More Than Two Patents (Class 310/366)
  • Patent number: 12629545
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ultrasonic transducers for therapeutic ultrasound techniques, such as high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) techniques. A challenge is to design ultrasound transducers capable of delivering the required pressure, deep enough in the biological tissue, and with enough precision to deliver the required pressure within the targeted volume of the tissue and without destroying the surrounding tissue. Thus, it is proposed to use a transducer with several ultrasound emitting zones capable of being activated independently. This enables the transducer to deliver the required pressure at a target location that is not aligned with the emission axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CENTRE LEON BERARD
    Inventors: David Melo De Lima, Sophie Cambronero
  • Patent number: 12615032
    Abstract: A quartz resonator including a casing, a pad, an oscillator crystal and a thermistor is provided. The casing includes a first casing and a second casing. The pad is disposed on an outer surface of the second casing. The oscillator crystal includes two thick parts and a thin part whose two ends are respectively connected to the two thick parts. The two thick parts are sandwiched between the first casing and the second casing. An inner surface of the first casing and the thin part of the oscillator crystal form a sealed first space, and an inner surface of the second casing and the thin part of the oscillator crystal form a sealed second space. The thermistor is disposed in the first space or the second space and is electrically connected to the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: TXC Corporation
    Inventor: Bing-Jyun Guo
  • Patent number: 12615966
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a stack including a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of piezoelectric layers stacked on one another, and a surface electrode located on a side surface of the stack and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes. A second electrode illustrated in FIG. 3B includes a first conductor including a strip extending in a longitudinal direction and an extension having one end continuous with the strip and another end exposed on the side surface of the stack and connected to the surface electrode. The piezoelectric element includes a second conductor located between the extension and an opposite portion of the side surface of the stack opposite to a portion of the side surface on which the other end of the extension is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michiya Murakami
  • Patent number: 12596040
    Abstract: A technique that can emit a sensor signal that accurately reflects only the pressure to be truly detected in a glove-type wearable sensor in which a film-like pressure sensor is incorporated into a fingertip of a thin work glove is disclosed. In a film-like pressure sensor incorporated into a fingertip of a glove-type wearable sensor, three coordinate axis directions in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system are assumed to be a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensor, and a width direction of the pressure sensor, at least one or more flexible printed circuits and one sheet-like pressure sensitive element are laminated in the vertical direction, and only the pressure applied to the fingertip of a wearer after wearing the wearable sensor is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Yu Yamada
  • Patent number: 12573734
    Abstract: A composite resonator includes a first resonator extending in a first plane direction, a second resonator spaced apart from the first resonator in a first direction and extending in the first plane direction, a third resonator located between the first resonator and the second resonator in the first direction and configured to be magnetically or capacitively connected to or electrically connected to each of the first resonator and the second resonator, and a reference conductor extending in the first plane direction, located between the first resonator and the second resonator in the first direction and serving as a potential reference of the first resonator and the second resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 12574016
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bulk acoustic wave resonance device, a bulk acoustic wave filter device and a radio frequency front end device. The bulk acoustic wave resonance device includes a first layer including a cavity disposed at a first side of the first layer; a first electrode layer disposed in the cavity; a second layer disposed at the first side and disposed on the first electrode layer, and the second layer is a flat layer and covers the first cavity; and a second electrode layer disposed at the first side and disposed on the second layer, and the first electrode layer includes at least two first electrode bars or the second electrode layer includes at least two second electrode bars. The present disclosure can increase the difference between acoustic impedance of a resonance region and a non-resonance region, thereby increasing Q value of the resonance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU CHEMSEMI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhao Liu
  • Patent number: 12556871
    Abstract: The present disclosure is of a bone conduction sound transmission device. The bone conduction sound transmission device includes of a laminated structure and a base structure. The laminated structure is formed by a vibration unit and an acoustic transducer unit. The base structure is configured to load the laminated structure. At least one side of the laminated structure is physically connected to the base structure. The base structure vibrates based on an external vibration signal, and the vibration unit deforms in response to the vibration of the base structure; and the acoustic transducer unit generates an electrical signal based on the deformation of the vibration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing Zhou, Yongshuai Yuan, Wenjun Deng
  • Patent number: 12556159
