Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Nagatomo

Yoshiyuki Nagatomo 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: 11908768
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11735434
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an insulating circuit substrate with a heat sink including an insulating circuit substrate and a heat sink, the insulating circuit substrate including a circuit layer and a metal layer that are formed on an insulating layer, and the heat sink being bonded to the metal layer side. The method includes: an aluminum bonding layer forming step of forming an aluminum bonding layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a solidus temperature of 650° C. or lower on the metal layer; and a heat sink bonding step of laminating a copper bonding material formed of copper or a copper alloy between the aluminum bonding layer and the heat sink and bonding the aluminum bonding layer, the copper bonding material, and the heat sink to each other by solid phase diffusion bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11676882
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing power module substrate board at high productivity and a ceramic-copper bonded body in which warps are reduced. In a bonded body-forming step, a circuit layer-forming copper layer consisting of a plurality of first copper layers is formed by arranging and bonding a plurality of first copper boards on a first surface of a ceramic board, and a metal layer-forming copper layer consisting of a second copper layer with a smaller arrangement number than that of the first copper layers is formed by bonding a second copper board having a larger planar area than that of the first copper board and a smaller thickness than that of the first copper board so as to cover at least two of adjacent substrate board-forming areas on a second surface of the ceramic board among the substrate board-forming areas partitioned by the dividing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Tomoya Oohiraki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20230115585
    Abstract: An antimicrobial member includes a substrate, an underlayer deposited on the substrate, and a copper layer formed on a surface of the underlayer which is on a side opposite to the substrate and arranged as an outermost layer, in which the copper layer is formed of copper or a copper alloy, the underlayer is formed of a metal oxide, and the substrate is formed of a flexible resin material. It is preferable that no cracking is confirmed after carrying out a bending test 100 times under a condition where a radius of curvature is 6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Yuto Toshimori
  • Patent number: 11478868
    Abstract: A method for producing a bonded body includes: a laminating step of forming a laminated body in which a first member and a second member are temporarily bonded to each other by providing a temporary bonding material including an organic material on at least one of a bonding surface of the first member and a bonding surface of the second member; and a bonding step of pressurizing and heating the laminated body in a laminating direction and bonding the first member and the second member to each other. In the bonding step, during a temperature increase process of heating the laminated body up to a predetermined bonding temperature, at least a pressurization load P2 at a decomposition temperature TD of the organic material included in the temporary bonding material is lower than a pressurization load P1 at the bonding temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yumoto, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Soutarou Ooi
  • Publication number: 20220278019
    Abstract: A bonded body of the present invention includes a ceramic member formed of ceramics and a Cu member formed of Cu or a Cu alloy. In a bonding layer formed between the ceramic member and the Cu member, an area ratio of a Cu3P phase in a region extending by up to 50 ?m toward the Cu member side from a bonding surface of the ceramic member is equal to or lower than 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11404622
    Abstract: An insulated heat transfer substrate includes a heat transfer layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a conductive layer provided on one surface side of the heat transfer layer, and a glass layer formed between the conductive layer and the heat transfer layer, in which the conductive layer is formed of a sintered body of silver, and a thickness of the glass layer is in a range of 5 ?m or larger and 50 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Arai, Shuji Nishimoto, Masahito Komasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Yoshirou Kuromitsu
  • Patent number: 11393738
    Abstract: A bonded body of the present invention includes a ceramic member formed of ceramics and a Cu member formed of Cu or a Cu alloy. In a bonding layer formed between the ceramic member and the Cu member, an area ratio of a Cu3P phase in a region extending by up to 50 ?m toward the Cu member side from a bonding surface of the ceramic member is equal to or lower than 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20220223493
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board which is obtained by bonding a circuit layer onto one side of a ceramic substrate, and bonding a metal layer made of copper or copper alloy onto the other side of the ceramic substrate; and a heat sink which is bonded to the metal layer are included; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the ceramic board material at an opposite side to the first metal layer; a thickness T1 of the first metal layer and a thickness T2 of the second metal layer are 0.8 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive; and a thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20220181533
    Abstract: This thermoelectric conversion module includes: a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements; a first electrode part disposed to one end of each of the thermoelectric conversion elements; and a second electrode part disposed to the other end of each of the thermoelectric conversion elements, in which the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements are electrically connected to each other via the first electrode part and the second electrode part, the thermoelectric conversion elements are sealed by a sealing layer formed of an insulating inorganic material, and one surfaces of the first electrode part and the second electrode part are exposed from the sealing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Arai, Tomohiro Mori, Hideo Doi, Hiroki Kamijyo, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11355408
