Patents by Inventor Mitsumasa Kitano

Mitsumasa Kitano 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: 10718680
    Abstract: A sensor sheet is manufactured by forming a conductive heat-sensitive material 5 over first wiring electrodes 3a and forming second wiring electrodes 4a over the conductive heat-sensitive material 5. For this reason, no adhesion surface (boundary surface), which is formed when adhesion is performed later, exists between the first wiring electrode 3a and the conductive heat-sensitive material 5 and between the conductive heat-sensitive material 5 and the second wiring electrodes 4a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NITTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Yamamoto, Masahiro Hatsuda, Mitsumasa Kitano, Tomohiro Agaya, Koji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20180266908
    Abstract: A sensor sheet is manufactured by forming a conductive heat-sensitive material 5 over first wiring electrodes 3a and forming second wiring electrodes 4a over the conductive heat-sensitive material 5. For this reason, no adhesion surface (boundary surface), which is formed when adhesion is performed later, exists between the first wiring electrode 3a and the conductive heat-sensitive material 5 and between the conductive heat-sensitive material 5 and the second wiring electrodes 4a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NITTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi YAMAMOTO, Masahiro HATSUDA, Mitsumasa KITANO, Tomohiro AGAYA, Koji IWATA
  • Patent number: 7112755
    Abstract: The pressure sensitive sensor includes a sheet base, an application-side and a receiving-side electrode provided on the sheet base and conducting coatings provided on the electrodes. The conductive electrodes have pressure-sensitive conductive ink containing conductive carbon black. Resistance between the application-side electrode and the receiving-side electrode changes by a contact area between the conductive coatings on the electrodes. The pressure-sensitive conductive ink has an enhanced strength as a resin and an enhanced effect of dispersion of the conductive carbon black by adding 30 to 70 parts by weight of silicon dioxide to 100 parts by weight of silicone elastomer component as a binder. The pressure-sensitive sensor has output stability and linearity at temperatures in a wide range from ?40° C. to 85° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Nitta Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Kitano, Tsutomu Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040231969
    Abstract: The pressure sensitive sensor includes a sheet base, an application-side and a receiving-side electrode provided on the sheet base and conducting coatings provided on the electrodes. The conductive electrodes have pressure-sensitive conductive ink containing conductive carbon black. Resistance between the application-side electrode and the receiving-side electrode changes by a contact area between the conductive coatings on the electrodes. The pressure-sensitive conductive ink has an enhanced strength as a resin and an enhanced effect of dispersion of the conductive carbon black by adding 30 to 70 parts by weight of silicon dioxide to 100 parts by weight of silicone elastomer component as a binder. The pressure-sensitive sensor has output stability and linearity at temperatures in a wide range from −40° C. to 85° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Nitta Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Kitano, Tsutomu Ueda