Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Ogawa

Yasuhiko Ogawa 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: 4633121
    Abstract: A comb-shaped piezoelectric unit, such as may be used for a mechanical signal source or in a display device for displaying raised letters for reading by blind persons. The piezoelectric unit includes a plurality of strip-shaped drive members extending from a common base part, a first metal electrode layer on each of the drive members with the first metal electrode layers among the drive members being insulated from one another, and a common metal electrode layer formed on the other side of the drive members, connected commonly to all drive members. To construct a display device for the blind, pins are attached to the free ends of each of the drive members, the pins being protrudable through respective holes in a rigid plate when the corresponding drive members are actuated by applying a voltage thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignees: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Yasuhiko Ogawa, Kazuhiko Nakayama
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ogawa, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Minoru Yasuda