Patents by Inventor Masashi Numata

Masashi Numata 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: 20100290201
    Abstract: To provide an improved solderability for mounting an electronic component onto a circuit board, a package of an electronic component (1) is formed by bonding together a base (3) made of glass and a lid (2). Outer electrodes (8) and (18) are formed on a bottom surface of the base (3), and the outer electrodes (8) and (18) are respectively connected to through electrodes (7) and (17). The outer electrodes (8) and (18) each have a laminated structure of three CrAu layers, that is, from a Cr layer (first layer) to an Au layer (sixth layer). When the outer electrodes (8) and (18) are soldered onto a circuit board, the Au layers as the second, fourth, and sixth layers are dissolved into solder, whereas the Cr layers as the third and fifth layers, which hardly form an intermetallic compound with solder, are separated to remain in solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takeuchi, Keiji Sato, Kiyoshi Aratake, Masashi Numata, Takahiko Nakamura, Daisuke Terada, Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7804373
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a hermetic terminal includes: joining and firing wherein a bar-shaped member to be a lead is inserted into a ring, and they are fired to form a hermetic terminal intermediate having the bar-shaped member fixed in the ring; flattening wherein an end part of the bar-shaped member to be the inner lead portion of the lead is flattened to form a stair portion; and shaping wherein an end part of the stair portion is cut to shape the stair portion into a predetermined shape, wherein in the joining and firing step, a solid round bar longer than the lead is used as the bar-shaped member, and one end side of the bar-shaped member to be the inner lead portion is inserted into the ring so that the one end side is longer than the inner lead portion in the hermetic terminal as a completed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada
  • Publication number: 20100181872
    Abstract: A piezoelectric oscillator is provided, which has a through electrode providing reliable conduction between a piezoelectric vibrating piece and an external electrode with rare occurrence of a large stress caused by temperature variation in processing or deformation of a mounted base substrate, while the hermeticity of a cavity is maintained. A piezoelectric oscillator having a piezoelectric vibrating piece sealed in a cavity defined between a base substrate and a lid substrate includes a through electrode disposed in a through hole penetrating through the base substrate, and the through electrode has a glass frit filled in the through hole and fired and a core formed of a material containing only iron and nickel and disposed in the through hole together with the glass frit. The values of the thermal expansion coefficients of the base substrate, the glass frit, and the core are set as: base substrate glass?frit>core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sugama, Masashi Numata, Shuji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20100053918
    Abstract: An electronic-parts package includes a base member, a conductive member extending through the base member, the conductive member having the insulating substance on the surface removed by polishing, electronic parts disposed on one surface of the conductive member through a connection portion, an exterior electrode disposed through a metal film on the opposite surface of the surface of the base member on which the electronic parts is disposed, and a cap member that protects the electronic parts on the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiko Nakamura, Keiji Sato, Hitoshi Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Aratake, Masashi Numata
  • Publication number: 20090152994
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrating reed includes a piezoelectric plate made of a piezoelectric material, a pair of exciter electrodes formed on outer surfaces of the piezoelectric plate and configured to vibrate the piezoelectric plate when a predetermined voltage is applied thereon, and a pair of mount electrodes electrically connected to the pair of exciter electrodes, respectively. One mount electrode in the pair of mount electrodes is formed on one surface (under surface) of the piezoelectric plate and the other mount electrode is formed on the other surface (top surface) of the piezoelectric plate in a state not to oppose the one mount electrode with the piezoelectric plate in between. Accordingly, not only can power be saved, but also higher performance can be achieved by lowering the R1 characteristic and thereby enhancing the vibration characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada
  • Publication number: 20090144956
