Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nakakubo

Hitoshi Nakakubo 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: 10297744
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic plate which is slightly deformed by firing, includes a plate-shaped substrate, and an electronic component. The piezoelectric ceramic plate has a pair of main surfaces, a pair of opposing first side surfaces, and a pair of opposing second side surfaces. The pair of first side surfaces are baked surfaces, and the distance between the pair of first side surfaces measured at the center in the longitudinal direction is denoted by Lc and the distance between the pair of first side surfaces measured at ends in the longitudinal direction is denoted by Le. The ratio of the difference ?L between Le and Lc to Lc (?L/Lc) is 1.0% or less. The piezoelectric ceramic plate is suitably used as a piezoelectric ceramic plate having an area of each of the main surfaces of 360 mm2 or more and a thickness of 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Tomonori Eguchi, Hitoshi Nakakubo
  • Patent number: 10177300
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic may be slightly deformed by firing, and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic component are disclosed. There is provided a piezoelectric ceramic including a plurality of crystal grains including a lead zirconate titanate-type crystal containing Zn, and Bi, and crystal grain boundaries existing between a plurality of the crystal grains, wherein a plurality of the crystal grains include first crystal grains, and wherein the first crystal grains have a content of at least one element of Zn and Bi present in the inside of the first crystal grains that is smaller than the content of the at least one element present in an area including the crystal grain boundaries that are in contact with the crystal grains. The piezoelectric ceramic is slightly deformed by firing and is capable of forming an electronic component which has little warp or deformation even if it is thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Tomonori Eguchi, Hitoshi Nakakubo
  • Publication number: 20160293831
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic may be slightly deformed by firing, and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic component are disclosed. There is provided a piezoelectric ceramic including a plurality of crystal grains including a lead zirconate titanate-type crystal containing Zn, and Bi, and crystal grain boundaries existing between a plurality of the crystal grains, wherein a plurality of the crystal grains include first crystal grains, and wherein the first crystal grains have a content of at least one element of Zn and Bi present in the inside of the first crystal grains that is smaller than the content of the at least one element present in an area including the crystal grain boundaries that are in contact with the crystal grains. The piezoelectric ceramic is slightly deformed by firing and is capable of forming an electronic component which has little warp or deformation even if it is thin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi FUKUOKA, Tomonori EGUCHI, Hitoshi NAKAKUBO
  • Publication number: 20160254436
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic plate which is slightly deformed by firing, includes a plate-shaped substrate, and an electronic component. The piezoelectric ceramic plate has a pair of main surfaces, a pair of opposing first side surfaces, and a pair of opposing second side surfaces. The pair of first side surfaces are baked surfaces, and the distance between the pair of first side surfaces measured at the center in the longitudinal direction is denoted by Lc and the distance between the pair of first side surfaces measured at ends in the longitudinal direction is denoted by Le. The ratio of the difference ?L between Le and Lc to Lc (?L/Lc) is 1.0% or less. The piezoelectric ceramic plate is suitably used as a piezoelectric ceramic plate having an area of each of the main surfaces of 360 mm2 or more and a thickness of 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi FUKUOKA, Tomonori EGUCHI, Hitoshi NAKAKUBO
  • Patent number: 7959823
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition including potassium-sodium-lithium niobate, bismuth-sodium titanate and bismuth ferrate is provided. A piezoelectric ceramic obtained by firing the piezoelectric ceramic composition, wherein the electromechanical coupling factor is high, the piezoelectric g33 constant, in particular, is large, the second phase transformation does not exist in the temperature range of ?40 to 150° C. in at least one of a temperature-dependent variation of a resonance frequency, a temperature-dependent variation of an anti-resonance frequency and a temperature-dependent variation of piezoelectric g33 constant, and a good heat-resistant property is obtained, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Tomonori Eguchi, Hitoshi Nakakubo
  • Publication number: 20090267016
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition including potassium-sodium-lithium niobate, bismuth-sodium titanate and bismuth ferrate is provided. A piezoelectric ceramic obtained by firing the piezoelectric ceramic composition, wherein the electromechanical coupling factor is high, the piezoelectric g33 constant, in particular, is large, the second phase transformation does not exist in the temperature range of ?40 to 150° C. in at least one of a temperature-dependent variation of a resonance frequency, a temperature-dependent variation of an anti-resonance frequency and a temperature-dependent variation of piezoelectric g33 constant, and a good heat-resistant property is obtained, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Fukuoka, Tomonori Eguchi, Hitoshi Nakakubo