    Abstract: An integrated bulk acoustic wave resonator-capacitor comprises a membrane including a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode disposed on a top surface of the piezoelectric film, and a lower electrode disposed on a lower surface of the piezoelectric film, a resonator region of the membrane defining a main active domain in which a main acoustic wave is generated during operation, and a capacitor region of the membrane surrounding the resonator region, the capacitor region including a layer of conductive material disposed on the upper electrode, an inner capacitor raised frame defined on an inner peripheral region of the layer of conductive material, and an outer capacitor raised frame defined on an outer peripheral region of the layer of conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua James Caron, Lisha Shi, David Albert Feld
  • Patent number: 12525952
    Abstract: Acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to a surface of a substrate, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate, and a conductor pattern on the front surface, the conductor pattern including an interdigital transducer (IDT), interleaved fingers of the IDT on the diaphragm. A ratio of a mark of the interleaved fingers to a pitch of the interleaved fingers is greater than or equal to 0.12 and less than or equal to 0.3. A thickness between the front and back surfaces is greater than or equal to 200 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bryant Garcia, Julius Koskela, Robert B. Hammond, Patrick Turner, Viktor Plesski, Ventsislav Yantchev, Soumya Yandrapalli
  • Patent number: 12507596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical devices (1, 10, 11) comprising piezoelectric elements (1a, 1b, 10a, 11a) formed in a variety of known geometrical shapes and polling directions. The present invention is based on the inventive concept of switching place between the set of output electrodes (20a, 21a) and the set of output electrodes (20b, 21b) to enable for a significant increase in step-up conversion in comparison to the conventional electrode arrangement used in known piezoelectric transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: United Arab Emirates University
    Inventors: Mahmoud F. Y. Al Ahmad, Abdulrahman Mohamed
  • Patent number: 12477950
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromechanical actuator, having a stack arrangement made of ceramic basis material having electromechanical properties and electrodes as well as a ceramic insulation for operation/use of the actuator in a humid environment. To ensure a long service life of the actuator with increased electromechanical expansion, an exemplary structure of the ceramic insulation has a smaller average grain size than the structure of the ceramic basis material. A method for the production of an actuator having ceramic insulation and a method for controlling such an actuator are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: PI CERAMIC GMBH
    Inventors: Kevin Speer, Benjamin Dargatz
  • Patent number: 12431861
    Abstract: Techniques for improving acoustic resonators and resonator structures are disclosed, including filters, oscillators and systems that may include such devices. A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator may comprise a substrate. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) may further comprise a plurality of piezoelectric layers including first, second, third and fourth piezoelectric layers acoustically coupled with one another and arranged over the substrate. The first, second, third and fourth piezoelectric layers may have respective piezoelectric axis orientations. The first, second, third and fourth piezoelectric layers may have respective thicknesses. Electromechanical coupling of the bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator may, but need not be limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: QXONIIX INC.
    Inventors: Dariusz Burak, Kevin J. Grannen, Jack Lenell
  • Patent number: 12397319
    Abstract: The present application discloses an evenly heating transducer and a preparation method therefor. The transducer includes a piezoelectric material layer; where the piezoelectric material layer is cylindrical and has a through hole in the middle, a support structure is disposed on an inner side of the through hole, and the piezoelectric material layer and an external device are connected via the support structure. A conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric material layer and an isolation strip is disposed on the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Hantong Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Fang, Bo Zhang, Yong Wu, Gang Peng, Wanjin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12349596
    Abstract: The vibration device includes a piezoelectric element having a connection terminal exposed from a main surface of the piezoelectric element, a first resin layer having conductivity and covering the connection terminal of the piezoelectric element to be electrically connected to the connection terminal, a wiring member overlapping the main surface of the piezoelectric element to cover the first resin layer, including a wire electrically connected to the first resin layer, and extending beyond one end of the piezoelectric element when viewed in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric element, and a second resin layer integrally covering the main surface of the piezoelectric element and the wiring member. The second resin layer includes a first layer in direct contact with the piezoelectric element and the wiring member, and a second layer covering the piezoelectric element and the wiring member via the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Teranishi, Hiroki Mitsui, Miho Kato, Hideya Sakamoto, Narumi Sato
  • Patent number: 12322553
    Abstract: A dielectric composition, including: dielectric grains containing a main component represented by a composition formula [(CaxSr(1-x))O]m[(TiyHfzZr(1-y-z))O2] (m is more than 1.020); a grain boundary phase located between the dielectric grains; and segregation grains each containing at least Ca, Si, and O. A first segregation grain is defined as a segregation further containing Mn among the segregation grains each containing at least Ca, Si, and O, and a second segregation grain is defined as a segregation containing substantially no Mn among the segregation grains each containing at least Ca, Si, and O. N1/(N1+N2) is more than 0.23 and 1.00 or less, in which N1 is a number density of first segregation grains in a cross-section of the dielectric composition, and N2 is a number density of second segregation grains in the cross-section of the dielectric composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Sueda, Kengo Aizawa, Shota Kumagai, Takeshi Shouji, Satoshi Sugawara, Masatoshi Tarutani, Atsushi Yamada, Manabu Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12287252
