Bizarre Patents
Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033009 | Method for producing a force sensor There is provided a method for producing a force sensor including: a force sensor chip; and an attenuator, in which the force sensor chip and the attenuator are joined at joint portions with a glass layer sandwiched therebetween. The method includes: a film forming ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7950139 | Method of making a deposit on an SiC-covered substrate The invention relates to a method of depositing a coating on a part having its surface made of silicon carbide. The method comprises the following steps: a) applying laser treatment to the SiC surface by superposing laser impacts for the purpose of incr... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7627943 | Method of manufacturing a pressure sensor A method of manufacturing a pressure sensor is provided whereby the pressure sensor includes a joint, a diaphragm, and an adapter disposed between the joint and the diaphragm. The adapter includes an axis portion and a flange projecting in a radial direction from th... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7398587 | Method for manufacturing a capacitance type sensor with a movable electrode Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a capacitance type sensor comprising an insert molding process for insert-molding, with an insulating material, a part of a lead wire of a leadframe and a range of the leadframe including the capacitance element electrode, the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7363814 | Multi-axial angular velocity sensor An angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a Z-axis in an XYZ coordinate system has a substrate oscillator, a flexible member for connecting the oscillator to a casing, a device for oscillating the oscillator in an X-axis direction, and a detect... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360455 | Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347099 | Pressure transducer with external heater An improved pressure transducer is disclosed. The transducer includes a connector, an enclosure, a sensor portion, and an external heater disposed to heat the sensor portion. In some aspects, the sensor portion includes a sensor constructed from a brittle material a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7318358 | Strain sensor that compensates for thermal strain A strain sensor includes a sensor body extending substantially in a plane. The sensor body is substantially symmetric in the plane about a first axis and a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The sensor body includes a plurality of sensor body porti... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313854 | Method of manufacturing a tactile sensor A method of manufacturing a tactile sensor, which is capable of implementing a wide range of senses, including sensing contact pressure (vertical force and horizontal force) with an external object and heat caused by the contact pressure, comprises forming a side bl... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7249501 | Pressure distribution measurement system A pressure distribution measurement system for measuring a pressure distribution on a measurement object. A flexible sheet-form pressure detection member includes a plurality of pressure passages extending in parallel and a pressure detection hole opened in each of ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243558 | Bonding of strain gauges to the deformable body of a force-measuring cell In a force-measuring cell with a deformable body and with at least one strain gauge which has a strain-sensitive electrical resistor track arranged on a polymer carrier substrate, the strain gauge is bonded to the deformable body by an adhesive layer of an inorganic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231802 | Apparatus for detecting a physical quantity acting as an external force and method for testing and manufacturing the apparatus A sensor comprises a semiconductor pellet (10) including a working portion (11) adapted to undergo action of a force, a fixed portion (13) fixed on the sensor body, and a flexible portion (13) having flexibility formed therebetween, a wor... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219561 | Force-detecting device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, four columnar force transm... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197940 | Moisture protection for an electromechanical transducer A multilayered coating is disclosed as a protective coating against moisture penetration for strain gauges that are or can be installed on a deformable body of a force-measuring cell. A strain gauge has a strain-sensitive electrical resistor track and connector elec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194923 | Strain detector and pressure sensor A thin-film resistor (5) provided on a strain-generating part (2) via an insulating film (4) and an electrode thin-film (6) including an electrode pad (10) arranged in the thin-film resistor (5) are provided. The thin-film r... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181831 | Method of manufacturing strain sensor A strain sensor comprising a metal substrate, a first electrode provided on the metal substrate, a glass layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode and a strain detecting resistor provided on the glass layer. In the strain sensor, the insulation res... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178402 | Pressure measuring device for vacuum systems A pressure-measuring device is configured for use in vacuum systems, which are used for surface coating or modification of objects and/or substrates in an inner receptacle inside a processing chamber. Elastic elements or portions are fabricated in the inner receptac... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168352 | Process for sawing substrate strip A process for sawing a substrate strip marks corresponding to substrate areas of substrate strips which are arranged side-by-side on a plate. A saw machine is mechanically moved to the substrate areas and positioned by the alignment marks of corresponding substrate ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152485 | Acceleration detector An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121147 | Force detection device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, at least two columnar forc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123028 | Force detector The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes E11 through E14 are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a rubber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7075527 | Input device of rotational operation quantity and operating device using this An efficient rotational-operation-quantity input device suitable to be built into a small electrical appliance is provided. An operational force applied by an operator is input in time series as a coordinate value (x, y) in an XY two-dimensional rectangular coordina... