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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834523 | Vibration actuator An ultrasonic actuator includes: an actuator body using a piezoelectric element and generating a plurality of vibrations of different vibration directions; a driver element provided in the actuator body and operated in accordance with the vibration of the actuator b... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7443084 | Means for being electrically connected an electrode of a piezo-electric plate A means for being electrically connected to an electrode of a piezo-electric plate is adapted for connecting the piezo-electric plate to a circuit board disposed under the piezo-electric plate. The piezo-electric plate and the circuit board are respectively provided... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427744 | Piezoelectric actuator and scanning probe microscope using the same A leaf spring 4 constituting an elastic member one end of which is fixed to a foundation 6, and other end of which is brought into contact with a laminating type piezoelectric element 2 or a driven member 5 is constituted such that a thic... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7408291 | Piezoelectric oscillator, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device To provide a piezoelectric oscillator which can be reduced in size by reducing the planar size. With regard to a layered lead frame comprising two lead frames and, connection leads for connection with a piezoelectric resonator are formed on the upper lead frame and ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7362037 | Ultrasonic transducer device for humidifier An ultrasonic transducer device for a humidifier, the humidifier having a vaporizing chamber for producing water vapor or mist, the ultrasonic transducer device comprises: a transducer holder having a central opening formed in a longitudinal direction of the transdu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7320163 | Method of manufacturing an actuator device A step of forming a vibration plate includes a step of forming an insulation film in order to cause the surface roughness Ra of the insulation film to be in the range of 1 nm to 3 nm: the insulation film being made of zirconia which has been obtained by depositing a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7271525 | Piezoelectric device mounted on integrated circuit chip An electronics filter circuit includes an electromechanical resonator that is mounted directly to the surface of a silicon integrated circuit, rather than being a surface mounted or leaded filter can on a circuit board. This filter circuit allows the integrated circ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7247978 | Acceleration tolerant piezoelectric resonator The invention relates to piezoelectric resonators. An interposer element is used between a resonating plate and the resonator package to provide improved (i.e. reduced) acceleration sensitivity. The interposer element is preferably of similar thermal expansion chara... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7195011 | Convertible fluid feed system with comformable reservoir and methods A feed system for an aerosolizer utilizes an ampoule containing a liquid and includes a housing having an ampoule region into which the ampoule is held, and a liquid receiving region that is adapted to receive liquid dispensed from the ampoule. An interface is used ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7154211 | Electrically connecting structure of piezo-electric plates An electrically connecting structure of piezo-electric plates includes a circuit board and a plurality of piezo-electric plates disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board. Anodes of power input of the piezo-electric plates of the present invention a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140249 | Angular velocity sensor An angular velocity sensor having a pillar-shaped vibrator and support members. The support members clamp the vibrator from above and below, at those parts where vibration nodes are formed when the vibrator vibrates. The support members mechanically support the vibr... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7116179 | Crystal oscillator A crystal oscillator comprises a rectangular circuit substrate for mounting circuit devices and its metal cover, said circuit substrate has grooves on each long side and on each short side and said metal cover has projections at each aperture end corresponding to th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108197 | Droplet ejector with oscillating tapered aperture A fluid injection device for ejecting fluid droplets in response to electrical signals comprises an oscillating surface that has one or more tapered apertures, each aperture having a first and second opening. The first opening of each aperture is larger than the sec... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100600 | Fluid filled ampoules and methods for their use in aerosolizers A fluid filled ampoule comprises an ampoule body having a top end, a bottom end and a sealed interior containing a liquid. A top tab is coupled to the top end and is removable to create a drain vent in the top end. A bottom tab is coupled to the bottom end and is re... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086286 | Transducer holder and nozzle A holder for a transducer having a sensor portion and a body portion is disclosed. The holder includes a base having an opening for receiving the transducer, a support member configured to support the transducer body portion with respect to the base, a noise suppres... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7032590 | Fluid filled ampoules and methods for their use in aerosolizers A fluid filled ampoule comprises an ampoule body having a top end, a bottom end and a sealed interior containing a liquid. A top tab is coupled to the top end and is removable to create a drain vent in the top end. A bottom tab is coupled to the bottom end and is re... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030538 | Piezoelectric transformer, piezoelectric transformer unit, inverter circuit, light emission control device, and liquid crystal display device A low loss, small scale piezoelectric transformer, suited for a cold cathode tube load, and having a high effective coupling factor, is provided using a piezoelectric plate having a single polarization direction. Controlling the dimensions of the third electrode por... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021144 | Ultrasonic wave utilizing device In an ultrasonic wave utilizing device having a cylindrical elastic holder 2 into which an ultrasonic sensor 3 is pressed and a cylindrical part 23 that is closed at one end and is formed in a case 1 in such a way as to have this elastic holder ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6998761 | Piezoelectric assembly A piezoelectric assembly, a method for producing a structural unit with a prestressed piezoelectric actuator and a method for producing a hollow body for prestressing the piezoelectric actuator include an actuator pushed into a spring sleeve and force-lockingly and/... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6984925 | Low acceleration sensitivity mounting structures for crystal resonators The invention is a method and apparatus for improving the aging, pressure sensitivity, and acceleration sensitivity of crystal resonators. In one embodiment the invention includes a coplanar two-dimensional compliant mounting structure, wherein the symmetry and comp... