Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Miyasaka
Mitsuru Miyasaka 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).
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Patent number: 11884558Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow main body including a side wall along a first axis and configured to flow a fluid from an inflow portion provided at one side of the first axis toward an outflow portion provided at the other side of the first axis; a plate provided at the other side of the first axis of the flow main body and having a first surface intersecting the first axis; a standing wall extending along the first axis from the first surface toward the one side of the first axis and having a length along the first axis shorter than the side wall; and an ultrasonic element disposed at an outer side of a collection region of the plate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave along the first axis when the standing wall and a region surrounded by the standing wall on the first surface are defined as the collection region.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Chikara Kojima, Tomohide Onogi, Kanechika Kiyose, Mitsuru Miyasaka
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Publication number: 20240003932Abstract: A fluid device 10 includes: a flow path 20 through which a fluid containing a fine particle flows; an ultrasonic transmitter 60 configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the fluid in the flow path 20 in response to an input of a drive signal; a flow velocity measurement unit 40 configured to measure a flow velocity of the fluid in the flow path 20; and a controller 70 configured to control the ultrasonic transmitter 60. The controller 70 sets an amplitude of the drive signal according to a measured flow velocity that is a flow velocity measured by the flow velocity measurement unit 40, and inputs the drive signal having the set amplitude to the ultrasonic transmitter 60.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Yoshio ARAI, Hiroto TOMIOKA
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Patent number: 11806753Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic sensor, a wiring member, and a housing, in which the wiring member has a covered wire that covers a signal line coupled to the ultrasonic sensor via an insulating layer, and a conductive member that is electrically coupled with the covered wire, the housing has a plurality of housing components having conductivity, and covers the ultrasonic sensor with the plurality of housing components, and the conductive member is electrically coupled to and held by the plurality of housing components.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Yamada, Hikaru Iwai, Mitsuru Miyasaka, Yoshio Arai
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Publication number: 20230129454Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is a sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to a target object and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the target object, the ultrasonic sensor including an ultrasonic array chip on which ultrasonic elements that transmit and receive the ultrasonic wave are arranged in an array shape. Each of the ultrasonic elements includes a vibrating section and a piezoelectric element provided in the vibrating section, vibrates the vibrating section to transmit the ultrasonic wave, and outputs a reception signal of the ultrasonic wave by the vibration of the vibrating section. A resonance frequency of the ultrasonic element is 2000 kHz or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Seiji IZUO, Eiji OSAWA, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20230111845Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow path through which a fluid flows; and an ultrasonic wave application device including an ultrasonic element that transmits an ultrasonic wave, in which the flow path has, as flow path wall surfaces, an ultrasonic wave application surface that applies, to the fluid, the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ultrasonic element, and a reflection surface that reflects the ultrasonic wave applied to the fluid from the ultrasonic wave application surface, and the reflection surface has a concave curved surface shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20230076028Abstract: A fluidic device includes a channel in which a fluid flows, and an ultrasonic element generating standing wave in the fluid within the channel by applying ultrasonic wave to the fluid, wherein the channel has a first portion formed using a resin material having a first reflectance of ultrasonic wave propagating in the fluid less than a predetermined value and a second portion having a second reflectance of ultrasonic wave propagating in the fluid equal to or more than the predetermined value, and the second portion is placed on two different surfaces along a flow direction of the fluid within the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20220112100Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow main body including a side wall along a first axis and configured to flow a fluid from an inflow portion provided at one side of the first axis toward an outflow portion provided at the other side of the first axis; a plate provided at the other side of the first axis of the flow main body and having a first surface intersecting the first axis; a standing wall extending along the first axis from the first surface toward the one side of the first axis and having a length along the first axis shorter than the side wall; and an ultrasonic element disposed at an outer side of a collection region of the plate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave along the first axis when the standing wall and a region surrounded by the standing wall on the first surface are defined as the collection region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20220034337Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow path through which a fluid flows; a pressure chamber spaced apart from the flow path in a first direction (Y direction) orthogonal to a flowing direction of the fluid in the flow path; a communication path that is formed along the Y direction and that communicates the flow path with the pressure chamber; and an ultrasonic wave transmitter configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to the fluid in the pressure chamber to generate a standing wave along the Y direction in the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220034782Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow path through which a fluid flows; and an ultrasonic wave transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to generate a standing wave to the fluid in the flow path along a first direction orthogonal to a flowing direction of the fluid. The ultrasonic wave transmitter is in contact with the fluid and faces an antinode region corresponding to any antinode in the standing wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220034846Abstract: A fluid device includes: a flow path through which a fluid flows; and an ultrasonic element configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the fluid to generate a standing wave in the fluid in the flow path along a first direction orthogonal to a flowing direction of the fluid. The ultrasonic element includes a vibrator having a fluid contact surface that comes into contact with the fluid, and a piezoelectric element that is provided at the vibrator and that is configured to flexurally vibrate the vibrator in a normal direction of the fluid contact surface. When a thickness of the vibrator in the normal direction is t, a sound velocity of a medium of the fluid is C, an average sound velocity of a longitudinal wave transmitted in the vibrator is C?, a dimension of the flow path in the first direction is L, and a mode order of the standing wave is n, the following expression is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210094071Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic sensor, a wiring member, and a housing, in which the wiring member has a covered wire that covers a signal line coupled to the ultrasonic sensor via an insulating layer, and a conductive member that is electrically coupled with the covered wire, the housing has a plurality of housing components having conductivity, and covers the ultrasonic sensor with the plurality of housing components, and the conductive member is electrically coupled to and held by the plurality of housing components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Masayoshi YAMADA, Hikaru IWAI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Yoshio ARAI
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Publication number: 20200294692Abstract: A cable has a core line. The core line includes a signal line transmitting a signal, a ground line having a ground potential, and a shield line covering the signal line and the ground line. The ground line and the shield line are electrically coupled together.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio ARAI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Masayoshi YAMADA, Kanechika KIYOSE
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Patent number: 9469621Abstract: A method for producing a multisubstituted biphenyl compound is represented by the following formula (2), including a step of coupling a substituted benzene compound represented by the following formula (1) in the presence of a solid catalyst with gold immobilized onto a support.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tamao Ishida, Makoto Tokunaga, Akiyuki Hamasaki, Syohei Aikawa, Yoshiyuki Mise, Tetsuro Tsuji, Yasushi Yamamoto, Mitsuru Miyasaka
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Publication number: 20150274689Abstract: A method for producing a multisubstituted biphenyl compound is represented by the following formula (2), including a step of coupling a substituted benzene compound represented by the following formula (1) in the presence of a solid catalyst with gold immobilized onto a support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Tamao Ishida, Makoto Tokunaga, Akiyuki Hamasaki, Syohei Aikawa, Yoshiyuki Mise, Tetsuro Tsuji, Yasushi Yamamoto, Mitsuru Miyasaka