Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA

Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA 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: 11670445
    Abstract: An inductor component includes first and second inductor wiring lines, a first vertical wiring line, a second vertical wiring line, and a third vertical wiring line, wherein the first vertical wiring line and the second vertical wiring line are connected to the first end portion and the second end portion of the first inductor wiring line, respectively, and the third vertical wiring line and the second vertical wiring line are connected to the first end portion and the second end portion of the second inductor wiring line, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230140067
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body having a main surface, a coil disposed in the element body, and extending along the main surface, and a first vertical wiring and a second vertical wiring provided in the element body such that respective end surfaces thereof are exposed from the main surface of the element body, and connected to respective ends of the coil. The coil has a coil wiring portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, and extending along a circumferential direction, with the number of turns equal to or less than 1, a first pad portion that is a portion to which the first vertical wiring is connected and that is connected to the first end portion, and a second pad portion that is a portion to which the second vertical wiring is connected and that is connected to the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMAUCHI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230129879
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body that includes magnetic powder and has first and second principal surfaces, and a side surface connecting the principal surfaces; an inductor wire in the element body; a first vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a first end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a second vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a second end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a first external terminal that is connected to the first vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface; and a second external terminal that is connected to the second vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface. The magnetic powder contains an Fe element as a main component, and the side surface has oxidized and non-oxidized regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryouta SAKURAI, Katsufumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230128955
    Abstract: An inductor component is capable of suppressing formation of a leak path between vertical wires. Such an inductor component includes an element body that includes a plurality of magnetic powders, at least one of which contains an Fe element as a main component, and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface; an inductor wire that is provided in the element body and extends along a plane parallel to the first principal surface; a vertical wire that is provided in the element body, is connected to an end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface in a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface; and a conductive protection film that covers at least a part of a side surface of the vertical wire extending along a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface and has a higher hardness than the vertical wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11631526
    Abstract: An inductor component that includes an element body; a coil wiring line that is arranged parallel to a first main surface of the element body inside the element body; and a first vertical wiring line and a second vertical wiring line that are buried inside the element body so that end surfaces thereof are exposed from the first main surface of the element body and that are electrically connected to the coil wiring line. In a first cross section that is perpendicular to a direction in which the coil wiring line extends and intersects the first vertical wiring line, a top surface of the coil wiring line contacts a bottom surface of the first vertical wiring line and the top surface of the coil wiring line is substantially shaped like a convex surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Tominaga, Yoshimasa Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20230086105
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body, a coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode, in which the coil includes a coil wiring, a first extended wiring, and a second extended wiring. The first extended wiring includes a first connection surface connected to the coil wiring and a second connection surface connected to the first outer electrode, and a first straight line connecting the first connection surface and the second connection surface is inclined to the direction orthogonal to the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Yutaka NOGUCHI, Mari YONEMURA, Kenichi ARAKI, Kouji YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11610712
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a magnetic layer containing a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder, a first spiral wiring and a second spiral wiring disposed on the same plane in the magnetic layer and adjacent to each other, and an insulating layer disposed between the first spiral wiring and the second spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance. The first spiral wiring includes a first side surface facing the second spiral wiring, and at least a portion of the first side surface is in contact with the magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taguchi, Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Akinori Hamada
  • Patent number: 11610711
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a laminated body having a magnetic layer containing a resin and a metal magnetic powder contained in the resin; an inductor wiring disposed in the laminated body; and an external terminal exposed from the laminated body. The external terminal includes a metal part and a resin part, and in a cross section of the external terminal, the resin part is enclosed in the metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi, Hironori Suzuki, Naoya Noo
  • Publication number: 20230060320
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body; and a coil on the element body and wound into a spiral shape along an axis. The element body includes a substrate having first and second principal surfaces facing each other. The coil includes at least one first coil wiring on the first principal surface, at least one second coil wiring on the second principal surface, at least one first through wiring penetrating the substrate from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, and at least one second through wiring penetrating the substrate from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, and on a side opposite to the first through wiring with respect to the axis. The first coil wiring, the first through wiring, the second coil wiring, and the second through wiring are connected in sequence to constitute at least a part of the spiral shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryouta SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20230058751
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body; and a coil in the element body. The element body includes a metal magnetic powder-containing resin having a resin and metal magnetic powder in the resin. The element body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having first and second principal surfaces facing each other, and first, second, third and fourth side surfaces connected to the first and second principal surfaces. Each of the first and second principal surfaces has an area larger than an area of each of the first to fourth side surfaces. Each of the first side surface and the first principal surface has one or more recesses, and a deepest recess among the one or more recesses on the first side surface has a maximum depth that is larger than a maximum depth of a deepest recess among the one or more recesses on the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsufumi SASAKI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11587721