    Abstract: What is provided is a method of manufacturing an insulating circuit board with a heatsink including an insulating circuit board and a heatsink, the heatsink being bonded to the metal layer side of the insulating circuit board, the metal layer being formed of aluminum, and a bonding surface of the heatsink with the insulating circuit board being formed of an aluminum alloy having a solidus temperature of 650° C. or lower. This method includes a high alloy element concentration portion forming step (S02) of forming a high alloy element concentration portion and a heatsink bonding step (S03) of bonding the heatsink, in which a ratio tb/ta of a thickness tb of the brazing material layer to a thickness to of the core material in the clad material is in a range of 0.1 to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20220173010
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11322424
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board which is obtained by bonding a circuit layer onto one side of a ceramic substrate, and bonding a metal layer made of copper or copper alloy onto the other side of the ceramic substrate; and a heat sink which is bonded to the metal layer are included; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the ceramic board material at an opposite side to the first metal layer; a thickness T1 of the first metal layer and a thickness T2 of the second metal layer are 0.8 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive; and a thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11289400
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11289390
    Abstract: Provided with an insulation circuit board in which a circuit layer is joined to one side of a ceramic substrate and a metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy is joined to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a heat sink joined to the metal layer; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of copper joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of copper or copper alloy joined to an opposite side of the ceramic board material to the first metal layer; and a thickness T1 of the first metal layer is 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive and equal to or more than a thickness T2 of the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210265552
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes: a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements; a first electrode portion disposed on one end side of the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements; and a second electrode portion disposed on the other end side of the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, a first insulating circuit board provided with a first insulating layer and the first electrode portion made of copper or a copper alloy formed on one surface of the first insulating layer is disposed on one end side of the thermoelectric conversion elements, a Ag plating layer is directly formed on a surface of the first electrode portion opposite to the first insulating layer, a Ni layer is not present between the first electrode portion and the Ag plating layer, and the Ag plating layer and the thermoelectric conversion element are bonded to each other via a sintered body of Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Arai, Masahito Komasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11062974
    Abstract: A bonded body of the present invention includes a ceramic member formed of ceramics and a Cu member formed of Cu or a Cu alloy. In a bonded interface between the ceramic member and the Cu member, a Cu—Sn layer which is positioned on the ceramic member side and in which Sn forms a solid solution in Cu, a first intermetallic compound layer which is positioned on the Cu member side and contains Cu and Ti, and a second intermetallic compound layer which is positioned between the first intermetallic compound layer and the Cu—Sn layer and contains P and Ti are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210175401
    Abstract: An insulated heat transfer substrate includes a heat transfer layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a conductive layer provided on one surface side of the heat transfer layer, and a glass layer formed between the conductive layer and the heat transfer layer, in which the conductive layer is formed of a sintered body of silver, and a thickness of the glass layer is in a range of 5 ?m or larger and 50 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Koya Arai, Shuji Nishimoto, Masahito Komasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Yoshirou Kuromitsu
  • Patent number: 11013107
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board having a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer on which a circuit pattern is formed and that is bonded to one surface of the ceramic substrate, and a metal layer bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate. The circuit layer has a first circuit layer that is bonded to the ceramic substrate and is made of aluminum and a second circuit layer that is bonded to the upper surface of the first circuit layer and is made of copper, the metal layer has a first metal layer that is bonded to the ceramic substrate and is made of aluminum and a second metal layer that is bonded to the upper surface of the first metal layer and is made of copper, and the thicknesses of the first circuit layer and the first metal layer are each 0.2 mm or more and 0.9 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Ryohei Yumoto, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210134609
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an insulating circuit substrate with a heat sink including an insulating circuit substrate and a heat sink, the insulating circuit substrate including a circuit layer and a metal layer that are formed on an insulating layer, and the heat sink being bonded to the metal layer side. The method includes: an aluminum bonding layer forming step of forming an aluminum bonding layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a solidus temperature of 650° C. or lower on the metal layer; and a heat sink bonding step of laminating a copper bonding material formed of copper or a copper alloy between the aluminum bonding layer and the heat sink and bonding the aluminum bonding layer, the copper bonding material, and the heat sink to each other by solid phase diffusion bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo