Patents by Inventor Takafumi Yabana

Takafumi Yabana 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).

  • Detecting device having viscoelastic magnet
    Patent number: 8536863
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a viscoelastic magnet obtained by kneading and molding a magnet material and a viscoelastic material and a magnetic-flux detecting unit that detects a change in a magnetic flux density vector due to deformation of the viscoelastic magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Kishida, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Takafumi Yabana
  • DETECTING DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20100090691
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a viscoelastic magnet obtained by kneading and molding a magnet material and a viscoelastic material and a magnetic-flux detecting unit that detects a change in a magnetic flux density vector due to deformation of the viscoelastic magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Takeo Kishida, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Takafumi Yabana
  • Device and method for detecting deformation of the viscoelastic magnet
    Patent number: 7663362
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a viscoelastic magnet obtained by kneading and molding a magnet material and a viscoelastic material and a magnetic-flux detecting unit that detects a change in a magnetic flux density vector due to deformation of the viscoelastic magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Kishida, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Takafumi Yabana
  • Detecting Device and Detecting Method
    Publication number: 20080036456
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a viscoelastic magnet obtained by kneading and molding a magnet material and a viscoelastic material and a magnetic-flux detecting unit that detects a change in a magnetic flux density vector due to deformation of the viscoelastic magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Takeo KISHIDA, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Takafumi Yabana