Patents by Inventor Matsutaro Naito

Matsutaro Naito 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: 9093634
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration element includes: a piezoelectric substrate; excitation electrodes that are arranged so as to face each other on both principal faces of the piezoelectric substrate; drawn-out electrodes; and pads. The piezoelectric substrate includes an excitation portion that is located at the center and a peripheral portion that is thin-walled to be thinner than the thickness of the excitation portion and is disposed on a peripheral edge thereof. The pads have support areas that fix the piezoelectric substrate to a support member at positions of the piezoelectric substrate corresponding to corner portions. The excitation electrodes are formed over the excitation portion and a vibration area that is at least a part of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Il, Matsutaro Naito
  • Patent number: 9030078
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having an excitation section adapted to excite a thickness-shear vibration, and provided with a step section in each of side surfaces on both ends, and a peripheral section having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the excitation section, and the peripheral section has at least one projection section disposed on both principal surfaces in an area where a vibratory displacement when the excitation section excites a vibration is sufficiently attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Il, Matsutaro Naito
  • Publication number: 20150123742
    Abstract: A resonator includes: a package; a support section that is provided on a surface of the package; and a vibration element in which an attachment section, which is disposed between an outer edge of a vibration substrate, in which excitation electrodes are provided on main surfaces thereof, and an outer edge of the excitation electrode, is attached to the support section through a conductive adhesive. The attachment section is disposed in a region S obtained by rotating a virtual line which connects the center of the vibration element and one end of the vibration element, in a range of ?35° to +35° of a rotation angle ? about the center, and an attachment area becomes 0.7 mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Manabu KONDO, Kensaku ISOHATA
  • Publication number: 20150028959
    Abstract: A resonating element has a quartz crystal substrate having a vibrating portion and a thin-walled portion that is thinner than the vibrating portion, and a pair of excitation electrodes respectively disposed on opposite surfaces of the vibrating portion. Moreover, in the excitation electrode, each of a pair of sides arranged in a Z?-axis direction is convexly curved toward the center so that the excitation electrode has a constricted portion in which a length in the Z?-axis direction increases gradually from a central portion toward both ends in an X-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Toshiaki SATO, Jun NISHIDE, Takumi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140217856
    Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator element includes a piezoelectric substrate formed of an AT-cut quartz crystal substrate in which the thickness direction thereof is a direction parallel to the Y? axis; and excitation electrodes disposed so as to face vibrating regions on both front and rear principal surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate includes a rectangular excitation portion in which sides parallel to the X axis are long sides thereof, and sides parallel to the Z? axis are short sides thereof; and a peripheral portion having a smaller thickness than the excitation portion and formed around the excitation portion. Each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the X axis is present in one plane, and each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the Z? axis has a step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro II, Kenji KOMINE, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Patent number: 8766514
    Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator element includes a piezoelectric substrate formed of an AT-cut quartz crystal substrate in which the thickness direction thereof is a direction parallel to the Y? axis; and excitation electrodes disposed so as to face vibrating regions on both front and rear principal surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate includes a rectangular excitation portion in which sides parallel to the X axis are long sides thereof, and sides parallel to the Z? axis are short sides thereof; and a peripheral portion having a smaller thickness than the excitation portion and formed around the excitation portion. Each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the X axis is present in one plane, and each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the Z? axis has a step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Il, Kenji Komine, Matsutaro Naito
  • Publication number: 20140139074
    Abstract: A mesa-shaped piezoelectric resonator element including a resonator section having a thicker thickness than a peripheral section on the board surface of a piezoelectric substrate formed in a rectangular shape, wherein, when the length of the long side of the piezoelectric substrate is x and the board thickness of the resonator section is t, etching depth y of a level-difference section is set to fulfill a relationship in the following equation, based on the board thickness t. y = - 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Yoshiyuki AOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8710715
    Abstract: A mesa-shaped piezoelectric resonator element including a resonator section having a thicker thickness than a peripheral section on the board surface of a piezoelectric substrate formed in a rectangular shape, wherein, when the length of the long side of the piezoelectric substrate is x and the board thickness of the resonator section is t, etching depth y of a level-difference section is set to fulfill a relationship in the following equation, based on the board thickness t. y = - 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Matsutaro Naito, Yoshiyuki Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20140015380
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration element includes: a piezoelectric substrate; excitation electrodes that are arranged so as to face each other on both principal faces of the piezoelectric substrate; drawn-out electrodes; and pads. The piezoelectric substrate includes an excitation portion that is located at the center and a peripheral portion that is thin-walled to be thinner than the thickness of the excitation portion and is disposed on a peripheral edge thereof. The pads have support areas that fix the piezoelectric substrate to a support member at positions of the piezoelectric substrate corresponding to corner portions. The excitation electrodes are formed over the excitation portion and a vibration area that is at least a part of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro II, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Patent number: 8614607
