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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164235 | Piezoelectric resonator A piezoelectric resonator includes a pair of driving electrodes and a pair of lead electrodes that are formed facing each other on the frontside and backside of a piezoelectric plate that operates in a thickness-shear vibration mode. The front and back driving elect... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8125123 | Piezoelectric thin film resonant element and circuit component using the same A piezoelectric thin film resonant element includes a resonant portion having a laminate structure made up of a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a piezoelectric film arranged between these two electrodes. The lower electrode has an ellipsoidal plan-view shape... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8102101 | Piezoelectric sensors A piezoelectric sensor having a plurality of electrodes deposited on a single surface of the dielectric medium is generally provided. The plurality of electrodes can define a plurality of square-shaped electrodes forming a grid on the first surface of the dielectric... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089201 | Contour resonator A contour resonator reducing fluctuation of resonance frequency due to variety of a film thickness of an excitation electrode is provided. A counter resonator includes a quartz substrate and excitation electrodes respectively formed on front and back surfaces of the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8063544 | Monolithic bending element A method for producing a component as monolithic multilayer element or multilayer bending element, comprising at least two layer stacks each having 1-400 layers of piezoelectrically active material which are separated by at least one layer stack comprising 0-100 lay... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035283 | Resonant actuator A piezoelectric ceramic base member is formed of a bar shaped bismuth layer compound, and has main electrodes on two end surfaces in an oscillation direction, with connection electrodes at side-surface central portions of the piezoelectric ceramic base member electr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7808163 | Multilayer composite and a method of making such A multilayer composite includes at least two composites, each composite having a film and an electronically conductive layer. Several composites are laminated to provide an increased conversion between mechanical and electrical energies not only due to the multiplic... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7781946 | Piezoelectric element, ink jet recording head and ink jet printer A piezoelectric element includes: a base substrate; a lower electrode formed above the base substrate; a ferroelectric layer formed above the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed above the ferroelectric layer, wherein an angle of a corner defined by a side... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777398 | Piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator includes external conductors formed on an outer surface of a piezoelectric component. The external conductors each include a thick-film conductor and a conductive reinforcer. The thick-film conductor is provided with a first thick-film condu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777397 | Multilayer conductive elements An article comprises first and second electrically responsive elements having a cutting plane which is perpendicular to an x-dimension for separating the elements. The conductive elements of the conductive layers are alternatingly exposed to one of the two opposing ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764007 | Under bump metal film comprising a stress relaxation layer and a diffusion-resistant layer An under bump metal film formed on a substrate includes a diffusion-resistant barrier layer made of a platinum group metal film, and an aluminum-based stress relaxation layer formed under the diffusion-resistant barrier layer. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7745979 | Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric element having, on a surface of a piezoelectric body, an exciting electrode and a drawing electrode that is electrically coupled to the exciting electrode and draws an electrode to an external section, and a substrat... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745980 | Piezoelectric resonant element and piezoelectric resonator using the same There is provided a piezoelectric resonant element having excellent electrical characteristics in which spurious is suppressed. The piezoelectric resonant element (10) is constituted by sticking a pair of oscillatory electrodes (12, 13), respectively, ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7696677 | Lamination-type resistance element A lamination-type resistance element includes a laminated sinter having internal electrodes of a first group and internal electrodes of a second group, the first internal electrode group including a plurality of internal electrodes facing each other through a cerami... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679273 | Strain tolerant metal electrode design Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are related to an apparatus and method for providing a strain tolerant electrode, comprising: an upper layer; a lower layer; with the potential for a plurality of compliant members providing electrical communication bet... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671519 | Bond pad for use with piezoelectric ceramic substrates A piezoelectric assembly includes a piezoelectric substrate that has a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface. A top electrode is defined on the top surface and a first aperture is defined in the top electrode. A bottom electrode is disposed on... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671518 | Piezoelectric vibrator, method for adjusting piezoelectric vibrator, piezoelectric actuator, timepiece, and electronic device Piezoelectric vibrators provided with an electrode that includes a drive electrode and adjustment electrodes formed in advance on part of the electrode; the drive electrode and adjustment electrodes that are initially electrically connected to each other are electri... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7649306 | Piezoelectric component and method for manufacturing same Disclosed is a piezoelectric component (1) comprising a piezoelectric transducer (10) wherein a pair of electrodes (20a, 20b) are formed on both major surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate (11), a pair of frame member... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7638932 | Piezoelectric element and ultrasonic actuator Internal electrode layers (5) include a common electrode layer (3) and feed electrode layers (6) alternately placed in a stacking direction with piezoelectric layers (1) interposed between the common electrode layer (3) and the fee... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7626317 | Piezoelectric oscillation element and piezoelectric oscillation component using the same A piezoelectric oscillation element (1) comprising a piezoelectric substrate (10), a first conductor film (21) formed on one main surface of the piezoelectric substrate (10), a second conductor film (22) formed on the other main su... