Patents Assigned to Taiyo Yuden Co.
  • Publication number: 20230268132
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body and first to fourth external electrodes. The ceramic body has first to fourth side surfaces, first to fourth ridges connecting the two side surfaces, and first and second internal electrodes. External electrodes cover the respective ridges and are connected to internal electrodes. The multilayer ceramic capacitor has a height dimension T of 110 ?m or less, and a ratio of a width dimension W to a length dimension L of 0.5 or more and less than 0.85. The internal electrodes extend obliquely outward relative to the X-axis and Y-axis directions from the facing portions, and have lead-out portions towards the ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto TAKEI, Takashi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11735372
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, a main component of the dielectric layers being ceramic, the plurality of internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face of the multilayer chip, the first end face facing with the second end face; a first external electrode provided on the first end face; and a second external electrode provided on the second end face, wherein a silane film is provided on a surface of the ceramic electronic device, and wherein an organic compound is provided on the silane film, and has a siloxane bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshiro Yatagawa, Satoshi Kobayashi, Takahisa Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11732338
    Abstract: A magnetic body of the coil component contains, as soft magnetic alloy grains, first grains whose alloy components are substantially Fe, Si, and Cr, and second grains which contain, as alloy components, Fe, Si, and an element other than Si or Cr that oxidizes more easily than Fe; the average grain size of the second grains is smaller than the average grain size of the first grains; the first grains have, on their surface, an amorphous oxide film containing Si and Cr; the second grains have, on their surface, a crystalline oxide layer containing the element other than Si or Cr that oxidizes more easily than Fe; and the crystalline oxide forms adhesion parts, each contacting a multiple number of the first grains via the amorphous oxide film thereof and coupling or bridging the multiple number of the first grains. The coil component can offer improved mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Orimo, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Patent number: 11721483
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure having a parallelepiped shape in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to two edge faces of the multilayer structure, a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers being a ceramic; and a first cover layer and a second cover layer that sandwich the multilayer structure in a stacking direction of the multilayer structure, a main component of the first cover layer and the second cover layer being the same as that of the dielectric layers, wherein the first cover layer includes a first region spaced from the multilayer structure by at least 50 ?m, is thicker than the second cover layer, and has a thickness more than 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideya Teraoka, Koichiro Morita
  • Patent number: 11721487
    Abstract: A method of producing a multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: preparing a multi-layer unit including ceramic layers laminated in a direction of a first axis, internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers, and first and second side surfaces facing each other in a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, the internal electrodes being exposed from the first and second side surfaces; thermocompression-bonding a first side margin sheet to the first side surface; forming a first side margin by punching the thermocompression-bonded first side margin sheet with the first side surface; thermocompression-bonding a second side margin sheet to the second side surface, the second side margin sheet including a bonding surface having a higher flexibility than the first side margin formed on the first side surface; and forming a second side margin by punching the thermocompression-bonded second side margin sheet with the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Tanaka, Joji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230245832
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, the multilayer chip having a parallelepiped rectangular shape, the plurality of internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to two opposite faces of the multilayer chip, and two external electrodes that are formed respectively on the two opposite faces. The two external electrodes have a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a conductive thin film intermittently formed with a thickness of 0.1 µm or more and 1.5 µm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari TAKE, Junko SAKASHITA, Kenichi SHIMOMAI
  • Publication number: 20230245833
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body having internal electrode layers and dielectric layers alternately laminated, and a pair of external electrodes covering each of a pair of first corner portions extending between one surface and a pair of opposing surfaces adjacent to the one surface, wherein the pair of first corner portions each have an arc shape projecting outward when the laminating direction is viewed from front, each of the plurality of internal electrode layers has a substantially rectangular outer edge when the laminating direction is viewed from front, and each of the plurality of internal electrode layers includes a second corner portion exposed to one of the pair of first corner portions so as to be in contact with one of the pair of external electrodes, the arc-shaped second corner portion being positioned at one end of a side alongside the one surface of four sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Maiko YAMANE
  • Patent number: 11713899
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a management apparatus and an air conditioning management system by which the objectivity of a comfort level evaluation relating to a smell in a room can be enhanced and a comfort level can be evaluated also with respect to an unknown smell. [Solving Means] A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting unit, an input unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a smell in a room. The input unit is operated by a user who enters the room and acquires a sensory evaluation of each user which relates to the smell in the room when the user enters the room. The storage unit accumulates evaluation data obtained by associating an output of the detecting unit and an output of the input unit with each other and stores a plurality of attributes relating to a comfort level of the smell in the room, the attributes being classified on the basis of the evaluation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Oshita, Masashi Hattori
  • Patent number: 11715593
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a multi-layer unit and a side margin. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers laminated in a first direction, internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers, a main surface oriented in the first direction, a surface layer portion in a range from the main surface to a predetermined depth, and a center portion adjacent to the surface layer portion in the first direction. The side margin covers the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The ceramic layers have an average dimension in the first direction that is 0.4 ?m or less. Each of the internal electrodes includes an oxidized region adjacent to the side margin. The oxidized region in the surface layer portion has a dimension in the second direction that is equal to or more than two times the average dimension of the ceramic layers in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Ono, Tetsuhiko Fukuoka, Shoji Kusumoto, Akihiko Kono
  • Patent number: 11715604
