Patents by Inventor Shin Obara

Shin Obara 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: 4549107
    Abstract: An ultrasonic beam focusing device with a concave surface comprises a cylindrical housing, a circular piezoelectric polymer film curved to have a concave shape relative to an acoustically active surface thereof and having a pair of circular electrodes at two surfaces thereof, for generating an ultrasonic beam focused at a point and for transducing the received ultrasonic beam into electric signals, leads respectively connected to the electrodes, a rigid polyurethane layer formed in tight contact with an electrode inside the housing at the side of an acoustically inactive surface of the piezoelectric polymer film, for absorbing an ultrasonic beam at the side of the acoustically inactive surface and for supporting the piezoelectric polymer film, and an insulating layer formed in contact with an electrode for electrically insulating the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nagao Kaneko, Yoshinori Fujimori, Seizaburo Shimizu, Shin Obara