Patents by Inventor Yoshio Oka

Yoshio Oka 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: 10889086
    Abstract: A resin film according to one aspect of the present invention is a resin film having polyimide as a main component, the resin film including a modified layer formed in a depth direction from at least one side of the resin film; and a non-modified layer other than the modified layer, wherein a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the modified layer is higher than a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the non-modified layer, and an average thickness of the modified layer from the one side of the resin film is greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Masamichi Yamamoto, Takashi Kasuga, Yugo Kubo, Hideki Kashihara, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20200376810
    Abstract: A resin film according to one aspect of the present invention is a resin film having polyimide as a main component, the resin film including a modified layer formed in a depth direction from at least one side of the resin film; and a non-modified layer other than the modified layer, wherein a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the modified layer is higher than a ring-opening rate of an imide ring of the polyimide in the non-modified layer, and an average thickness of the modified layer from the one side of the resin film is greater than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Masamichi YAMAMOTO, Takashi KASUGA, Yugo KUBO, Hideki KASHIHARA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200366009
    Abstract: A terminal 20 includes a terminal connection portion 21 connected to a counterpart terminal and a board connection portion 24 connected to a conductive path 13 of a board 11. The board connection portion 24 has a plate shape portion 25 that is a plate shape. The plate shape portion is disposed behind the terminal connection portion 21 and is soldered to the conductive path 13 of the board 11. The board connection portion has a plate-shape first projection walls 28A to 28D that are bent from edge portions of a lateral direction side of the plate shape portion 25 and that project to an opposite side to the board 11 side. The plate shape portion 25 and the first projection walls 28A to 28D have a plating layer 37 that is formed on a plate surface of the plate shape portion and the first projection walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu SHIMADA, Hiroki HIRAI, Jyunichi ONO, Yoshio OKA, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Yoshiro ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10842027
    Abstract: A base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; a sintered layer that is layered on at least one side surface of the base film and that is formed of a plurality of sintered metal particles; an electroless plating layer that is layered on a surface of the sintered layer that is opposite to the base film; and an electroplating layer that is layered on a surface of the electroless plating layer that is opposite to the sintered layer, wherein an arithmetic mean height Sa of the surface of the electroless plating layer opposite to the sintered layer is greater than or equal to 0.001 ?m and less than or equal to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyata, Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10796812
    Abstract: A coating liquid for forming a conductive layer according to the present invention is a coating liquid for forming a conductive layer, the coating liquid containing fine metal particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium. In the coating liquid for forming a conductive layer, the fine metal particles contain copper or a copper alloy as a main component, the dispersant is a polyethyleneimine-polyethylene oxide graft copolymer, a polyethyleneimine moiety in the graft copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 300 or more and 1,000 or less, a molar ratio of polyethylene oxide chains to nitrogen atoms in the polyethyleneimine moiety is 10 or more and 50 or less, and the graft copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000 or more and 54,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiko Sugiura, Issei Okada, Yoshio Oka, Atsushi Kimura, Kenji Ohki
  • Publication number: 20200288578
    Abstract: A base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; a sintered layer that is layered on at least one side surface of the base film and that is formed of a plurality of sintered metal particles; an electroless plating layer that is layered on a surface of the sintered layer that is opposite to the base film; and an electroplating layer that is layered on a surface of the electroless plating layer that is opposite to the sintered layer, wherein an arithmetic mean height Sa of the surface of the electroless plating layer opposite to the sintered layer is greater than or equal to 0.001 ?m and less than or equal to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYATA, Takashi KASUGA, Yoshio OKA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Patent number: 10709016
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on another surface of the base film and situated at least at a position opposite the terminal connecting area, wherein a shape of an end edge of the reinforcement member on the same side as an opposite end edge of the conductive pattern includes a periodic form constituted by curved lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio Oka, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshiro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20200214129
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on an opposite surface of the base film and situated at least at a position opposite the terminal connecting area, wherein the reinforcement member has one or more lines of hollow holes aligning with a width direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiro ADACHI, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Yoshio OKA
  • Publication number: 20200113046
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on another surface of the base film and situated at least at a position opposite the terminal connecting area, wherein a shape of an end edge of the reinforcement member on the same side as an opposite end edge of the conductive pattern includes a periodic form constituted by curved lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Yoshiro ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10610928
    Abstract: A powder for a conductive material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a large number of particles that contain copper as a main component and having an average primary particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 200 nm or less. The particles contain titanium on surfaces or inside thereof, and a content of the titanium is 0.003 atomic percent or more and 0.5 atomic percent or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Issei Okada, Motohiko Sugiura, Yoshio Oka, Kenji Ohki
  • Patent number: 10596782