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor for monitoring a composite structure. The sensor includes multiple sensing elements of different sizes, each configured for different respective monitoring tasks. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating the sensor, designing and manufacturing the sensor, and attaching the sensor to the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY AS
    Inventors: Brian Burks, Zack Prather, John Eihusen, Joel R. Johnson, Tyler Perkins
  • Patent number: 12283938
    Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate and a piezoelectric plate supported by the substrate. A portion of the piezoelectric plate suspended across a cavity in the substrate forms a diaphragm. A decoupling dielectric layer is on a front surface of the diaphragm. An interdigital transducer (IDT) has interleaved fingers on the decoupling dielectric layer over the diaphragm. The IDT and piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites shear acoustic waves in the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sean McHugh
  • Patent number: 12269062
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes a substrate, a transmitter provided at the substrate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to an object, and a receiver provided at a position different from the transmitter at the substrate and configured to receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the object. A resonance frequency of the transmitter is higher than a resonance frequency of the receiver. An anti-resonance frequency of the receiver is included in a predetermined frequency band including the resonance frequency of the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chikara Kojima
  • Patent number: 12269063
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing, or for use in manufacturing a flexible ultrasonic transducer array and the resultant ultrasonic transducer array. The method includes providing a layer of piezoelectric material onto a foil substrate and using additive techniques to apply a plurality of electrodes to a surface of the piezoelectric material such that the electrodes are arranged in an electrode array and to apply a plurality of electrical conduction tracks and a plurality of electrical connectors to the surface of the piezoelectric material or to a layer of dielectric material provided on the surface of the piezoelectric material, such that respective electrical conduction tracks electrically connect a respective electrode to a respective electrical connector. The additive techniques comprise at least one of: masking, deposition, photo patterning, printing or patterned coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Novosound Ltd.
    Inventors: David Hughes, Daniel Irving
  • Patent number: 12261584
    Abstract: A vibration-absorbing structure for packaging a crystal resonator includes a package base, a resonant crystal blank, and a top cover. The top of the package base has a recess. The sidewall of the package base surrounds the recess. The resonant crystal blank has a border area, at least one serpentine connection area, and a resonant area. The serpentine connection area is connected between the border area and the edge of the resonant area. The border area is arranged on the sidewall. The top cover, arranged on the border area, covers the recess, the at least one serpentine connection area, and the resonant area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TXC Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Hsiu Peng, Wei-Chen Lo, Zong-De Lin
  • Patent number: 12244291
    Abstract: The crystal element includes: a vibration part including a first face and a second face; a flat plate part including a first face and a second face, which has a thickness thicker than a thickness of the vibration part and is disposed in an outer edge of the vibration part on a plan view; a fixing part including a first face and a second face, which has a thickness thicker than the thickness of the flat plate part and is disposed in an outer edge of the flat plate part on a plan view; an excitation electrode disposed on the first face and the second face of the vibration part; a mounting electrode disposed at least on one of the first face and the second face of the fixing part; and a wiring electrode that electrically connects the excitation electrode and the mounting electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiji Matsui
  • Patent number: 12232422
    Abstract: In an embodiment a piezoelectric multilayer component includes a ceramic main body comprising a ceramic material, wherein a main component of the ceramic material has the general empirical formula (KxNa1-x)NbO3, where 0?x?1, wherein the ceramic material comprises at least two additives selected from a number of compounds respectively comprising at least one metal, wherein a metal of a first additive comprises at least K, Nb, Cu, Mn or Ta, and wherein a metal of a second additive comprises K, Nb or Ta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Denis Orosel, Yongli Wang
  • Patent number: 12225348
    Abstract: A sound apparatus includes a piezoelectric device configured to vibrate based on a sound signal input thereto, a vibration member, and an elastic member configured to connect at least a portion of the piezoelectric device to the vibration member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaehun Ye
  • Patent number: 12213774
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for locating a position of an electrode on an organ model. The apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive an organ model configured to digitally represent an organ, receive a set of sensor data from at least a sensor including an ultrasound sensor, determine an electrode position within the organ model as a function of the set of sensor data using a position machine-learning module, wherein determining the electrode position includes determining a model position within the organ model as a function of the set of sensor data and determining the electrode position within the model position of the organ model as a function of the set of sensor data and add a visual marker onto the electrode position in the model position of the organ model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: nference, Inc.
