Patents by Inventor Takashi Sawada

Takashi Sawada 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: 9455086
    Abstract: In a laminated ceramic electronic component, a side-surface outer electrode includes a first electrode portion including side-surface electrode portions located on first and second side surfaces and wrap-around electrode portions arranged to extend around from the side-surface electrode portions of the first electrode portion to portions of third and fourth side surfaces; and a second electrode portion including side-surface electrode portions located on the third and fourth side surfaces and wrap-around electrode portions arranged to extend around from the side-surface electrode portions of the second electrode portion to portions of the first and second side surfaces. The wrap-around electrode portions of the second electrode portion reach regions covering portions of outermost inner electrodes located at an outermost side portion among inner electrodes, which portions are exposed in the first and second side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shimada, Takashi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20160246386
    Abstract: An input device includes: a key (8); and an elastic supporting member (11) supporting the key (8) in such a manner as to allow the key (8) to move in a pressing direction of the key (8), the elastic supporting member (11) including: a post section (12) protruding below a level of a bottom face of the key (8) from an edge (8a) of the key (8); and an elastic arm section (13) connected to a tip end of the post section (12) and extending along the edge (8a) of the key (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi Ogushi, Takashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9406104
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image coding device serving as a host device that outputs image data, and an image decoding device serving as a client device and including a display part that displays an image based on image data transmitted from the image coding device. The image coding device includes an image quality controller that controls the image quality of an image displayed on the display part in accordance with an operation status A of the image processing system. When the operation status is a status under which a delay of displaying an image which is caused by transmission of image data from the image coding device to the image decoding device is allowed, the image quality controller increases the image quality of an image displayed on the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: MegaChips Corporation, Nontendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nara, Takashi Sawada, Yukihiro Ukai, Motoyasu Tanaka, Eizi Kawai, Kenichi Mae
  • Patent number: 9358825
    Abstract: In a gravure printing plate, a ratio of an area ratio of part of a second portion excluding second protrusions to the second portion, to an area ratio of a part of a portion excluding first protrusions to a portion that is part of a first portion that is located closer to the second portion than a line-shaped portion of a first protrusion located closest to the second portion ((an area ratio of the part of the second portion excluding the second protrusions to the second portion)/(an area ratio of the part of the portion excluding the first protrusions to the portion, the portion being a part of the first portion that is located closer to the second portion than the line-shaped portion of the first protrusion located closest to the second portion)) is about 0.3 or more and about 0.9 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Yasuyuki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20160128244
    Abstract: A series of electronic components stored in a tape include a plurality of electronic components each arranged such that a first main surface faces a bottom surface of a cavity. In each electronic component, on a first side surface, a thickness in a width direction of a first terminal electrode at a first main surface side is smaller than a thickness in the width direction of the first terminal electrode at a second main surface side, and on a second side surface, a thickness in the width direction of a second terminal electrode at the first main surface side is smaller than a thickness in the width direction of the second terminal electrode at the second main surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi SAWADA, Hirotaka NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9330843
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic element, a center outer electrode at a center portion of a surface of the multilayer ceramic element, side outer electrodes interposing the center outer electrode therebetween, first inner electrodes inside the multilayer ceramic element and electrically connected to the outer electrode via center extending portions, and second inner electrodes electrically connected to the side outer electrodes via first and second-side extending portions. Exposed ends of the first-side extending portions of the second inner electrodes near a center layer of the multilayer ceramic element are spaced from an end surface of the multilayer ceramic element by a distance C. Exposed ends of the first-side extending portions of the second inner electrodes disposed near an outermost layer of the multilayer portion are spaced from the end surface of the multilayer ceramic element by a distance D greater than the distance C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sui Uno, Takashi Sawada, Yohei Mukobata
  • Publication number: 20160104575
    Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, SG represents an average of a distance between end portions of inner electrodes in a width direction and side surfaces of a ceramic body, OT represents an average of a distance between inner electrodes closest to main surfaces and the main surfaces, ET1 represents an average of dimensions of each portion of third and fourth terminal electrodes located on the main surfaces, and ET2 represents an average of dimensions of each portion of the third and fourth terminal electrodes located on the side surfaces. A dimension of the ceramic body in the width direction is larger than a dimension of the ceramic body in the height direction and Equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: SG>OT??(1) ET1>ET2??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hirotaka NAKAZAWA, Takashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20160091973
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Shun Kayama, Takashi Sawada, Yukiko Shimizu, Tsutomu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9287048
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor main body with first and second primary surfaces and first through fourth side surfaces, internal electrodes, and first through fourth terminal electrodes, wherein the third terminal electrode includes a first electrode layer provided on the third side surface and a second electrode layer provided on the first electrode layer, the fourth terminal electrode includes a third electrode layer provided on the fourth side surface and a fourth electrode layer provided on the third electrode layer, the first electrode layer includes a conductive material and Si, the second electrode layer includes a conductive material and Si, and a ratio by weight of Si in the first electrode layer is greater than a ratio by weight of Si in the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Shigekatsu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160049242
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic element with first through sixth surfaces, a center outer electrode located between a first-side outer electrode and a second-side outer electrode on the multilayer ceramic element. A first plated film is provided on the center outer electrode, second plated films are provided on the first-side outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode, respectively, and a thickness of each of the second plated films is greater than a thickness of the first plated film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi SAWADA, Yohei MUKOBATA, Sui UNO