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film and a metal layer stacked on at least one of surfaces of the resin film. An average diffusion depth of a main metal of the metal layer in the resin film is 100 nm or less after a weather resistance test in which the substrate is held at 150° C. for seven days. The average diffusion depth is preferably 80 nm or less before the weather resistance test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10307825
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a metal powder and an ink with which a sintered body having good flexibility can be formed, and a sintered body having good flexibility. A metal powder according to an embodiment of the present invention has a mean particle size D50BET of 1 nm or more and 200 nm or less as calculated by a BET method, a mean crystallite size DCryst of 20 nm or less as determined by an X-ray analysis, and a ratio (DCryst/D50BET) of the mean crystallite size DCryst to the mean particle size D50BET of less than 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Issei Okada, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Yasuhiro Okuda, Jinjoo Park, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10292265
    Abstract: The substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having insulating properties, and a metal layer stacked on at least one surface of the base film, in which the base film includes a portion where a transition metal in group 10 of the periodic table is present. The transition metal in group 10 is preferably nickel or palladium. The portion where the transition metal in group 10 is present preferably includes a region having an average thickness of 500 nm and extending from an interface with the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Shigeaki Uemura, Shigeyoshi Nakayama, Jinjoo Park, Sumito Uehara, Hiroshi Ueda, Kousuke Miura
  • Patent number: 10244627
    Abstract: An object is to provide a substrate for a printed wiring board that has good circuit formability while maintaining adhesion strength between a conductive layer (2) and a base film (1). The substrate includes a base film having an insulating property (1) and a conductive layer (2) formed on at least one surface of the base film (1). The maximum height Sz, which is defined in ISO25178, of the surface of the base film (1) is 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.9 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10237976
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and including at least one opening; a first conductive layer that is formed on both surfaces of the base film by applying and heat-treating a conductive ink containing metal particles, and that fills the at least one opening; and a second conductive layer formed, by plating, on at least one of surfaces of the first conductive layer. The metal particles preferably have a mean particle size of 1 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Jinjoo Park, Sumito Uehara, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20190077974
    Abstract: A coating liquid for forming a conductive layer according to the present invention is a coating liquid for forming a conductive layer, the coating liquid containing fine metal particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium. In the coating liquid for forming a conductive layer, the fine metal particles contain copper or a copper alloy as a main component, the dispersant is a polyethyleneimine-polyethylene oxide graft copolymer, a polyethyleneimine moiety in the graft copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 300 or more and 1,000 or less, a molar ratio of polyethylene oxide chains to nitrogen atoms in the polyethyleneimine moiety is 10 or more and 50 or less, and the graft copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000 or more and 54,000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiko SUGIURA, Issei OKADA, Yoshio OKA, Atsushi KIMURA, Kenji OHKI
  • Patent number: 10225931
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a substrate for a printed circuit board, the substrate including a resin film and a metal layer deposited on at least one surface of the resin film, includes a modified layer on the surface of the resin film on which the metal layer is deposited, the modified layer having a composition different from another portion, in which the modified layer contains a metal, a metal ion, or a metal compound different from a main metal of the metal layer. The content of a metal element of the metal, the metal ion, or the metal compound on a surface of the modified layer is preferably 0.2 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo Hashizume, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20190054524
    Abstract: A powder for a conductive material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a large number of particles that contain copper as a main component and having an average primary particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 200 nm or less. The particles contain titanium on surfaces or inside thereof, and a content of the titanium is 0.003 atomic percent or more and 0.5 atomic percent or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Issei OKADA, Motohiko SUGIURA, Yoshio OKA, Kenji OHKI
  • Publication number: 20180371191
    Abstract: A base film for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention is a base film for a printed circuit board, the base film containing a polyimide as a main component. A ratio of a peak intensity around a wave number of 1705 cm?1 to a peak intensity around a wave number of 1494 cm?1 in an absorption intensity spectrum of a surface of the base film, the spectrum being measured at an angle of incidence of 45° by total reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy, is 0.50 or more and 1.10 or less. A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the base film for a printed circuit board and a metal layer stacked on the surface of the base film for a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kayo HASHIZUME, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Kentaro OKAMOTO, Atsushi KIMURA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Patent number: 10143083
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property, and a metal layer formed on at least one surface side of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, a plurality of fine particles are disposed between the base film and the metal layer, and the fine particles are formed of a metal the same as a main metal of the metal layer or formed of a metal compound of the main metal. The fine particles preferably have an average particle size of 0.1 nm or more and 20 nm or less. The fine particles are preferably formed of a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide. The fine particles are preferably present between the base film and the metal layer so as to form a layer. The metal layer preferably includes a metal grain layer formed by firing metal nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiko Sugiura, Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Shigeaki Uemura, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda, Kousuke Miura