Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Iimori

Yukinobu Iimori 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: 9389134
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a housing with a terminal; a joint including a projecting portion; a sensor module provided to the projecting portion and including a strain gauge; a conductive member connecting the terminal and the strain gauge; a cap-shaped synthetic resin base provided to the projecting portion, including a top with an opening in which the strain gauge is exposed and lateral portions intersecting the top, and having an inner circumferential surface slidable along an outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion; and an electronic component mounted on the lateral portions. The conductive member includes: a flexible circuit board having a first end connected to the terminal and a second end connected to the base; and a three-dimensional circuit connected to the electronic component, three-dimensionally arranged continuously along the top and the lateral portions of the base, and having one end connected to the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Hironori Kobayashi, Shuji Tohyama
  • Publication number: 20140360277
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a housing with a terminal; a joint including a projecting portion; a sensor module provided to the projecting portion and including a strain gauge; a conductive member connecting the terminal and the strain gauge; a cap-shaped synthetic resin base provided to the projecting portion, including a top with an opening in which the strain gauge is exposed and lateral portions intersecting the top, and having an inner circumferential surface slidable along an outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion; and an electronic component mounted on the lateral portions. The conductive member includes: a flexible circuit board having a first end connected to the terminal and a second end connected to the base; and a three-dimensional circuit connected to the electronic component, three-dimensionally arranged continuously along the top and the lateral portions of the base, and having one end connected to the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Hironori Kobayashi, Shuji Tohyama
  • Patent number: 7640812
    Abstract: A cap is provided on a diaphragm, and a first end of a flexible board is connected to the cap. A cover is attached to the cap. The cover directs a second end of the flexible board in a direction away from the diaphragm held by a joint so that the flexible board is supported while being curved. Since the flexible board is not locally bent at an acute angle, a crack is not generated on a copper pattern provided on the flexible board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Nobuaki Yamada, Shuji Tohyama, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7581448
    Abstract: A pressure sensor is provided with a cap on a measuring portion of a diaphragm to which a first end of a flexible board is connected while a second end of the flexible board is connected to a circuit board spaced apart from the diaphragm. The flexible board is provided with the first end, a belt portion that is bent at an angle of ninety degrees or more relative to the first end in a direction to be away from the circuit board and is curved along the outer circumference of the diaphragm, and the second end that is bent at an angle of ninety degrees or more relative to the belt portion to be connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Nobuaki Yamada, Shuji Tohyama, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20080236290
    Abstract: A cap (16) is provided on a diaphragm (11), and a first end (14A) of a flexible board (14) is connected to the cap (16). A cover (22) is attached to the cap. The cover (22) directs a second end (14B) of the flexible board (14) in a direction away from the diaphragm (11) held by a joint (10) so that the flexible board (14) is supported while being curved. Since the flexible board (14) is not locally bent at an acute angle, a crack is not generated on a copper pattern (14E) provided on the flexible board (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Nobuaki Yamada, Shuji Tohyama, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20080223142
    Abstract: The following abstract will replace all prior versions of the abstract in the application: A pressure sensor is provided with a cap on a measuring portion of a diaphragm to which a first end of a flexible board is connected while a second end of the flexible board is connected to a circuit board spaced apart from the diaphragm. The flexible board is provided with the first end, a belt portion that is bent at an angle of ninety degrees or more relative to the first end in a direction to be away from the circuit board and is curved along the outer circumference of the diaphragm, and the second end that is bent at an angle of ninety degrees or more relative to the belt portion to be connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Iimori, Nobuaki Yamada, Shuji Tohyama, Takayuki Yokoyama