Patents by Inventor Minoru Morita

Minoru Morita 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: 20240150622
    Abstract: An adhesive composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polyurethane resin (C), and an inorganic filler (D), wherein the polyurethane resin (C) has a tan ? peak top temperature of 0° C. or higher in dynamic mechanical analysis, and the proportion of the polyurethane resin (C) based on the total content of the epoxy resin (A) and the polyurethane resin (C) is from 2 to 50 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240141216
    Abstract: A film adhesive containing: an epoxy resin (A); an epoxy resin curing agent (B); and a phenoxy resin (C), wherein a content of the epoxy resin curing agent (B) in the film adhesive is 0.30 to 12.0 mass %; and wherein a light transmittance T1 of the film adhesive at a wavelength of 400 nm is 90% or less, a light transmittance T2 of a cured product obtained by thermally curing the film adhesive at a wavelength of 400 nm is 85% or more, and T1<T2 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koyuki SAKAI, Minoru MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240128154
    Abstract: Provided is a thermally conductive film-like adhesive capable of sufficiently advancing a curing reaction under milder conditions, capable of effectively suppressing residual voids between the adhesive and a wiring board in a semiconductor package to be obtained when used as a die attach film, and capable of obtaining a semiconductor package excellent in heat releasing property inside the package. In addition, provided are a semiconductor package using the thermally conductive film-like adhesive and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Patent number: 11952513
    Abstract: An adhesive composition, containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polymer component (C) and an inorganic filler (D), in which the inorganic filler (D) satisfies the condition (1) of (an average particle diameter (d50) is 0.1 to 3.5 ?m) and condition (2) of (a ratio of a particle diameter at 90% cumulative distribution frequency (d90) to the average particle diameter (d50) is 5.0 or less), and a proportion of the inorganic filler (D) in a total content of the epoxy resin (A), the epoxy resin curing agent (B), the polymer component (C) and the inorganic filler (D) is 20 to 70% by volume; a film-like adhesive and a production method thereof; and a semiconductor package and a production method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru Morita
  • Publication number: 20240090535
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a feed or food product in which an inner layer is encrusted with a gelled outer layer composition, the method including the steps of: preparing an outer layer composition feedstock by adding a secondary feedstock to a protein feedstock and/or a starch feedstock that forms a gel upon heating and then mixing by stirring, and preparing an inner layer composition that is encrusted with the outer layer composition; extrusion molding with an extruder provided with a double nozzle so as to cover a surface of the inner layer composition while simultaneously gelling the outer layer composition feedstock by heat treatment; and cutting a continuously extruded cylindrically shaped product to a fixed length with a shutter mechanism while simultaneously encrusting a cut surface with the gelled outer layer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GOTO, Kazuya SHIMIZU, Hiromi ITO, Minoru MORITA, Yuji TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11936210
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a controller that controls a power transmitter that performs wireless power transmission. The controller is configured to: cause the processor to: cause the power transmitter to emit a first power transmission beam for which a first power is set; acquire feedback information on a result of reception of the first power transmission beam in a power reception apparatus; identify a power receiving capability in the power reception apparatus; and determine, with reference to the power receiving capability and the reception result, a second power which is usable in wireless power supply for the power reception apparatus and which is larger than the first power. The power receiving capability includes a maximum value of an input power range of the power reception apparatus. The wireless power transmission uses an electromagnetic wave having a frequency equal to or higher than that of a microwave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Space Power Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takabayashi, Atsushi Kishimoto, Minoru Furukawa, Takuji Morita, Yuji Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240084172
    Abstract: Disclosed are: an adhesive composition including an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polyurethane resin (C), and an inorganic filler (D), in which the polyurethane resin (C) has a storage elastic modulus at 25° C., in a dynamic viscoelastic analysis, of 8.0 MPa or higher, a proportion of the polyurethane resin (C) based on a total content of the epoxy resin (A) and the polyurethane resin (C) is from 2.0 to 50.0 mass %, and a maximum tensile stress in a stress-strain curve when a tensile strength is applied to a film adhesive formed using the adhesive composition is 7.0 MPa or higher; a film adhesive using the adhesive composition; a semiconductor package; and a producing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru MORITA, Tomohito KAJIHARA, Yota OTANI, Hiromitsu MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230108567
