Patents Assigned to Tokin Corporation
  • Patent number: 9087640
    Abstract: Provided are an electroconductive polymer suspension solution and a method for producing the same, which has excellent adhesion to a substrate and excellent liquid resistance and which can provide an organic material having high electroconductivity. An electroconductive polymer suspension solution of an exemplary embodiment of the invention contains an electroconductive polymer, at least one kind of a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol, and at least one kind of a water-soluble organic substance having two or more functional groups which can be polycondensed with the water-soluble polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sugawara, Tomoki Nobuta, Naoki Takahashi, Yuji Yoshida, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomioka
  • Patent number: 9076590
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroconductive polymer suspension solution and an electroconductive polymer material which has a high electroconductivity and in which the time-related deterioration of the electroconductivity is suppressed. Also, the present invention provides an electrolytic capacitor with a low ESR using the electroconductive polymer material as a solid electrolyte and a method for producing the same. In the present invention, electroconductive polymer particles 1 in the electroconductive polymer material are bonded via organic dispersant 2 and cross-linker 3 to obtain a strong bond between electroconductive polymer particles 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sugawara, Tomoki Nobuta, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomioka, Hiroyuki Demizu, Hiroki Satoh
  • Publication number: 20150163598
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibration module includes a piezoelectric element, a wiring member connected to the piezoelectric element and drawn out to the outside, and an elastic plate bonded to one surface of the piezoelectric element, wherein the elastic plate is made of a silicone rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Abe, Takeshi Mizuno, Hiroshi Shima, Masao Yamaguchi, Noriaki Ikezawa, Katsunori Kumasaka
  • Patent number: 9048024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor and a method producing the same, in which high reliability is realized and further in which the product yield is improved by suppressing the increase of ESR or the like. In the present invention, the electroconductive polymer layer includes first electroconductive polymer layer 3 and second electroconductive polymer layer 10, in which first electroconductive polymer layer 3 covers the surface of dielectric polymer 2, and the second electroconductive polymer layer is provided on a surface of first electroconductive polymer layer 3 covering the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and is provide with opening at least a part of the leading surface of first electroconductive polymer layer 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Takahashi, Satoshi Iwai
  • Patent number: 9016127
    Abstract: A piezoelectric acceleration sensor comprises a piezoelectric element, a metallic sheet and a circuit board. The piezoelectric element is polarized in a predetermined direction. The circuit board includes a circuit portion and a roughly flat shaped base portion. The base portion protrudes from an end portion of the circuit portion. One of surfaces of the metallic sheet is fixed to and supported by a surface of the base portion. The piezoelectric element is fixed to and supported by a remaining one of the surfaces of the metallic sheet in a manner that the piezoelectric element and the base portion do not overlap each other in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventor: Masuto Saito
  • Patent number: 9007743
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor that is excellent in productivity, has improved volumetric efficiency aiming for capacity increase, a stable fillet shape when mounted, and has excellent ESL characteristics. Included is a capacitor stack element composed of a stack of capacitor elements. The capacitor element includes one anode part of an anode body made of linear, foil-like, or plate-like valve metal and a cathode part composed of dielectric, solid electrolyte, graphite, and silver paste layers, which are sequentially formed to another surface of the anode body separated by insulating resin. A fillet formation part with a recessed part is provided to an end surface of anode and cathode terminals of a mounting electrode side of a first direction end surface of the electrode substrate to which the capacitor stack element is mounted. Further, the anode and cathode terminals for element connection reach the end surface of the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nec Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawai, Kenji Araki
  • Publication number: 20150053859
    Abstract: A pyroelectric-type infrared sensor is provided with: a sensor element; a shield case for covering the sensor element; an infrared transmission filter; an output circuit, which performs impedance conversion to output signals of the sensor element and outputs the signals; and at least one reflecting film. In the pyroelectric-type infrared sensor, the at least one reflecting film, which reflects infrared, is provided between the infrared transmission filter attached to the shield case and surface electrodes, and the infrared transmission filter is disposed extremely close to the surface electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saito
  • Patent number: 8940191