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a main body formed in a flat-plate shape and including a magnetic layer; an inductor wiring line disposed on a plane inside the main body; a first vertical wiring line that extends, from a pad portion which is an end portion of the inductor wiring line, in a first direction to pass through the inside of the main body, and is exposed on a first principal surface side of the main body; a second vertical wiring line that extends, from the pad portion of the inductor wiring line, in a second direction to pass through the inside of the main body, and is exposed on a second principal surface side of the main body; and an insulation layer of a non-magnetic body. The first vertical wiring line includes a via conductor and a columnar wiring line. The second vertical wiring line includes a columnar wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Mizuho Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20230047996
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including magnetic powder and having first and second principal surfaces; an inductor wiring in the element body; a first vertical wiring that is in the element body, is connected to a first end portion of the inductor wiring, and extends to the first principal surface; a second vertical wiring that is in the element body, is connected to a second end portion of the inductor wiring, and extends to the first principal surface; and first and second external terminals exposed on the first principal surface and connected to the first and second vertical wirings, respectively. The magnetic powder contains an Fe element as a main component, and the first principal surface has an oxidized region, in which an oxide film of oxidized particles of the magnetic powder, is exposed and a non-oxidized region in which particles of the magnetic powder are exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryouta SAKURAI, Kouji YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11581126
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a multilayer body including a magnetic layer; an inductor wiring disposed inside the multilayer body; and an external terminal exposed from the multilayer body. The multilayer body or the external terminal has an overlapping region disposed on the inductor wiring and a non-overlapping region not in contact with the inductor wiring, and reflection spectra of the overlapping region is different from reflection spectra of the non-overlapping region when irradiated with light having a prescribed wavelength from an outer surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Ryo Kudou
  • Publication number: 20230014349
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body, a coil on the body and spirally wound along an axis, first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the coil, and first and second through wirings which penetrate a substrate of the element body between main surfaces. The first coil wirings and through wirings, and the second coil wirings and through wirings, are connected as follows. With respect to two of the first through wirings adjacent to each other in a direction of the axis, on the first main surface, a relationship between a radius of an equivalent circle diameter of an end surface of each of the first through wirings and a minimum distance between end surfaces of the two first through wirings is satisfied, and with respect to two of the second through wirings adjacent to each other in the direction of the axis, a similar relationship is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kouji YAMAUCHI, Katsufumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220392693
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base body; a coil on the base body and wound helically along an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and connected electrically to the coil. The base body includes a substrate having first and second main surfaces that face each other; and an insulating layer on the first main surface. The coil includes first and second coil wires respectively disposed on the first and second main surfaces and covered with the insulating layer; and first and second through wires extending through the substrate from the first main surface to the second main surface and opposite to each other with respect to the axis. The first coil wire, the first through wire, the second coil wire, and the second through wire are connected in the mentioned order, to make up at least a part of the helical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Hiroki IMAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220392699
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base; a coil in the base body and wound along a direction of an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the coil. The base body includes first and second end surfaces and a second end surface at ends in the length direction, first and second side surfaces at ends in the width direction, and bottom and top surfaces at ends in the height direction. The first and second external electrodes are respectively disposed toward the first and second end surfaces with respect to a center in the length direction and exposed from an outer surface of the base body. When viewed from the first end surface in the length direction, at least a part of a respective portion of the first and second external electrodes exposed from the outer surface do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kiyotaka NISHI
  • Publication number: 20220384091
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base body including first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; and an inductor wire between the first and second magnetic layers and on a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The first magnetic layer is in a reverse direction to the first direction of the inductor wire, the second magnetic layer is in the first direction of the inductor wire and in a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and when a main surface of the second magnetic layer is viewed from a direction which is orthogonal to the main surface of the second magnetic layer in the first direction, the second magnetic layer includes a dark region corresponding to the inductor wire and a bright region whose brightness is higher than that of the dark region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryo KUDOU
  • Patent number: 11476036
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a multilayer body including a magnetic layer and a spiral wiring line disposed in the multilayer body. The magnetic layer includes a base resin, a metal magnetic powder, and a non-magnetic powder. The base resin has voids, and the metal magnetic powder and the non-magnetic powder are contained in the base resin. There is a particle of the metal magnetic powder that is in contact with at least one of the voids and with the non-magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Noo, Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi, Akinor Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220319764
    Abstract: An inductor conductor is configured such that, with respect to a height-wise dimension of the inductor conductor between the top surface and the bottom surface thereof, the height-wise dimension of a central portion of the top surface is smaller than the height-wise dimension of an edge portion of the top surface at a cross section of the inductor conductor taken in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the inductor conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke KUNIMORI, Yuuki KAWAKAMI, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220310311
    Abstract: A coil component includes a main body made of a magnetic material, a linear inductor wiring conductor arranged in the main body, an electrically insulating pedestal having a top surface extending along the inductor wiring conductor in the main body and a pair of side surfaces each extending from both outer edges of the top surface in a direction intersecting the top surface, and a conductive seed layer provided over an entire region of at least a region sandwiched between the top surface of the pedestal and the inductor wiring conductor. When a width dimension of a surface of the inductor wiring conductor in contact with the seed layer is defined as a first width dimension and a width dimension of the seed layer is defined as a second width dimension, the second width dimension is larger than the first width dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Keisuke KUNIMORI, Yuuki KAWAKAMI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA