Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Shimizu

Yasuhiro Shimizu 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: 12177984
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes a base tape having an elongated shape and including housing portions, each of which houses an electronic component, and a cover tape covering the base tape. The electronic component package includes first and second seal portions welded to sandwich the housing portions between the first and second seal portions and be parallel or substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction x of the electronic component package. A peeling strength of the first seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape is higher than a peeling strength of the second seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240420889
    Abstract: A capacitor that includes: a substrate with conductivity; a plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate; a dielectric layer covering a surface of the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members; and a conductor layer covering a surface of the dielectric layer, where the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members includes a proximal half present proximally to the surface of the substrate and a distal half present distally to the surface of the substrate, and one of the proximal half and the distal half is higher in the number density of the plurality of fiber-shaped conductive members and larger in the thickness of the dielectric layer than the other of the proximal half and the distal half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Sota YANAI, Masaki NAGATA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12150247
    Abstract: A base tape includes a tape main body including a pair of main surfaces opposed to each other and extending in a length direction with a longitudinal direction of the base tape being defined as the length direction and a direction of a short side being defined as a width direction, the tape main body including a plurality of component accommodation portions located at a predetermined distance from each other in the length direction, each of the plurality of component accommodation portions defining and functioning as an accommodation area of an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240369782
    Abstract: An optical member that includes: a first optical element including a first medium and a first plurality of fillers in the first medium and having a non-spherical shape that changes a traveling direction of light passing through the first medium; and a holding portion configured to hold an optical fiber such that the light emitted from the first optical element enters an end surface of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji MIURA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Masaki NAGATA, Naoya MORI, Tatsuya TOMIMURA, Kazuho SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240300304
    Abstract: A glass run has a basic framework with a bottom wall, a vehicle outer side wall, and a vehicle inner side wall, the basic framework being attached to a door frame, and the glass run guides an up and down movement of a door glass, wherein the bottom wall has a door glass lip which protrudes from a door glass surface of the bottom wall and a door glass bulge which is interposed between the bottom wall and the door glass lip, and at least one of the door glass lip and the door glass bulge is harder than the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Masatoshi Nojiri, Tasuku Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20240292588
    Abstract: An electronic component carrier tape has an elongated shape, and includes a plurality of recessed pockets at equal or substantially equal intervals in a longitudinal direction and each accommodating a respective one of the plurality of electronic components. The electronic component carrier tape includes a flat plate-shaped core at one end portion in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi IWAMOTO, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240253440
    Abstract: The glass run includes at least one of a vehicle outer seal lip extending from the vehicle outer side wall toward the bottom wall to slide with a vehicle outer surface of the door glass, and a vehicle inner seal lip extending from the vehicle inner side wall toward the bottom wall to slide with a vehicle inner surface of the door glass. The vehicle outer seal lip or the vehicle inner seal lip has a door glass side tip to slide with the door glass, and the door glass side tip abuts the door glass at a distance of from one-half or more of a thickness of the door glass to 8 mm or less from a tip of the door glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGURO, Masatoshi NOJIRI, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240239581
    Abstract: A carrier tap has a belt shape and includes material forming layers laminated in a lamination direction, a front surface and a back surface opposed to each other in a height direction corresponding to the lamination direction, and accommodating portions that each accommodate a component. The accommodating portions are each adjacent to the front surface and each aligned along a length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween. The partition wall includes a top lower in height than a top of the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240231063
    Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki NAGATA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Naoya MORI, Kazuho SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 12033548
    Abstract: A display control device is used in a vehicle to control a display of a head-up display The display control device acquires external information based on recognition of a traveling environment around the vehicle, and causes the head-up display to display a superimposition content for providing a route guidance to be superimposed on a foreground in a guidance area. Further, the display control device causes the head-up display to end a display of the superimposition content at a timing based on an end determination using at least the external information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Yagyu, Daisuke Takemori, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kazuki Kojima, Shiori Maneyama, Takeshi Hatoh
  • Publication number: 20240208310
    Abstract: The glass run includes: a bottom wall; a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall, and is configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass. In the glass run, a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall. The hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Masatoshi NOJIRI