    Inventors: Murali Aravamudan, Rakesh Barve, Suthirth Vaidya, Uddeshya Upadhyay, Abhijith Chunduru, Arjun Puranik, Sai Saketh Chennamsetty
  • Patent number: 12208417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat-plate focusing ultrasonic transducer and an acoustic lens composed of an annular array piezoelectric element and methods of manufacturing and designing thereof, more particularly to a flat-plate focusing ultrasonic transducer composed of an annular array piezoelectric element, wherein the annular array piezoelectric element has a plurality of concentric regions which is concentrically arranged in a concentric circle shape with respect to a center point, the concentric region has ring shaped sound insulation regions and piezoelectric regions which are alternatively formed in a direction from the center point to a radius direction, so as to focus a sound wave near a focal point, wherein the piezoelectric regions are composed of a piezoelectric ring that is composed of a piezoelectric material and thus excites a sound wave, the concentric region is in a shape of a flat-plate of which both sides are flat and which has a constant thickness, and each radius of the plurality o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Kyung Min Baik, Sung Mok Kim, Hyung Jin Lee, Il Doh
  • Patent number: 12126319
    Abstract: Techniques for improving Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) resonator structures are disclosed, including filters, oscillators and systems that may include such devices. A first layer of doped piezoelectric layer material and a second layer of piezoelectric material may be acoustically coupled with one another to have a piezoelectrically excitable resonance mode. The first layer of doped piezoelectric material may have a first piezoelectric axis orientation, and the second layer of piezoelectric material may have a second piezoelectric axis orientation that substantially opposes the first piezoelectric axis orientation of the first layer of piezoelectric material. An acoustic reflector including a first pair of metal electrode layers may be electrically and acoustically coupled with the first layer of doped piezoelectric material and the second layer of piezoelectric material to excite the piezoelectrically excitable main resonance mode at a resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QXONIX INC.
    Inventors: Dariusz Burak, Kevin J. Grannen, Jack Lenell
  • Patent number: 12095437
    Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator chip includes a piezoelectric plate attached to a substrate, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. A first conductor pattern formed on a surface of the piezoelectric plate includes an interdigital transducer with interleaved fingers on the diaphragm, and a first plurality of contact pads. A second conductor pattern is formed on a surface of an interposer, the second conductor pattern including a second plurality of contact pads. Each pad of the first plurality of contact pads is directly bonded to a respective pad of the second plurality of contact pads. A seal is formed between a perimeter of the acoustic resonator chip and a perimeter of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Patrick Turner, Mike Eddy, Andrew Kay, Ventsislav Yantchev, Charles Chung
  • Patent number: 12069953
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, a piezoelectric device including the piezoelectric element, a vibration module including the piezoelectric device, and a display apparatus including the piezoelectric device are provided, where (1?x)(LizNa0.5-zK0.5)(Nb1-ySby)O3·xCaZrO3??[Formula 1] where x, y, and z have a range of 0.001?x?0.2, a range of 0?y?0.5, and a range of 0?z?0.2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Taeheon Kim, Sahn Nahm, YongGyoon Jang, Jonghyun Kim, Ku-Tak Lee, Chiwan Kim, Sung-Eui Shin, YongWoo Lee, Seok-June Chae
  • Patent number: 12040773
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes an energy confinement layer, a piezoelectric film, and an IDT electrode laminated on a support substrate. Acoustic velocity adjustment films are at least partially provided between the piezoelectric film and the support substrate and are made of a material different from that of the piezoelectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromu Okunaga
  • Patent number: 12010920
    Abstract: An in-situ poled ferroelectric prints with true 3D geometry is provided with an intercalated electrode design where soft polymer matrixes are selected for the ferroelectric layers, and rigid polymer matrixes are selected for the electrode layers, thus mimicking nacre architecture with a ceramic-like piezoelectric property and bone-like fracture toughness. Lithium-doped potassium sodium niobite (Li—KNN) microparticles may be used to produce ferroelectric properties and to create strong interfacial bonding with the interfacing electrode layers. Polylactic acid (PLA) in the electrode layers may be used to facilitate strong interfacial bonding with the Li—KNN microparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xudong Wang, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11998393
    Abstract: A deployable ultrasound imaging device is operably connected to an ultrasound imaging system including a processing unit configured to operate the transducer and the individual segments in order to emit ultrasound signals from the segments and to receive ultrasound signals from the structures surrounding the segments. The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit can process the transmitted and received signals by beamforming to direct the ultrasound signals emitted from the segments in order to provide data for an ultrasound image of the desired structure(s). The ultrasound imaging system/processing unit mechanically or acoustically determines the position of the individual segments with regard to one another to determine the angular position of the segments with regard to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Bruno H. Haider, Kjell Kristoffersen, Edouard DaCruz, Flavien Daloz, Geir Ultveit Haugen, Johan Kirkhorn, Anders R. Sørnes
