Patents Assigned to Harima Chemicals Inc.
  • Patent number: 7902276
    Abstract: A surface sizing agent is provided which has excellent dispersion stability, enables impartation of high sizing performance under a wide range of use conditions, irrespective of the characteristics of water used for sizing (hardness, pH, etc.) and the type of paper, and has low foaming property and good coating workability. Specifically, in a dispersion-type surface sizing agent obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition in the presence of a degraded dextrin, 20-40 parts by weight of a degraded dextrin having a weight average molecular weight of 26000-50000, obtained by enzyme denaturation of a waxy corn starch, are allowed to exist to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the monomer composition, and the monomer composition includes (a) 10-35% by weight of at least one type of (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, (b) 40-80% by weight of other copolymerizable hydrophobic monomer, and (c) 1-10% by weight of a strong acid group-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Sakai, Yoko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100270365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solder paste composition used for precoating an electrode surface with solder. A first solder paste composition is contains a solder powder and a flux, and a metallic powder made by metallic species different from metallic species constituting the solder powder and metallic species constituting the electrode surface in a rate of 0.1% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less based on a total amount of the solder powder. When these solder paste compositions are evenly applied onto an electronic circuit substrate for precoating, such a solder that does not generate any swollen portion, solder-lacking portion and variability in a height thereof can be formed irrespective of a shape of a pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicants: Harima Chemicals, Inc., Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yoichi KUKIMOTO, Kazuki Ikeda, Hitoshi Sakurai, Nobuhiro Kinoshita, Masaki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7820232
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming a copper fine particle sintered product type of a fine-shaped electric conductor showing superior electroconductivity, which comprises steps of drawing a fine pattern with the use of a dispersion containing the copper fine particles having a surface oxide film layer, conducting a treatment for reducing the copper fine particles with the surface oxide film layer or copper oxide fine particles included in the pattern at a comparatively low temperature, and baking the resultant copper fine particles. Specifically, the process carries out the processes of; applying a dispersion containing the copper fine particles having the surface oxide film layer thereon or the copper oxide fine particles with an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or smaller onto a substrate; and then performing a series of the heat treatment steps of heating the particles in the coated layer at temperature of 350° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Itoh, Akihito Izumitani, Noriaki Hata, Yorishige Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20100252144
    Abstract: There is provided a soldering flux in which the volatilized amount in reflow is reduced to enable soldering with a smaller environmental load while suppressing the stickiness of the flux residue and ensuring a high reliability. A solder paste composition using the same is also provided. The soldering flux comprises a base resin, an activating agent, and a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises an oil component having an iodine value of 120 to 170. Preferably, the content of the oil component is 22 to 80% by weight relative to the whole flux. Also, the oil component preferably contains at least one of drying oil and semidrying oil, and more preferably contains one or more kinds selected from tung oil, poppy-seed oil, walnut oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, and soy bean oil. The solder paste composition comprises the soldering flux described above and a solder alloy powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ishikawa, Akira Shinozuka, Masami Aihara
  • Publication number: 20100243717
    Abstract: Provided is a soldering flux in which the volatilized amount in reflowing is reduced to enable soldering with a small environmental load while suppressing the stickiness of the flux residue to ensure a high reliability, as well as a solder paste composition and a soldering method using the same. The soldering flux comprises a base resin, an activating agent, and a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises an organic acid anhydride being liquid form at 20° C. or higher and a polyhydric alcohol being liquid form at 20° C. or higher, and when the acid value and the content of the organic acid anhydride is AV (mgKOH/g) and WA(g), respectively, and the hydroxyl value and the content of the polyhydric alcohol is OHV (mgKOH/g) and WOH(g), respectively, then AV×WA:OHV×WOH=1:0.4 to 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Harima Chemicals, Inc
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ishikawa, Akira Shinozuka, Masami Aihara
  • Patent number: 7798389
    Abstract: A flux for soldering used when soldering is performed to a board subjected to electroless nickel plating, the flux containing resin having film forming ability, activator, and solvent, and further containing metallic salt in an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight of the total amount of flux. The use of this flux suppresses diffusion of nickel solder in soldering portions, and prevents concentration of phosphorous, thereby improving the bonding strength of soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ikeda, Hisao Irie, Toshinori Shima, Takaaki Anada, Syunsuke Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7669752
