Patents by Inventor Teruhiro Sato

Teruhiro Sato 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: 5557508
    Abstract: Single flat metal sheet blank in which thin metallic parts including side frames which are to form side walls, a shield plate and external lead and the like are connected together in a developed state in positional relationships necessary for the assembly of the high-density circuit module. A circuit board is then placed on one side of the shield plate of the flat metal sheet blank. Terminals having pedestals are formed on the shield plate. The terminals are inserted into holes formed in the circuit board and connected to conductors on the circuit board. Then, operations such as severance or bending are effected on selected connecting portions at which the thin metallic parts arranged in developed state are inter-connected, and required processings are executed on the portions to be jointed, whereby the circuit module is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhiro Sato, Tomio Wada, Yoshiyuki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 5198794
    Abstract: A trimmed resistor is provided which has no directional feature when used and is easily mounted on a printed base board. In the trimmed resistor, there are formed four external electrodes arranged at peripheral portions of a rectangular insulation base plate in a point symmetrical distribution about a center of the insulation base plate, a film-like resistance body connected with all of the external electrodes, and a protective film covering the film-like resistance body. Two electrodes among the above-mentioned four electrodes are used as resistor terminals, and a cut slit for trimming is formed in the resistance body longitudinally or as starting from a side of the electrodes serving as resistor terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhiro Sato, Tomio Wada
  • Patent number: 5162971
    Abstract: A high-density circuit module has a box shaped shielding case made from a plate blank which is bent to provide the shield case. A printed wiring board is placed on the bottom surface portion of the shielding case, and a plurality of electronic components are soldered to conductor lands of the printed wiring board. A plurality of externally connected leads are soldered to connection lands of the printed wiring board. A process for producing the high-density circuit module includes the steps of placing the printed wiring board on the blank, then soldering the electronic components and leads to the printed wiring board and then bending the blank to provide the shielding case. The plurality of externally connected leads are formed from a plurality of leads which are originally integrally connected to the bottom surface portion of the shielding case, by separating the plurality of leads form the bottom surface portion of the shielding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhiro Sato, Tomio Wada, Mikio Kobayashi