  • Patent number: 11951041
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positioning device for positioning an object in a positioning plane. To minimize the position error (contouring error) in a continuous orbital travel in contrast to two linear adjusters (X and Y) arranged at a right angle to each other, the positioning device includes two rotation drives having different diameters and an object receiver for receiving the object. The object receiver is coupled to a first of the two rotation drives, which in turn is coupled to the second of the two rotating drives so that the object receiver is rotatable about the axes of rotation (A2, A3) of both rotation drives that are offset in parallel, and is thereby adjustable in the positioning plane. A light processor having such a positioning device, and a method for laser eye surgery using such a light processor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Mathias Rosenkranz
  • Patent number: 11929726
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first filter connected to the common terminal, a wiring line connecting the common terminal and the reception filter to each other, a second filter connected to a connection node on the wiring line, a third filter connected to a connection node on the wiring line, a wiring line connecting the connection node and the transmission filter to each other, a wiring line connecting the connection node and the first filter to each other, and an inductor connected between a wiring region of the wiring line that extends from the connection node to the first filter and the ground or between the wiring line and the ground. The length of a portion of the wiring line extending from the common terminal to the connection node is longer than the length of a portion of the wiring line extending from the common terminal to the connection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Takata
  • Patent number: 11930713
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric body, an electrode layer, and a reinforcing layer. The piezoelectric body has a first main surface, a second main surface, and a side surface. The first main surface and the second main surface oppose each other. The side surface extends in an opposing direction in which the first main surface and the second main surface oppose each other in such a way as to connect the first main surface and the second main surface. The electrode layer is provided in the piezoelectric body. The reinforcing layer is provided on the first main surface. The electrode layer is provided opposing the first main surface and apart from the side surface. When viewed from the opposing direction, the electrode layer has a corner. When viewed from the opposing direction, the reinforcing layer overlaps the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Ohta, Hideya Sakamoto, Kazushi Tachimoto, Yoshikazu Shimura, Tetsuyuki Taniguchi, Akihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11910717
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes an electrode layer including a trunk portion and a plurality of branch portions branched from the trunk portion. The trunk portion includes a plurality of junction points from each of which a corresponding branch portion of the plurality of branch portions are branched, an end spaced from the plurality of junction points, and a second through hole positioned between the plurality of junction points and the end of the trunk portion. A plurality of first through holes are grouped into a first group and a second group. The first group overlaps, in a first direction, a particular area defined between the end of the trunk portion and the second through hole and the second group overlaps, in the first direction, another particular area defined between the second through hole and the plurality of junction points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Kura, Takashi Aiba
  • Patent number: 11852608
    Abstract: A fluid measuring device for determining at least one characteristic property of a fluid includes a measuring tube having a fluid duct and a measuring section in which an area of a measuring tube wall is configured as a waveguide for surface acoustic waves which forms an interface to the fluid. At least two piezoelectric transducers are arranged in direct contact with an outer surface of the waveguide and one of which serves as a transmitter for exciting acoustic waves and at least one as a receiver for receiving acoustic waves. Acoustic waves excited by the transmitter can propagate as a volume wave through the fluid, and the piezoelectric transducers are configured to be elastically flexible while retaining their function in that the piezoelectric transducers have strip-shaped piezoelectric elements arranged parallel to each other, are rigid per se and between which a respective layer of an elastic material is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Yannick Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11841342
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a shear-type vibration-ultrasonic composite sensor and a measuring device. In the shear-type vibration-ultrasonic composite sensor, a metal matching layer includes an insulating layer arranged on a lower surface and a supporting pillar arranged on an upper surface, the metal matching layer is in contact with a to-be-detected object via the insulating layer, a first negative electrode face of a first normal piezoelectric element is attached to one side of the metal matching layer, a first positive electrode face of the first normal piezoelectric element is attached to a second positive electrode face of a second normal piezoelectric element, a second negative electrode face is attached to a first surface of a backing block, and a second surface of the backing block is provided with a metal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junhao Li, Yanfeng Song, Zhaoyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11835338
