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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126908 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING REED, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, RADIO-CONTROLLED CLOCK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING REED This invention is provided a piezoelectric vibrating reed which is capable of decreasing variation in the amount of etching reside as much as possible and suppressing influence of vibration loss on the vibration characteristics as much as possible. A piezoelectric vibra... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120038713 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS A piezoelectric film is constituted of a perovskite oxide represented as: Pb1+δ(ZrxTiy)1-a(MgbNb1-b)aOz, where δ and z are values within ranges where a perovskite structure is obta... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032564 | POLYMER ACTUATOR DEVICE A polymer actuator device includes an electrolyte layer, a pair of electrode layers that are provided on both surfaces of the electrolyte layer in a thickness direction of the electrolyte layer, a polymer actuator that is bent when a voltage is applied between the pair ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019106 | ULTRASONIC ARRAY TRANSDUCER, ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME A transducer system includes a multi-layer flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The circuit engages a piezoelectric material/electrode subassembly. Vias are used to operatively connect ground electrodes of indi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110291529 | BONDED GLASS CUTTING METHOD, PACKAGE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE Provided is a bonded glass cutting method of cutting a bonded glass, in which a plurality of glass substrates is bonded together on bonding surfaces thereof through a bonding material, along an intended cutting line, the method including: a first laser irradiation step ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110266924 | CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE HOLDER A piezoelectric element holder allows a piezoelectric crystal to be mounted with a single exposed surface. This permits more accurate estimates of applied coating weights and thicknesses to be obtained. The piezoelectric element is mounted via a removable cap and mallea... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110241492 | Quartz Crystal Device Using At-Cut Quartz Substrate and Manufacturing the Same The quartz crystal device of a first aspect comprises a quartz crystal element having an vibrating portion which vibrates when a voltage is applied and a frame portion which surrounds the periphery of the vibrating portion, the quartz crystal element being formed of an ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241792 | PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR A package is configured to accommodate a piezoelectric element. The package includes a guide part having a plurality of spaces into which electrodes of the piezoelectric element is inserted, respectively. The plurality of spaces of the guide part are separated from each... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234053 | ELECTROSTRICTIVE STRUCTURE INCORPORATING CARBON NANOTUBES AND ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR USING THE SAME An electrostrictive structure includes a flexible polymer matrix and a carbon nanotube film structure at least partly embedded into the flexible polymer matrix. The carbon nanotube film structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes combined by van der Waals attractive... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232383 | VIBRATION PIECE, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A vibration piece includes: a base portion; a first driving arm which extends in a first axis direction from one end of the base portion in the first axis direction; a second driving arm which extends in the first axis direction from the other end of the base portion in... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234054 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES INCLUDING ELECTRODE-LESS VIBRATING PORTIONS An exemplary piezoelectric device has a piezoelectric vibrating board including a portion that exhibits thickness-shear vibration, and a frame portion extending around and supporting the vibrating portion. A first cover board, bonded to the first main surface of the fra... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110204753 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A piezoelectric device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric vibration sheet (130) vibrated by applying a voltage includes a first plate (110), constructing a part of the package of the piezoelectr... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110193645 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND OSCILLATOR USING THE SAME In a piezoelectric vibrator in which a piezoelectric vibrating reed is mounted on a mounting portion installed on a surface of the base substrate in a cantilevered state and the piezoelectric vibrating reed is accommodated to be covered by a lid substrate, the resistanc... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110193642 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND OSCILLATOR USING THE SAME In a piezoelectric vibrator in which a piezoelectric vibrating reed is mounted on a mounting portion installed on a surface of the base substrate in a cantilevered state and the piezoelectric vibrating reed is accommodated to be covered by a lid substrate, the resistanc... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110193646 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR A piezoelectric vibrator according to the invention includes a base substrate and a lid substrate which are connected to each other and have a cavity formed therebetween; a piezoelectric vibrating reed that is mounted on the base substrate in the cavity; an external ele... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110193644 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND OSCILLATOR USING THE SAME In a piezoelectric vibrator in which a piezoelectric vibrating reed is mounted on a mounting portion installed on a surface of the base substrate in a cantilevered state and the piezoelectric vibrating reed is accommodated to be covered by a lid substrate, the resistanc... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187235 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Methods are disclosed for manufacturing piezoelectric devices. In an exemplary method, a base wafer is prepared that defines an array of multiple bases. Between each base on the wafer is a through-hole defined in respective parts by the respective edge surfaces of adjac... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187236 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR PLATE, AND PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR DEVICE A piezoelectric resonator device comprises a piezoelectric resonator plate, a base for holding the piezoelectric resonator plate, a lid for hermetically enclosing the piezoelectric resonator plate held on the base, and a support member made of a brittle material for red... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187471 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE There are provided a piezoelectric vibrator capable of suppressing vibration leakage while securing mounting strength of a piezoelectric vibrating reed and an oscillator, an electronic apparatus, and a radio-controlled timepiece each using the piezoelectric vibrator. Th... