating block body; and first signal contact pairs and first ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the first block body; and a second differential transmission connector including a second electrically insulating block body; and second signal contact pairs and second ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the second block body. The first differential transmission connector is connected to the second differential transmission connector with the first signal contact pairs and the second signal contact pairs being in contact with each other and the first ground contacts and the second ground contacts being in contact with each other. One of the contact surface of each first ground contact and the contact surface of the corresponding second ground contact is a rolled surface, the contact surfaces contacting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Moriyama, Tadashi Kumamoto, Masahiro Hamazaki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 7472470
    Abstract: A main magnetic pore layer is formed on an insulating layer flattened into a high-flatness surface, and a yoke layer having a large film thickness is formed under the main magnetic pole layer independently of the main magnetic pole. The main magnetic pole layer has a front end surface formed in a shape with a width size gradually increasing in a direction of track width as the front end surface departs farther away from an auxiliary magnetic pole layer. A perpendicular magnetic recording head can be provided which can suppress the occurrence of fringing in a recording pattern, and can form the main magnetic pole layer with high pattern accuracy, and can satisfactorily introduce a recording magnetic field to a fore end of the main magnetic pole layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Hisayuki Yazawa, Hideki Gochou, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Minoru Yamada, Kiyoshi Sato, Toshinori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7463026
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor uses a magnetoresistance element which can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of a polarity of an external magnetic field. A resistance value R of first magnetoresistance elements varies, and a resistance value of second magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H1 in the positive direction. A resistance value R of second magnetoresistance elements varies and a resistance value of first magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H2 in the negative direction. Accordingly, the magnetic sensor can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of the polarity of the external magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sasaki, Kiyoshi Sato, Naoya Hasegawa, Yoshito Sasaki, Eiji Umetsu
  • Patent number: 7456510
    Abstract: When a wind velocity sensor detects a wind velocity higher than a predetermined level, a timer device starts a waiting timer function during an operation timer period shorter than the waiting timer period. After the waiting timer period is over, the waiting timer function is switched to an operation timer function, and a switching relay switches a generator to a motor only during an operation timer period. Then, a driving circuit performs a start assisting rotation. After the operation timer period is over, the waiting timer period re-starts. This process is repeated. When during this period, the number of rotations of a rotor monitored by a rotation number measuring device, based on the output voltage Vm of a three-phase conduction coil exceeds a predetermined number of rotations, the charging of a battery by a three-phase generator is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Zephyr Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ito, Kiyoshi Sato, Hideaki Tamura, Katsushi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7414398
    Abstract: A magnetic detection device of which an output can be completely switched over with an external magnetic field is formed in a small size. A detection circuit is formed by forming circuit elements such as an active element layer and interconnection layers on a substrate. An insulating layer is formed on the detection circuit, and a flat surface is formed on the resultant surface. A magnetic detection element that detects an external magnetic field by using a magneto-resistance effect and a fixed resistance element, which has the same electric resistance as the magnetic detection element but does not react to the external magnetic field, are formed on the flat surface. Electrode layers and a lead layer are formed on the flat surface, and the lead layer and the interconnection layer are electrically connected to each other via a bump penetrating the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshito Sasaki, Hideki Gochou, Kiyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 7414393
    Abstract: A magnetic detection device of a NS detection type is provided. A magnetic detection device comprising a first series circuit, a second series circuit, and a third series circuit. At least one of a plurality of resistance elements forming the first series circuit includes a first magneto-resistance element using a magneto-resistance effect, of which an electric resistance varies with an external magnetic field of any one direction. At least one of a plurality of resistance elements forming the second series circuit includes a second magneto-resistance element using a magneto-resistance effect, of which an electric resistance varies with an external magnetic field of a direction apposite to the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Katsuya Kikuiri, Kiyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 7410673
    Abstract: The thermosetting resin composition which is valuable for an undercoat of a printed wiring board, and does not leave an air bubble in a cured film, and makes the surface polishing easy and can form a smooth printed wiring board comprises (I) an adduct of epoxy resin with unsaturated aliphatic acid, (II) a (meth) acrylate, (III) a radical polymerization initiator, (IV) a crystallizable epoxy resin, and (V) a latent curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: San-ei Kagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sato, Kazunori Kitamura
  • Patent number: 7396885
    Abstract: A photo-setting and thermosetting resin composition comprises (I) a partial adduct of epoxy resin with unsaturated aliphatic acid, (II) (meth)acrylates, (III) a photocrosslinking agent, (IV) liquid epoxy resin, and (V) a latent curing agent. The resin composition can be easily charged and plugged into a through-hole, does not drip down, and can be effectively photo-set and thermoset. A photo-set product prepared of the resin composition can be easily polished. A plugged-through-hole printed wiring (substrate) board prepared of the resin composition does not cause defects such as hollows, cracks, blisters, peelings and so on, is excellent in solder-resistance, does not corrode a metal part, and can produce an appliance of high reliability and long life which does not occur short circuit and poor electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: SAN-EI Kagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sato, Kazunori Kitamura
  • Patent number: 7382599
    Abstract: A capacitive pressure sensor is provided. The capacitive pressure sensor includes a glass substrate that has a pair of surfaces facing each other. A first silicon substrate has a fixed electrode passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at one surface and a projection passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at the one surface. A second silicon substrate is bonded to the one surface of the glass substrate and is disposed to face the fixed electrode so as to form a cavity between the second silicon substrate and the fixed electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Katsuya Kikuiri, Kiyoshi Sato, Tetsuya Fukuda, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080078251
    Abstract: A package is mainly formed of a package body having a storage area for storing a pressure sensor, a capacity type pressure sensor stored in the storage area of the package body, a lid seals the package body in which the pressure sensor is stored, an adhesive agent for fixing the pressure sensor to the package body, and a bonding wire for electrically coupling a bonding pad of the pressure sensor and a conductive portion of the package body. An adhesive area of the package body and the pressure sensor is set to the area other than a projection area of the diaphragm of the pressure sensor on a mount bottom surface. This makes it possible to provide the package for the pressure sensor capable of detecting the pressure with high sensitivity although the gap between the substrate and the diaphragm has the value with the magnitude of several ?ms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fukuda, Katsuya Kikuiri, Kiyoshi Sato, Mitsuru Watanabe, Yoshinobu Nakamura