Patents by Inventor Hitoaki Kimura

Hitoaki Kimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11309130
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an external electrode, the laminate includes a central layer portion in which first and second internal electrode layers are alternately laminated with a dielectric ceramic layer therebetween, a peripheral layer portion sandwiching the central layer portion in a lamination direction and made of a ceramic material, and a side margin sandwiching the central layer portion and the peripheral layer portion in a width direction and made of a ceramic material, the side margin includes an inner layer on an innermost side in the width direction and an outer layer on an outermost side in the width direction, and an element of an additive of the ceramic material included in the peripheral layer portion is the same as an element of an additive of a ceramic material included in the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200312566
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an external electrode, the laminate includes a central layer portion in which first and second internal electrode layers are alternately laminated with a dielectric ceramic layer therebetween, a peripheral layer portion sandwiching the central layer portion in a lamination direction and made of a ceramic material, and a side margin sandwiching the central layer portion and the peripheral layer portion in a width direction and made of a ceramic material, the side margin includes an inner layer on an innermost side in the width direction and an outer layer on an outermost side in the width direction, and an element of an additive of the ceramic material included in the peripheral layer portion is the same as an element of an additive of a ceramic material included in the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10079110
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a capacitor device and a resistance device which is disposed on the capacitor device and includes a resistor. The capacitor device includes a capacitor body and a first external electrode, a second external electrode, a third external electrode, and a fourth external electrode each provided on a surface of the capacitor body. The resistor is electrically connected to each of the third external electrode and the fourth external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10062508
    Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9842700
    Abstract: A capacitor element includes first through sixth surfaces, a first-side outer electrode at a first end portion of the first surface and on portions of the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a second-side outer electrode at a second end portion of the first surface and on portions of the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a center outer electrode at a portion of the first surface between the first-side outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode and on portions of the fifth and sixth surfaces, and two outermost conductor layers of first and second conductor layers are disposed at both outermost ends in the width direction, a first of the two outermost conductor layers next to one of the first conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the center outer electrode, and a second of the pair of outermost conductor layers next to one of the second conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the first-side outer electrode and the second-side ou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeda, Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9824822
    Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170309401
    Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Mitsuru IKEDA, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9715967
    Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9711285
    Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170110247
    Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Mitsuru IKEDA, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160293335
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a capacitor device and a resistance device which is disposed on the capacitor device and includes a resistor. The capacitor device includes a capacitor body and a first external electrode, a second external electrode, a third external electrode, and a fourth external electrode each provided on a surface of the capacitor body. The resistor is electrically connected to each of the third external electrode and the fourth external electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160163459
    Abstract: A capacitor element includes first through sixth surfaces, a first-side outer electrode at a first end portion of the first surface and on portions of the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a second-side outer electrode at a second end portion of the first surface and on portions of the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a center outer electrode at a portion of the first surface between the first-side outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode and on portions of the fifth and sixth surfaces, and two outermost conductor layers of first and second conductor layers are disposed at both outermost ends in the width direction, a first of the two outermost conductor layers next to one of the first conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the center outer electrode, and a second of the pair of outermost conductor layers next to one of the second conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the first-side outer electrode and the second-side ou
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mitsuru IKEDA, Hirobumi ADACHI, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160141105
    Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Mitsuru IKEDA, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160141104
    Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Mitsuru IKEDA, Hitoaki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9214282
    Abstract: A length of a first-side outer electrode is E1, a length of a second-side outer electrode is E3, a length of a center outer electrode is E2, a distance between the first-side outer electrode and the center outer electrode is ME1, a distance between the center outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode is ME2, a length of a capacitor element is L, a width from an edge of the first side second extending portion closer to a third surface to the third surface is M1L, a width from an edge of the first side second extending portion closer to a fourth surface to an edge of the first-side outer electrode on a first surface is M1R, a width from an edge of the first extending portion closer to the third surface to an edge of the center outer electrode on the first surface closer to the third surface is M2L, and a width from an edge of the first extending portion closer to the fourth surface to an edge of the center outer electrode on the first surface closer to the fourth surface is M2R, such that E1+ME1+E2+ME
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeda, Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura, Takashi Sawada