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).

  • Patent number: 11011302
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil having; a core that extends in a predetermined direction; and first and second wires that are intertwined and wound together around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Yuki Kanbe
  • Patent number: 10998117
    Abstract: A wire-wound coil component includes a core having a spool and a flange, a wire wound around the spool, and an outer electrode to which an end portion of the wire is electrically coupled. The flange has a lateral surface and a bottom surface. The outer electrode has a metal thin-film section in contact with the lateral surface and a thick-film electrode section which is a metal composite film in contact with the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Maki, Takuya Ishida, Shinya Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210090793
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an annular core; and a first coil and a second coil that are wound around the core so that winding axes thereof are parallel to each other. The first coil and the second coil each include a conductor portion and a coating that covers the conductor portion. The inductor component further includes a first insulating resin that covers at least a part of the conductor portion of the first coil, the part being exposed from the coating; and a second insulating resin that covers at least a part of the conductor portion of the second coil, the part being exposed from the coating. The first insulating resin and the second insulating resin are not connected but separated in a space between surfaces of the first coil and the second coil that face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shin HASEGAWA, Ikuno SUGIYAMA, Toshimitsu TAMURA, Shinya HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20210090787
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Shin HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210090781
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Koichi YAMAGUCHI, Akinori HAMADA, Isamu MIYAKE, Shinya HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20210065950
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu MIYAKE, Shinya HIRAI, Akinori HAMADA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Koichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190364201
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Kaori Tajima, Shun Matsui
  • Publication number: 20190244743
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya HIRAI, Koki OKAMURA, Akinori HAMADA, Tomohiro KIDO
  • Publication number: 20190228899
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi MAKI, Takuya ISHIDA, Shinya HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20190164682
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi MAKI, Takuya ISHIDA, Hirotsugu TOMIOKA, Shinya HIRAI, Daisuke KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10242789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Maki, Takuya Ishida, Hirotsugu Tomioka, Shinya Hirai, Daisuke Katayama
  • Publication number: 20190027297
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Shin HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10153081
    Abstract: A coil component has a pair of flange portions including a bottom surface that may be mounted on a mounting substrate and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, a winding core portion coupling the pair of the flange portions, a top plate attached to the top surface of the flange portions, a metal terminal attached to each of the flange portions, and a wire wound around the winding core portion and electrically connected to the metal terminal. The metal terminal has a wire connecting portion connected to the wire and a flange connecting portion connected to the flange portion, and the wire connecting portion and the flange connecting portion are each located on the top surface side of a peripheral surface positioned between the bottom surface and the top surface of the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Ryota Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10072172
    Abstract: The invention provides a flexible vinyl chloride resin composition, a molded product obtained from the resin composition, an electric wire coating material, and an electric wire coated by the electric wire coating material. In the flexible vinyl chloride resin composition, based on 100 parts by mass of (A), the content of (B) is 0.1 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass and the content of (C) is 10 parts by mass to 150 parts by mass. A molded product having excellent surface smoothness and excellent flexibility can be obtained via the flexible vinyl chloride resin composition even under the condition of high production speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Nishii, Shinya Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180166202
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component and manufacturing method are capable of easily forming a plating electrode on any portion of a surface of a ceramic body. The ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body containing a metal oxide, a modified layer formed on a surface layer portion of the ceramic body, on which a portion of the metal oxide is melted and solidified, and an electrode comprising a plated metal formed on the modified layer. In the modified layer, at least one of metal elements constituting the metal oxide is segregated. Plated metal is likely to be deposited due to segregation of the metal elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya ISHIDA, Yoshifumi MAKI, Shinya HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180158591
    Abstract: A wire-wound coil component includes a core having a spool and a flange, a wire wound around the spool, and an outer electrode to which an end portion of the wire is electrically coupled. The flange has a lateral surface and a bottom surface. The outer electrode has a metal thin-film section in contact with the lateral surface and a thick-film electrode section which is a metal composite film in contact with the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei KOBAYASHI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Takuya ISHIDA, Shinya HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20180090265
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil having; a core that extends in a predetermined direction; and first and second wires that are intertwined and wound together around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Yuki Kanbe
  • Patent number: 9902848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vinyl chloride resin composition and a vinyl chloride resin molded article obtained by molding the vinyl chloride resin composition, wherein the vinyl chloride resin composition contains a vinyl chloride resin (A), a stabilizer (B) as a compound containing at least one of calcium and zinc, and a processing auxiliary (C). The processing auxiliary (C) is a copolymer containing 19 mass % to 95 mass % of a methyl methacrylate monomer (c1) unit and 5 mass % to 81 mass % of an alkyl methacrylate monomer (c2) unit having a C3-C5 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishii, Shinya Hirai, Mitsufumi Nodono
  • Publication number: 20180025831
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shinya HIRAI, Shin HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9870857
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil having: a core that extends in a predetermined direction; and first and second wires that are intertwined and wound together around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Hirai, Yuki Kanbe