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967643 | Tactile feedback for cursor control device An apparatus for providing a tactile feedback to a user of a computer cursor control device such as a pointing stick is provided. A pzt material is first mounted to a semi-rigid material such as by bonding the pzt material to a metal substrate. When an ac signal is ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966694 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic thermometer contains inside its main body not only a temperature detecting device and a display device for displaying the measured body temperature but also a buzzer for outputting a warning sound. The buzzer is formed with a piezoelectric plate on an ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960868 | Piezoelectric electro-acoustic transducer and manufacturing method of the same A piezoelectric electro-acoustic transducer includes a substantially rectangular piezoelectric diaphragm, a casing having a support unit for supporting four corners of the piezoelectric diaphragm, terminals fixed to the casing such that an internal connection portio... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960871 | Piezoelectric transformer A piezoelectric transformer (101) comprises a layered structure (15) formed by alternately stacking a plurality of internal electrodes (13) and a plurality of piezo-electric ceramics layers (103) in thickness direction, first electrodes (... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948491 | Convertible fluid feed system with comformable reservoir and methods A feed system for an aerosolizer utilizes an ampoule containing a liquid and includes a housing having an ampoule region into which the ampoule is held, and a liquid receiving region that is adapted to receive liquid dispensed from the ampoule. An interface is used ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6933659 | Fiber-reinforced microactuator Microactuator comprising a volume changing layer (1) and a carrier substrate layer (2) carrying the volume changing layer (1), the microactuator also comprising a reinforcing structure (3) having an unevenly distributed bending stiffness ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912288 | Piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer and manufacturing method of the same A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer, including a plurality of piezoelectric layers deposited to define a deposited product, flexurally vibrates the deposited product by polarizing the entire piezoelectric ceramic layers in the same thickness direction and als... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909224 | Piezoelectric generator A method of extracting electrical energy from mechanical motion includes reusing an elastic portion of energy in a transducer by transferring the elastic portion of energy to another transducer. An apparatus for extracting electrical energy from mechanical motion in... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6876127 | Ultrasonic transceiver and ultrasonic clearance sonar using the same In an ultrasonic transceiver, an inner housing has a bottom portion, a first tubular side wall extending from one end surface of the bottom portion and a first flange portion formed on an outer peripheral portion of the first tubular side wall. The bottom portion an... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871572 | Drive for precision oscillations A drive device for generating oscillations, especially for the blade of a microtome, with a power generator and a power transmission element, which with the power generator is movable in a predetermined oscillation direction (S), whereby the power generator includes... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6830351 | Electronic vibration dampening central rearview reinforcing assembly A reinforcing structure for an automobile's central rearview mirror which includes an electronic vibration-dampening device. The reinforcing structure includes Piezo electric elements attached to a support structure, a clamping mechanism to stabilize the reflective ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6798122 | Lightweight underwater acoustic projector A compound electro-acoustic transducer for producing acoustic signals has a plurality of elements. Each element has a piezoelectric disk with electrically conductive plates fixed on the top and bottom sides of the piezoelectric disk. A stud is joined to an outer fac... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6794799 | Piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer includes a piezoelectric diaphragm having a substantially rectangular shape which vibrates in the thickness direction when an alternating current is applied between electrodes of the piezoelectric diaphragm, a housing which... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6747399 | Pressure-sensitive sensor, object detecting device, and opening-closing device In a pressure-sensitive sensor for detecting seizure of an object in the window frame or the like, support means (13) is more flexible than a piezoelectric sensor (12), and the support means (13) is easily deformed together with the piezoelectri... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6720713 | Piezoelectric resonant component While suppressing that a vibration of a piezo-electric element propagates to a substrate by devising the composition of an electro-conductive support body, the piezoelectric resonant component which secures electroconductivity and can maintain a fall-proof shock pro... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6675652 | Angular sensor and method of manufacture thereof An angular velocity of the present invention includes a resonator formed of a resonating member and a connecting member, a first base connected to the connecting member, a holding plate to hold the first base, a circuit board fixed onto the holding plate,... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6571442 | Method of making an electronic component An electronic component has a substantially reduced size and is adapted to be produced at low costs without variation in superior quality of the component because of the ease of achieving electrical connection between a piezoelectric element and a electro... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570299 | Piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer and manufacturing method of the same A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer includes a substantially square piezoelectric diaphragm flexually vibrating in a plate-thickness direction in response to application of an alternating signal between electrodes, a substantially rectangular insul... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6515405 | Mounting structure of piezoelectric transformer and method of mounting piezoelectric transformer In a structure in which a piezoelectric transformer element (11) is mounted on a circuit board (27) equipped with a circuit component for driving the piezoelectric transformer element (11), at least one of a fixing member (33, 35) and a supporting member ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6472798 | Piezoelectric acoustic components A piezoelectric acoustic component having excellent efficiencies of productivity and of acoustic conversion, a greatly miniaturized size, and excellent impact resistance properties, includes a unimorph type diaphragm. The unimorph type diaphragm is define... | 10/29/2002 |