  • Publication number: 20240206140
    Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge portion to accommodate and discharge the electronic components in and from the accommodation space. A label is attachable to the case body. A shutter is slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port. The case body includes, on at least a portion on a surface thereof, a label attaching region including protruding portions to which an attaching surface of the label is attachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240184061
    Abstract: An optical coupler that includes: a first optical member including one or more condensing lenses that concentrate light traveling in a positive direction of an X-axis; a fixing unit that fixes one or more optical fibers; and a support member having a first portion extending in the X-axis direction, a second portion extending in the X-axis direction, and a third portion extending in a Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are arranged at intervals in this order in a positive direction of an X-axis. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are positioned between the first portion and the second portion as viewed in the Z-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are fixed to the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuho SHIMADA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Masaki NAGATA, Naoya MORI
  • Patent number: 11970118
    Abstract: An optical unit includes an optical sensor, a protective cover disposed in a direction of view from the optical sensor, an actuator to drive the protective cover, and a casing including a space between the casing and the protective cover and to which the optical sensor and the protective cover are attached. A first region on the casing adjacent to an outer edge of the protective cover with the space interposed between the casing and the outer edge of the protective cover is a hydrophobic region where a contact angle of a droplet is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nishiyama, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Masaki Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240134174
    Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki NAGATA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Naoya MORI, Kazuho SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11955291
    Abstract: A composite capacitor that includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each of plural first columnar conductors and each of plural second columnar conductors have a nano-size outer diameter. The composite capacitor includes a connecting conductor layer and a reinforcement conductor. The reinforcement conductor is located between a first counter electrode layer and a second counter electrode layer of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, respectively, and is connected to each of the first counter electrode layer, the second counter electrode layer, and the connecting conductor layer. The material forming the reinforcement conductor is the same as each of the first counter electrode layer and the second counter electrode layer and is different from the material forming the connecting conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nagata, Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240105398
    Abstract: An alignment device includes a pallet including a flat plate portion and a lateral wall portion defining an alignment area to which chips are supplied, recessed portions defining holding positions in the alignment area to hold the chips in an alignment state, a supply port defined by a portion of the lateral wall portion being open and allowing the chips to be supplied into the alignment area from outside of the lateral wall portion, and a magnet defining a moving holder at least at either one of the flat plate portion or the lateral wall portion to cause each of the chips supplied from the supply port to the alignment area to move to a corresponding one of the recessed portions and hold each of the chips at a corresponding one of the recessed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240107686
    Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge port to discharge the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation space, a shutter slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port, a slider integral with the shutter to perform a slide operation of the shutter, and an operation opening in the case body to expose the slider to outside to allow for operation of the slider. A seal including a portion that covers and seals at least the operation opening is attachable to the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240097653
    Abstract: In a composite filter device, a first acoustic wave resonator includes a functional electrode on a first main surface of a first piezoelectric substrate, and a wiring electrode is on the first main surface and is not connected to a signal potential. A support is on the first main surface and surrounds the first acoustic wave resonator. A second piezoelectric substrate is on the support and includes a third main surface closer to the support than a fourth main surface. A second acoustic wave resonator includes a functional electrode on the third main surface. The second acoustic wave resonator is a parallel-arm resonator higher in resonant frequency than any other parallel-arm resonator or a series-arm resonator lower in resonant frequency than any other series-arm resonator. The second acoustic wave resonator and the wiring electrode overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Sunao YAMAZAKI, Kenta MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20240086673
    Abstract: An electronic component management method includes manufacturer-side steps including storing electronic components in a housing body that includes an RFID tag, writing in the RFID tag at least one piece of manufacturer-side information related to the electronic components stored in the housing body, shipping the housing body with the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, and storing the electronic components, and user-side steps including receiving the shipped housing body, reading the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, a preparing an electronic circuit board, and arranging the electronic components on the electronic circuit board based on the read manufacturer-side information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Nobuto YAMADA, Naoto IKEDA