    Abstract: To achieve small-sized formation of a piezoelectric vibrator while preventing exciting electrodes provided at both faces of the piezoelectric vibrating piece from being shortcircuited to each other and enabling to fabricate the piezoelectric vibrating piece easily, there is provided a piezoelectric vibrator 1 including a case 3 in a shape of a bottomed cylinder having an opening portion 3a and having a conductivity, a ring 12 substantially in a cylindrical shape press-fitted to the opening portion 3a of the case 3 and having a conductivity, one piece of a lead 13 inserted to the ring 12 and having an inner lead portion 15 and an outer lead portion 16, a filling member 14 having an insulting property for sealing an interval between the lead 13 and the ring 12 in airtight, and a piezoelectric vibrating piece 2 which is constituted by substantially a plate-like shape arranged at inside of the case 3 and includes exciting electrodes 8, 9 at both faces thereof and in which the exciting electrode 8 is supported by
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada, Sadao Oku
  • Patent number: 7511405
    Abstract: To achieve small-sized formation of a piezoelectric vibrator while preventing exciting electrodes provided at both faces of the piezoelectric vibrating piece from being shortcircuited to each other and enabling to fabricate the piezoelectric vibrating piece easily, there is provided a piezoelectric vibrator 1 including a case 3 in a shape of a bottomed cylinder having an opening portion 3a and having a conductivity, a ring 12 substantially in a cylindrical shape press-fitted to the opening portion 3a of the case 3 and having a conductivity, one piece of a lead 13 inserted to the ring 12 and having an inner lead portion 15 and an outer lead portion 16, a filling member 14 having an insulting property for sealing an interval between the lead 13 and the ring 12 in airtight, and a piezoelectric vibrating piece 2 which is constituted by substantially a plate-like shape arranged at inside of the case 3 and includes exciting electrodes 8, 9 at both faces thereof and in which the exciting electrode 8 is supported by
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada, Sadao Oku
  • Publication number: 20090039737
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a case accommodating a piezoelectric vibrating piece therein in a piezoelectric oscillator including the piezoelectric vibrating piece, including the steps of: applying deep drawing to a conductive plate member to shape the plate member in a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom; pressing an inner surface of a bottom part of the plate member by a punch for step drawing while an outer surface of the bottom part is being abutted against a surface including an opening of a hole of a die having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the bottom part, whereby a projecting portion is formed on the outer surface of the bottom part; and cutting the plate member having the projecting portion at a predetermined position on the opening side thereof, whereby a case in a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom having the projecting portion is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Kawada, Masashi Numata
  • Publication number: 20090039971
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a hermetic terminal includes: joining and firing wherein a bar-shaped member to be a lead is inserted into a ring, and they are fired to form a hermetic terminal intermediate having the bar-shaped member fixed in the ring; flattening wherein an end part of the bar-shaped member to be the inner lead portion of the lead is flattened to form a stair portion; and shaping wherein an end part of the stair portion is cut to shape the stair portion into a predetermined shape, wherein in the joining and firing step, a solid round bar longer than the lead is used as the bar-shaped member, and one end side of the bar-shaped member to be the inner lead portion is inserted into the ring so that the one end side is longer than the inner lead portion in the hermetic terminal as a completed product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada
  • Publication number: 20080129149
    Abstract: To achieve small-sized formation of a piezoelectric vibrator while preventing exciting electrodes provided at both faces of the piezoelectric vibrating piece from being shortcircuited to each other and enabling to fabricate the piezoelectric vibrating piece easily, there is provided a piezoelectric vibrator 1 including a case 3 in a shape of a bottomed cylinder having an opening portion 3a and having a conductivity, a ring 12 substantially in a cylindrical shape press-fitted to the opening portion 3a of the case 3 and having a conductivity, one piece of a lead 13 inserted to the ring 12 and having an inner lead portion 15 and an outer lead portion 16, a filling member 14 having an insulting property for sealing an interval between the lead 13 and the ring 12 in airtight, and a piezoelectric vibrating piece 2 which is constituted by substantially a plate-like shape arranged at inside of the case 3 and includes exciting electrodes 8, 9 at both faces thereof and in which the exciting electrode 8 is supported by
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Yasuo Kawada, Sadao Oku