Patents by Inventor Yuji Odan

Yuji Odan 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: 7239127
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: OHT Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 6967498
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: OHT Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 6933740
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: OHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20050010480
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information service method for providing information about a circuit-board inspection service, circuit-board manufacturing service or the like to clients and dealers to support and facilitate transactions therebetween. The information service method comprises the steps of receiving a board-specification information defining a specification of a circuit board from the client, providing the received board-specification information to the dealers, receiving information about products providable from the dealers, and providing the received product information to the client. Thus, the information from each dealer can be provided to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Shogo Ishioka, Yuji Odan
  • Publication number: 20040027143
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20040027142
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: HOT INC,.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20040027146
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: OHT INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 6614250
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for used in a board inspection capable of an inspection of defect in a circuit board with high resolution over a wide range. The method is used for manufacturing a sensor probe comprising layers which include an electrode layer, a lead wire layer and a bridge layer (41). These layers are laminated on a base (30) in the form of a flat plate composed of silicon. The electrode layer is comprised of a set of sensor electrodes (40). The lead wire layer is comprised of a set of lead wires (50) for transferring a signal externally. The bridge layer couples between the electrode layer and the lead wire layer. The lead wire layer is formed by means of depositing aluminum in accordance with a first mask pattern. The bridge layer is formed by means of growing each of bridge wires (41) in the direction perpendicular to the base. The bridge wires extend in the direction perpendicular to the base and are connected to respective lead wires of the lead layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: OHT Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Odan, Shuji Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20020152138
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information service method, an information service system and a system component thereof, allowing users to purchase products with high reliability or credibility on a network. A user 101 checks a home page provided by an information provider 102 to input orders for a product for purchase and an investigation of the product. The information provider 102 receives identification information of the user/product and information of the order for the investigation, and then stores them in a database 102e with a certain association therebetween. According to the received investigation order, an investigation-instructing mechanism 102e sends an investigation agent 105a to a real store 104 to investigate the requested product. The investigation agent 105a reports a result of the investigation to a result-judging mechanism 102e. Then, information about the investigation result is transmitted from the information provider 102 to the user 101 via the Internet 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Shojo Ishioka, Yuji Odan
  • Patent number: 4942657
    Abstract: Automatic cutter change type shaving machine, wherein a spindle of a cutter head supported movably upward and downward by a column has a cutter loading portion having a mechanism to load and unload a cutter along the axis of said spindle at an end of said spindle and a carriage which moves toward and away from said cutter loading portion carries out load and unload of a cutter for said cutter loading portion through its reciprocating motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Mihara, Yuji Odan