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7586242 | Actuator and method for manufacturing planar electrode support for actuator An actuator as a drive source of robots and the like is usable for housekeeping assistance, job assistance, and nursing help. The drive source itself is small, light, flexible, and safe. A manufacturing method for a planar electrode support therefor is also describe... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586243 | Methods and systems for improving optical flatness in a path length control driver A piezoelectric transducer is described that is configured for use within a path length control apparatus of an optical device. The transducer comprises at least one void formed within a central region of the piezoelectric transducer, the one void or alternatively, ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7576477 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive porcelain composition and method of manufacturing the same A piezoelectric/electrostrictive porcelain composition is provided, including at least Nb, Ta, and one or more alkali metal elements, wherein a molar ratio of the Nb, Ta, and alkali metal element is represented by a non-stoichiometric composition ratio. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567023 | Piezoelectric thin-film resonator and filter using the same A piezoelectric thin-film resonator includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided on the substrate, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film so as to have a portion that overlaps the lower ele... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567024 | Methods of contacting the top layer of a BAW resonator Methods of contacting the top layer in a BAW device by depositing a metal layer over the BAW device, patterning the metal layer so that the metal layer extends over and contacts the top electrode layer of the BAW device only at a plurality of spaced apart locations ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564177 | Crystal unit having stacked structure A stacked crystal unit includes: a first crystal plate in which a vibration member links to an outer circumferential frame portion, and a pair of extending electrode extends to the frame portion from excitation electrodes; and a second and third crystal plates which... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7554250 | Laminate-type piezoelectric element and method of producing the same A laminate-type piezoelectric element has a ceramic laminated body obtained by alternately laminating piezoelectric layers made of a piezoelectric material and inner electrode layers having electrical conductivity. Outer electrodes are joined to side surfaces of the... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550904 | Thin-film piezoelectric resonator and filter circuit A thin-film piezoelectric resonator has a piezoelectric film which is formed via a space on a substrate and is supported on the substrate at least one location, an upper electrode which has a plurality of electrode layers and a connection part connecting the electro... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7545085 | Piezoelectric element and ultrasonic actuator Internal electrode layers (5) include a common electrode layer (3) and feed electrode layers (6) alternately placed in a stacking direction with piezoelectric layers (1) interposed between the common electrode layer (3) and the fee... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541721 | Acoustic wave device An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave element formed on a piezoelectric substrate, and a terminal that makes an electric connection with an outside of the acoustic wave device. The terminal has a protrusion electrode having a side surface coated with a c... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7501746 | Piezoelectric oscillator A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a package including a first recessed portion formed on a first surface, a second recessed portion formed on a second surface with at least a part of a side surface being open, and a conductor wired from at least one of an inside ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501745 | Piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric vibrator that generates an elliptical motion using a combination of a longitudinal vibration and a flexural vibration includes a piezoelectric element, three side electrodes, and a power transmission member. The piezoelectric element includes three p... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7492077 | Actuator for deformable optical component An actuator for a deformable optical component includes a stack of ferroelectric layers, a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage across each layer; every other electrode extending to an associated first conductor path and interstitial electrodes extending t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7479729 | Piezoelectric actuator, ink-jet head provided with the same, ink-jet printer, and method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator 3 includes a metallic vibration plate 30, an insulating layer 31, a plurality of individual electrodes 32, a piezoelectric layer 33 and a common electrode 34. The insulating layer 31 is formed... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7474040 | Multi-output piezoelectric inverter and transformer thereof In the present invention, a dual-output piezoelectric transformer for driving at least two loads is provided. The dual-output piezoelectric transformer comprises a piezoelectric piece, a set of input electrodes mounted centrally on a first and a second sides of the ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7466067 | Piezoelectric actuator, method for producing piezoelectric actuator, liquid transporting apparatus, and method for producing liquid transporting apparatus Thickness of a piezoelectric layer 31 is measured and widths of individual electrodes 32 are determined based on an amount of deviation of the measured thickness of the piezoelectric layer 31 from a predetermined reference thickness set in advan... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7439659 | Piezoelectric actuator, droplet ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method thereof The piezoelectric actuator comprises: a plate-shaped piezoelectric body which has a portion polarized in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric body and a portion polarized in a direction oblique to the thickness direction; and a pair of electrodes which are dis... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429817 | Multilayer piezoelectric element A multilayer piezoelectric element has a pair of outer electrodes and a multilayer ceramic body composed of piezoelectric layers and inner electrode layers which are alternately stacked. The outer electrodes are formed on a pair of electrode connecting surfaces in t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429816 | Piezoelectric vibrator and fabricating method thereof The present invention relates to piezoelectric vibrators such as a resonator used as a timing element, discriminator, filter or the like, and fabricating methods thereof. The piezoelectric vibrators of the present invention may be fabricated by forming a piezoelectr... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427820 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive film element A lower electrode 4 and an auxiliary electrode 8, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film 5, and an upper electrode 6 are sequentially arranged in layers on a substrate 1. The lower electrode 4 is continuously formed in a regi... | 09/23/2008 |