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065861 | Method of producing a strain-sensitive resistor arrangement The invention relates to a strain-sensitive resistor, comprising a resistance layer arranged on a support element and an electromechanical transducer produced with this resistor. An increase in the electrical measured signal picked off across the resistor is ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059188 | Angular velocity sensor A flexible substrate (110) having flexibility and a fixed substrate (120) disposed so as to oppose it are supported at their peripheral portions by a sensor casing (140). An oscillator (130) is fixed on the lower surface of the flexible s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043831 | Method for fabricating a test interconnect for bumped semiconductor components by forming recesses and cantilevered leads on a substrate A method for fabricating an interconnect for semiconductor components includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a metal layer on the substrate; etching projections in the metal layer; etching the metal layer to form patterns of leads; etching recesses in... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036384 | Pressure sensor A pressure sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a diaphragm in which an electrical circuit including a gauge resistance is formed, an insulation film provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, an Al film provided on the insulation film and ele... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036385 | Pressure sensor and related method A pressure sensor and related manufacturing method are disclosed wherein a connector case 10 is coupled to a housing 30 in a unitary structure. The connector case 10 includes a primary resin section 101 that enfolds and seals a terminal | 05/02/2006 |
| 6993828 | Method for manufacturing metal thin film resistor A metal resistor and a method for manufacturing the resistor are provided. A first insulation film is formed on a substrate, a photosensitive film is applied on the insulation film, and an insulation film pattern is formed by patterning the insulation film. After a ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992367 | Process for forming a buried cavity in a semiconductor material wafer and a buried cavity The process comprises the steps of forming, on top of a semiconductor material wafer, a holed mask having a lattice structure and comprising a plurality of openings each having a substantially square shape and a side with an inclination of 45° with respect to the f... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6983521 | Method of manufacturing a strain element The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a strain element. In one aspect, the method of the invention comprises forming a coating film of titanium or a titanium compound on a surface of a cylindrical mold, and shaping the coating film like a coil. The meth... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6941810 | Angular velocity sensor An angular velocity sensor for detecting an angular velocity component includes an oscillator having mass, a sensor casing for accommodating the oscillator therewithin, a flexible member for connecting the oscillator to the sensor casing so that the oscillator can b... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920788 | Acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor in a connecting portion connects a displacing section to a fixed section and a weight is connected to the displacing section from below. A pedestal is disposed adjacent to the weight and is connected to the fixed section by a pedestal joint la... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915709 | Force detection device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, at least two columnar forc... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6865799 | Method of manufacturing strain-detecting devices A method of manufacturing strain-detecting devices is provided. First, plural cylindrical substrates, each of which has one end closed by a diaphragm, are fixedly placed at predetermined positions of a fixing plate. A positioning marker is previously given to the fi... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6842965 | Method for manufacturing a strain detector A strain detector where water does not reach a strain-resistance element and which supplies stable output at all times is provided. In the strain detector, a first protective layer made of glass is disposed to cover an insulating substrate and the strain-resistance ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6842970 | Method of producing a strain-sensitive resistor A method of producing a strain sensitive resistor includes matching an area of a film insulating layer to a shape of a recess in a surface of a support element. The film insulating area is applied to the support element so that the area of the film matching the shap... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6725514 | Method of making thick film pressure and temperature sensors on a stainless steel diaphragm A method of making a low-cost metal diaphragm sensor that integrates both pressure and temperature sensing in a single sensor assembly utilizes thick-film processing to form a circuit including stress and temperature sensitive elements on the outboard or exposed sur... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6684487 | Method of producing a load cell A load cell is constructed with several strain gauges. Each of the strain gauges are formed with a meandering conductive portion on a substrate or base member. Portions of the meandering conductive layer defines a predetermined tab ratio. The base member ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6651315 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising: (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a main part of the seco... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6571456 | Method for making torsional sensing load cells A method for manufacturing a torsional sensing load cell includes providing a member configured to sense torsion. Strain gauges are provided on selected portions of the member, such that torsion force produced an applied load is detected by the strain gau... | 06/03/2003 |
