Patents Assigned to NEC Tokin Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130222978
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroconductive polymer suspension solution and an electroconductive polymer material which has a high electroconductivity and in which the time-related deterioration of the electroconductivity is suppressed. Also, the present invention provides an electrolytic capacitor with a low ESR using the electroconductive polymer material as a solid electrolyte and a method for producing the same. In the present invention, electroconductive polymer particles 1 in the electroconductive polymer material are bonded via organic dispersant 2 and cross-linker 3 to obtain a strong bond between electroconductive polymer particles 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130221220
    Abstract: A pyroelectric sensor array is attachable on a circuit board. The pyroelectric sensor array comprises a pyroelectric board and a plurality of pyroelectric elements formed on the pyroelectric board. The pyroelectric board has a connection surface configured to be placed on the circuit board. The pyroelectric elements contains a peripheral pyroelectric element arranged at a peripheral portion of the pyroelectric board in a predetermined arranging direction and a central pyroelectric element arranged at a central portion of the pyroelectric board. Each of the pyroelectric elements has two adjacent connection electrodes formed on the connection surface. An electrostatic capacity between the two connection electrodes of the peripheral pyroelectric element is larger than an electrostatic capacity between the two connection electrodes of the central pyroelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigemi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20130214198
    Abstract: In order to provide a noise suppression sheet whose imaginary part magnetic permeability ??, representing a magnetic loss component, is large at a GHz-band frequency, thus having an excellent noise suppression effect, the noise suppression sheet comprises a flat magnetic powder having a saturation magnetostriction of 12.0×10?6 or more and 38.0×10?6 or less and an organic binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 8514147
    Abstract: An EBG (Electromagnetic Bandgap) structure includes a magnetic material portion at least in part. It is preferable to arrange the magnetic material portion close to or, if possible, in contact with a conductor forming the EBG structure, for example, at least a portion of a ground conductor, a conductor producing a capacitance, and/or a conductor producing an inductance, such as a via. Examples of the magnetic material portion include a ferrite plating film, a composite magnetic material layer including magnetic powder and resin binder, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Koichi Kondo, Satoshi Arai, Shigeyoshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130182374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for producing the same, in which the anode portion is hard to be cut off and the reliability can be improved when the ultrasonic welding is carried out, and in which the volumetric efficiency is improved. The present invention is solid electrolytic capacitor 15, in which capacitor elements 11 are laminated, in which anode portion 5 and cathode portion 4 are electrically connected to anode terminal 17 and cathode terminal 18, respectively, and wherein solid electrolytic capacitor 15 includes outer packaging 10 of an insulating material with which a whole area is covered, as well as in which anode portion 5 includes welded portion 12 at a terminal portion thereof which is connected to anode terminal 17 and includes bundled portion 13 which bundles a part of anode portion 5 between welded portion 12 and insulating portion 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130163150
    Abstract: Provided is an electroconductive polymer composition with a good film forming property and a high electroconductivity. Also, provided is an electroconductive polymer material and an electroconductive substrate with a high electroconductivity and transparency. Further, provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor with a high capacity and a low ESR. Disclosed is an electroconductive polymer composition, containing an electroconductive polymer obtained by an oxidation polymerization by using an oxidant in a reaction solution which contains at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, thiophene and derivatives thereof, a polyacid or a salt thereof as a dopant, and a solvent containing water and an aprotic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130163149
    Abstract: Provided is an electroconductive polymer composition with a good film forming property. Also, provided is an clectroconductive polymer material with a high electroconductivity and a high transparency as well as an electroconductive substrate having the electroconductive polymer material on a substrate, and an electrode. Further, provided is an electronic device having the electrode as well as a solid electrolytic capacitor with a high capacitance and a low ESR. Disclosed is an electroconductive polymer composition, containing an electroconductive polymer in which a dopant is doped, a water-soluble polymer resin, and a solvent which contains water and an organic solvent whose dielectric constant is higher than that of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130135790
