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Granted Patent B2
US 11,176,918 · App. 16/463,400 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Piezoelectric element and musical instrument

Inventors: Hiroshi Koike (Ibaraki, JP); Yutaro Sugamata (Ibaraki, JP); Seiichiro Iida (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Hiyama (Shizuoka, JP); Suguru Sasaki (Shizuoka, JP); Hidekazu Kodama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: YUPO CORPORATION; YAMAHA CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,176,918
App. No.
16/463,400
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provision of a piezoelectric element which uses a lightweight and flexible electret material and an electrode layer which is also lightweight, has high conductivity and good flexibility to easily receive electrical signals from an electret, and has good durability. Additionally, provision of a musical instrument provided with such a piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer (B) on at least one surface of an electret material (A) having pores inside, wherein a porosity of the electret material (A) is 20 to 80%, the electrode layer (B) contains 20 to 70 mass % of a carbon fine particle, and a thickness of the electrode layer (B) is 2 to 100 μm.

Claims (10)

1. A piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer (B) on at least one surface of an electret material (A) having pores inside, wherein

a porosity of the electret material (A) is 20 to 80%,

the electrode layer (B) contains 20 to 70 mass % of a carbon fine particle, and

a thickness of the electrode layer (B) is 2 to 100 μm,

wherein the electrode layer (B) contains 20 to 70 mass % of the carbon fine particle and 30 to 80 mass % of a binder component.

2. The piezoelectric element according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon fine particle comprises one or two or more selected from graphite, carbon black, carbon nanofiber, and carbon nanotube.

3. The piezoelectric element according to claim 2 , wherein the carbon fine particle comprises graphite and carbon black.

4. The piezoelectric element according to claim 1 , wherein

the electret material (A) is a porous resin film and has the electrode layers (B) on both surfaces of the porous resin film.

5. A musical instrument comprising the piezoelectric element according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2019
From: KOIKE, HIROSHI; SUGAMATA, YUTARO; IIDA, SEIICHIRO; HIYAMA, KUNIO; SASAKI, SUGURU; KODAMA, HIDEKAZU
To: YUPO CORPORATION; YAMAHA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-231946 · Nov 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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