Patents by Inventor Shuichi KAWATA

Shuichi KAWATA 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: 11864313
    Abstract: A multilayer wiring substrate according to the present invention includes a dielectric base body, a signal line in or on the dielectric base body, a ground conductor in the dielectric base body, and a graphite sheet in the dielectric base body. The dielectric base body is a laminate including dielectric sheets stacked on top of each other. The ground conductor and the signal line face each other in a stacking direction of the dielectric sheets. The ground conductor overlaps the signal line when viewed in plan in the stacking direction. The graphite sheet and the signal line face each other in the stacking direction without the signal line being located between the graphite sheet and the ground conductor. An upper surface of the graphite sheet is coplanar with an upper surface of the ground conductor or is located below the upper surface of the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishimoto, Masatoshi Kakue, Shuichi Kawata, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11703040
    Abstract: A pump includes a pump flow path and electrodes and dielectric members in the pump flow path to allow a fluid to pass through the electrodes and the dielectric members in a flowing direction. The electrodes and the dielectric members are alternately stacked in the flowing direction so that a dielectric member is located between adjacent electrodes. Among the electrodes, an inter-electrode polarity of each pair of electrodes is different from that of an adjacent pair of electrodes. The dielectric members include a first dielectric member at a position of an odd-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction and a second dielectric member at a position of an even-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction. Material of the first and second dielectric members provide signs of a zeta potential opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Moriasa, Shuichi Kawata, Masahiko Shigaki, Yuichi Kusano
  • Publication number: 20230200685
    Abstract: A fluid characteristic sensor includes a pressure loss generator to generate a pressure loss when the fluid flows, a first flow path connected to the pressure loss generator and through which the fluid and a working liquid that is a polar solvent flow, a partition wall provided in the first flow path to partition the fluid and the working liquid from each other, and a potential measurer connected to the first flow path to measure a flow potential generated when the working liquid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi MORIASA, Shuichi KAWATA, Mika TAKADA
  • Patent number: 11284533
    Abstract: A cooling module includes an electroosmotic pump. The electroosmotic pump includes a first electrode which is permeable to a cooling fluid, a second electrode which is located with an interval from the first electrode and is permeable to the fluid, and a dielectric layer which is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a microchannel which is permeable to the fluid. The first electrode and the second electrode have different polarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kawata, Takafumi Moriasa, Masatoshi Kakue, Masahiko Shigaki, Yuichi Kusano, Norihiro Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20210337663
    Abstract: A multilayer wiring substrate according to the present invention includes a dielectric base body, a signal line in or on the dielectric base body, a ground conductor in the dielectric base body, and a graphite sheet in the dielectric base body. The dielectric base body is a laminate including dielectric sheets stacked on top of each other. The ground conductor and the signal line face each other in a stacking direction of the dielectric sheets. The ground conductor overlaps the signal line when viewed in plan in the stacking direction. The graphite sheet and the signal line face each other in the stacking direction without the signal line being located between the graphite sheet and the ground conductor. An upper surface of the graphite sheet is coplanar with an upper surface of the ground conductor or is located below the upper surface of the ground conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi KISHIMOTO, Masatoshi KAKUE, Shuichi KAWATA, Hiroshi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210180882
    Abstract: A pump includes a pump flow path and electrodes and dielectric members in the pump flow path to allow a fluid to pass through the electrodes and the dielectric members in a flowing direction. The electrodes and the dielectric members are alternately stacked in the flowing direction so that a dielectric member is located between adjacent electrodes. Among the electrodes, an inter-electrode polarity of each pair of electrodes is different from that of an adjacent pair of electrodes. The dielectric members include a first dielectric member at a position of an odd-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction and a second dielectric member at a position of an even-numbered dielectric member counted from the most upstream side of the flowing direction. Material of the first and second dielectric members provide signs of a zeta potential opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Takafumi MORIASA, Shuichi KAWATA, Masahiko SHIGAKI, Yuichi KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20200359526
    Abstract: A cooling module includes an electroosmotic pump. The electroosmotic pump includes a first electrode which is permeable to a cooling fluid, a second electrode which is located with an interval from the first electrode and is permeable to the fluid, and a dielectric layer which is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a microchannel which is permeable to the fluid. The first electrode and the second electrode have different polarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Shuichi KAWATA, Takafumi MORIASA, Masatoshi KAKUE, Masahiko SHIGAKI, Yuichi KUSANO, Norihiro KAWAHARA
  • Patent number: 10462547
    Abstract: A sound transmission system that includes a sound transmission device that is brought into contact with a human body and a sound signal generation device connected to the sound transmission device. The sound transmission device includes an insulator that is brought into contact with the human body, a conductor that is in contact with the insulator, and an input that is provided on the conductor and inputs a driving voltage. One end of the sound signal generation device is connected to the input, and the sound signal generation device supplies the driving voltage based on a sound signal to the sound transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kawata, Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Shinsuke Shichi, Yasutada Tanimoto, Kazuya Nakatera, Yoshiaki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20180192178
    Abstract: A sound transmission system that includes a sound transmission device that is brought into contact with a human body and a sound signal generation device connected to the sound transmission device. The sound transmission device includes an insulator that is brought into contact with the human body, a conductor that is in contact with the insulator, and an input that is provided on the conductor and inputs a driving voltage. One end of the sound signal generation device is connected to the input, and the sound signal generation device supplies the driving voltage based on a sound signal to the sound transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: SHUICHI KAWATA, Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Shinsuke Shichi, Yasutada Tanimoto, Kazuya Nakatera, Yoshiaki Katagiri
  • Patent number: 9797781
    Abstract: In order to further improve stress tolerance, a thermistor device includes a first base material member made of resin, a thermistor element including a thermistor thin film provided on a metal base material and first and second external electrodes provided on the thermistor thin film, and a first lead electrode and a second lead electrode provided on a principal surface of the first base material member, and connected to the first external electrode and the second external electrode. Each of the metal base material and the thermistor thin film undergoes a deflection between the first external electrode and the second external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Miura, Shuichi Kawata, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150211940
    Abstract: In order to further improve stress tolerance, a thermistor device includes a first base material member made of resin, a thermistor element including a thermistor thin film provided on a metal base material and first and second external electrodes provided on the thermistor thin film, and a first lead electrode and a second lead electrode provided on a principal surface of the first base material member, and connected to the first external electrode and the second external electrode. Each of the metal base material and the thermistor thin film undergoes a deflection between the first external electrode and the second external electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Tadamasa MIURA, Shuichi KAWATA, Yuki YAMAMOTO