Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230050814
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a flexible printed wiring board including a base film and a plurality of wiring lines disposed on a front surface of the base film. Each of the wiring lines has a front end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the wiring line and two side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, and the side surfaces have an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 0.05 µm to 2.0 µm. The wiring lines have an average height of 40 µm to 120 µm. The wiring lines have an average spacing of 1 µm to 30 µm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Maki IKEBE, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Shingo NAGATA, Junichi MOTOMURA, Masahiro ITOH
  • Publication number: 20230019563
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit includes a first electric conductor layer, a first dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a second dielectric layer, a second electric conductor layer arranged in this order, and the circuit layer includes a ground pattern and a transmission line of a high-frequency signal. An electromagnetic wave shield is disposed around the transmission line. The electromagnetic wave shield includes a ground electric conductor on inner surfaces of a plurality of holes extending through the first dielectric layer, the ground pattern, the second dielectric layer, the first electric conductor layer, and the second electric conductor layer. The plurality of holes are a plurality of elongated holes provided at an interval in a direction in which the transmission line is surrounded. In each of the plurality of elongated holes, a longitudinal dimension in the direction in which the transmission line is surrounded is larger than a width dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Takafumi UEMIYA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Shigeki SHIMADA, Hiroshi UEDA, Satoshi KIYA
  • Publication number: 20220418094
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit includes a first dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a second dielectric layer arranged in this order, the circuit layer includes a transmission line of a high-frequency signal and a ground pattern disposed around the transmission line. An electromagnetic wave shield is disposed in the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer around the transmission line. The electromagnetic wave shield includes a first ground electric conductor formed on an inner surface of at least one first hole formed to extend through the first dielectric layer without extending through the ground pattern, and a second ground electric conductor formed on an inner surface of at least one second hole formed to extend through the second dielectric layer without extending through the ground pattern. The first ground electric conductor and the second ground electric conductor are each electrically connected to the ground pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Takafumi UEMIYA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Shigeki SHIMADA, Hiroshi UEDA, Satoshi KIYA
  • Publication number: 20220394856
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board including a terminal includes a flexible printed circuit board that includes an electrically conductive line and the terminal soldered to the flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes a land and a soldering restricting section. The land is electrically connected to the electrically conductive line and has a metal surface and is soldered to the terminal. The soldering restricting section has a non-metal surface and is not soldered to the terminal. The terminal includes an overlapping section and a protrusion section. The overlapping section overlaps the land and is soldered to the land and includes a removed section that is formed in such a manner that a portion is partially removed in a predefined area. The protruding section is continuous from the overlapping section and protrudes to an area that does not overlap the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo TAKAHASHI, Shinichi TAKASE, Hiroki SHIMODA, Tsutomu KITAJIMA, Yoshiro ADACHI, Yuuki OOHASHI, Manabu SUDOU
  • Publication number: 20220394855
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes an electrically conductive line and a land that is connected to the electrically conductive line and to be connected to a terminal. The land includes soldering portions that have metal surfaces and to which the terminal is to be soldered. A dividing section is between the soldering portions and the dividing section has a non-metal surface and defines each of the soldering portions that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo TAKAHASHI, Shinichi TAKASE, Hiroki SHIMODA, Tsutomu KITAJIMA, Yoshiro ADACHI, Yuuki OOHASHI, Manabu SUDOU
  • Patent number: 11523518
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosures, a method of making a flexible printed circuit board, which includes a base film having an insulating property, a conductive pattern disposed on either one or both surfaces of the base film, and a cover layer covering a conductive-pattern side of a laminated structure inclusive of the base film and the conductive pattern, includes a superimposing step of superimposing a cover film on the conductive-pattern side of the laminated structure, the cover film having a first resin layer and a second resin layer that is laminated to an inner side of the first resin layer and that softens at a lower temperature than does the first resin layer, and a pressure bonding step of vacuum bagging the laminated structure and the cover film at a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the second resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kou Noguchi, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11483928
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Adachi, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshio Oka
  • Patent number: 11477884
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a cover film for a flexible printed circuit board includes: an adhesive layer; and a protective layer that is layered on a surface of the adhesive layer, wherein a lamination temperature range in which a ratio of a viscosity of the protective layer to a viscosity of the adhesive layer is five times or more is present within a temperature range of 50° C. or more and 150° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Hitotsumatsu, Hideki Kashihara
  • Patent number: 11473979
    Abstract: A sensor unit disclosed herein is a temperature sensor unit to be attached to an energy storage device. The temperature sensor unit includes an FPC to be positioned on an energy storage device body, a temperature sensor connected to a detection line of the FPC, a housing disposed on the FPC and covering the temperature sensor, and a biasing member elastically and deformably held in the housing and configured to bias the lower housing of the housing toward the energy storage device body by elastic restoring force to bring the temperature sensor into contact with the energy storage device body with the FPC therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takase, Yasuhiko Kotera, Isamu Hamamoto, Yoshifumi Uchita, Takayuki Tsumagari, Yusuke Suzuki, Atsushi Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20220295631
