Patents by Inventor Tadashi Nomura

Tadashi Nomura 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: 11968815
    Abstract: A module comprises: a wiring board; a first component, a second component and a third component mounted on a first main surface; a shield structure mounted on the first main surface; a first sealing resin that seals the first component and the like; and a shield film that covers an upper surface of the first sealing resin and the like, the shield structure including a top side portion and at least one sidewall portion bent from the top side portion and thus extending therefrom, the top side portion including the top side portion's conductive layer and a magnetic layer therein, the sidewall portion including the sidewall portion's conductive layer therein, the top side portion's conductive layer and the sidewall portion's conductive layer being electrically connected to a ground conductor, the magnetic layer in the top side portion being located over the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11903120
    Abstract: An adhesion between a sealing resin layer and a shield film is improved by a mesh sheet disposed on an opposite surface of the sealing resin layer. A radio frequency module includes a wiring board, a component mounted on an upper surface of the wiring board, a sealing resin layer that covers the component, a mesh sheet disposed on an upper surface of the sealing resin layer, and a shield film provided to cover the upper surface and side surfaces of the sealing resin layer, and the mesh sheet. The mesh sheet and the sealing resin layer, as well as the mesh sheet and the shield film are firmly in adhesion with one another. Thus, the adhesion between the sealing resin layer and the shield film can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230413418
    Abstract: To provide electronic circuit module capable of dissipating heat generated by electronic component while suppressing increase in thickness, and capable of improving identifiability and visibility of identification character and identification mark as compared with conventional technique. Electronic circuit module according to present disclosure includes board, plurality of electronic components mounted on upper surface of board; and sealing resin configured to cover electronic component. Sealing resin has lower surface in contact with upper surface of board, and upper surface positioned on opposite side from board with respect to electronic component to face in opposite direction from lower surface. Identification recess constituting at least one of identification character and identification mark when viewed from thickness direction of board is formed in upper surface of sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toru KOMATSU, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11837555
    Abstract: A module includes a substrate including a first main surface, a first component mounted on the first main surface, a first sealing resin including a first upper surface, the first component being sealed with the first sealing resin, a first shield film that covers at least a part of the first upper surface of the first sealing resin, and a second shield film that covers a side surface of the first sealing resin and a side surface of the substrate. A step portion lower than the first upper surface of the first sealing resin is provided on an outer periphery of the first sealing resin. The first shield film and the second shield film are electrically connected to each other on a side surface below the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Komatsu, Tadashi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230319977
    Abstract: To provide circuit module capable of shielding electromagnetic wave passing not only on side of electronic component but also below electronic component. Circuit module according to present disclosure includes main board, one first electronic component mounted on main board, and submodule mounted on main board. Submodule includes sub board, and second electronic component. Sub board includes bottom plate mounted on main board, and side plate extending upward from bottom plate. Second electronic component is mounted upper surface of bottom plate. Shield pattern are formed on lower surface of bottom plate, and outer side surface of side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota SATO, Motohiko KUSUNOKI, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230309230
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electronic component module including: a substrate; an electronic component mounted on the substrate; and a sub-module mounted on the substrate, the sub-module including a wiring board, a first electronic component disposed on one of two main surfaces of the wiring board, a second electronic component disposed on the other of the two main surfaces of the wiring board, and a first sealing member that covers the wiring board, the first electronic component, and the second electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAKURA, Yoshihito OTSUBO, Tadashi NOMURA, Hideo NAKAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230253341
    Abstract: To provide a circuit module capable of reducing the influence of noise transmitted through a shield film on an inductor mounted on a substrate. A circuit module according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, an inductor mounted on a surface of the substrate, a sealing resin provided on the surface of the substrate and covering the inductor, a conductive shield film covering the sealing resin, and a wire disposed between the inductor on the surface of the substrate and the side film of the shield film. The one end portion of the wire is electrically connected to the side film. The other end portion of the wire is electrically connected to the surface of the substrate. In plan view, an imaginary straight line passing through the one end portion and the other end portion of the wire is inclined with respect to the side film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro KITADUME, Yoshihito OTSUBO, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230246010
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes a substrate, a sub-module to be mounted on a main surface of the substrate, and a terminal conductor formed on a main surface of the substrate. The sub-module includes a substrate, an electronic component, an electronic component, and an electronic component. The substrate has a main surface and a main surface. The electronic component and the electronic component are mounted on the main surface. The electronic component is mounted on the main surface. The substrate has a through hole that penetrates between the main surface and the main surface. The sub-module is mounted so that the electronic component may be housed in the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Toru KOMATSU, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230232527
    Abstract: A cap including a side wall portion having conductivity, a lid portion, a thin portion formed at least around the lid portion, and a beam portion supporting the lid portion is formed, an exposed component and a sealing component are mounted on a module substrate, the cap is mounted on the module substrate so as to surround an exposed component, the sealing component and the cap are sealed with a sealing resin, the lid portion is ground so as to reduce its thickness until the thin portion disappears, a shield layer is formed on an outer surface of the sealing resin and a side surface of the module substrate, a translucent adhesive sheet is attached on a top surface of the sealing resin, the beam portion is cut by laser through the adhesive sheet, and the adhesive sheet is peeled together with a lid portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230230907
    Abstract: A substrate structure comprises a substrate having a first surface, a first electrode disposed on the first surface, a bump connected to the first electrode, and a protective member that covers the first surface and covers a portion of the bump. The protective member has an opening. The bump includes a portion exposed through the opening. The bump includes a first portion that is connected to the first electrode, and a second portion that is located farther from the first electrode than the first portion and is connected to the first portion. The bump has a constriction at a boundary between the first portion and the second portion. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, a maximum diameter of the second portion is smaller than a maximum diameter of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAKURA, Ryoichi KITA, Hideo NAKAGOSHI, Hiroki YOSHIMORI, Tadashi NOMURA, Yoshihito OTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20230223355
