Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Nakatani

Yasuhiro Nakatani 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: 7132029
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilayer circuit board, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a plurality of circuit boards are layered, wherein as regards at least one circuit board positioned on an outer side, a conductive substance is filled into holes passing through the circuit board in the thickness direction and cured, and the wiring layers of the plurality of circuit boards are electrically connected by the conductive substance that has been cured, wherein in the multilayer circuit board, the wiring layer positioned outside the conductive substance that has been cured projects outward from its surroundings. Thus, the conductive paste is sufficiently compressed during hot pressing to yield a stable electrical connection, and thermosetting resin can be filled in between the inner layer wiring pattern without leaving gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakatani, Hideki Higashitani, Tadashi Nakamura, Fumio Echigo
  • Patent number: 7018705
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilayer circuit board, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a plurality of circuit boards are layered, wherein as regards at least one circuit board positioned on an outer side, a conductive substance is filled into holes passing through the circuit board in the thickness direction and cured, and the wiring layers of the plurality of circuit boards are electrically connected by the conductive substance that has been cured, wherein in the multilayer circuit board, the wiring layer positioned outside the conductive substance that has been cured projects outward from its surroundings. Thus, the conductive paste is sufficiently compressed during hot pressing to yield a stable electrical connection, and thermosetting resin can be filled in between the inner layer wiring pattern without leaving gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakatani, Hideki Higashitani, Tadashi Nakamura, Fumio Echigo
  • Patent number: 6994913
    Abstract: The present invention presents a thermoplastic elastomer that exhibits superior moisture permeability, excellent flexibility and mechanical properties at a high temperature, particularly settling resistance at a high temperature, and excellent moisture permeability. The thermoplastic elastomer includes, as a constituting unit, a polyether component (A) and a polyester component (B), wherein the polyether component (A) includes poly-oxyalkylene groups (—CnH2nO—) having a carbon/oxygen atomic ratio in a range from 2.0 to 2.5, the polyester component (B) has a number-average molecular weight in a range from 500 to 10,000, the thermoplastic elastomer has a content of polyether component (A) in a range from 50 to 95 weight %, and the thermoplastic elastomer has a glass transition temperature of not more than ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Niki, Hirotake Matsumoto, Akihiko Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Shoji Nozato
  • Publication number: 20060008628
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilayer circuit board, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a plurality of circuit boards are layered, wherein as regards at least one circuit board positioned on an outer side, a conductive substance is filled into holes passing through the circuit board in the thickness direction and cured, and the wiring layers of the plurality of circuit boards are electrically connected by the conductive substance that has been cured, wherein in the multilayer circuit board, the wiring layer positioned outside the conductive substance that has been cured projects outward from its surroundings. Thus, the conductive paste is sufficiently compressed during hot pressing to yield a stable electrical connection, and thermosetting resin can be filled in between the inner layer wiring pattern without leaving gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakatani, Hideki Higashitani, Tadashi Nakamura, Fumio Echigo
  • Publication number: 20050016764
    Abstract: There is provided a wiring substrate for intermediate connection comprising: (1) a wiring board having a plurality of wiring layers which are connected through a via hole conductor(s) with each other; and (2) a prepreg sheet having a via hole conductor(s) at a predetermined position(s) which sheet is disposed on at least one side of the wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Fumio Echigo, Kumiko Hirayama, Yoji Ueda, Yasuhiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20040232071
    Abstract: The present provides a method for preparing resin fine particles of a homogeneous particle size used in the fields of chemistry, medicine, electronic material or the like, resin fine particles, and a production apparatus for resin fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20040231151
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilayer circuit board, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a plurality of circuit boards are layered, wherein as regards at least one circuit board positioned on an outer side, a conductive substance is filled into holes passing through the circuit board in the thickness direction and cured, and the wiring layers of the plurality of circuit boards are electrically connected by the conductive substance that has been cured, wherein in the multilayer circuit board, the wiring layer positioned outside the conductive substance that has been cured projects outward from its surroundings. Thus, the conductive paste is sufficiently compressed during hot pressing to yield a stable electrical connection, and thermosetting resin can be filled in between the inner layer wiring pattern without leaving gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakatani, Hideki Higashitani, Tadashi Nakamura, Fumio Echigo
  • Publication number: 20040202956
