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).

  • Patent number: 11884558
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Tomohide Onogi, Kanechika Kiyose, Mitsuru Miyasaka
  • Publication number: 20240003932
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Yoshio ARAI, Hiroto TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 11806753
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamada, Hikaru Iwai, Mitsuru Miyasaka, Yoshio Arai
  • Publication number: 20230129454
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Seiji IZUO, Eiji OSAWA, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230111845
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230076028
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Keita KUBO, Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220112100
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220034337
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220034782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220034846
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara KOJIMA, Tomohide ONOGI, Kanechika KIYOSE, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Mio SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210094071
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masayoshi YAMADA, Hikaru IWAI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Yoshio ARAI
  • Publication number: 20200294692
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio ARAI, Mitsuru MIYASAKA, Masayoshi YAMADA, Kanechika KIYOSE
  • Patent number: 9469621
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: 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
  • Publication number: 20150274689
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tamao Ishida, Makoto Tokunaga, Akiyuki Hamasaki, Syohei Aikawa, Yoshiyuki Mise, Tetsuro Tsuji, Yasushi Yamamoto, Mitsuru Miyasaka