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect includes a base film, a conductive pattern disposed on one surface of the base film, and an extra length absorbing portion protruding from the base film and disposed in a direction of a plane, the extra length absorbing portion including a pattern connected portion connected to the conductive pattern, a coupling portion having a first linear wiring portion, a first arcuate wiring portion, and a second linear wiring portion coupled in this order continuously from the pattern connected portion, and a connecting terminal connected to the coupling portion, the pattern connected portion and the connecting terminal being opposite to each other in a direction in which the extra length absorbing portion protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji HAHAKURA, Shinichi TAKASE, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Hideo TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220287178
    Abstract: A coupling structure in a wiring board including a printed wiring board and a flexible printed wiring board overlaid on the printed wiring board. The printed wiring board includes a first conductive line on a surface adjacent to the flexible printed wiring board. The flexible printed wiring board includes a second conductive line on a surface on an opposite side from the printed wiring board. The flexible printed wiring board includes a conduction-purpose through hole adjacent to the second conductive line and in which a section of the first conductive line is disposed. The first conductive line of the printed wiring board and the second conductive line of the flexible wiring board are electrically connected to each other with a conductive member disposed in the conduction-purpose through hole. The conductive member is covered with a resin having an insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo TAKAHASHI, Shinichi TAKASE, Yoshiro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20220279652
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an aspect is a flexible printed circuit board including a base film and a wiring layer disposed on at least one surface of the base film and having a plurality of wiring lines. The wiring lines have an average line width of 30 ?m or less and an average spacing of 30 ?m or less. The wiring lines have a copper-based plating layer. The copper-based plating layer has an electrical resistivity of more than 1.68×10?8 ?·m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Shoichiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220272836
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect includes an insulating base film, a conductive pattern disposed on one surface of the base film and including one or more land portions, and a solder resist layer disposed on one surface of the base film in a partial or any region excluding the one or more land portions, the solder resist layer having a CTI value of 200 V or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi UCHITA, Shinichi TAKASE
  • Publication number: 20220272839
    Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect includes an insulating base film and a conductive pattern stacked on one surface side of the base film. The flexible printed wiring board further includes one or more square-shaped connecting terminals stacked over the conductive pattern with solder in between on one edge side of the conductive pattern. The connecting terminal is made of metal and includes a bent portion with both ends bent opposite to the base film. The connecting terminal includes a plated layer on an outer surface side of the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi UCHITA, Shinichi TAKASE, Hideo TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11422039
    Abstract: A sensor unit disclosed herein is a sensor unit that is to be mounted in a housing section included in a device, and the sensor unit includes a FPC including a detection line and having flexibility, a temperature sensor connected to a connection portion of the detection line on a surface of the FPC, and an elastic member disposed on the surface of the FPC so as to be elastically deformable. The elastic member is to be elastically compressed within the housing section to press a first plate member mounted on a back surface of the FPC toward the device by a resilient force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takase, Yoshifumi Uchita, Takayuki Tsumagari
  • Publication number: 20220225500
    Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Mari SOGABE, Mitsutaka TSUBOKURA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Masashi IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11375615
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film and a metal layer disposed on at least one of surfaces of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, an amount of nitrogen present per unit area, the amount being determined on the basis of a peak area of a N1s spectrum in XPS analysis of a surface of the base film exposed after removal of the metal layer by etching with an acidic solution, is 1 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc., Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamanaka, Yoshio Oka, Satoshi Kiya, Yoshifumi Uchita, Makoto Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11364714
    Abstract: A fluororesin base material containing a fluororesin as a main component includes a modified layer on at least a partial region of a surface thereof, the modified layer containing a siloxane bond and a hydrophilic organofunctional group, and a surface of the modified layer having a contact angle of 90° or less with pure water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kiya, Sumito Uehara, Kousuke Miura, Makoto Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11330718
    Abstract: A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Motomura, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Kenji Takahashi, Maki Ikebe, Kousuke Miura, Masahiro Itoh
  • Patent number: 11324120
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: an electrically insulating substrate layer; an electrically conductive pattern stacked on at least one surface of the substrate layer; and a cover layer that is disposed on a stack including the substrate layer and the electrically conductive pattern and covers a surface of the stack, which surface is on the side on which the electrically conductive pattern is present. The electrically conductive pattern has a coil region including a coil. In the substrate layer or the cover layer, a high-magnetic permeability member is present in at least a region that overlaps the coil region in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takemoto, Hiroshi Ueda