Patents by Inventor Masamichi Taniguchi

Masamichi Taniguchi 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: 11804326
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Taniguchi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20210241962
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi TANIGUCHI, Makoto ENDO
  • Patent number: 11031173
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Taniguchi, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20170316867
    Abstract: Provided is a coil component including a coil portion that has two ring-shaped planar coil portions individually including a coil-wound portion and an insulative resin layer which covers the periphery of the coil-wound portion within the same layer as the coil-wound portion, an insulative resin layer being interposed between the planar coil portions adjacent to each other in the stacking direction of the planar coil portions, and a pair of insulative resin layers being respectively positioned on one end side and the other end side of the two planar coil portions in the stacking direction; and a covering portion that covers the coil portion. In regard to the stacking direction, the thickness of the insulative resin layer is thinner than the thickness of each of the pair of insulative resin layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi KAMIJIMA, Masamichi TANIGUCHI, Makoto ENDO, Tohru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170162317
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a rectangular main surface; a coil provided within the element body, wherein the coil having a lower coil portion and an upper coil portion; terminal electrodes provided at positions corresponding to corners of the main surface; extracting conductors connected within the element body to both end portions of the coil, wherein the extracting conductors extending from the end portions of the coil to terminal electrodes provided on the main surface; and a dummy electrode provided on the main surface at a position different from those of the terminal electrodes, wherein the dummy electrode is conducted to neither of the extracting conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi TANIGUCHI, Makoto ENDO
  • Publication number: 20170162316
    Abstract: In a coil component, an inorganic layer which is provided on a lower surface side of a coil has a thermal conductivity higher than that of a resin layer with which an upper surface of the coil is covered and gaps between windings are filled. As a result, heat transfer from the inside of the coil to the outside is supplemented via the inorganic layer. That is, heat transfer of the coil via the inorganic layer is facilitated, and heat dissipation of the coil component improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ENDO, Masamichi TANIGUCHI, Katsunori OSANAI
  • Publication number: 20160293334
    Abstract: A lower electrode (4) can have an uneven surface structure. An upper electrode (6) can also have the uneven surface structure. A projecting portion of the upper electrode (6) projecting to the lower electrode side is positioned in a gap between projecting portions of the lower electrode (4) and the lower electrode (4) includes Cu as a main component. Young's moduli of a substrate (1), a stress adjustment layer (2), and the lower electrode (4) have a specific relation. Also, corner portions of radii (R1) of curvature positioned inside a projecting portion (4b) have a specific relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji EHARA, Ikuhito ONODERA, Eiko WAKATA, Katsunori OSANAI, Masamichi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9244296
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a single-crystal substrate, a lithium niobate film formed on a main surface of the single-crystal substrate, the lithium niobate film being an epitaxial film and having a ridge, a buffer layer formed on the ridge, a first electrode formed on the buffer layer, and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, the second electrode being in contact with the lithium niobate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Iwatsuka, Kenji Sasaki, Masamichi Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20150138619
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a single-crystal substrate, a lithium niobate film formed on a main surface of the single-crystal substrate, the lithium niobate film being an epitaxial film and having a ridge, a buffer layer formed on the ridge, a first electrode formed on the buffer layer, and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, the second electrode being in contact with the lithium niobate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji IWATSUKA, Kenji SASAKI, Masamichi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7840007
    Abstract: A digital data false alteration detection program causes a computer to execute (a) a step (S1) of dividing digital data into a plurality of smaller block data, (b) a step (S2) of extracting noise inherent to a digital data acquisition device for each of the small block data, (c) a step (S3) of calculating correlation of the noise between adjacent small block data, and (d) a step (S4) of detecting small block data having noise correlation lower than a level predetermined for the surrounding small block data, as falsely altered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Fuso Precision Co., Ltd., Naigai Process Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Takeda, Masamichi Taniguchi, Kunio Taniguchi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050177737
    Abstract: A digital data false alteration detection program causes a computer to execute (a) a step (S1) of dividing digital data into a plurality of smaller block data, (b) a step (S2) of extracting noise inherent to a digital data acquisition device for each of the small block data, (c) a step (S3) of calculating correlation of the noise between adjacent small block data, and (d) a step (S4) of detecting small block data having noise correlation lower than a level predetermined for the surrounding small block data, as falsely altered data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Naoto Takeda, Masamichi Taniguchi, Kunio Taniguchi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto