Patents by Inventor Yoichi HIRONAKA

Yoichi HIRONAKA 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: 20230268239
    Abstract: The present disclosure has been conceived to solve such a problem, and it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a semiconductor device enabling reduction in cost. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: a base plate; an insulating substrate disposed over the base plate; a semiconductor chip disposed over the insulating substrate; a first resin case and a second resin case attached to the base plate to enclose the insulating substrate and the semiconductor chip, and fitted together; and a sealing material to seal the insulating substrate and the semiconductor chip, wherein the first resin case and the second resin case are formed of resin materials having different comparative tracking indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi HIRONAKA, Tatsunori YANAGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10770371
    Abstract: A base plate (1) made of a metal has a through-hole (2). An insulating substrate (3) is provided on the base plate (1). A semiconductor chip (4) is provided on the insulating substrate (3). A case (8) has a screw-hole (9) communicating with the through-hole (2), covers the insulating substrate (3) and the semiconductor chip (4), and is disposed on the base plate (1). A screw (11) made of a metal is inserted into the through-hole (2) and the screw-hole (9) to fix the case (8) to the base plate (1). A flexible material (12) having flexibility is filled in a cavity between a bottom surface of the screw-hole (9) in the case (8) and a distal end of the screw (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Hironaka, Masuo Koga
  • Patent number: 10096570
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: a manufacturing method for a highly reliable power semiconductor device which prevents breakage of an conductor pattern and an insulating layer, and has bonding strength higher than that by the conventional bonding between the electrode terminal and the conductor pattern; and that power semiconductor device. Breakage of the conductor pattern and the insulating layer is prevented due to inclusion of: a step of laying an electrode terminal on a protrusion provided on a conductor pattern placed on a circuit-face side of a ceramic board so that a center portion of a surface to be bonded of the electrode terminal makes contact with a head portion of the protrusion; a step of pressurizing and ultrasonically vibrating a surface opposite to the surface to be bonded, of the electrode terminal, using an ultrasonic horn, to thereby bond the electrode terminal to the conductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Yoneda, Junji Fujino, Kazuyoshi Shige, Yoichi Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20180151533
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: a manufacturing method for a highly reliable power semiconductor device which prevents breakage of an conductor pattern and an insulating layer, and has bonding strength higher than that by the conventional bonding between the electrode terminal and the conductor pattern; and that power semiconductor device. Breakage of the conductor pattern and the insulating layer is prevented due to inclusion of: a step of laying an electrode terminal on a protrusion provided on a conductor pattern placed on a circuit-face side of a ceramic board so that a center portion of a surface to be bonded of the electrode terminal makes contact with a head portion of the protrusion; a step of pressurizing and ultrasonically vibrating a surface opposite to the surface to be bonded, of the electrode terminal, using an ultrasonic horn, to thereby bond the electrode terminal to the conductor pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka YONEDA, Junji FUJINO, Kazuyoshi SHIGE, Yoichi HIRONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170170096
    Abstract: A base plate (1) made of a metal has a through-hole (2). An insulating substrate (3) is provided on the base plate (1). A semiconductor chip (4) is provided on the insulating substrate (3). A case (8) has a screw-hole (9) communicating with the through-hole (2), covers the insulating substrate (3) and the semiconductor chip (4), and is disposed on the base plate (1). A screw (11) made of a metal is inserted into the through-hole (2) and the screw-hole (9) to fix the case (8) to the base plate (1). A flexible material (12) having flexibility is filled in a cavity between a bottom surface of the screw-hole (9) in the case (8) and a distal end of the screw (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi HIRONAKA, Masuo KOGA