    Abstract: This invention provides a photoreactive composition in which reaction of a hydrolyzable metal compound takes place by irradiation of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Hiroji Fukui, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Takeo Kuroda, Motokuni Ichitani, Yasuhiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 6753483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a printed circuit board, which includes a dielectric substrate having via holes formed in the thickness direction, and a conductor including a conductive filler is filled in the via holes. The dielectric substrate has patterned wiring layers on both surfaces, and the wiring layers are connected electrically with each other by the conductor. The dielectric substrate is made of a glass cloth or a glass nonwoven fabric impregnated with a thermosetting epoxy resin mixed with fine particles, and the conductive filler in the conductor has an average particle diameter larger than that of the fine particles. Accordingly, the printed circuit board has an improved moisture resistance as a whole and also excellent connection reliability and repair resistance. In addition, the dielectric substrate of the printed circuit board has an improved mechanical strength such as flexural rigidity. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo, Tadashi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Tousaku Nishiyama, Shozo Ochi
  • Patent number: 6745464
    Abstract: Removable mask films 303 are formed on the both sides of the substrate having the adhesive layer 302 by applying and drying a resin varnish 304 including a ultraviolet-absorbing agent, and fine through holes 306 are formed by using a third harmonics YAG solid-state laser light with a relatively short wavelength not longer than that in the ultraviolet range in such a way that the effects of such a residual strain as the conventional embodiment forming a removable mask film by a laminating process may be decreased as well as the more fine hole drilling compared with conventional embodiment using the carbon dioxide gas laser with a relatively long wavelength may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Echigo, Hideki Higashitani, Daizo Andoh, Noritake Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040089471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a printed circuit board, which includes a dielectric substrate having via holes formed in the thickness direction, and a conductor including a conductive filler is filled in the via holes. The dielectric substrate has patterned wiring layers on both surfaces, and the wiring layers are connected electrically with each other by the conductor. The dielectric substrate is made of a glass cloth or a glass nonwoven fabric impregnated with a thermosetting epoxy resin mixed with fine particles, and the conductive filler in the conductor has an average particle diameter larger than that of the fine particles. Accordingly, the printed circuit board has an improved moisture resistance as a whole and also excellent connection reliability and repair resistance. In addition, the dielectric substrate of the printed circuit board has an improved mechanical strength such as flexural rigidity. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo, Tadashi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Tousaku Nishiyama, Shozo Ochi
  • Patent number: 6691409
    Abstract: A circuit board is configured so as to include not less than two wiring layers, an insulator layer for electric insulation between the wiring layers, and an inner-via-hole conductive member provided in the insulator layer in a thickness direction of the insulator layer, for electric connection between the wiring layers. The insulator layer is made of a composite material containing an organic resin and a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the organic resin, and includes a surface part, a core part, and a surface part laminated in the stated order, the surface part having a high content of the organic resin, the core part having a low content of the organic resin. The wiring layers have a land portion that is connected with the inner-via-hole conductive member, the land portion being embedded so as to be substantially in contact with the core part, and the inner-via-hole conductive member has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the core part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Ogawa, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Tomekawa, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Susumu Matsuoka, Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo
  • Publication number: 20030188428
    Abstract: Removable mask films 303 are formed on the both sides of the substrate having the adhesive layer 302 by applying and drying a resin varnish 304 including a ultraviolet-absorbing agent, and fine through holes 306 are formed by using a third harmonics YAG solid-state laser light with a relatively short wavelength not longer than that in the ultraviolet range in such a way that the effects of such a residual strain as the conventional embodiment forming a removable mask film by a laminating process may be decreased as well as the more fine hole drilling compared with conventional embodiment using the carbon dioxide gas laser with a relatively long wavelength may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Echigo, Hideki Higashitani, Daizo Andoh, Noritake Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6546624
    Abstract: Removable mask films 303 are formed on the both sides of the substrate having the adhesive layer 302 by applying and drying a resin varnish 304 including a ultraviolet-absorbing agent, and fine through holes 306 are formed by using a third harmonics YAG solid-state laser light with a relatively short wavelength not longer than that in the ultraviolet range in such a way that the effects of such a residual strain as the conventional embodiment forming a removable mask film by a laminating process may be decreased as well as the more fine hole drilling compared with conventional embodiment using the carbon dioxide gas laser with a relatively long wavelength may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Echigo, Hideki Higashitani, Daizo Andoh, Noritake Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20030066683
    Abstract: A circuit board is configured so as to include not less than two wiring layers, an insulator layer for electric insulation between the wiring layers, and an inner-via-hole conductive member provided in the insulator layer in a thickness direction of the insulator layer, for electric connection between the wiring layers. The insulator layer is made of a composite material containing an organic resin and a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the organic resin, and includes a surface part, a core part, and a surface part laminated in the stated order, the surface part having a high content of the organic resin, the core part having a low content of the organic resin. The wiring layers have a land portion that is connected with the inner-via-hole conductive member, the land portion being embedded so as to be substantially in contact with the core part, and the inner-via-hole conductive member has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Ogawa, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Tomekawa, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Susumu Matsuoka, Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo
  • Patent number: 6518514
    Abstract: A circuit board is configured so as to include not less than two wiring layers, an insulator layer for electric insulation between the wiring layers, and an inner-via-hole conductive member provided in the insulator layer in a thickness direction of the insulator layer, for electric connection between the wiring layers. The insulator layer is made of a composite material containing an organic resin and a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the organic resin, and includes a surface part, a core part, and a surface part laminated in the stated order, the surface part having a high content of the organic resin, the core part having a low content of the organic resin. The wiring layers have a land portion that is connected with the inner-via-hole conductive member, the land portion being embedded so as to be substantially in contact with the core part, and the inner-via-hole conductive member has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the core part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Ogawa, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Tomekawa, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Susumu Matsuoka, Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo
  • Publication number: 20020038725
    Abstract: A circuit board is configured so as to include not less than two wiring layers, an insulator layer for electric insulation between the wiring layers, and an inner-via-hole conductive member provided in the insulator layer in a thickness direction of the insulator layer, for electric connection between the wiring layers. The insulator layer is made of a composite material containing an organic resin and a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the organic resin, and includes a surface part, a core part, and a surface part laminated in the stated order, the surface part having a high content of the organic resin, the core part having a low content of the organic resin. The wiring layers have a land portion that is connected with the inner-via-hole conductive member, the land portion being embedded so as to be substantially in contact with the core part, and the inner-via-hole conductive member has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Ogawa, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Tomekawa, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Susumu Matsuoka, Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo
  • Publication number: 20020029906
    Abstract: Removable mask films 303 are formed on the both sides of the substrate having the adhesive layer 302 by applying and drying a resin varnish 304 including a ultraviolet-absorbing agent, and fine through holes 306 are formed by using a third harmonics YAG solid-state laser light with a relatively short wavelength not longer than that in the ultraviolet range in such a way that the effects of such a residual strain as the conventional embodiment forming a removable mask film by a laminating process may be decreased as well as the more fine hole drilling compared with conventional embodiment using the carbon dioxide gas laser with a relatively long wavelength may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Echigo, Hideki Higashitani, Daizo Andoh, Noritake Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Tadashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20010052425
    Abstract: The present invention provides a printed circuit board, which includes a dielectric substrate having via holes formed in the thickness direction, and a conductor including a conductive filler is filled in the via holes. The dielectric substrate has patterned wiring layers on both surfaces, and the wiring layers are connected electrically with each other by the conductor. The dielectric substrate is made of a glass cloth or a glass nonwoven fabric impregnated with a thermosetting epoxy resin mixed with fine particles, and the conductive filler in the conductor has an average particle diameter larger than that of the fine particles. Accordingly, the printed circuit board has an improved moisture resistance as a whole and also excellent connection reliability and repair resistance. In addition, the dielectric substrate of the printed circuit board has an improved mechanical strength such as flexural rigidity. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.,
    Inventors: Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo, Tadashi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Tousaku Nishiyama, Shozo Ochi
  • Patent number: 5676768
    Abstract: A ring-type magnetic head is of a structure in which a metallic magnetic film is sandwiched between two substrates, and the metallic magnetic film has a saturation magnetic field not less than 50 A/m in all directions parallel to a film plane thereof. Where the metallic magnetic film is a Co-containing magnetically soft film having a crystallization temperature Tx greater than the Curie temperature Tc, the metallic magnetic film is subjected to a first heat treatment at a temperature not less than Tc and a second heat treatment at a temperature Ta of Tc-180.degree. C..ltoreq.Ta.ltoreq.Tc-30.degree. C. in the absence of any applied magnetic field. Where the metallic magnetic film is a Co-containing magnetically soft film having a crystallization temperature Tx less than the Curie temperature Tc, the metallic magnetic film is subjected to a first heat treatment at a temperature not greater than Tx while a rotating magnetic field is being applied thereto and a second heat treatment at a temperature Ta of Tx-200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsaku Muraoka, Akinaga Natsui, Yasuhiro Nakatani