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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8035280 | MEMS vibrating structure using a single-crystal piezoelectric thin-film layer having domain inversions The present invention relates to a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) vibrating structure supported by a MEMS anchor system, and includes a single-crystal piezoelectric thin-film layer having domain inversions, which determine certain vibrational characteristic... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013500 | Piezoelectric device, electronic device using the same, and automobile A piezoelectric device according to the present invention includes lead wires (12) each having one end electrically connected to a circuit pattern, and a piezoelectric oscillator (13) made of quartz and having terminals (13a) electrically... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7898158 | MEMS vibrating structure using a single-crystal piezoelectric thin-film layer having domain inversions The present invention relates to a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) vibrating structure supported by a MEMS anchor system, and includes a single-crystal piezoelectric thin-film layer having domain inversions, which determine certain vibrational characteristic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7834525 | Thin film piezoelectric transformer and method of manufacturing the same A silicon substrate is trimmed in an area at the top and rear surfaces at the center, and a piezoelectric vibrator is disposed therein. As shown in a top view of FIG. 1, the piezoelectric vibrator is supported by a silicon peripheral portion provided on the p... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7423363 | Piezoelectric vibrating element and piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric vibrating element includes a main vibration section vibrating in a constant direction, an open edge formed at least at one edge among edges provided in a vibration direction of the main vibration section, an outer frame section formed so as to surrou... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7334473 | Structures for supporting vibrators and devices for measuring physical quantities A structure for supporting a vibrator 1 is provided. The structure comprises a substrate 12 and bonding wires 14A, 14B fixed to the substrate 12 and connected with the vibrator 1. The vibrator 1 is supported with the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300410 | Arm support in sling, with coded strap and/or connections An arm supporting pillow in sling apparatus, comprising in combination a flexible sling, with a first strap having connection to the sling to be supported by a user, an insert pillow received in the sling, to be retrievable from the sling, the sling and pillow dimen... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278313 | Structures for supporting vibrators and devices for measuring physical quantities It is provided a supporting structure having a substrate 12 and bonding wires 14A, 14B fixed onto the substrate 12 and connected to a vibrator 1. The substrate 12 has a pair of fixed portions 12a opposing each ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7211935 | Enhancements for adhesive attachment of piezoelectric motor elements to a disk drive suspension Adhesive attachment features for bonding piezoelectric motors to a load beam substrate. The attachment features have one or more reliefs under or partially under or adjacent to a piezoelectric transducer to control the flow of adhesive by limiting or influencing adh... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7148609 | Structures for supporting vibrators An object of the present invention is to provide a novel structure of supporting a vibrator having a terminal for electrical connection so that the vibrator can be miniaturized, and the driving impedance can be made constant in a wide temperature range to reduce the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6927530 | Vibrating piece, vibrator, oscillator, and electronic device A vibrating piece in which a CI values ratio is maintained constant while minimizing the CI value of the fundamental wave, variations of the CI values between the vibrating piece devices are reduced even if the base is made short, and the entire vibrating piece can ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6822375 | VIBRATING GYROSCOPE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME HAVING A DRIVING CIRCUIT, A DETECTION CIRCUIT AND FOUR SUPPORTING MEMBERS WITH DIFFERENT RIGIDITIES, DIFFERENT SHAPES, DIFFERENT CROSS SECTIONS, DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT LENGTHS A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator having a longitudinal direction and being capable of vibrating in a bending mode in a bending direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The vibrator has first and second nodes which elongate in a direction perpe... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6720714 | Vibrating gyroscope A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator having a node and a support member having a thin flexible portion and an expanded portion which is connected to the thin flexibly portion and has a larger area than the thin flexible portion. The expanded portion of the supp... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6624551 | Two-way mechano-electric transducer A transducer for emitting and picking up mechanical vibrations includes a center body (4) suspended in a piezo-electric and elastic suspension structure (3) in a surrounding framework (2). The suspension structure (3) is formed in sectors, and has separat... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6333589 | Laminated piezoelectric transformer and method for manufacturing the same A laminated piezoelectric transformer has one through-hole formed in the laminated piezoelectric transformer at a center position which becomes a node of vibration of the laminated piezoelectric transformer, and a support rod member is inserted in the thr... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6194817 | Tuning-fork vibratory gyro A tuning-fork vibration gyro includes a tuning-fork vibrator having two arms and a base portion, and a supporting portion located in a center of a rotational motion of the base portion caused by a vibration resulting from a Coriolis force. The supporting ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6093997 | Embedded piezoelectric resonator A piezoelectric resonator (12) is embedded within an electrically insulating substrate assembly (36), such as a multilayer printed circuit board. Electrical conductors (22,24) extend from electrodes of the resonator (12) through holes (32) in upper and lo... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6087763 | Electronic component involving 3-terminal type piezo-electric device An electronic component involving a 3-terminal type piezo-electric device is disclosed. The piezo-electric device connected to a first terminal, and a capacitor connected to both a second terminal and the outside of the first terminal are firmly supported... