Patents by Inventor Yuta AIZAWA

Yuta AIZAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230408245
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a strain gauge has: a flexible substrate; a resistor formed on the substrate; and a pair of electrodes formed on the substrate and electrically connected with the resistor via conductive traces, and, in this strain gauge, a width of the resistor is 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, and the conductive traces include a portion with a width of 5 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Iku ISHIHARA, Aya ONO, Yosuke OGASA, Yuta AIZAWA, Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Atsushi KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230358623
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a resistor formed of material including at least one of chromium or nickel, the resistor being situated above the substrate. The strain gauge includes a functional layer formed of an insulating material that has a higher thermal conductivity than the resistor, the functional layer being situated between the substrate and the resistor. The resistor includes multiple resistive patterns that are juxtaposed. The resistor includes folded portions each of which connects end portions of resistive portions that are next to each other. A first metallic layer formed of a material that has a higher thermal conductivity than the resistor is laminated on the folded portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Aya ONO, Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Atsushi KITAMURA, Akiyo YUGUCHI, Shinya TODA, Yosuke OGASA, Yuta AIZAWA, Iku ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11702730
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, the functional layer being directly on one surface of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a film that includes Cr, CrN, and Cr2N and that is formed with ?-Cr as a main component. The functional layer includes a function of promoting crystal growth of ?-Cr and forming an ?-Cr based film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asakawa, Yuta Aizawa, Shinya Toda, Shintaro Takata, Shinichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20230109237
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible resin substrate and a resistor formed of material including at least one of chromium or nickel, the resistor being situated on one side of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a conductive layer formed on the other side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya TODA, Shintaro TAKATA, Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Yuta AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11542590
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate; a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, on one surface of the substrate; and a resistor formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on one surface of the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asakawa, Yuta Aizawa, Shinya Toda, Shintaro Takata, Shinichi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20220411915
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, the functional layer being directly on one surface of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a film that includes Cr, CrN, and Cr2N and that is formed with ?-Cr as a main component. The functional layer includes a function of promoting crystal growth of ?-Cr and forming an ?-Cr based film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Yuta AIZAWA, Shinya TODA, Shintaro TAKATA, Shinichi NIWA
  • Patent number: 11454488
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, directly on one surface of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a film including Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, on one surface of the functional layer. The substrate has an expansion coefficient in a range of from 7 ppm/K to 20 ppm/K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asakawa, Shinichi Niwa, Yuta Aizawa, Atsushi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11448560
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and a plurality of resistors each formed of a Cr composite film, on or above the substrate. The substrate is attached to a flexure element, the plurality of resistors including two resistors disposed at locations at which the two resistors are opposite to each other, such that the flexure element is interposed between the two resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta Aizawa, Atsushi Kitamura, Eiji Misaizu, Akiyo Yuguchi
  • Patent number: 11326966
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, directly on one surface of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a film including Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, on one surface of the functional layer. The substrate includes a filler. Surface unevenness on one surface of the substrate is 15 nm or less, and the resistor has a film thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asakawa, Akiyo Yuguchi, Yuta Aizawa, Syota Taneda
  • Publication number: 20210003378
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and a resistor formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on or above the substrate. The substrate has an expansion coefficient in a range of from 7 ppm/K to 20 ppm/K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Shinichi NIWA, Yuta AIZAWA, Atsushi KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200393311
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and a plurality of resistors each formed of a Cr composite film, on or above the substrate. The substrate is attached to a flexure element, the plurality of resistors including two resistors disposed at locations at which the two resistors are opposite to each other, such that the flexure element is interposed between the two resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta AIZAWA, Atsushi KITAMURA, Eiji MISAIZU, Akiyo YUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200333199
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and a resistor formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on or above the substrate. Surface unevenness on one surface of the substrate is 15 nm or less, and the resistor has a film thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Akiyo YUGUCHI, Yuta AIZAWA, Syota TANEDA
  • Publication number: 20200325571
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate; a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, on one surface of the substrate; and a resistor formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on one surface of the functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiaki ASAKAWA, Yuta AIZAWA, Shinya TODA, Shintaro TAKATA, Shinichi NIWA
  • Patent number: D939414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Aizawa, Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: D940634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Aizawa