    Abstract: A flux contains resin having film forming ability, activator, solvent and at least one complex selected from silver complex and copper complex. The flux is used when soldering is performed onto a circuit having electroless nickel plating or further having gold plating on the electroless nickel plating. Allowing a barrier layer of silver or copper to deposit on the surfaces of lands suppresses the diffusion of nickel into the melted solder alloy during soldering, and also prevents phosphorous concentration. This improves the bonding strength of soldering and suppresses the reduction deposition of silver and/or copper to portions other than circuit patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ikeda, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Takaaki Anada, Keigo Obata, Takao Takeuchi, Naoya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090297882
    Abstract: A brazing filler metal includes quaternary alloy powder and copper powder. The quaternary allow powder consists of from 0.1 to 27.4 mass percent tin, from 0.8 to 5.1 mass percent nickel, from 2.2 to 10.9 mass percent phosphorous and a balance including copper and any unavoidable impurity. The brazing filler metal can be used in a form of paste by being mixed with an organic binder and an organic solvent. The brazing filler metal and the brazing filler metal can be used for joining members made of copper or copper alloy, such as members of a heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tooru Ikeda, Haruhiko Watanabe, Shin Takewaka, Tomoaki Akazawa, Koichi Miyake
  • Patent number: 7569164
    Abstract: A solder paste composition used in a solder precoating method of forming solder bumps by forming a dam around electrodes on a substrate, filling a solder paste composition on the electrodes within opening parts surrounded by the dam, and heating the solder paste composition filled, so that solder is adhered to the surfaces of the electrodes. The solder paste composition contains solder powder, which is of a particle size distribution in which particles having a particle size of below 10 ?m are present 16% or more, and a sum of the particles having a particle size of below 10 ?m and particles having a particle size of 10 ?m or more and below 20 ?m is 90% or more. This enables to suppress occurrence of bump defects, and form solder bumps of a uniform height with a high yield by a solder precoating method using the dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Yoichi Kukimoto
  • Publication number: 20090165893
    Abstract: A paste composition for aluminum brazing of the invention contains 40 to 65% by weight of a metal powder for brazing (a), 5 to 35% by weight of a fluoride type flux (b), 1 to 10% by weight of a methacrylic acid ester type polymer (c), and 10 to 40% by weight of an organic solvent (d); and the component (d) is a hydrocarbon type organic solvent having no aromatic ring and no hydroxyl group and the composition is in a paste-like state having a viscosity of 6,000 to 200,000 mPa·s at 23° C. and accordingly, the storage stability and applicability (practically, discharge property and pressure stability by using a dispenser) and brazing property can be improved in good balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: Harima Chemicals, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki AKAZAWA, Masaki Teruse, Ichiro Taninaka, Shoei Teshima, Kinya Yamamoto, Akira Itoh, Ken Muto
  • Patent number: 7534309
    Abstract: An aqueous aluminum brazing composition containing an organic binder and a zinc-based flux which prevents the precipitation of the zinc-based flux having a large specific gravity while securing an excellent brazeability. The thixotropic index of the brazing composition is adjusted to 1.01-1.20 by adding a (meth)acrylic acid/(meth)acrylate copolymer emulsion to the brazing composition as a precipitation inhibitor in an amount of 0.03-1.50 wt % of 100 wt % of the brazing composition. Since the (meth)acrylic acid/(meth)acrylate copolymer emulsion is used as the precipitation inhibitor in a specific amount instead of other types of compounds used for a powder-containing paint, such as ultrafine particle silica, poly(meth)acrylate, or polyvinyl alcohol, the precipitation of the zinc-based flux can be prevented without impairing the brazeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignees: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd., Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Toyama, Ryoichi Sanada, Takashi Hatori, Yoshiharu Hasegawa, Yuji Hisatomi, Ichiro Taninaka
  • Patent number: 7525064
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is provide a method of forming a flux layer on an aluminum plate member, wherein a heating step for drying after a spray-coating of a flux composition can be omitted. The invention relates to a flux layer 2 composed of solid constituents of 5-25 g/m2 formed on a surface of an aluminum plate member 1, by spray-coating a flux composition from a nozzle 20 to the plate member 1 with a thickness of 0.2-1.6 mm, which was press-molded and heated for degreasing in a heat-degreasing oven 10, while a temperature of the plate member 1 is kept from 120 to 180° C. under the remaining heat after completing a heating step for degreasing, and naturally drying for volatilizing volatile constituents of the flux composition utilizing the remaining heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Onouchi, Shouei Teshima, Ichiro Taninaka
  • Patent number: 7524893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive adhesive that is applicable as means for forming conductive junction to process for surface mounting of electronic parts for vehicle loading and process for the manufacture of the electronic parts per se for the purpose of substituting soldering therewith. The conductive adhesive according to the present invention is a conductive adhesive produced by dispersing a conductive medium, such as silver powder, in a binder resin component of a one-component epoxy thermosetting resin which has such a composition that the resin comprises, as essential components, an epoxy resin component composed mainly of an epoxy compound with a polycyclic aromatic ring skeleton, and a cyclic acid anhydride as a curing agent component thereof, and is further added with a coupling agent as an adherence imparting agent therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignees: Harima Chemicals, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuto Terada, Naoto Shioi, Masashi Totokawa, Yasunori Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7503958
