Patents by Inventor Shinya Hirai
Shinya Hirai 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).
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Patent number: 11948727Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables miniaturization of the inductor component. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end face of an end part of the first pin member and a peripheral surface of an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other. The welded part is not provided on an outer side edge of the second pin member as viewed from a direction orthogonal to a first plane containing a center line of the end part of the first pin member and a center line of the end part of the second pin member.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Ikuno Sugiyama, Toshimitsu Tamura
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Patent number: 11942255Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including a magnetic layer containing a resin and a magnetic powder; a coil wiring line arranged inside the element body; and an insulating coating film covering the coil wiring line and not including a magnetic material. In a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of the coil wiring line, a top surface thickness of a part of the insulating coating film covering the top surface of the coil wiring line and a side surface thickness of parts of the insulating coating film covering side surfaces of the coil wiring line are less than or equal to 10 ?m, and a corner thickness of parts of the insulating coating film that cover corners of the coil wiring line interposed between the top surface and the side surfaces is at least half of the top surface thickness and/or the side surface thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichiro Tominaga, Koichi Yamaguchi, Akinori Hamada, Isamu Miyake, Shinya Hirai
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Patent number: 11912775Abstract: A monoclonal antibody is provided which binds to a human CC chemokine receptor 1 (CCR1) and inhibits activation of the human CCR1, or an antibody fragment thereof. The monoclonal antibody binds to an extracellular region of a human CCR1 and inhibits activation of the human CCR1 by a human CC chemokine ligand 15 (CCL15). An antibody fragment thereof, a hybridoma producing the antibody, a nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody or the antibody fragment, a transformant cell containing a vector containing the nucleic acid, a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment using the hybridoma or the transformant cell; a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent containing the antibody or the antibody fragment, and a method for treating and diagnosing a CCR1-related disease using the antibody or the antibody fragment are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: KYOWA KIRIN CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Masayuki Kai, Shinya Ogawa, Makoto Taketo, Kenji Kawada, Hideyo Hirai, Yoshiharu Sakai, Taira Maekawa
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Patent number: 11749449Abstract: An inductor component includes a bottom plate portion that includes a first main surface and a second main surface; an annular core that is disposed on the bottom plate portion; a coil that is wound around the core; and an electrode terminal that is attached to the bottom plate portion and electrically connected to the coil. The electrode terminal includes a mounting surface portion configured to connect to a mount substrate. The core is disposed on the first main surface of the bottom plate portion so that an axis of the core intersects the first main surface of the bottom plate portion. The mounting surface portion is exposed on the second main surface side of the bottom plate portion, and at least a part of the mounting surface portion overlaps the core when seen in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface of the bottom plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11742127Abstract: An inductor component includes a base body, a first coil line and a second coil line, a first substantially columnar line and a second substantially columnar line, and a third substantially columnar line and a fourth substantially columnar line. The first substantially columnar line is located closer to the third substantially columnar line than the fourth substantially columnar line. A minimum distance X1 between the first substantially columnar line and the third substantially columnar line is shorter than a minimum distance Y between a first portion of the first coil line and a second portion of the second coil line.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isamu Miyake, Shinya Hirai, Akinori Hamada, Ryuichiro Tominaga, Koichi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11735353Abstract: An inductor component comprising an insulating layer containing no magnetic substance, a spiral wiring formed on a first principal surface of the insulating layer and wound on the first principal surface, and a magnetic layer in contact with at least a portion of the spiral wiring.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Koki Okamura, Akinori Hamada, Tomohiro Kido
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Publication number: 20230197331Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component capable of preventing entrance of a plating solution and a flux component at an interface to which an inner electrode of a ceramic element body is extended, and capable of forming an outer electrode of an arbitrary shape. A ceramic element body is made of a ceramic material containing a metal oxide, and part of an inner electrode is extended to extended surfaces of the ceramic element body. A base electrode is formed on each of the extended surfaces using a conductive paste to be connected to the inner electrode. Part of another surface of the ceramic element body adjacent to the extended surfaces is locally heated, and part of the metal oxide is reduced to form a reformed portion. A plating electrode is continuously formed over the base electrode and the reformed portion through a plating method to form outer electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi MAKI, Takuya Ishida, Shinya Hirai
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Publication number: 20230091835Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a core body, first and second flanges at first and second ends, respectively, of the body; first and second outer electrodes on the first and second flanges, respectively; and a wire wound around the body and electrically connected to the electrodes. The body has a peripheral face extending in a peripheral direction about an axis of the body. In a section containing the axis, a distance between at least a part of the face and the axis is smaller on a side near a center of the body in a direction of the axis than on a side near each of the first and second ends while a distance between the wire and the axis is smaller on the side near the center in the direction of the axis than on the side near each of the first and second ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya TANIGUCHI, Yuki KANBE, Osamu MONGUCHI, Kazuto SHIBUYA, Shinya HIRAI
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Patent number: 11605493Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component capable of preventing entrance of a plating solution and a flux component at an interface to which an inner electrode of a ceramic element body is extended, and capable of forming an outer electrode of an arbitrary shape. A ceramic element body is made of a ceramic material containing a metal oxide, and part of an inner electrode is extended to extended surfaces of the ceramic element body. A base electrode is formed on each of the extended surfaces using a conductive paste to be connected to the inner electrode. Part of another surface of the ceramic element body adjacent to the extended surfaces is locally heated, and part of the metal oxide is reduced to form a reformed portion. A plating electrode is continuously formed over the base electrode and the reformed portion through a plating method to form outer electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi Maki, Takuya Ishida, Shinya Hirai
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Publication number: 20230075661Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes a core, and first and second coils opposed to each other and wound on the core. The core can have a square shape, or an elongated shape having a long axis and a short axis when viewed in a direction along a central axis of the core. Each of the first and second coils is a single-layer coil. An area of a cross-section of the core taken perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the core is constant in the circumferential direction of the core. The cross-section of the core has a quadrilateral shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Shin HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11508515Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes a core, and first and second coils opposed to each other and wound on the core. The core can have a square shape, or an elongated shape having a long axis and a short axis when viewed in a direction along a central axis of the core. Each of the first and second coils is a single-layer coil. An area of a cross-section of the core taken perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the core is constant in the circumferential direction of the core. The cross-section of the core has a quadrilateral shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11348721Abstract: A coil component includes: a core having an annular shape; a coil wound around the core; and an electrode terminal for mounting the coil component. The electrode terminal is connected to the coil and has a mounting surface. The coil is formed by connecting a plurality of wire members. The electrode terminal has a recessed portion indented toward a back surface on a side opposite to the mounting surface. The wire member of the coil is connected to a back surface of a bottom portion of the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11322293Abstract: A manufacturing method that is capable of forming an electrode on any part of a surface of a sintered ceramic body in accordance with a simple approach, and a ceramic electronic component manufactured by the method. The method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes steps of preparing a sintered ceramic body containing a metal oxide, irradiating an electrode formation region on a surface of the ceramic body with a laser to partially lower resistance of the ceramic body, thereby forming a low-resistance portion, and subjecting the ceramic body to plating to deposit a plated metal serving as an electrode on the low-resistance portion, and growing the plated metal to extend over the entire electrode formation region.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi Maki, Takuya Ishida, Hirotsugu Tomioka, Shinya Hirai, Daisuke Katayama
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Publication number: 20210358672Abstract: An inductor component includes a core having an annular shape; an insulating member that covers a portion of the core; a coil wound around the core and the insulating member; and a buffer member that is elastic. The core has a first face, a second face that crosses the first face, and a third face that faces the second face and crosses the first face. The insulating member is provided to cover the first face, a portion of the second face, and a portion of the third face. The core and the insulating member are bonded to each other with the buffer member interposed therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu TAMURA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Shin HASEGAWA, Ikuno SUGIYAMA, Shinya HIRAI, Yuuji IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20210319942Abstract: An inductor component having such a characteristic property that the assembly of the inductor component can be made simple and the welded state in the inductor component can be made stable. The inductor component comprises a ring-shaped core; a coil which comprises a plurality of pin members, and in which adjacent pin members are connected and are wound around the coil; and a connecting member which connects the pin members adjacent to each other in a direction of an axis of the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Yuuji IGARASHI, Shin HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20210287838Abstract: A coil component according to the present disclosure comprises a ring-shaped core; an insulating member which covers a portion of the ring-shaped core; and a coil which is wound around the core and the insulating member. The coil comprises a plurality of pin members in which end portions of adjacent pin members share a welded portion at which the end portions are welded to each other, and the insulating member is located between the welded portion and the core. Thus, an inductance value of an inductor component can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuno SUGIYAMA, Shinya HIRAI, Shin HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20210257155Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables the inductor component to be miniaturized. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end face of an end part of the first pin member and a peripheral surface of an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other. A width of a part, of the first pin member, except the welded part is smaller, as viewed from a direction along a center line of the end part of the second pin member, than a width of a part, of the second pin member, except the welded part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin HASEGAWA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Ikuno SUGIYAMA, Toshimitsu TAMURA
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Publication number: 20210257153Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables miniaturization of the inductor component. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end face of an end part of the first pin member and a peripheral surface of an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other. The welded part is not provided on an outer side edge of the second pin member as viewed from a direction orthogonal to a first plane containing a center line of the end part of the first pin member and a center line of the end part of the second pin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin HASEGAWA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Ikuno SUGIYAMA, Toshimitsu TAMURA
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Publication number: 20210257154Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables the inductor component to be miniaturized. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end part of the first pin member and an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other, and the end part of the second pin member has a constricted part whose width is narrower.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin HASEGAWA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Toshimitsu TAMURA, Ikuno SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11019254Abstract: An image processing apparatus that causes an effect of emission of virtual light to be applied in a captured image includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a correction unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire ambient light distribution information in the captured image. The determination unit is configured, based on the ambient light distribution information acquired by the acquisition unit, to determine a color characteristic of a virtual light source that is a light source of the virtual light. The correction unit is configured, based on the color characteristic of the virtual light source determined by the determination unit, to make a correction by which the effect of the virtual light is applied in a partial area of the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hirai, Kaori Tajima, Shun Matsui