Patents by Inventor Koichi TAIRA

Koichi TAIRA 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).

  • Publication number: 20180301838
    Abstract: A copper alloy sheet with a Sn coating layer comprises a base material made of Cu—Ni—Si system copper alloy. Formed on the base material is a Ni coating layer having an average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 ?m. Formed on the Ni coating layer is a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having an average thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 ?m. Formed on the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is an Sn coating layer having average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 ?m. A material surface is subject to reflow treatment and has arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.03 ?m or more and less than 0.15 ?m in both a direction parallel to the rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction. An exposure rate of the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer to the material surface is 10 to 50%. A fitting type connection terminal requiring low insertion force can be obtained at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro TSURU, Ryoichi OZAKI, Koichi TAIRA
  • Patent number: 9373925
    Abstract: A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 ?m to 4.0 ?m in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 ?m or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 ?m or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Masago, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto
  • Patent number: 8956735
    Abstract: A mating-type connecting part can be obtained by stamping and surface-roughening a copper sheet into a predetermined shape with depressions as a plurality of parallel lines. The copper sheet then has a roughness of from 0.5 ?m to 4.0 ?m parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, a mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in that direction, a skewness less than 0, and a protrusion peak portion height of 1 ?m or less. The copper sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing. The result is a connecting part having a Sn surface coating layer group as a plurality of parallel lines, and a Cu-Sn alloy coating layer adjacent to each side of each Sn surface coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Masago, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto
  • Patent number: 8940405
    Abstract: A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 ?m to 4.0 ?m in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 ?m or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 ?m or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Masago, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto
  • Patent number: 8835771
    Abstract: The invention forms a Sn coating layer and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having a suitably controllable planar shape in a PCB terminal. A group of Sn coating layers being as a plurality of essentially parallel lines is formed as the surface coating layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer 2 is exposed on the outermost surface on both sides of Sn coating layers each constituting the group of Sn coating layers. The Sn coating layers have a width of 1 to 500 ?m, an interval between adjacent Sn coating layers is 1 to 20000 ?m, and an outermost maximum height roughness in a terminal insertion direction is at most 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Masago, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto, Masayasu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20140045392
    Abstract: A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 ?m to 4.0 ?m in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 ?m or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 ?m or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasushi Masago, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto
  • Publication number: 20140041219
    Abstract: A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 ?m to 4.0 ?m in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 ?m or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 ?m or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasushi MASAGO, Koichi TAIRA, Toshiyuki MITSUI, Junichi KAKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130237105
    Abstract: A copper alloy sheet with a Sn coating layer comprises a base material made of Cu—Ni—Si system copper alloy. Formed on the base material is a Ni coating layer having an average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 ?m. Formed on the Ni coating layer is a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having an average thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 ?m. Formed on the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is an Sn coating layer having average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 ?m. A material surface is subject to reflow treatment and has arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.03 ?m or more and less than 0.15 ?m in both a direction parallel to the rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction. An exposure rate of the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer to the material surface is 10 to 50%. A fitting type connection terminal requiring low insertion force can be obtained at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsuru, Ryoichi Ozaki, Koichi Taira
  • Publication number: 20120138330
    Abstract: The invention forms a Sn coating layer and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having a suitably controllable planar shape in a PCB terminal. A group of Sn coating layers being as a plurality of essentially parallel lines is formed as the surface coating layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer 2 is exposed on the outermost surface on both sides of Sn coating layers each constituting the group of Sn coating layers. The Sn coating layers have a width of 1 to 500 ?m, an interval between adjacent Sn coating layers is 1 to 20000 ?m, and an outermost maximum height roughness in a terminal insertion direction is at most 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasushi MASAGO, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto, Masayasu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20110236712
    Abstract: The surface roughness of a copper sheet is adjusted to have an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m or more and 4.0 ?m or less in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, a mean projection-depression interval RSm of 0.01 mm or more and 0.3 mm or less in the direction, a skewness Rsk of less than 0, and a protrusion peak portion height Rpk of 1 ?m or less. Further, as a surface coating layer, a Sn coating layer group X observed as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is present adjacent to each side of each of Sn coating layers constituting the Sn coating layer group X. The maximum height roughness Rz is 10 ?m or less in a direction of part insertion. At the time of stamping the copper sheet, the copper sheet is surface-roughened by pressing, thereby forming depressions observed as a plurality of parallel lines in the surface of the copper sheet. The copper sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing to complete the production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Shinko Leadmikk Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi MASAGO, Koichi TAIRA, Toshiyuki MITSUI, Junichi KAKUMOTO