Patents by Inventor Kouichi Awano

Kouichi Awano 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: 6196465
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of a capacitive data card in which a fuse is built in a circuit of the card and a data bit is represented by a state of the fuse and to a reader of the capacitive data card. An object of the present invention is to provide a capacitive data card having high utility value and high reliability and a reader thereof. The capacitive data card comprises a capacitive memory area for storing bits relative to capacitive data in accordance with a resistance state of a fuse which is built in a circuit of the card, that is, a state for flowing an electric current through the circuit is set when the fuse is intact, and resistance of the circuit is substantially increased when the fuse blows out, and a magnetic memory area for storing magnetic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Tokyo Mechatoronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouichi Awano