Patents by Inventor Mikio Sumiyoshi

Mikio Sumiyoshi 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: 20220288637
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes a case, a piezoelectric element, a wiring member, a foaming member, and a vibration damping material. The case includes a bottom wall. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the bottom wall inside the case. The wiring member is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element. The foaming member is disposed on the piezoelectric element. The vibration damping material is disposed between the piezoelectric element and the foaming member. The foaming member has a bottom surface opposing the piezoelectric element in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric element. A plurality of depressions is formed on the bottom surface. The vibration damping material bonds the piezoelectric element and the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki OHTA, Mikio SUMIYOSHI, Nana SATO, Mitsunao HOMMA, Hiroyuki IJIRI
  • Patent number: 11125785
    Abstract: A sensor is provided with a magnetic detection element that can output an output voltage within a predetermined voltage range according to a magnetic field intensity, an output voltage fixing part that can fix a voltage value of the output voltage to a voltage value outside the voltage range, and a drive voltage output part that can output a drive voltage for driving the output voltage fixing part. The drive voltage fixing part outputs the drive voltage to the output voltage fixing part when the ambient temperature of the drive voltage output part exceeds a predetermined threshold, and when triggered by input of the drive voltage, the output voltage fixing part fixes the voltage value of the output voltage to a voltage value outside the voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Teiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Hirano, Mikio Sumiyoshi, Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10877108
    Abstract: A sensor intermediate part is provided with a physical quantity detection element that has a power source terminal, a ground terminal and an output terminal that outputs a desired output signal, where the physical quantity detection element is capable of adjusting properties of the output signal; a high-capacitance capacitor, which has at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and a jumper wire, one end of which is conducted to either the power source terminal or the second terminal and the other end of which is not conducted. The first terminal is conducted to the ground terminal, and the power source terminal and the second terminal are configured to be electrically connectable by the jumper wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Teiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Hirano, Mikio Sumiyoshi, Makoto Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200355756
    Abstract: A sensor intermediate part is provided with a physical quantity detection element that has a power source terminal, a ground terminal and an output terminal that outputs a desired output signal, where the physical quantity detection element is capable of adjusting properties of the output signal; a high-capacitance capacitor, which has at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and a jumper wire, one end of which is conducted to either the power source terminal or the second terminal and the other end of which is not conducted. The first terminal is conducted to the ground terminal, and the power source terminal and the second terminal are configured to be electrically connectable by the jumper wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Teiichiro OKA, Hiroyuki HIRANO, Mikio SUMIYOSHI, Makoto TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10794967
    Abstract: A sensor intermediate part is provided with a physical quantity detection element that has a power source terminal, a ground terminal and an output terminal that outputs a desired output signal, where the physical quantity detection element is capable of adjusting properties of the output signal; a high-capacitance capacitor, which has at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and a jumper wire, one end of which is conducted to either the power source terminal or the second terminal and the other end of which is not conducted. The first terminal is conducted to the ground terminal, and the power source terminal and the second terminal are configured to be electrically connectable by the jumper wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Teiichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Hirano, Mikio Sumiyoshi, Makoto Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190271601
    Abstract: A sensor is provided with a magnetic detection element that can output an output voltage within a predetermined voltage range according to a magnetic field intensity, an output voltage fixing part that can fix a voltage value of the output voltage to a voltage value outside the voltage range, and a drive voltage output part that can output a drive voltage for driving the output voltage fixing part. The drive voltage fixing part outputs the drive voltage to the output voltage fixing part when the ambient temperature of the drive voltage output part exceeds a predetermined threshold, and when triggered by input of the drive voltage, the output voltage fixing part fixes the voltage value of the output voltage to a voltage value outside the voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Teiichiro OKA, Hiroyuki HIRANO, Mikio SUMIYOSHI, Makoto TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190187224
    Abstract: A sensor intermediate part is provided with a physical quantity detection element that has a power source terminal, a ground terminal and an output terminal that outputs a desired output signal, where the physical quantity detection element is capable of adjusting properties of the output signal; a high-capacitance capacitor, which has at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and a jumper wire, one end of which is conducted to either the power source terminal or the second terminal and the other end of which is not conducted. The first terminal is conducted to the ground terminal, and the power source terminal and the second terminal are configured to be electrically connectable by the jumper wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Teiichiro OKA, Hiroyuki HIRANO, Mikio SUMIYOSHI, Makoto TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 4975674
    Abstract: In contrast to a conventional surge absorber in which external terminals (4a), (4b) are led from disshaped electrode plates (3a), (3b) soldered to the surfaces of electrodes (2) on a varistor element (1), a surge absorber of the present invention has a varistor element (5), electrodes (6) provided on both sides of the varistor element (5) and electrode plates (7a), (7b) soldered to the surfaces of the electrodes (6), each electrode plates (7a), (7b) having at least one of substantially radial slots and an external terminal (8a), (8b) extended substantially from the center thereof. The surge absorber according to the present invention enables the electrode plates (7a), (7b) to be held in uniform contact with the electrodes (6) during soldering by virtue of the fact that the external terminals (8a), (8b) are led from the central regions thereof, so that the soldering can be conducted effected stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Sumiyoshi, Homeru Igarashi, Taizou Hashizume