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6064141 | Piezoelectric switch A piezoelectric switch comprises a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface. A piezoelectric element is mounted on the inner surface of the housing. The piezoelectric element has a top layer made of piezo crystal and a bottom layer made of a c... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6057634 | Piezoelectric component A piezoelectric component includes a substrate on which pattern electrodes are disposed. A piezoelectric resonator is placed on the substrate. The piezoelectric resonator generates a longitudinal vibration and includes a base member. External electrodes a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5898256 | Container for enclosing a piezo-electric transducer With a cylindrical case (10) and a base (18) for sealing an aperture part of the case (10), a piezo-electric transducer is enclosed in the case (10). The base (18) has a cylindrical shape and its section intersecting its axis at right angles at the part w... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889358 | Vibration gyroscope In a vibration gyroscope 1, a vibrator 2 is mounted to a mounting substrate 7 through support pins 6a and 6b. The mounting substrate 7 and a support substrate 10 are disposed opposite by inserting protrusions 11a and 11b of the support substrate 10 into s... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5883461 | Supporting structure of vibrator A vibrating gyroscope having a supporting structure of a vibrator including, for example, a substantially regular triangular prism-shaped vibrating body. The vibrating body is formed with materials generally generating a mechanical vibration such as a con... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5834881 | Mounting arrangement for crystal resonators Mounting arrangements are provided for crystals, which greatly reduces or iminates the effect of the force which develops on the crystal when acceleration is encountered. In these arrangements, flexible bushings are incorporated to absorb energy during pe... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5773915 | Vibrating gyroscope A vibrating gyroscope having a vibratable body in the form of a triangular prism, piezoelectric elements formed on side surfaces of the vibrating body and having the same vibration characteristics and a detection circuit having two input terminals connect... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5701049 | Piezoelectric transformer A piezoelectric transformer has a piezoelectric substrate having first and second main faces. The substrate has first and second primary-side regions and a secondary-side region in its longitudinal direction in this order. The first region has a length of... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5679999 | Piezoelectric vibrator having U-shaped supports A piezoelectric vibrator includes a piezoelectric plate having electrodes respectively provided on a top and a bottom, and leads each extending from the respective electrode. A plurality of supports fix an edge portion of the piezoelectric plate including... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5635641 | Vibratory gyroscope with reduced stress and stable characteristics A vibratory gyroscope includes, for example, a triangular columnar vibrating body formed with a non-metallic material. On three side faces of the vibrating body, patterned electrodes extending to the vicinity of one nodal point from the center portion are... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5635647 | Piezoelectric vibrator A vibrating gyroscope 10 includes a piezoelectric vibrator 12. The piezoelectric vibrator 12 includes a vibrating body 14 having a regular triangular prism shape. Grooves 16 are formed on one side face of the vibrating body 14 along its width direction. T... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5627425 | Vibrating unit Disclosed herein is a vibrating unit comprising vibration cancel means which is coupled to a vibration source through a vibration transfer part. The vibration cancel means receives vibration from the vibration source and resonates in a bending mode, to ca... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5612930 | Ultrasonic transducer In ultrasonic transducer which can be utilized to detect partial electrical discharges and oil-filled devices is disclosed. The transducer includes a housing, a piezoelectric crystal assembly received within the housing and positioned so that the piezoele... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5596243 | Crystal oscillator The invention is a crystal oscillator having a vibrating plate comprising a vibrating part surrounded by a rim part spaced from the vibrating part except for a narrow connecting part that connects the vibrating part to the rim part in a cantilever fashion... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5541467 | Vibrating unit Disclosed herein is a vibrating unit containing a vibrator for utilizing vibration of the vibrator. A vibration transfer part is coupled to a portion of the vibrator exhibiting the minimum displacement or a portion close thereto, and a resonant part is co... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5497044 | Supporting structure for a vibrator A vibrator 12 includes a regular triangular prism-shaped vibrating body 14. Center portions of two supporting members 18a and 18b are fixed to the vibrating body 14. One supporting member 18a includes a linear intermediate portion 20a extending in a width... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5493166 | Vibrator and vibrating gyroscope using the same The vibrator includes, for example, a triangular prism shaped vibrating body. On each of three side faces of the vibrating body, piezoelectric elements are formed respectively. The vibrating body makes bending vibration by giving a driving signal to one o... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5449965 | Oscillator An oscillator has a pair of upper and lower casing members in the form of plates, and a vibration plate pinched between the upper and lower casing members. A tongue-like vibrating portion is formed by forming a slit in the vibration plate inside an outer ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442251 | Vibrating unit Disclosed herein is a vibrating unit comprising vibration cancel means which is coupled to a vibration source through a vibration transfer part. The vibration cancel means receives vibration from the vibration source and resonates in a bending mode, to ca... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5430342 | Single bar type vibrating element angular rate sensor system An angular rate sensor system [10] comprising a vibratory sensing element [12] and signal processing circuit [14]. The element [12] is preferably a polymorphic rectangular bar fabricated from two layers of piezoceramic material [26, 28] divided by a thin ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5353621 | Piezoelectric component mounting foil and foil-making method A piezoelectric component-mounting foil and foil making method are disclosed, whereby a first portion of the foil in a first plane substantially parallel to a second portion of the foil in a second plane are connected by a central portion not in the first... | 10/11/1994 |
