Patents by Inventor Yuko Higuchi

Yuko Higuchi 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: 11441952
    Abstract: An infrared temperature sensor that detects temperature of a detection object in a non-contact manner includes a sensor case that includes a light guiding region and a light shielded region, a film that absorbs and converts infrared rays into heat, a sensor cover, an infrared detection element, and a temperature compensation element. The sensor case includes a case base portion and a hood that surrounds the light guiding region and the light shielded region and is erected from the case base portion. The hood includes an opening part and a shielding part that protrudes toward an inside of the hood while defining the opening part and the light guiding region, and shields the light shielded region from the infrared rays. A protrusion direction of the shielding part toward the inside of the hood is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Morihisa Hamada, Tatsuya Konno, Yuko Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20210003455
    Abstract: An infrared temperature sensor that detects temperature of a detection object in a non-contact manner includes a sensor case that includes a light guiding region and a light shielded region, a film that absorbs and converts infrared rays into heat, a sensor cover, an infrared detection element, and a temperature compensation element. The sensor case includes a case base portion and a hood that surrounds the light guiding region and the light shielded region and is erected from the case base portion. The hood includes an opening part and a shielding part that protrudes toward an inside of the hood while defining the opening part and the light guiding region, and shields the light shielded region from the infrared rays. A protrusion direction of the shielding part toward the inside of the hood is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Morihisa Hamada, Tatsuya Konno, Yuko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10845247
    Abstract: An infrared temperature sensor includes a sensor case, a heat conversion film configured to absorb infrared rays and to convert the infrared rays into heat, a sensor cover that is disposed to face the sensor case through the heat conversion film, and an infrared detection element and a temperature compensation element that are disposed on the heat conversion film. The sensor case includes a case base portion that includes a front surface and a rear surface, a light guiding region that is provided to penetrate through the front surface and the rear surface of the case base portion, and a light shielded region that is provided inside a light shielding dome erected from the front surface side of the case base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Morihisa Hamada, Tastuya Konno, Yuko Higuchi, Kyohei Kamata
  • Publication number: 20190137342
    Abstract: An infrared temperature sensor includes a sensor case, a heat conversion film configured to absorb infrared rays and to convert the infrared rays into heat, a sensor cover that is disposed to face the sensor case through the heat conversion film, and an infrared detection element and a temperature compensation element that are disposed on the heat conversion film. The sensor case includes a case base portion that includes a front surface and a rear surface, a light guiding region that is provided to penetrate through the front surface and the rear surface of the case base portion, and a light shielded region that is provided inside a light shielding dome erected from the front surface side of the case base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Morihisa Hamada, Tastuya Konno, Yuko Higuchi, Kyohei Kamata