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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Nobuaki Omata, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Irie, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuaki Omata, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Irie, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H01C 17/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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 method invention further comprises forming a crystal film of a strain element having a property of a piezoelectric inverse effect by hydrothermal synthesis on the coating film shaped like the coil, and removing the strain element from the cylindrical mold.