Patents by Inventor Yukio Mizukami

Yukio Mizukami 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: 7882747
    Abstract: The invention presents a strain sensor includes a substrate, a crystallized glass laminated on the substrate, a strain sensitive resistor laminated on the crystallized glass, in which the crystallized glass is formed by baking a plurality of types of crystallized glass powder having different thermomechanical constants. As a result, the fluctuation of sensor characteristic is decreased, and the cost is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Koichi Aburata
  • Publication number: 20080233370
    Abstract: The invention presents a strain sensor includes a substrate, a crystallized glass laminated on the substrate, a strain sensitive resistor laminated on the crystallized glass, in which the crystallized glass is formed by baking a plurality of types of crystallized glass powder having different thermomechanical constants. As a result, the fluctuation of sensor characteristic is decreased, and the cost is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Koichi Aburata
  • Patent number: 7397340
    Abstract: A load sensor includes a substrate, a glass layer provided on the substrate, a wiring provided on the glass layer, an adjusting layer provided on the glass layer, and a strain-sensitive resistor element provided on the adjusting layer and connected to the wiring. A thermal expansion coefficient of the adjusting layer is closer to that of the strain-sensitive resistor element than that of the glass layer. In this load sensor, a stress remaining inside the resistor element is reduced, and the change over time of the resistance of the element is accordingly suppressed. Therefore, a single kind of the resistor element can be formed on substrates having respective thermal expansion coefficients, shapes, and thicknesses, thereby providing various load sensors having respective specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami
  • Patent number: 7181831
    Abstract: A strain sensor comprising a metal substrate, a first electrode provided on the metal substrate, a glass layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode and a strain detecting resistor provided on the glass layer. In the strain sensor, the insulation resistance between the metal substrate and the second electrode has been raised, and the reliability is high. It can be implemented at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe
  • Patent number: 7164342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load sensor and provides a highly accurate load sensor with multi-layered wiring at low costs. It provides crystallized glass and non-crystalline glass which are best for a load sensor, and combines these to form multi-layered wiring, and further, makes a glass layer of composite type as needed, and reduces uneven printing in printing multiple layers with use of hardening type paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Masaaki Katsumata
  • Patent number: 7104138
    Abstract: A strain detector includes an insulating substrate, a power electrode, output electrodes and a ground electrode which are disposed over the insulating substrate, a strain-resistance element provided over the insulating substrate and coupled to the power electrode, the output electrodes and the ground electrode, a protective layer over the strain-resistance element, a frame ground electrode. The insulating substrate includes a stainless steel board, a protective coat on the stainless steel board, and an insulating layer on the protective coat. The frame ground electrode is provided over the stainless steel board and electrically coupled to the stainless board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Patent number: 7043996
    Abstract: A strain sensor includes a metal plate, a first glass layer on the metal plate, a second glass layer provided on the first glass layer and having a color different from that of the first glass layer, an electrode on the second glass layer, a strain-sensitive resistor on the second glass layer, a circuit pattern on the second glass layer for connecting the electrode to the strain-sensitive resistor, and an overcoat glass layer for covering the strain-sensitive resistor and the circuit pattern. The strain sensor allows the layers to be identified while being manufactured, hence being controlled easily in its manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe, Keiichi Nakao
  • Patent number: 7010986
    Abstract: A strain sensor comprising a metal substrate, a first electrode provided on the metal substrate, a glass layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode and a strain detecting resistor provided on the glass layer. In the strain sensor, the insulation resistance between the metal substrate and the second electrode has been raised, and the reliability is high. It can be implemented at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe
  • Publication number: 20060001521
    Abstract: A load sensor includes a substrate, a glass layer provided on the substrate, a wiring provided on the glass layer, an adjusting layer provided on the glass layer, and a strain-sensitive resistor element provided on the adjusting layer and connected to the wiring. A thermal expansion coefficient of the adjusting layer is closer to that of the strain-sensitive resistor element than that of the glass layer. In this load sensor, a stress remaining inside the resistor element is reduced, and the change over time of the resistance of the element is accordingly suppressed. Therefore, a single kind of the resistor element can be formed on substrates having respective thermal expansion coefficients, shapes, and thicknesses, thereby providing various load sensors having respective specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20050085393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load sensor and provides a highly accurate load sensor with multi-layered wiring at low costs. It provides crystallized glass and non-crystalline glass which are best for a load sensor, and combines these to form multi-layered wiring, and further, makes a glass layer of composite type as needed, and reduces uneven printing in printing multiple layers with use of hardening type paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Masaaki Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20050028605
    Abstract: A strain sensor comprising a metal substrate, a first electrode provided on the metal substrate, a glass layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode and a strain detecting resistor provided on the glass layer. In the strain sensor, the insulation resistance between the metal substrate and the second electrode has been raised, and the reliability is high. It can be implemented at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Elec. Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe
  • Patent number: 6842965
    Abstract: A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance element. A second protective layer made of resins or glass for covering the first protective layer, and a thermistor for compensating the resistance of the strain-resistance element are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20050000297
    Abstract: A strain detector includes an insulating substrate, a power electrode, output electrodes and a ground electrode which are disposed over the insulating substrate, a strain-resistance element provided over the insulating substrate and coupled to the power electrode, the output electrodes and the ground electrode, a protective layer over the strain-resistance element, a frame ground electrode. The insulating substrate includes a stainless steel board, a protective coat on the stainless steel board, and an insulating layer on the protective coat. The frame ground electrode is provided over the stainless steel board and electrically coupled to the stainless board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20040216529
    Abstract: A strain sensor includes a metal plate, a first glass layer on the metal plate, a second glass layer provided on the first glass layer and having a color different from that of the first glass layer, an electrode on the second glass layer, a strain-sensitive resistor on the second glass layer, a circuit pattern on the second glass layer for connecting the electrode to the strain-sensitive resistor, and an overcoat glass layer for covering the strain-sensitive resistor and the circuit pattern. The strain sensor allows the layers to be identified while being manufactured, hence being controlled easily in its manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe, Keiichi Nakao
  • Patent number: 6761073
    Abstract: A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance element. A second protective layer made of resins or glass for covering the first protective layer, and a thermistor for compensating the resistance of the strain-resistance element are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20040079162
    Abstract: A strain sensor comprising a metal substrate, a first electrode provided on the metal substrate, a glass layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode and a strain detecting resistor provided on the glass layer. In the strain sensor, the insulation resistance between the metal substrate and the second electrode has been raised, and the reliability is high. It can be implemented at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukio Mizukami, Hiroaki Ishida, Toshiro Otobe
  • Publication number: 20030000073
    Abstract: A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance element. A second protective layer made of resins or glass for covering the first protective layer, and a thermistor for compensating the resistance of the strain-resistance element are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20010004848
    Abstract: A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance element. A second protective layer made of resins or glass for covering the first protective layer, and a thermistor for compensating the resistance of the strain-resistance element are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Toshirou Otobe, Takashi Kawai, Yukio Mizukami
  • Patent number: 4789413
    Abstract: A process for preparing permeable adhesive tapes, which comprises dispersing water or water and a water absorptive high-molecular weight compound homogeneously in a solution of a natural or synthethic rubber or acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive agent in an organic solvent, applying the dispersion onto a releasing agent applied sheet, drying the adhesive agent applied sheet, and laminating a porous backing material on the adhesive agent applied surface to obtain a permeable adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Sankyo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tani, Motomu Ueno, Kusutaro Yoshida, Yukio Mizukami