Patents by Inventor Koichi Kusuyama

Koichi Kusuyama 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: 7622913
    Abstract: A displacement sensor includes a plurality of conductive members, a semiconductor device, and a nonmagnetic conductor electrically connecting one of the conductive members and one of a low electric potential side and a high electric potential side of a power supply of the semiconductor device. The conductive member is electrically connected with the semiconductor device through a nonmagnetic conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kogure, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 7355390
    Abstract: A rotation angle sensor includes a rotatable magnet, at least one yoke located at a position to confront a magnetic pole, and a magnetic sensing device to sense magnetic flux density varying in accordance with a confronting area between the yoke and the magnet. The yoke is electrically connected with the magnetic sensing device through a nonmagnetic conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Unisia Automotive, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kogure, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20060202679
    Abstract: A displacement sensor includes a plurality of conductive members, a semiconductor device, and a nonmagnetic conductor electrically connecting one of the conductive members and one of a low electric potential side and a high electric potential side of a power supply of the semiconductor device. The conductive member is electrically connected with the semiconductor device through a nonmagnetic conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kogure, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 6938492
    Abstract: A bonding pad for outputting an output of a piezoresistive element to an integrated circuit is disposed on one side of a sensor substrate, and the sensor substrate is adhered to a package at only a rear side of the bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tsukada, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20050134258
    Abstract: A rotation angle sensor includes a rotatable magnet, at least one yoke located at a position to confront a magnetic pole, and a magnetic sensing device to sense magnetic flux density varying in accordance with a confronting area between the yoke and the magnet. The yoke is electrically connected with the magnetic sensing device through a nonmagnetic conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kogure, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 6819118
    Abstract: A sensing device of the present invention includes a first resistive branch having first and second resistors connected in series, a second resistive branch comprising third and fourth resistors connected in series and arranged in parallel with the first resistive branch to form a bridge circuit, first and second feed wiring arrangements connecting the first and second resistive branches to a power source side, respectively, in parallel to each other, and a ground wiring arrangement connecting the first and second resistive branches to a ground side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Unisia Automotive, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kusuyama, Masao Tsukada
  • Patent number: 6755084
    Abstract: In a pressure sensor in which a frame shaped protruding potion is formed on a surface side of a substrate by means of an etching process, and a blocking plate is connected to an upper part of the protruding portion, to form a standard pressure chamber, a recess is formed on at least one of the substrate and the blocking plate that constitute the standard pressure chamber, to increase the height of the standard pressure chamber, thereby preventing the lowering of pressure detection accuracy due to foreign substances within the standard pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Unisia Automotive, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tsukada, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20030213308
    Abstract: A bonding pad for outputting an output of a piezoresistive element to an integrated circuit is disposed on one side of a sensor substrate, and the sensor substrate is adhered to a package at only a rear side of the bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI UNISIA AUTOMOTIVE, LTD
    Inventors: Masao Tsukada, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20030209079
    Abstract: In a pressure sensor in which a frame shaped protruding potion is formed on a surface side of a substrate by means of an etching process, and a blocking plate is connected to an upper part of the protruding portion, to form a standard pressure chamber, a recess is formed on at least one of the substrate and the blocking plate that constitute the standard pressure chamber, to increase the height of the standard pressure chamber, thereby preventing the lowering of pressure detection accuracy due to foreign substances within the standard pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI UNISIA AUTOMOTIVE, LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Tsukada, Koichi Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20030136197
    Abstract: A sensing device of the present invention comprises a first resistive branch comprising first and second resistors connected in series, a second resistive branch comprising third and fourth resistors connected in series and arranged in parallel with the first resistive branch to form a bridge circuit, first and second feed wiring arrangements connecting the first and second resistive branches to a power source side, respectively, in parallel to each other, and a ground wiring arrangement connecting the first and second resistive branches to a ground side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI UNISIA AUTOMOTIVE, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kusuyama, Masao Tsukada
  • Patent number: 6058781
    Abstract: A pressure sensor including a substrate having a diaphragm portion. A diaphragm-defining recess is recessed inwardly from one surface of the substrate to define the diaphragm portion between a bottom surface of the recess and an opposite surface of the substrate. A recess is disposed within the diaphragm portion. A pressure sensitive arrangement is disposed in the substrate, a detector portion of which is disposed within the recess formed within the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Unisia Jecs Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kusuyama, Masao Tsukada
  • Patent number: 5869901
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided which comprises a metal interconnection consisting of a titanium-aluminum film with (111) orientation formed on a semiconductor substrate via an insulating film, and an aluminum film or an aluminum alloy film with (111) orientation formed on the titanium-aluminum film by virtue of epitaxial growth. With such structure, electromigration endurance of an aluminum interconnection is improved and a wiring structure of a semiconductor is achieved with high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Kusuyama