    Abstract: A sensor element includes a piezoelectric body, a plurality of excitation electrodes, and a plurality of detecting electrodes. The piezoelectric body includes a frame and a driving arm and detecting arm which extend from the frame within a predetermined plane parallel to an xy plane in an orthogonal coordinate system xyz. The excitation electrodes are located on the driving arm. The detecting electrodes are located on the detecting arm enabling detection of a signal generated by bending deformation of the detecting arm in a z-axis direction. The detecting arm includes first and second arms. The first arm extends from the frame in the predetermined plane. The second arm extends from a front end side of the first arm toward a frame side within the predetermined plane. An end part of the second arm on the frame side is formed as a free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Munetaka Soejima
  • Patent number: 11806750
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a piezoelectric layer made of a piezoelectric single crystal, a first electrode on a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, and a first layer covering the first surface of the piezoelectric layer. At least a portion of the piezoelectric layer is included in a membrane portion. The first electrode is covered with the first layer and includes a recess. The piezoelectric layer includes a through hole that passes through the piezoelectric layer between a surface of the piezoelectric layer, which is opposite to the first direction, and the recess at a position corresponding to at least a portion of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kishimoto, Shinsuke Ikeuchi, Katsumi Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kimura, Fumiya Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11812666
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, a piezoelectric device including the piezoelectric element, a vibration module including the piezoelectric device, and a display apparatus including the piezoelectric device are provided, where (1?x)(LizNa0.5-zK0.5)(Nb1-ySby)O3·xCaZrO3??[Formula 1] where x, y, and z have a range of 0.001?x?0.2, a range of 0?y?0.5, and a range of 0?z?0.2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Taeheon Kim, Sahn Nahm, YongGyoon Jang, Jonghyun Kim, Ku-Tak Lee, Chiwan Kim, Sung-Eui Shin, YongWoo Lee, Seok-June Chae
  • Patent number: 11778749
    Abstract: To provide a mounting structure in which a connection unit is protected and a non-flexible region is small, the mounting structure includes a flexible wiring board, a non-flexible component, and a connection unit provided in a region smaller than a bottom face of the non-flexible component and connecting the flexible wiring board and the non-flexible component. The mounting structure includes a protection resin sealing the connection unit in such a way that the flexible wiring board and the non-flexible component are separable. The protection resin covers only a region where the connection unit is provided. To a face of the flexible wiring board, being on an opposite side to the connection unit, a reinforcing material is added. The reinforcing material covers a region where the connection unit is provided and being narrower than the bottom face of the non-flexible component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoko Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11768302
    Abstract: Technologies for multifunction sensor devices include a multifunction sensor having a pair of electrodes separated by a thin film polymer. The multifunction sensor is coupled to a nano-amplifier that receives a sensor signal and amplifies the sensor signal to generate an amplified sensor signal. A controller coupled to the nano-amplifier processes the amplified sensor signal based on the type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data. The type of the multifunction sensor device may be a static charge sensor, a high-energy particle sensor, a microwave sensor, or an ultraviolet/X-ray sensor. The sensor data may be output, for example, to an external computing device via a serial link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventor: Shuza Binzaid
  • Patent number: 11767896
    Abstract: A method in which at least one piezoceramic sensor, which converts every mechanical force to which it is subjected into an electrical signal and having a Curie temperature higher than 200° C., is solidarized directly onto the surface of a metal support element of a vehicle braking element, which during use faces a vehicle element to be braked. While in contact with such a surface, an electrical circuit is implemented that picks up and eventually processes the electrical signal, the electrical circuit being connected with a connector integrated with the metal support element. An electrically insulating layer sandwiches the at least one piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit, and a block of friction material with an underlying damping layer is formed upon the electrically insulating layer. After forming the block of friction material, the piezoceramic sensor is polarized by applying a predetermined potential difference thereto by means of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ITT Italia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Martinotto, Fabrizio Merlo, Daniele Donzelli
  • Patent number: 11746000