    Abstract: The present invention is a method to manufacture the SnZnNiCu solder powder through liquid quenching atomizing method, and an atomizing temperature is not less than 500° C., in particular, not less than 900° C. The raw material metal used as raw material of the solder powder comprises 3 to 12% by weight of Zn, 1.0 to 15% by weight of the sum of Cu and Ni, and Sn and inevitable impurities for the rest, to the total amount of raw material. Thereby, high joint strength is achieved and the SnZnNiCu solder powder which can improve joint reliability of solder joint part is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Matsubara, Tetsu Ichitsubo, Takaaki Anada, Seishi Kumamoto, Hisao Irie
  • Patent number: 7452797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solder deposition method that includes the step of forming a dam around an electrode on a substrate, the step of applying a solder precipitating composition to the substrate, and the step of depositing solder on the surface of the electrode while heating the solder precipitating composition applied. This solder deposition method is suitable for forming large bumps at fine pitches. In particular, it is capable of depositing solder in a desired height precisely and easily, and yet preventing occurrence of voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Kukimoto, Hitoshi Sakurai, Seishi Kumamoto, Kenshu Oyama
  • Publication number: 20080179383
    Abstract: A solder paste composition used in a solder precoating method of forming solder bumps by forming a dam around electrodes on a substrate, filling a solder paste composition on the electrodes within opening parts surrounded by the dam, and heating the solder paste composition filled, so that solder is adhered to the surfaces of the electrodes. The solder paste composition contains solder powder, which is of a particle size distribution in which particles having a particle size of below 10 ?m are present 16% or more, and a sum of the particles having a particle size of below 10 ?m and particles having a particle size of 10 ?m or more and below 20 ?m is 90% or more. This enables to suppress occurrence of bump defects, and form solder bumps of a uniform height with a high yield by a solder precoating method using the dam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: HARIMA CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Yoichi Kukimoto
  • Publication number: 20080160331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solder paste composition used for precoating an electrode surface with solder. A first solder paste composition is contains a solder powder and a flux, and a metallic powder made by metallic species different from metallic species constituting the solder powder and metallic species constituting the electrode surface in a rate of 0.1% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less based on a total amount of the solder powder. A second solder paste composition contains a deposition solder material which deposits the solder by heating and a flux, and a metallic powder comprising metallic species different from metallic species constituting a metallic component in the deposition solder material and metallic species constituting the electrode surface in a rate of 0.1% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less based on a total amount of the metallic component in the deposition solder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: Harima Chemicals, Inc., Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kukimoto, Kazuki Ikeda, Hitoshi Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20080053572
    Abstract: A soldering flux contains a base resin and an activating agent. The base resin contains a thermoplastic acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature of below ?50° C. This enables to sufficiently suppress the occurrence of cracks in the flux residue after soldering, under the severe environment where the temperature difference is extremely large. The soldering flux has high reliability and excellent solderability, and is conventional with respect to the load against manufacturing cost and environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Sanji, Masayasu Yamamoto, Kensuke Nakanishi, Masami Aihara
  • Publication number: 20080053571
    Abstract: A soldering flux contains a base resin and an activating agent. The soldering flux contains, as the activating agent, an oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound having at least one carboxyl group in a molecule. A solder paste composition contains the abovementioned soldering flux and the solder alloy powder. These enable exhibition of excellent wettability to lead-free metals and plating, irrespective of the type of the metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayasu Yamamoto, Takumi Shiomi, Kensuke Nakanishi, Masahiro Watanabe, Masami Aihara
  • Patent number: 7291517
    Abstract: Using a dry film resist that is a photosensitive resin, a resin mask layer is formed around electrodes on a substrate. A solder precipitating composition is applied on the substrate, and this solder precipitating composition is heated to precipitate solder on the surface of the electrodes. Subsequently, in removing the resin mask layer, at least one selected from glycol ethers and aminoalcohols is used. Thereby, the resin mask layer is removed after heating process. This makes it possible to easily remove the heat-processed resin mask layer in a short period of time without damaging solder resist and solder bumps on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Harima Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurai, Kimihiro Abe, Norio Matsumoto