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes a plurality of components including a terminal and placed along a plane, a frame substrate supporting at least some components among the plurality of components, a sealing resin portion sealing the plurality of components and the frame substrate, and a shield layer covering an outer surface of the sealing resin portion. The frame substrate includes an insulating layer, a ground layer, and a ground bump electrically connected to the ground layer, and also an opening supporting a portion other than solder bumps of bump components, and the ground layer of the frame substrate is exposed to a side surface of the frame substrate and is electrically connected to the shield layer. The terminal of the plurality of components and the ground bump are exposed while protruding from a plane of the sealing resin portion and are used as mounting terminals of the electronic component module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi NOMURA, Toru KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230225092
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes a substrate having a main surface, an electronic component mounted on the main surface, a sealing resin having an insulation property and covering the electronic component and the main surface, and a conductive film that covers an outer surface of the sealing resin. The electronic component includes a housing whose outer surface has an insulation property, and a first external electrode arranged at one end of the housing. The electronic component module includes a conductive auxiliary layer that covers a part of the first external electrode and a part of the housing on a side of the electronic component opposite to the substrate. The sealing resin has a recessed portion that exposes the conductive auxiliary layer. A conductive portion is formed in the recessed portion and is connected to the conductive film and the conductive auxiliary layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Toru KOMATSU, Motohiko KUSUNOKI, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230217599
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes a plurality of components having terminals and arranged along a plane, a sealing resin portion that covers and seals these components and has a plane as one plane of an outer surface, and a shield layer that covers the outer surface of the sealing resin portion. Terminals of the plurality of components are exposed in a state of protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion, and the terminals of these components protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion are used as mounting terminals of the electronic component module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Toru KOMATSU, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11695148
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks, in which with a simple configuration, air retention is unlikely to occur in cooling water and a flow rate of the cooling water to each fuel cell stack can be uniformized. In a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks provided with a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows, the plurality of fuel cell stacks are juxtaposed in a horizontal direction, and include a supply pipeline that distributes and supplies the coolant to the coolant flow path, and a discharge pipeline that collects and discharges the coolant that has flowed through the coolant flow path, and the supply pipeline and the discharge pipeline are provided within a formation range where the coolant flow path is formed in the plurality of fuel cell stacks, in a direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamano, Tadashi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230200033
    Abstract: It is to provide to a module and a method of manufacturing the module in which parasitic capacitance generated between two shield films is reduced without hindering reduction in height of a module. The module includes, a substrate, a component mounted on an upper surface that is one main surface of the substrate, a first shield film provided on an upper surface of the component, sealing resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate so as to seal the component, a second shield film provided on an upper surface or an upper side of the sealing resin, and a low dielectric member arranged between the first shield film and the second shield film and having a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ryohei OKABE, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11682597
    Abstract: A module includes components on an upper surface and a lower surface of a substrate, a second sealing resin layer laminated on the upper surface of the substrate, a first sealing resin layer on the lower surface of the substrate, and terminal blocks on the lower surface of the substrate. Each of the terminal blocks is formed by integrating a plurality of connection conductors, each of the plurality of connection conductors including a terminal portion and a substrate connecting portion formed by bending an end portion of the connection conductor, and each of the terminal blocks forms an external connection terminal of the module or functions as a shield wall for the components. Each of the terminal blocks 6 can be formed by mounting a terminal assembly onto the lower surface of the substrate, sealing the terminal assembly with a resin, and removing connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Shinichiro Banba, Tsuyoshi Takakura
  • Publication number: 20230189429
    Abstract: A module includes a substrate, a component mounted on a top surface that is one principal surface of the substrate, a first shielding film provided on a top surface and a side surface of the component, a sealing resin provided on the top surface of the substrate and seals the component, and a second shielding film provided on a top surface of the sealing resin. A hole is provided on a top surface of the sealing resin, to reach at least a part of the first shielding film. The second shielding film disposed in the hole is brought into contact with the first shielding film at positions facing a top surface and a side surface of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi NOMURA, Ryohei OKABE
  • Publication number: 20230100404
    Abstract: A module includes: a substrate having a first surface; a first component mounted on the first surface; a first protruding electrode disposed on the first surface; a first resin film covering the first component along a shape of the first component, covering at least a part of the first surface, and partially covering the first protruding electrode; and a first shield film formed to overlap with the first resin film. The first protruding electrode includes a first sharpened portion, the first protruding electrode is exposed from the first resin film in at least a part of the first sharpened portion, and the first shield film is electrically connected to the first protruding electrode by covering a portion where the first protruding electrode is exposed from the first resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi NOMURA, Ryoichi KITA
  • Publication number: 20230015008
    Abstract: A module includes: a substrate having a first face; a plurality of components mounted on the first face; a resin film that covers the plurality of components along contours of the plurality of components and also covers a part of the first face; and a shield film formed to overlap the resin film. The first face is provided with a ground electrode. The resin film has an opening, and the shield film is connected to the ground electrode via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihito OTSUBO, Ryoichi KITA, Tadashi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220418089
    Abstract: A module includes: a substrate having a first surface; a first component mounted on the first surface; a first sealing resin disposed to cover the first surface and the first component; a shield film covering at least a side surface of the first sealing resin; a first ground terminal mounted on the first surface; and a protruding portion formed to extend laterally at any position of the first ground terminal in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. The protruding portion is electrically connected to a portion of the shield film that covers the side surface of the first sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi NOMURA, Hiroshi NISHIKAWA