    Abstract: The problem is to provide an electroconductive polymer composition in which, when a layer containing an electroconductive polymer material is formed, the thickness can arbitrarily be controlled and the layer has a high electroconductivity. The electroconductive polymer composition according to the present invention contains an electroconductive polymer, at least one of water and a water-miscible organic solvent, and a polymer having a urea group as a thickener. By the electroconductive polymer composition according to the present invention, when a layer containing an electroconductive polymer material is formed, the thickness can arbitrarily be controlled even if the amount of a thickener added is made small, and the layer containing an electroconductive polymer material having a high electroconductivity can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130120098
    Abstract: An inductor comprises a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core has a wound portion around which the coil is wound, and a peripheral portion. The magnetic core is formed from two or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which are pressure-molded in a state where the coil winds one or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which form the wound portion. The preliminarily-formed-bodies include at least one preliminarily-formed-body which forms the peripheral portion while not form the wound portion. Each of the preliminarily-formed-bodies is made of a mixture of flat magnetic powders and an organic binder so as to have a plate-like shape. The flat magnetic powders are oriented so as to be parallel to the preliminarily-formed-body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130100585
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroconductive polymer suspension for providing an electroconductive polymer material with a high electroconductivity and a method for producing the same, and particularly provides a solid electrolytic capacitor with a low ESR and a method for producing the same. It includes a first step of carrying out chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer providing an electroconductive polymer by using an oxidant in a solvent containing a first dopant including an organic acid or a salt thereof to synthesize an electroconductive polymer; a second step of purifying the electroconductive polymer; a third step of adding a second dopant, mixing an oxidant, subsequently adding a third dopant, and further mixing an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing the purified electroconductive polymer; and a fourth step of carrying out an ion-exchange treatment to the mixture liquid obtained by the third step to obtain an electroconductive polymer suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventor: NEC Tokin Corporation
  • Patent number: 8416044
    Abstract: A reactor is composed of a coil and a core placed in the inside area and outer peripheral area of the coil in a container. The core is composed of magnetic powder, non-magnetic powder, and resin. The non-magnetic powder is composed of main component powder and low elastic modulus powder. The main component powder as a main component of the non-magnetic powder is made of one or more kinds of powder of a heat conductivity which is larger than that of the resin. The low elastic modulus powder is made of one or more kinds of powder of an elastic modulus which is smaller than that of the powder forming the main component powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Saka, Takashi Yanbe
  • Publication number: 20130078512
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which can achieve a higher capacity and a longer life without reduction in a lower voltage in the battery. In the present invention, a compound represented by general formula (I) described below is used as a cathode active material, and a compound represented by general formula (II) described below is used as an anode active material, Lia1(Nix1Mn2-x1-y1M1y1)O4 ??(I) wherein the M1 is at least one of Ti, Si, Mg and Al, the a1 satisfies 0?a1?1, the x1 satisfies 0.4?x1?0.6, and the y1 satisfies 0?y1?0.4; and Lia2M21-y2M3y2Oz2 ??(II) wherein the M2 is at least one of Si and Sn; the M3 is at least one of Fe, Ni and Cu, the a2 satisfies 0?a2?5, the y2 satisfies 0?y2<0.3, and the z2 satisfies 0<z2<2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: NEC Tokin Corporation
  • Patent number: 8405958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and particularly provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR and a method for producing the same. In an emulsion comprising a dopant of a low molecular organic acid or a salt thereof, obtained by emulsifying a monomer providing a conductive polymer, using a nonionic surfactant, in a water, the monomer is subjected to chemical oxidative polymerization, using an oxidant, to synthesize a conductive polymer. The obtained conductive polymer is purified, and then, the purified conductive polymer and an oxidant are mixed in an aqueous solvent containing a polyacid component to produce a conductive polymer suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Tomoki Nobuta, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Yuji Yoshida, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomioka
