Patents by Inventor Koji TOSHIKAWA
Koji TOSHIKAWA 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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Publication number: 20240146284Abstract: An AT-cut quartz-crystal vibrating piece includes a vibrator, a peripheral portion, and a level difference. The peripheral portion has a thickness thinner than a thickness of the vibrator. The level difference is on each of a front and a back of the quartz-crystal vibrating piece. The level difference is generated caused by a thickness difference between the vibrator and the peripheral portion. When a dimension along an X-axis of a crystal of the quartz-crystal vibrating piece is defined as Lx, a dimension along a Z?-axis of the crystal of the quartz-crystal vibrating piece is defined as Lz, a thickness of the vibrator is defined as t, and a height of the level difference is defined as d, Lx is in a range from 849 to 857 ?m, Lz is in a range from 625 to 645 ?m, and d/t is in a range of 0.094?d/t?0.11.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji TOSHIKAWA, Takashi YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11824516Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a container and an AT-cut crystal element. The AT-cut crystal element has at least one side surface intersecting with a Z?-axis of the crystallographic axis of the crystal constituted of three surfaces. The first surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by 4°±3.5° with an X-axis of the crystal as a rotation axis. The second surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by ?57°±5° with the X-axis. The third surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by ?42°±5° with the X-axis. When two corner portions on a side of a second side opposed to the first side of the AT-cut crystal element are viewed in plan view, each of the two corner portions have an approximately right angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Shimao, Tetsuya Watanabe, Koji Toshikawa, Hirokazu Iwata
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Publication number: 20210135650Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a container and an AT-cut crystal element. The AT-cut crystal element has at least one side surface intersecting with a Z?-axis of the crystallographic axis of the crystal constituted of three surfaces. The first surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by 4°±3.5° with an X-axis of the crystal as a rotation axis. The second surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by ?57°±5° with the X-axis. The third surface is a surface equivalent to a surface formed by rotating the principal surface by ?42°±5° with the X-axis. When two corner portions on a side of a second side opposed to the first side of the AT-cut crystal element are viewed in plan view, each of the two corner portions have an approximately right angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KENJI SHIMAO, Tetsuya WATANABE, Koji TOSHIKAWA, Hirokazu IWATA
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Patent number: 10840882Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element that has a planar shape in a rectangular shape and a part as a thick portion. The crystal element includes a first end portion, a depressed portion, the thick portion, and a second end portion in this order from a side of one short side in viewing a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction near a center of the short side. The depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the first end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?a and subsequently bulged, and connected to the first end portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Toshikawa, Shinobu Yoshida, Hirokazu Iwata, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuhiro Hirota, Yoshiro Teshima
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Patent number: 10771038Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element that has a planar shape in a rectangular shape and a part as a thick portion. The crystal element includes a first end portion, a first depressed portion, the thick portion, a second depressed portion, and a second end portion in this order from a side of one short side, in viewing a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction near a center of the short side. The first depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the first end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?a and subsequently bulged, and connected to the first end portion. The second depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the second end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?b and subsequently bulged, and connected to the second end portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Toshikawa, Shinobu Yoshida, Hirokazu Iwata
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Publication number: 20190326876Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element that has a planar shape in a rectangular shape and a part as a thick portion. The crystal element includes a first end portion, a first depressed portion, the thick portion, a second depressed portion, and a second end portion in this order from a side of one short side, in viewing a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction near a center of the short side. The first depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the first end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?a and subsequently bulged, and connected to the first end portion. The second depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the second end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?b and subsequently bulged, and connected to the second end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji TOSHIKAWA, Shinobu YOSHIDA, Hirokazu IWATA
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Publication number: 20190326882Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element that has a planar shape in a rectangular shape and a part as a thick portion. The crystal element includes a first end portion, a depressed portion, the thick portion, and a second end portion in this order from a side of one short side in viewing a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction near a center of the short side. The depressed portion is a depressed portion disposed from the thick portion toward the first end portion side, depressed with a predetermined angle ?a and subsequently bulged, and connected to the first end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji TOSHIKAWA, Shinobu YOSHIDA, Hirokazu IWATA, Tetsuya WATANABE, Kazuhiro HIROTA, Yoshiro TESHIMA