Patents by Inventor Yutaka Makino

Yutaka Makino 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: 20230280567
    Abstract: An imaging lens system and an imaging device capable of capturing a long-distance image in a central direction of an optical axis with high resolution and capturing a neighborhood image at a wide angle. An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group including at least a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens; an aperture stop (STOP); and a second lens group including two or more lens and having a positive combined power, an image side of the first lens has a concave surface, a combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens is negative, the third lens is a lens having a positive power, an object side of the first lens has an aspherical surface, and an incident-side surface (object side) of the first lens has an inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka MAKINO, Takashi SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11675164
    Abstract: An imaging lens system and an imaging device capable of capturing a long-distance image in a central direction of an optical axis with high resolution and capturing a neighborhood image at a wide angle. An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group including at least a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens; an aperture stop (STOP); and a second lens group including two or more lens and having a positive combined power, an image side of the first lens has a concave surface, a combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens is negative, the third lens is a lens having a positive power, an object side of the first lens has an aspherical surface, and an incident-side surface (object side) of the first lens has an inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Makino, Takashi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210181468
    Abstract: An imaging lens system and an imaging device capable of capturing a long-distance image in a central direction of an optical axis with high resolution and capturing a neighborhood image at a wide angle. An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group including at least a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens; an aperture stop (STOP); and a second lens group including two or more lens and having a positive combined power, an image side of the first lens has a concave surface, a combined focal length of the first lens and the second lens is negative, the third lens is a lens having a positive power, an object side of the first lens has an aspherical surface, and an incident-side surface (object side) of the first lens has an inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka MAKINO, Takashi SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9826315
    Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator, an acoustic generation device, and an electronic apparatus capable of enhancing sound pressure and sound quality. An acoustic generator includes a piezoelectric element having a surface electrode; a vibration body to which the piezoelectric element is attached; and a wiring member extending in one direction, having a flat shape, wherein one end portion in the one direction of the wiring member is connected to the surface electrode, and the wiring member is provided with a slit formed in a side of the wiring member which extends in the one direction from the one end portion of the wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Makino
  • Patent number: 9810877
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes: in order from an object side, a first lens including a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a third lens including a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image side, a fourth lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens including a meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the image side, in which: the imaging lens system further includes an aperture stop arranged on the object side or the image side of the second lens, and the lens surface on the image side of the third lens and the lens surface on the object side of the fourth lens are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Makino, Takashi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20170195798
    Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator, an acoustic generation device, and an electronic apparatus capable of enhancing sound pressure and sound quality. An acoustic generator includes a piezoelectric element having a surface electrode; a vibration body to which the piezoelectric element is attached; and a wiring member extending in one direction, having a flat shape, wherein one end portion in the one direction of the wiring member is connected to the surface electrode, and the wiring member is provided with a slit formed in a side of the wiring member which extends in the one direction from the one end portion of the wiring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka MAKINO
  • Patent number: 9654880
    Abstract: A sound generator 30 includes a piezoelectric element 1, a vibrating body 3a, a reflection member 81, a reflection member 82, an opening 21, and an opening 22. The vibrating body 3a vibrates due to vibration of the piezoelectric element 1 and generates a sound. The reflection member 81 is disposed in a first direction from the vibrating body 3a so as to be inclined with respect to the vibrating body 3a. The reflection member 82 is disposed in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, from the vibrating body 3a so as to face the reflection member 81 with the vibrating body 3a therebetween and so as to be inclined with respect to the vibrating body 3a. The opening 21 faces in a third direction. The opening 22 faces in a fourth direction, which is different from the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Kentarou Miyazato, Tooru Takahashi, Yutaka Makino, Atsushi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20160223782
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes: in order from an object side, a first lens including a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, a third lens including a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image side, a fourth lens including a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens including a meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the image side, in which: the imaging lens system further includes an aperture stop arranged on the object side or the image side of the second lens, and the lens surface on the image side of the third lens and the lens surface on the object side of the fourth lens are bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka MAKINO, Takashi SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9392373
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to one embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating portion, and a plurality of dampers. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating portion, and the vibrating portion is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The dampers are integrated with the vibrating portion. The dampers are asymmetrically provided with respect to an axis of symmetry of a shape delineated by the outline of the vibrating portion, in a plan view of the vibrating portion from a side on which the piezoelectric element is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Takeshi Hirayama, Tooru Takahashi, Yutaka Makino, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 9392372
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating body. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating body, and the vibrating body is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The acoustic generator includes at least one pair of two adjacent portions with different stiffnesses in a plan view, and has at least one damper provided contacting with both of the two adjacent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Takeshi Hirayama, Tooru Takahashi, Yutaka Makino, Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Kenji Yamakawa, Kentarou Miyazato