  • Patent number: 8388865
    Abstract: A conductive polymer composition with excellent water resistance and conductivity, and a solid electrolytic capacitor with low ESR, excellent reliability, and especially moisture resistance. The conductive polymer composition includes a conductive polymer, a polyanion that includes a hydrophilic group, where the polyanion functioning as a dopant of the conductive polymer. At least a part of the hydrophilic group of the polyanion is condensed with an epoxy group in a compound with one epoxy group. A solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes the conductive polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sugawara, Tomoki Nobuta, Naoki Takahashi, Ryuta Kobayakawa, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130027163
    Abstract: A reactor is disclosed. The reactor is comprised of a housing, a solenoid coil, a center columnar member, and a core. The center columnar member provides first surfaces contacting with sandwich portions of the housing, and the core is comprised of resin including magnetic powder. The coil and the center columnar member are fixed in the core. A surface roughness (Rz2) of a second surface which contacts to the core is larger than a surface roughness (Rz1) of the first surfaces. The center columnar member further provides a basis surface of which roughness (Rz3) is smaller than the Rz2 and larger than the Rz1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KOSAKA, Ryota Tanabe, Souichi Yoshinaga, Masahiko Yamashita, Seigo Satou, Mitsutoshi Kameda, Tsugio Takeda
  • Publication number: 20120315546
    Abstract: To provide high energy density, good cycle properties and rate characteristics and long-term safety of a lithium ion battery containing at least an ionic liquid and a lithium salt. The above problems are solved by suppressing reduction and decomposition of the ionic liquid on an anode by using a graphite coated with an amorphous carbon or onto which an amorphous carbon is deposited as an anode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yasutaka Kono, Yoko Hashizume, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8320106
    Abstract: In a lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic multilayer capacitor and a mounting member having the same according to the present invention, fillet forming portions are formed by forming an electrode substrate cutting portion at a predetermined portion of an edge face in longer direction or in shorter direction of an electrode substrate, and a covering resin cutting portion on an edge face of a covering resin in a staircase pattern so that the electrode substrate cutting portion is surrounded by the covering resin cutting portion. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide the lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic multilayer capacitor and the mounting member having the same, in which the productivity is excellent, the volume efficiency can be improved to achieve the high capacitance, and the stable fillet can be formed on mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawai, Kenji Araki
  • Patent number: 8305166
    Abstract: To provide an electromagnetic relay having a reduced size, high conductivity, a high insulating performance between two fixed contact terminals and between each of the fixed contact terminals and backstop, a small number of factors causing a failure, and high reliability of electric contact. An electromagnetic relay has an electromagnetic block provided with a movable contact spring 14 swung by current flowing in a coil, two fixed contact terminals 22 and 22? each having a fixed contact, a backstop 23 having two movable contact abutment portions, and a base block 2 for retaining the above components. The base block 2 has a base portion 20 having substantially a rectangular shape, fixed contact terminal retaining portions 21 and 21? extending vertically from two opposing sides of the rectangle so as to retain the two fixed contact terminals, and a backstop retaining portion 24 extending vertically from the center portion of one of the remaining two opposing sides of the rectangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuto Kojima, Kei Chiba, Kouichi Mutou
  • Patent number: 8305167
    Abstract: To provide a twin-type power electromagnetic relay having high reliability, having a reduced size and low mounting height, and suitable for surface mounting. By inserting projections provided in a coil spool, which is a component constituting an electromagnetic relay block, into projection insertion holes 5a and 5b formed in a base plate 5, two electromagnetic relay blocks 4A and 4B are arranged side by side on the base plate 5 such that their central axes are nearly parallel to the base plate. A base protective wall 5c is provided on the base plate 5, and a coil wire winding terminal portion of a spool is covered by the base protective wall and by a fixed terminal protective wall on the fixed terminal block when assembled, preventing foreign matters such as flux from entering between the contacts from the winding terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Chida, Kei Chiba
  • Patent number: D671890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tokashiki, Akihiro Kawai, Shigetaka Matsubara