    Abstract: An adhesive composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a phenoxy resin (C), and an inorganic filler (D), in which the phenoxy resin (C) has an elastic modulus of 500 MPa or more at 25° C., a proportion of the phenoxy resin (C) in a total content of the epoxy resin (A) and the phenoxy resin (C) is 10 to 60 mass%, a nanoindentation hardness at 25° C. of a film-like adhesive before curing formed using the adhesive composition is 0.10 MPa or more, and the Young’s modulus at 25° C. of a film-like adhesive before curing formed using the adhesive composition is 100 MPa or more; a film-like adhesive using the adhesive composition; and a semiconductor package using the film-like adhesive and a producing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220367234
    Abstract: A dicing die attach film including a dicing film and a die attach film laminated on the dicing film, in which the die attach film has an arithmetic average roughness Ra1 of from 0.05 to 2.50 ?m at a surface in contact with the dicing film, and a value of ratio of Ra1 to an arithmetic average roughness Ra2 at a surface that is of the die attach film and is opposite to the surface in contact with the dicing film is from 1.05 to 28.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yota OTANI, Hiromitsu MARUYAMA, Minoru MORITA
  • Patent number: 11458435
    Abstract: An acidic gas separation device includes: a first separation device which has an inorganic separation membrane and is configured to separate a gaseous hydrocarbon fluid containing an acidic gas into a first gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a second gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane; and a second separation device which has an organic polymer separation membrane and is configured to separate the second gaseous fluid into a third gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a fourth gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the third gaseous fluid by the organic polymer separation membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mashiko, Minoru Morita, Takeo Kawase, Yosuke Kunishi
  • Publication number: 20220310547
    Abstract: A dicing die attach film containing a dicing film and a die attach film stacked on the dicing film, wherein the die attach film contains an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and less than 150° C. and a vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or less, and wherein an amount of the organic solvent in the die attach film satisfies the following (a): (a) when 1.0 g of the die attach film is immersed in 10.0 mL of acetone at 4° C. for 24 hours, an amount of the organic solvent extracted into the acetone is 800 ?g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru MORITA, Yota OTANI, Hiromitsu MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220186095
    Abstract: A transparent adhesive composition including an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin-curing agent (B), and a phenoxy resin (C), wherein the epoxy resin-curing agent (B) satisfies the following (1) and (2): (1) the epoxy resin-curing agent (B) is in a powdery form and has a particle diameter (d90) at 90% cumulative distribution frequency of 2.0 ?m or less; and (2) the epoxy resin-curing agent (B) has solubility in 100 g of methyl ethyl ketone at 25° C. of 0.1 g or less; a film-shaped transparent adhesive processed therefrom; a method of producing a transparent adhesive cured layer-attached member by using the film-shaped transparent adhesive; a method of producing an electronic component; and an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru MORITA, Koyuki SAKAI, Keita WATAHIKI
  • Publication number: 20220077101
    Abstract: A dicing die attach film, including an adhesive layer and a temporary-adhesive layer, the adhesive layer and the temporary-adhesive layer being laminated, wherein the adhesive layer is a film-like adhesive layer containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a phenoxy resin (C), and an inorganic filler (D); an elastic modulus of the phenoxy resin (C) at 25° C. is 500 MPa or more; in the adhesive layer, a proportion of the phenoxy resin (C) in total content of the epoxy resin (A) and the phenoxy resin (C) is 10 to 60% by mass; a peeling strength between the adhesive layer and the temporary-adhesive layer at a range of 25 to 80° C. is 0.40 N/25 mm or less; and a thermal conductivity of the adhesive layer after thermal curing is 1.0 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Patent number: 11198771
    Abstract: A method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet that can be used for an inspection of a semiconductor package or a high-frequency component part, in which the pitch of wiring is narrowed and the wiring itself has been subjected to wire thinning, and that can be easily produced. A method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet, includes a molding step of molding a conductive filler material-containing composition including (A) a conductive filler material dispersed in an organic solvent and (B) a binder resin, into a sheet-like body, and an organic solvent volatilization step of heating one surface of the sheet-like body and thereby volatilizing the organic solvent through the other surface of the sheet-like body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru Morita
  • Patent number: 11139261