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a membrane portion, a piezoelectric layer made of a piezoelectric single crystal, a first electrode on a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode on a second surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the first direction, and a first layer covering the first surface of the piezoelectric layer. At least a portion of the piezoelectric layer is included in the membrane portion. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a tapered cross-sectional shape with a width which decreases with increasing distance from the piezoelectric layer on a cross section along a plane vertical to the surface in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kishimoto, Shinsuke Ikeuchi, Katsumi Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kimura, Fumiya Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11733027
    Abstract: A laser interferometer includes a light source that emits first laser light, an optical modulator that includes a vibrator and modulates the first laser light by using the vibrator to generate second laser light including a modulated signal, a photodetector that receives interference light between third laser light including a sample signal generated by reflecting the first laser light on an object and the second laser light to output a light reception signal, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the sample signal from the light reception signal based on a reference signal, and an oscillation circuit that outputs the reference signal to the demodulation circuit, and the vibrator is a signal source of the oscillation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei Yamada, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11736087
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical resonator assembly includes a first rectangular resonator array and a second rectangular resonator array, where the first rectangular resonator array and the second rectangular resonator array each have at least two rectangular resonator sub-elements, and the at least two rectangular resonator sub-elements are coupled to each other by one or more connection elements, and the first rectangular resonator array and the second rectangular resonator array are coupled to each other by one or more connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Tikitin Oy
    Inventor: Antti Jaakkola
  • Patent number: 11689181
    Abstract: A package that includes a first filter comprising a first polymer, a substrate cap, a second filter comprising a second polymer frame, at least one interconnect, an encapsulation layer and a plurality of through encapsulation vias. The substrate cap is coupled to the first polymer frame such that a first void is formed between the substrate cap and the first filter. The second polymer frame is coupled to the substrate cap such that a second void is formed between the substrate cap and the second filter. The at least one interconnect is coupled to the first filter and the second filter. The encapsulation layer encapsulates the first filter, the substrate cap, the second filter, and the at least one interconnect. The plurality of through encapsulation vias coupled to the first filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jonghae Kim, Je-Hsiung Lan, Ranadeep Dutta, Milind Shah, Periannan Chidambaram
  • Patent number: 11626814
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustment device (1), comprising at least two linear stages (2, 3), which are arranged next to each other and which are fixedly connected to each other (6) by means of one of the adjustment sections (5) of each of the linear stages such that an adjustment movement of one linear stage can be transferred to the adjacent linear stage, wherein one linear stage is designed to bring about an increase in the distance between the adjustment sections arranged on said linear stage as a result of actuation of the adjustment element and an adjacent linear stage is designed to bring about a decrease in the distance between the adjustment sections arranged on said linear stage as a result of actuation of the adjustment element so that a displacement of the adjustment device can be realized, which displacement corresponds to the sum of the amounts of the changes in the distance between the adjustment sections of the linear stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Tomas Navratil
  • Patent number: 11616189
    Abstract: A laminated piezoelectric element 10 includes: a laminated body 11 in rectangle shape formed by alternately laminating a plurality of piezoelectric layers 15 and one or more internal electrode(s) 13; a connection electrode 14 connected to one end portion 13a of the internal electrode(s) 13; and an electric field relaxation region 16c or 16d formed discontinuously with regard to the internal electrode(s) 13 in at least one of two corner portions 13c and 13d of the other end portion 13b opposite to the one end portion 13a of the internal electrode(s) 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihisa Ito, Yukihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 11515857
    Abstract: A third through hole is formed in a crystal resonator plate of a crystal resonator to penetrate between a first main surface and a second main surface. A through electrode of the third through hole is conducted to a first excitation electrode. A seventh through hole is formed in a first sealing member of the crystal resonator to penetrate between a first main surface and a second main surface. The through electrode of the third through hole is conducted to the through electrode of the seventh through hole. The third through hole is not superimposed to the seventh through hole in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Daishinku Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Kojo, Satoru Ishino