Patents by Inventor Kotaro Taimura

Kotaro Taimura 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: 10764968
    Abstract: A heater includes: a ceramic body having a rod-like shape; and a heat generating resistor embedded in the ceramic body, the heat generating resistor including a first straight line section, a second straight line section which is disposed alongside the first straight line section, and a folded section which connects the first straight line section and the second straight line section, in a transverse cross section of the heater, the first straight line section having a shape having a first major axis, the second straight line section having a shape having a second major axis, the second major axis being inclined with respect to the first major axis, a centroid of the first straight line section and the second straight line section being deviated from a centroid of the ceramic body to a side on which a distance between the first major axis and the second major axis is narrower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Patent number: 10533744
    Abstract: A heater includes a ceramic body of bar shape; and a heat-generating resistor disposed in an inside of the ceramic body, when viewed in a transverse section, the heat-generating resistor including at least one step portion provided in an outer periphery part of the heat-generating resistor, the at least one step portion having such a shape that semicircular portions bisected in a diametrical direction of the heat-generating resistor deviate from each other along the diametrical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Publication number: 20180310364
    Abstract: A heater includes: a ceramic body having a rod-like shape; and a heat generating resistor embedded in the ceramic body, the heat generating resistor including a first straight line section, a second straight line section which is disposed alongside the first straight line section, and a folded section which connects the first straight line section and the second straight line section, in a transverse cross section of the heater, the first straight line section having a shape having a first major axis, the second straight line section having a shape having a second major axis, the second major axis being inclined with respect to the first major axis, a centroid of the first straight line section and the second straight line section being deviated from a centroid of the ceramic body to a side on which a distance between the first major axis and the second major axis is narrower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro TAIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170350596
    Abstract: A heater includes a ceramic body of bar shape; and a heat-generating resistor disposed in an inside of the ceramic body, when viewed in a transverse section, the heat-generating resistor including at least one step portion provided in an outer periphery part of the heat-generating resistor, the at least one step portion having such a shape that semicircular portions bisected in a diametrical direction of the heat-generating resistor deviate from each other along the diametrical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro TAIMURA
  • Patent number: 9651257
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heater including: an insulating base; a heating element buried in the insulating base and formed of a first linear section, a second linear section provided in parallel with the first linear section, and a folded section configured to connect the first linear section and the second linear section; a first lead buried in the insulating base and connected to the first linear section; and a second lead buried in the insulating base and connected to the second linear section. The first linear section is inclined relative to the first lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Patent number: 9400109
    Abstract: A heater of the present invention includes an insulating base, a resistor embedded in the insulating base, a lead embedded in the insulating base. One end of the lead is joined to the resistor, and the other end is led out as a terminal portion on the surface of the insulating base. The lead in longitudinal section has at least two bent portions. The bent portions in cross-section each have an aspect ratio larger than the aspect ratio of the terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Publication number: 20150241060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heater including: an insulating base; a heating element buried in the insulating base and formed of a first linear section, a second linear section provided in parallel with the first linear section, and a folded section configured to connect the first linear section and the second linear section; a first lead buried in the insulating base and connected to the first linear section; and a second lead buried in the insulating base and connected to the second linear section. The first linear section is inclined relative to the first lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Publication number: 20140224783
    Abstract: A heater of the present invention includes an insulating base, a resistor embedded in the insulating base, a lead embedded in the insulating base. One end of the lead is joined to the resistor, and the other end is led out as a terminal portion on the surface of the insulating base. The lead in longitudinal section has at least two bent portions. The bent portions in cross-section each have an aspect ratio larger than the aspect ratio of the terminal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura
  • Publication number: 20130256298
    Abstract: A heater includes an insulating base body; a resistor embedded in the insulating base body; and a lead embedded in the insulating base body and including one end connected to the resistor, and a terminal portion at another end thereof which is exposed from a surface of the insulating base body. The lead further includes a bent portion bent toward the terminal portion, and an aspect ratio in at least one cross section of the bent portion is larger than an aspect ratio in another cross section of the bent portion, the another cross section being positioned closer to the terminal portion than the at least one cross section of the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Kotaro Taimura