  • Publication number: 20160049253
    Abstract: In a multilayer capacitor, both a minimum distance in a thickness direction between a first effective portion of a first inner electrode and a second main surface and a minimum distance in the thickness direction between a second effective portion of a second inner electrode and the second main surface are shorter than any of a dimension in the thickness direction of a first extending portion of the first inner electrode, a dimension in the thickness direction of a second extending portion of the first inner electrode and a dimension in the thickness direction of the third extending portion of the second inner electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Yohei MUKOBATA, Takashi SAWADA, Kazuhiro NISHIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160049241
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic element, a center outer electrode at a center portion of a surface of the multilayer ceramic element, side outer electrodes interposing the center outer electrode therebetween, first inner electrodes inside the multilayer ceramic element and electrically connected to the outer electrode via center extending portions, and second inner electrodes electrically connected to the side outer electrodes via first and second-side extending portions. Exposed ends of the first-side extending portions of the second inner electrodes near a center layer of the multilayer ceramic element are spaced from an end surface of the multilayer ceramic element by a distance C. Exposed ends of the first-side extending portions of the second inner electrodes disposed near an outermost layer of the multilayer portion are spaced from the end surface of the multilayer ceramic element by a distance D greater than the distance C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Sui UNO, Takashi SAWADA, Yohei MUKOBATA
  • Publication number: 20160049249
    Abstract: In a multilayer capacitor, both a dimension in a thickness direction of a first terminal electrode on the first end surface and a dimension in the thickness direction of a second terminal electrode on the second end surface are greater than a minimum distance in the thickness direction between a first effective portion of a first inner electrode and a second main surface and a minimum distance in the thickness direction between a second effective portion of a second inner electrode and the second main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Yohei MUKOBATA, Takashi SAWADA, Sui UNO
  • Publication number: 20160049243
    Abstract: In a multilayer capacitor, a multilayer capacitor main body includes first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces, the first and second main surfaces extending in a length direction and a width direction, the first and second side surfaces extending in the length direction and a thickness direction, and the first and second end surfaces extending in the width direction and the thickness direction. The second main surface is depressed in a portion extending from opposite ends of the second main surface toward a center of the second main surface in the length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Sui UNO, Takashi SAWADA, Yohei MUKOBATA
  • Patent number: 9244531
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Shun Kayama, Takashi Sawada, Yukiko Shimizu, Tsutomu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9214282
    Abstract: A length of a first-side outer electrode is E1, a length of a second-side outer electrode is E3, a length of a center outer electrode is E2, a distance between the first-side outer electrode and the center outer electrode is ME1, a distance between the center outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode is ME2, a length of a capacitor element is L, a width from an edge of the first side second extending portion closer to a third surface to the third surface is M1L, a width from an edge of the first side second extending portion closer to a fourth surface to an edge of the first-side outer electrode on a first surface is M1R, a width from an edge of the first extending portion closer to the third surface to an edge of the center outer electrode on the first surface closer to the third surface is M2L, and a width from an edge of the first extending portion closer to the fourth surface to an edge of the center outer electrode on the first surface closer to the fourth surface is M2R, such that E1+ME1+E2+ME
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeda, Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura, Takashi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20150284384
    Abstract: The ring-fused heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present invention has a T-type calcium channel regulatory effect, and is useful, for example, as a medicament for treating and/or preventing pruritus. The present invention provides a ring-fused heterocyclic compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the like which has a T-type calcium channel regulatory effect and is useful as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for pruritus, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki Furuta, Takashi Sawada, Tomohiro Danjo, Takahiro Nakajima, Noriaki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9142351
    Abstract: A first terminal electrode extends from a second principal surface onto first and second side surfaces and a first end surface such as not to reach a first principal surface. A second terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces and a second end surface such as not to reach the first principal surface. A third terminal electrode extends from the second principal surface onto the first and second side surfaces such as not to reach the first principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Katsuyama, Yasunari Nakamura, Naoto Muranishi, Masaaki Taniguchi, Takashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9111682
    Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, internal electrodes arranged inside a ceramic body include exposed ends that are connected to end surfaces of the ceramic body. External electrodes, which are arranged on the end surfaces so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrodes, include first conductive portions that are arranged on the end surfaces so as to cover the exposed ends but so as not to wrap around onto the side surfaces, and include second conductive portions that are arranged on the end surfaces so as to cover the first conductive portions and so as to wrap around onto the principal surfaces and the side surfaces. In each external electrode, protruding portions are arranged on the end surface adjacent to the first conductive portion to stabilize the posture of the ceramic body when the second conductive portions are being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Shigekatsu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150225417
    Abstract: Provided are an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a movement disorder, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is extrapyramidal syndrome, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is bradykinesia, gait disturbance, dystonia, dyskinesia or tardive dyskinesia, the agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis wherein the movement disorder is a side effect of L-DOPA and/or dopamine agonist therapy, and the like, each containing a thiazole derivative represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 represents aryl and the like, and R2 represents pyridyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Noriaki Uesaka, Takashi Sawada, Tomoyuki Kanda