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187472 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING REED, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE There are provided a piezoelectric vibrating reed capable of securing a stable bonding strength between a bump and the piezoelectric vibrating reed, a piezoelectric vibrator having the piezoelectric vibrating reed, a method for manufacturing the piezoelectric vibrator, ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181153 | PIEZO-RESISTIVE MEMS RESONATOR A piezo-resistive MEMS resonator comprising an anchor, a resonator mounted on the anchor, an actuator mounted to apply an electrostatic force on the resonator and a piezo-resistive read-out means comprising a nanowire coupled to the resonator.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169377 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR A piezoelectric crystal unit includes a package including a concave portion; a piezoelectric element having a protruding electrode and disposed within the package; and an electrically conductive adhesive contained in the concave portion. The piezoelectric element is fix... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163638 | PACKAGE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, AND OSCILLATOR A package manufacturing method capable of easily manufacturing a penetration electrode-attached base board having excellent shape accuracy with a high degree of flatness without forming cracks or the like is provided. The package manufacturing method includes an inserti... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110132575 | Cleaning Industrial Heat Exchangers Through Utilization of Thicknenss Mode Ultrasonics Methods and apparatuses for cleaning heat exchangers and heat exchanger components utilizing thickness mode ultrasonics. Heat exchanger components are placed in a tank. The tank is filled with cleaning media. One or more thickness mode transducers are placed in the tank... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110115340 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE A touch panel device in which a support portion is provided to include an actuator for generating vibration giving an excellent sense of touch without the need for a separate mounting space. To this end, the touch panel device having a front cover portion, a touch senso... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109204 | Piezoelectric Element and Audio Device A piezoelectric element including a plurality of stacked piezoelectric sheets, wherein the stretching axis of a first piezoelectric sheet and the stretching axis of a second piezoelectric sheet of the plurality of piezoelectric sheets are oriented in different direction... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110101828 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A piezoelectric element includes a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer sequentially formed on the substrate. The substrate has a linear thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the piezoelectric layer, and... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110095656 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a package including a floor surface and a step portion thereinside; a conductive adhesive applied on the step portion; and a piezoelectric vibrator including one end placed on the step portion via the conductive adhesive. The floor s... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110089787 | POLYMER ACTUATOR AND DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH POLYMER ACTUATOR Provided is a polymer actuator including: an electrolyte layer; and a pair of electrodes provided on both surfaces of the electrolyte layer in the thickness direction, wherein the polymer actuator is deformed when a voltage is applied across the pair of electrodes, and ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110062827 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Methods are disclosed for manufacturing piezoelectric devices. In an exemplary method a base substrate is prepared that defines multiple device bases. Multiple cutting grooves are defined on a surface of the base substrate in a grid pattern to define therebetween the si... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062828 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME In an exemplary method a piezoelectric wafer is prepared on which multiple piezoelectric frames are formed. Each frame has a piezoelectric vibrating piece including excitation electrodes, and a frame portion surrounds the vibrating piece. A lid wafer is prepared on whic... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110037350 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR MODULE HAVING CABLE BUSHINGS, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to a piezoelectric actuator module having cable bushings for a piezoelectric actuator, and a piezoelectric actuator module produced in such a manner. Piezoelectric elements are disposed between an actuator head and an actuator base. Insulated exten... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110025172 | Ultrasound Imaging Transducer Acoustic Stack with Integral Electrical Connections An ultrasound transducer that includes a backing layer, an insulating layer disposed on top of the backing layer, and a plurality of conductive traces disposed on top of the insulating layer are disclosed. Each of the conductive traces has an upper face. A plurality of ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110006860 | FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR, FILTER, COMMUNICATION MODULE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A piezoelectric thin film resonator of the present has a substrate 1, an intermediate layer 7 disposed on the substrate 1 and is formed of an insulator, a lower electrode 3 disposed on the intermediate layer 7, a piezoelectric film ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100324425 | Transducer For Ultrasonic Diagnosis Device And Method For Manufacturing The Same Disclosed is a transducer of an ultrasonic diagnosis device. Electrode patterns are formed inside a backing block, as one body, and thus, a prior art FPCB may be omitted.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320873 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE There are disclosed a semiconductor device in which a short circuit between an oscillator and a semiconductor substrate is prevented, the semiconductor device being capable of suppressing an increase of fabrication steps, and a method of fabricating the semiconductor de... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100310249 | CAMERA CONTROL APPARATUS, SHOOTING DIRECTION CONTROL METHOD AND CAMERA APPARATUS A camera control apparatus, includes two actuators, each including a piezoelectric body and a stick-shaped shaft provided on the piezoelectric body, the piezoelectric body being configured to be modified based on application of an AC voltage, a rotating part including t... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308697 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO CLOCK A piezoelectric vibrator includes a base substrate, a lid substrate, a piezoelectric vibrating reed, a pair of external electrodes, a pair of through electrodes, and routing electrodes. The base substrate is made of a glass material and a bonding film is formed on the u... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307244 | MEMS-Sensor A MEMS sensor is provided with a substrate and a sensor element. The sensor element moves in response to an influence registered by the sensor primarily in an oscillating turn around a sensor axis that is parallel to the substrate. The sensor has an anchor arranged on t... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301703 | INTEGRATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH SUBSTRATES Devices having piezoelectric material structures integrated with substrates are described. Fabrication techniques for forming such devices are also described. The fabrication may include bonding a piezoelectric material wafer to a substrate of a differing material. A st... | 12/02/2010 |
