Patents by Inventor Takayuki Umezawa

Takayuki Umezawa 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: 5247832
    Abstract: In a vibrator-type level sensor, a detection pipe (14) is provided projecting from a base unit (1) to be mounted to a wall of a container (8) containing a substance (100) to be detected. The detection pipe (14) has an internal vibration plate (12) attached with a vibrating piezo-electric device (16) thereon and the internal vibration plate (12) is mechanically connected through an end cap (13) to the free end of the detection pipe (14, 140) to form a folded cantilever unit (30) which responds when the end cap (13) or pipe (14) are contacted by the material being sensed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Nohken Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Umezawa, Takao Kawakita
  • Patent number: 4740726
    Abstract: A vibrator-type level sensor having a detecting pipe (20) in which an inner vibration member (22) with piezo-electric devices (8a) (8b) (8c) is mounted, the detecting pipe (20) and the inner vibration member (22) constituting a folded cantilever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Nohken Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Umezawa