Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10644292
    Abstract: A battery wiring module is attached to a cell group including an arrangement of a plurality of cells having positive pole and negative pole electrode terminals. The battery wiring module is provided with: a plurality of connection members connecting the positive pole and negative pole electrode terminals of adjacent cells of the plurality of cells; and a flexible printed board including a plurality of voltage sensing wires for sensing voltages of the plurality of cells via the plurality of connection members. Each of the voltage sensing wires has an electric current limiting element provided somewhere therealong to limit a flow of overcurrent in the voltage sensing wires. The electric current limiting element is connected to the voltage sensing wires at a portion which is overcoated with an insulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Takase, Nobuyuki Matsumura, Toshifumi Uchita, Yusuke Suzuki, Junta Katayama
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200045814
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property, a conductive pattern that is stacked on at least one surface side of the base film and that includes a plurality of wiring portions arranged adjacent to one another, and an insulating layer that covers outer surfaces of the base film and the conductive pattern. The plurality of wiring portions have an average spacing of 1 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less and an average height of 30 ?m or more and 120 ?m or less. A filling area ratio of the insulating layer between the plurality of wiring portions adjacent to one another in sectional view is 95% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei OKAMOTO, Yoshihito YAMAGUCHI, Kousuke MIURA, Hiroshi UEDA, Atsushi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200037434
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an insulative base film; and a conductive pattern provided on at least one surface of the base film and including a wiring line including a bent portion having an angle of greater than or equal to 60° or a branched portion having an angle of greater than or equal to 60° in plan view. The wiring line is provided with a relaxation structure that relaxes stress concentration at the bent portion or the branched portion. The relaxation structure is structured such that the wiring line constitutes a wide wiring line or a dense wiring line group in a region in which a distance from the bent portion or the branched portion is less than or equal to 5 times a minimum width of the wiring line. The wide wiring line has a wiring line width that is greater than or equal to twice the minimum width of the wiring line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi UEDA, Kousuke MIURA, Kou NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10548217
    Abstract: A base material for printed interconnect boards according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film; and at least one conductive layer that is layered on the base film. The base material for printed interconnect boards includes a product in which a plurality of interconnect board pieces are regularly arrayed in plan view and includes an outer frame region surrounding the product. The outer frame region includes a proximity region within 5 mm from an outer edge of the product and includes an outside region other than the proximity region. A layered conductive layer area rate of the proximity region is smaller than a layered conductive layer area rate of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Kouji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Junichi Motomura, Maki Ikebe, Kousuke Miura, Masahiro Itou
  • Patent number: 10537020
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern disposed on at least one surface of the base film. The conductive pattern includes a copper particle bond layer which is fixed to the base film, and a lightness L* of a conductive pattern non-formed region of the base film is 60 or less. The base film may include a modified layer on one surface side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Okamoto, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda, Takashi Kasuga, Kazuhiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 10537017
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film containing, as a main component, a polyimide and a conductive pattern disposed on at least one surface of the base film. The conductive pattern includes a copper particle bond layer which is fixed to the base film. An external transmittance for a wavelength of 500 nm in a conductive pattern non-formed region of the base film is 70% or less of an internal transmittance for a wavelength of 500 nm in a middle layer portion of the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Okamoto, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda, Takashi Kasuga, Kazuhiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 10485102
    Abstract: A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Kaimori, Masaaki Yamauchi, Kentaro Okamoto, Satoshi Kiya, Kazuo Murata
  • Patent number: 10470297
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is configured to be disposed on an inner surface of an airtight case having an opening so as to hermetically cover the opening, includes a shielding layer containing a liquid crystal polymer as a main component at least in a region covering the opening. An electronic component according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an airtight case having an opening and a printed circuit board disposed on an inner surface of the airtight case so as to hermetically cover the opening, wherein the printed circuit board includes a shielding layer containing a liquid crystal polymer as a main component at least in a region covering the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Aya Takasaki, Yoshihito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10426031
    Abstract: A method for producing a flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a through-hole formation step of preparing a base material including a base film having insulating properties and flexibility and a pair of metal films stacked on both surface sides of the base film, and forming a through-hole in the metal film on a front surface side of the base material and the base film; a filling step of stacking, by electroplating on a front surface of the base material, stacking a conductive material on a surface of the metal film on the front surface side to form a conductive material layer and to fill the through-hole with the conductive material; and a removal step of removing, by etching the front surface of the base material, a surface layer of the conductive material layer stacked on the surface of the metal film on the front surface side and a surface layer of the conductive material filling the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Kaibuki, Kozo Sato
  • Patent number: 10383215
    Abstract: (1) A conductor layer is disposed on at least one surface of a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer including an intermediate layer and a pair or more of fluororesin layers disposed on both surfaces of the intermediate layer, in which the ratio of the total average thickness of the intermediate layer to the total average thickness of the fluororesin layers is 0.001 to 30, the relative dielectric constant of the intermediate layer is 1.2 to 10, the coefficient of linear expansion of the intermediate layer is ?1×10?4/° C. to 5×10?5/° C., and the adhesive strength between the fluororesin layer and the conductor layer is 300 g/cm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kouchi, Kazuo Murata, Makoto Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10373757
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, alternately, at least one insulating layer containing a synthetic resin as a main component; and a plurality of conductive layers including circuit patterns, wherein the plurality of circuit patterns of the plurality of conductive layers form a spiral pattern in plan view, and the plurality of circuit patterns are connected together via a plurality of through-holes so as to form a single closed loop in which a current flows counterclockwise or clockwise in an entirety of the spiral pattern. The conductive layers are preferably formed on both surfaces of the at least one insulating layer so as to form a pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kouchi, Tetsuya Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20190215957
    Abstract: A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo KAIMORI, Masaaki YAMAUCHI, Kentaro OKAMOTO, Satoshi KIYA, Kazuo MURATA
  • 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: 10297808
    Abstract: A battery wiring module includes bus bars and a flexible wiring board having wires connected to the respective bus bars. The flexible wiring board has a body portion and extensions extending from the body portion toward the respective bus bars. Each of the extensions supports one of the wires and has an end section where a pad is arranged, that is part of each of the wires. Each of the bus bars has at least one cutout portion, and the pad is arranged on each of the bus bars such that the pad overlaps at least part of at least one cutout portion. The pad and the at least part of the at least one cutout portion are connected to each other with solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Saito, Yoshifumi Uchita, Shinichi Takase
  • Patent number: 10292273
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one insulating layer having flexibility and containing a synthetic resin as a main component; and at least one conducting layer including a circuit pattern, wherein the circuit pattern includes a continuous spiral pattern, and the flexible printed circuit board includes a curved portion that curves such that one side and another side of the spiral pattern are disposed close to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventor: Masahiko Kouchi
  • 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: 10244626
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive composition for a printed wiring board, the adhesive composition having a good heat resistance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a coverlay for a printed wiring board, a copper-clad laminate, and a printed wiring board, all of which use the adhesive composition for a printed wiring board. The present invention provides an adhesive composition for a printed wiring board, the adhesive composition containing a siloxane-modified polyimide that includes structural units represented by formulae (1) and (2) below, an epoxy resin, and an inorganic filler. The siloxane-modified polyimide has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 25,000 or more and 150,000 or less. A content of the inorganic filler is 10 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the siloxane-modified polyimide. In formulae (1) and (2), Ar represents a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid residue, m is 0.35 or more and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yonezawa, Shingo Kaimori, Jun Sugawara, Shogo Asai, Yoshifumi Uchita, Masaya Kakimoto
  • 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