    Abstract: Provided are a film-like adhesive that can prevent the back surface of a semiconductor chip, the front surface of a substrate, or the front surface of a heat sink from being partially fractured by a filler; and a method for producing a semiconductor package using the film-like adhesive. The film-like adhesive includes an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a phenoxy resin (C), and a heat-conductive filler material (D), in which the heat-conductive filler (D) has an average particle size of 0.1 to 10.0 ?m, a compression ratio at break in a microcompression test of 5 to 50% of the average particle size of the sample, a fracture strength in a microcompression test of 0.01 to 2.0 GPa, and a thermal conductivity of 30 W/m·K or higher, the content of component (D) is 10 to 70 vol % with respect to the total amount of the components (A) to (D), and the thermal conductivity after thermal curing is 1.0 W/m·K or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Morita, Noriyuki Kirikae
  • Publication number: 20210292617
    Abstract: An adhesive composition, containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polymer component (C) and an inorganic filler (D), in which the inorganic filler (D) satisfies the condition (1) of (an average particle diameter (d50) is 0.1 to 3.5 ?m) and condition (2) of (a ratio of a particle diameter at 90% cumulative distribution frequency (d90) to the average particle diameter (d50) is 5.0 or less), and a proportion of the inorganic filler (D) in a total content of the epoxy resin (A), the epoxy resin curing agent (B), the polymer component (C) and the inorganic filler (D) is 20 to 70% by volume; a film-like adhesive and a production method thereof; and a semiconductor package and a production method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Publication number: 20210129074
    Abstract: An acidic gas separation device includes: a first separation device which has an inorganic separation membrane and is configured to separate a gaseous hydrocarbon fluid containing an acidic gas into a first gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a second gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane; and a second separation device which has an organic polymer separation membrane and is configured to separate the second gaseous fluid into a third gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a fourth gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the third gaseous fluid by the organic polymer separation membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASHIKO, Minoru MORITA, Takeo KAWASE, Yosuke KUNISHI
  • Publication number: 20200308354
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet that can be used for an inspection of a semiconductor package or a high-frequency component part, in which the pitch of wiring is narrowed and the wiring itself has been subjected to wire thinning, and that can be easily produced. Disclosed is a method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet, the method including a molding step of molding a conductive filler material-containing composition including (A) a conductive filler material dispersed in an organic solvent and (B) a binder resin, into a sheet-like body, and an organic solvent volatilization step of heating one surface of the sheet-like body and thereby volatilizing the organic solvent through the other surface of the sheet-like body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190181113
    Abstract: Provided are a film-like adhesive that can prevent the back surface of a semiconductor chip, the front surface of a substrate, or the front surface of a heat sink from being partially fractured by a filler; and a method for producing a semiconductor package using the film-like adhesive. The film-like adhesive includes an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a phenoxy resin (C), and a heat-conductive filler material (D), in which the heat-conductive filler (D) has an average particle size of 0.1 to 10.0 ?m, a compression ratio at break in a microcompression test of 5 to 50% of the average particle size of the sample, a fracture strength in a microcompression test of 0.01 to 2.0 GPa, and a thermal conductivity of 30 W/m·K or higher, the content of component (D) is 10 to 70 vol % with respect to the total amount of the components (A) to (D), and the thermal conductivity after thermal curing is 1.0 W/m·K or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru MORITA, Noriyuki KIRIKAE
  • Patent number: 9989513
    Abstract: An oil content measurement device includes a fluid device which mixes water to be treated containing oil content with a solvent and extracts the oil content into the solvent, a sensor unit which has a casing storing a quartz crystal oscillator therein with a ring-like spacer in between, a dispensing nozzle which is disposed above the oscillator at a predetermined gap there between and feeds a predetermined amount of the solvent after the oil content has been extracted on the oscillator, a sensor circuit which measures a resonance frequency of the oscillator, and controller which controls at least the fluid device and the sensor circuit. Provided is a arithmetic logical unit, based on a change amount of the received resonance frequency of the oscillator in the sensor unit to which the solvent after the oil content has been extracted has been fed, measures the oil content remaining on the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Kato, Shigeki Terui, Minoru Morita, Yoshio Nakayama, Makoto Onishi