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration element includes: a piezoelectric substrate; excitation electrodes that are arranged so as to face each other on both principal faces of the piezoelectric substrate; drawn-out electrodes; and pads. The piezoelectric substrate includes an excitation portion that is located at the center and a peripheral portion that is thin-walled to be thinner than the thickness of the excitation portion and is disposed on a peripheral edge thereof. The pads have support areas that fix the piezoelectric substrate to a support member at positions of the piezoelectric substrate corresponding to corner portions. The excitation electrodes are formed over the excitation portion and a vibration area that is at least a part of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson
    Inventors: Toshihiro Il, Matsutaro Naito
  • Publication number: 20130328452
    Abstract: A resonator element includes: a substrate; and an electrode that includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of the substrate, and a second conductive layer, provided on the opposite side to the first conductive layer on the substrate side, which is disposed within an outer edge of the first conductive layer when seen in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshitaka FUJIHARA, Kazuhisa HATANAKA, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Publication number: 20130249353
    Abstract: When a size from a main surface of an outer edge to a step of a first stage of a vibration section is Md1, a size from the step of the first stage to a step of a second stage is Md2, a density of materials of the substrate is dA, a density of materials of the excitation electrode is dB, and a thickness of the excitation electrode on a main surface of a mesa of the second stage is tB, a relationship of ((Md2+(dB/dA)×tB))/Md1?1.4 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Hideo Endo, Toshihiro II
  • Publication number: 20130241359
    Abstract: When a length along a vibrating direction of the thickness shear vibration of a multi-stage type mesa substrate of A resonator element is x, a thickness of the vibration section is t, and a distance between the vibration section and the bonding region is y, y is in a range of ?0.0151×(x/t)+0.3471?y??0.0121×(x/t)+0.3471.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Hideo ENDO
  • Publication number: 20120235762
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration element includes: a piezoelectric substrate; excitation electrodes that are arranged so as to face each other on both principal faces of the piezoelectric substrate; drawn-out electrodes; and pads. The piezoelectric substrate includes an excitation portion that is located at the center and a peripheral portion that is thin-walled to be thinner than the thickness of the excitation portion and is disposed on a peripheral edge thereof. The pads have support areas that fix the piezoelectric substrate to a support member at positions of the piezoelectric substrate corresponding to corner portions. The excitation electrodes are formed over the excitation portion and a vibration area that is at least a part of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro II, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Publication number: 20120229223
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having an excitation section adapted to excite a thickness-shear vibration, and provided with a step section in each of side surfaces on both ends, and a peripheral section having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the excitation section, and the peripheral section has at least one projection section disposed on both principal surfaces in an area where a vibratory displacement when the excitation section excites a vibration is sufficiently attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro II, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Publication number: 20120126668
    Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator element includes a piezoelectric substrate formed of an AT-cut quartz crystal substrate in which the thickness direction thereof is a direction parallel to the Y? axis; and excitation electrodes disposed so as to face vibrating regions on both front and rear principal surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate includes a rectangular excitation portion in which sides parallel to the X axis are long sides thereof, and sides parallel to the Z? axis are short sides thereof; and a peripheral portion having a smaller thickness than the excitation portion and formed around the excitation portion. Each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the X axis is present in one plane, and each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the Z? axis has a step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro II, Kenji KOMINE, Matsutaro NAITO
  • Patent number: 8084926
    Abstract: An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an exciting electrode formed on each of front and back main surfaces of the exciting part, in which each side surface in the longitudinal direction of the exciting part is composed of two faces, an m-face of a quartz crystal and a crystal face other than the m-face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Matsutaro Naito, Yoshiyuki Aoshima, Kenji Komine
  • Publication number: 20110068660
    Abstract: An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an exciting electrode formed on each of front and back main surfaces of the exciting part, in which each side surface in the longitudinal direction of the exciting part is composed of two faces, an m-face of a quartz crystal and a crystal face other than the m-face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Yoshiyuki AOSHIMA, Kenji KOMINE
  • Patent number: 7861389
    Abstract: An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an exciting electrode formed on each of front and back main surfaces of the exciting part, in which each side surface in the longitudinal direction of the exciting part is composed of two faces, an m-face of a quartz crystal and a crystal face other than the m-face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Epson Toyocom Corporation
    Inventors: Matsutaro Naito, Yoshiyuki Aoshima, Kenji Komine
  • Publication number: 20090300894
    Abstract: An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an exciting electrode formed on each of front and back main surfaces of the exciting part, in which each side surface in the longitudinal direction of the exciting part is composed of two faces, an m-face of a quartz crystal and a crystal face other than the m-face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matsutaro NAITO, Yoshiyuki AOSHIMA, Kenji KOMINE