Patents by Inventor Masato Shinotani

Masato Shinotani 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: 7157709
    Abstract: An infrared sensor package has a dielectric support which is molded from a plastic material to have a sensor mount for securing a pyroelectric element as well as an IC mount for securing an IC chip that processes a signal from the pyroelectric element. The support is molded over to be integral with metal parts. The metal parts include sensor conductors for interconnection of the pyroelectric element with the IC chip, and I/O conductors for interconnection of the IC chip with I/O pins. The sensor conductors as well as the I/O conductors are both molded into and integrally with the dielectric support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Taniguchi, Yuji Takada, Masahiro Kodoh, Masato Shinotani, Hisanobu Tanaka, Atsushi Hironaka
  • Patent number: 7112091
    Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a-mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
  • Publication number: 20060051988
    Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a-mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
  • Patent number: 6986670
    Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
  • Publication number: 20050009383
    Abstract: A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a emobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts provided on the header body. The socket comprises a resin molded socket body and a plurality of sets of contacts provided on the socket body corresponding to the posts of the header. The header body and the socket body respectively have reinforcing member made of metal thin plate for reinforcing the header and the socket with respect to contortion or crack. Top end of the post is rolled to be reverse U-shape for contacting with the contact at two portions, in which a first contact portion is formed a part of a fitting portion of the contact at which the contact is held on the socket body and a second contact portion is a top end of a plate spring portion of the contact incurved for facing the first contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Okura, Hirohisa Tanaka, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Hisanobu Tanaka, Masato Shinotani
  • Publication number: 20040178344
    Abstract: An infrared sensor package has a dielectric support which is molded from a plastic material to have a sensor mount for securing a pyroelectric element as well as an IC mount for securing an IC chip that processes a signal from the pyroelectric element. The support is molded over to be integral with metal parts. The metal parts include sensor conductors for interconnection of the pyroelectric element with the IC chip, and I/O conductors for interconnection of the IC chip with I/O pins. The sensor conductors as well as the I/O conductors are both molded into and integrally with the dielectric support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Ryo Taniguchi, Yuji Takada, Masahiro Kodoh, Masato Shinotani, Hisanobu Tanaka, Atsushi Hironaka