Patents by Inventor Takashi Kiriyami

Takashi Kiriyami 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).

  • Micromechanical accelerometer
    Patent number: 5939632
    Abstract: There is disclosed an accelerometer comprising a substrate, a proof mass mounted to the substrate for movement in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, the proof mass carrying a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode mounted relative to the substrate, wherein the first and second sensing electrodes comprise surfaces extending at an angle relative to the substrate and defining between them a sensing gap the width of which varies with movement of the proof mass in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignees: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: David Frank Moore, Stuart Clyde Burgess, Heather Klaubert, Hiang-Swee Chiang, Narito Shibaike, Takashi Kiriyami