    Abstract: A method of producing a multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: forming a base film formed from an electrically conductive material on a surface of a ceramic body including internal electrodes laminated and drawn to the surface in such a manner that the base film is connected to the internal electrodes; forming a first nickel film on the base film by an electrolytic plating method; performing, after forming the first nickel film, heat treatment in a weakly reducing atmosphere at a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which the first nickel film is recrystallized; and forming a second nickel film on the first nickel film, on which the heat treatment is performed, by an electrolytic plating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11710883
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a multilayered body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductor layers are alternately stacked, a first resonant circuit including a first line and a first capacitor, the first line being formed of one or more first conductor layers of the conductor layers, the first capacitor including a first electrode formed of a plurality of second conductor layers of the conductor layers, and a second resonant circuit including a second line and a second capacitor, the second line being formed of one or more third conductor layers of the conductor layers, the second capacitor including a second electrode formed of the second conductor layers, the second conductor layers being located between the one or more first conductor layers and the one or more third conductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 11711030
    Abstract: A driving device generates a driving signal and outputs the driving signal to a piezoelectric element, the driving signal having a waveform obtained by using, as a first modulated wave, a first low-frequency wave having a frequency of 1 Hz or more and less than 100 Hz, using, as a second modulated wave, a waveform obtained by modulating an amplitude of a second low-frequency wave having a frequency of 100 Hz or more and 300 Hz or less with the first modulated wave, and modulating a high-frequency wave having a frequency of 20 kHz or more and 100 kHz or less with the second modulated wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Ishii, Sumiaki Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Takayuki Goto, Yuichi Namikawa
  • Patent number: 11710601
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip in which a plurality of dielectric layers of which a main component is ceramic and a plurality of internal electrode layers are stacked. The plurality of internal electrode layers include Ni, Sn and Au.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Kotaro Mizuno, Yoichi Kato, Hidetoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11705278
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and an external electrode. The ceramic body includes an end surface facing in a first direction, and internal electrodes exposed from the end surface and laminated in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The external electrode is provided on the end surface and includes two protrusions that are formed along two peripheral portions of the end surface and protrude in the first direction, the two peripheral portions being disposed in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Matsushita, Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11705272
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a coil embedded in a substrate body and having a winding part constituted by a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: a first region sandwiched between one end surface of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the one end surface and running through a portion of a first external electrode farthest away from the one end surface; a second region sandwiched between another end of the substrate body and a plane parallel with the another end surface and running through a portion of a second external electrode farthest away from the another end surface; and a third region between the first region and the second region; and the winding part is provided in the third region, and also in the first region where it is wound by one turn or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nogi, Yoshio Hayashide
  • Patent number: 11705281
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip in which dielectric layers mainly composed of ceramic and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked so that the internal electrode layers are alternately exposed to two end faces of the multilayer chip having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape; and a pair of external electrodes formed from the two end faces to at least one side face of side faces, wherein each external electrode includes a metal layer formed from the end face to the at least one side face and mainly composed of copper, and an oxide layer covering at least a part of the metal layer, mainly composed of copper oxide, and having a maximum thickness of 0.5 ?m or greater, wherein a first surface, which is in contact with the plated layer, of the oxide layer has Cu particles formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakamura, Mikio Tahara, Masako Kanou, Fusao Sato
  • Patent number: 11706991
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer that is provided on the support substrate, a functional element including an electrode provided on a surface of the piezoelectric layer, a metallic frame body that is provided on the support substrate so as to surround the piezoelectric layer and the functional element in a plan view, a metallic lid that is provided on the frame body so as to form a space between the lid and the support substrate, and seals the functional element into the space, and a columnar body that is provided between the support substrate and the lid in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouta Iwabuchi, Motoi Yamauchi, Takashi Miyagawa, Tsutomu Kikuchi, Yuki Maruya
  • Publication number: 20230223196
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of internal electrode layers that face each other and a plurality of dielectric layers, each of which is sandwiched by two of the plurality of internal electrode layers, one end of at least one of the plurality of internal electrode layers being exposed at a side face of the multilayer chip, a first external electrode that is provided on the side face of the multilayer chip, is in contact with at least one of the each end of the plurality of internal electrode layers, and includes ceramic grains, and a second external electrode that is provided on the first external electrode, has a glass, and has a main component that is a same metal as that of the first external electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 11699553
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer chip having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including a first multilayer structure and a second multilayer structure disposed on each of top and bottom faces of the first multilayer structure, the first multilayer structure including first ceramic dielectric layers having a first width in a first direction in which side faces of the multilayer chip are opposite to each other, the second multilayer structure including second internal electrode layers having a second width less than the first width in the first direction, and a pair of external electrodes formed from the respective two edge faces to at least one of side faces of the multilayer chip, wherein main components of the first and second internal electrode layers differ from a main component of the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Yamato, Takashi Asai, Takayuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11694849
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are stacked, wherein a relationship of 8.0?IA/IB>1.40 is satisfied in a TSDC (Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Currents) of temperature elevation rate of 10 degrees C./min under a condition of 130 degrees C., 5 V/?m and a polarization of 30 min, when a peak current value on a lower temperature side in a temperature range of 130 degrees C. to 190 degrees C. is IA and a peak current value on a higher temperature side in a temperature range of 190 degrees C. to 280 degrees C. is IB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichiro Morita