  • Publication number: 20160021464
    Abstract: A sound generator 30 includes a piezoelectric element 1, a vibrating body 3a, a reflection member 81, a reflection member 82, an opening 21, and an opening 22. The vibrating body 3a vibrates due to vibration of the piezoelectric element 1 and generates a sound. The reflection member 81 is disposed in a first direction from the vibrating body 3a so as to be inclined with respect to the vibrating body 3a. The reflection member 82 is disposed in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, from the vibrating body 3a so as to face the reflection member 81 with the vibrating body 3a therebetween and so as to be inclined with respect to the vibrating body 3a. The opening 21 faces in a third direction. The opening 22 faces in a fourth direction, which is different from the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shuichi FUKUOKA, Noriyuki KUSHIMA, Kentarou MIYAZATO, Tooru TAKAHASHI, Yutaka MAKINO, Atsushi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150195657
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to one embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating portion, and a plurality of dampers. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating portion, and the vibrating portion is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The dampers are integrated with the vibrating portion. The dampers are asymmetrically provided with respect to an axis of symmetry of a shape delineated by the outline of the vibrating portion, in a plan view of the vibrating portion from a side on which the piezoelectric element is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Takeshi Hirayama, Tooru Takahashi, Yutaka Makino, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20150172823
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating body. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating body, and the vibrating body is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The acoustic generator includes at least one pair of two adjacent portions with different stiffnesses in a plan view, and has at least one damper provided contacting with both of the two adjacent portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Takeshi Hirayama, Tooru Takahashi, Yutaka Makino, Atsushi Ishihara, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Kenji Yamakawa, Kentarou Miyazato
  • Patent number: 9007147
    Abstract: Provided are a branching filter capable of well branching two electrical signals having a wide frequency band, and a wireless communication module and wireless communication device using same. The branching filter is provided with an input terminal (11), a first output terminal (12a), a second output terminal (12b), a first line conductor (14a) which is electromagnetically coupled to a resonator (13a) of an input stage so as to interconnect the input terminal (11) and the first output terminal (12a), a capacitor (15a) which interconnects the first line conductor (14a) and ground, and a second line conductor (14b) which is electromagnetically coupled to a resonator (13b) of an output stage and is connected to the second output terminal (12b), wherein a low pass filter is configured from the first line conductor (14a) and the capacitor (15a), and a band pass filter is configured from the first line conductor (14a), the second line conductor (14b), and a plurality of resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Makino
  • Patent number: 8302843
    Abstract: A process for producing a semiconductor device, includes: first melting by heating only a superior portion of a bump formed on an electrode on one principle surface of a semiconductor substrate; and second melting the entire bump by also heating an inferior portion of the bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsui, Yutaka Makino, Yoshito Akutagawa
  • Publication number: 20120251968
    Abstract: A process for producing a semiconductor device, includes: first melting by heating only a superior portion of a bump formed on an electrode on one principle surface of a semiconductor substrate; and second melting the entire bump by also heating an inferior portion of the bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUI, Yutaka Makino, Yoshito Akutagawa
  • Patent number: 8093148
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor device which includes forming a first metal film over an electrode pad disposed on a substrate, forming a second metal film on the first metal film, forming a first oxide film on a surface of the first metal film and a second oxide film on a surface of the second metal film by oxidizing the surfaces of the first metal film and the second metal film, removing the first oxide film, and melting the second metal film after removing the first oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Yutaka Makino, Masamitsu Ikumo, Hiroyuki Yoda
  • Patent number: 7994776
    Abstract: A failure detection apparatus for a resolver outputting a sine signal indicative of sin ? and a cosine signal indicative of cos ? according to a rotational angle ? of a rotator, includes an inspection value calculating section configured to calculate an inspection value based on at least one of the sine signal and the cosine signal; a failure detecting section configured to judge whether the resolver is in a failure state or not on the basis of the inspection value; a counting section configured to gradually increase a count value with a lapse of time when the failure detecting section is determining that the resolver is in the failure state, and configured to gradually decrease the count value with a lapse of time when the failure detecting section is determining that the resolver is not in the failure state; and a failure deciding section configured to finally decide that the resolver has caused the failure on the basis of the count value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Yamaura, Kenichi Hamada, Yutaka Makino
  • Publication number: 20110169588
    Abstract: Provided are a branching filter capable of well branching two electrical signals having a wide frequency band, and a wireless communication module and wireless communication device using same. The branching filter is provided with an input terminal (11), a first output terminal (12a), a second output terminal (12b), a first line conductor (14a) which is electromagnetically coupled to a resonator (13a) of an input stage so as to interconnect the input terminal (11) and the first output terminal (12a), a capacitor (15a) which interconnects the first line conductor (14a) and ground, and a second line conductor (14b) which is electromagnetically coupled to a resonator (13b) of an output stage and is connected to the second output terminal (12b), wherein a low pass filter is configured from the first line conductor (14a) and the capacitor (15a), and a band pass filter is configured from the first line conductor (14a), the second line conductor (14b), and a plurality of resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Yutaka Makino
  • Patent number: 7888258
    Abstract: A forming method of an electrode includes the steps of providing an electrode material on a conductive part; exposing the electrode material at a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the electrode material in an oxidizing atmosphere; and exposing the melted electrode material, in a reducing atmosphere, at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the electrode material and lower than the temperature at which the electrode material is exposed in the oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Yoshito Akutagawa, Hiroyuki Matsui, Yutaka Makino