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroconductive polymer solution in which the good dispersibility is maintained and the pH is arbitrarily adjusted, and an electroconductive polymer composition having an excellent heat resistance. Further, the present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having an excellent reliability. The present invention is an electroconductive polymer solution, containing an electroconductive polymer in which a dopant is doped, a first compound having an amino group and a hydroxyl group, a second compound having a carboxylic acid group, and a dispersing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Nobuta, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomioka
  • Patent number: 8896407
    Abstract: An inductor comprises a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core has a wound portion around which the coil is wound, and a peripheral portion. The magnetic core is formed from two or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which are pressure-molded in a state where the coil winds one or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which form the wound portion. The preliminarily-formed-bodies include at least one preliminarily-formed-body which forms the peripheral portion while not form the wound portion. Each of the preliminarily-formed-bodies is made of a mixture of flat magnetic powders and an organic binder so as to have a plate-like shape. The flat magnetic powders are oriented so as to be parallel to the preliminarily-formed-body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Chatani, Naoharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8816809
    Abstract: A reactor is disclosed. The reactor is comprised of a housing, a solenoid coil, a center columnar member, and a core. The center columnar member provides first surfaces contacting with sandwich portions of the housing, and the core is comprised of resin including magnetic powder. The coil and the center columnar member are fixed in the core. A surface roughness (Rz2) of a second surface which contacts to the core is larger than a surface roughness (Rz1) of the first surfaces. The center columnar member further provides a basis surface of which roughness (Rz3) is smaller than the Rz2 and larger than the Rz1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nec Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosaka, Ryota Tanabe, Souichi Yoshinaga, Masahiko Yamashita, Seigo Satou, Mitsutoshi Kameda, Tsugio Takeda
  • Patent number: 8803647
    Abstract: A reactor is provided with a coil, a core, and a case. The coil generates magnetic flux in response to supply of current thereto. The core is made of magnetic powder-containing resin filled in spaces inside and outside of the core. The case accommodates therein the coil and the core. The reactor is also provided with a cooling pipe (cooling member), which is arranged to be in contact with the core. A power converter is provided with semiconductor modules, a cooler, and the reactor. In the power converter, the cooler is arranged partially being in contact with the core of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Saka, Kazuhiro Kosaka, Akira Nakasaka
  • Patent number: 8804312
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides an electroconductive polymer composition having high electroconductivity which is suitable for a solid electrolytic capacitor, and provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR as well as low leakage current (LC). In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an electroconductive polymer composition having high electroconductivity is formed by drying an electroconductive polymer suspension solution which comprises a polyanion having a cross-linked structure, an electroconductive polymer, and a solvent. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR as well as low LC is obtained by using the electroconductive polymer composition for a solid electrolyte layer that is an electroconductive polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sugawara, Tomoki Nobuta, Naoki Takahashi, Ryuta Kobayakawa, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140218147
    Abstract: A module comprises a circuit board and an inductor. The circuit board has a facing surface and a rear surface which are located at opposite sides to each other in an up-down direction. The inductor has a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core is made of a soft magnetic metal material. The magnetic core has a facing surface and a radiating surface which are located at opposite sides to each other in the up-down direction. The facing surface of the magnetic core is arranged to face the facing surface of the circuit board in the up-down direction. The radiating surface of the magnetic core is arranged to be radiatable heat outward. The coil has a coil portion and a connection end. The coil portion winds, at least in part, the magnetic core. The connection end is connected to the facing surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi CHATANI, Kenji IKEDA, Toshinori TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20140185192
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low initial ESR in which the ESR increase with time can be suppressed. It is a solid electrolytic capacitor, including an electroconductive polymer layer, a graphite layer on the electroconductive polymer layer, and a silver layer on the graphite layer, wherein the electroconductive polymer layer and the graphite layer, and/or, the graphite layer and the silver layer are bonded by a chemical bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa SUGAWARA, Koji Sakata, Yasuhiro Tomioka, Hiroyuki Demizu, Hiroki Satoh
  • Patent number: 8766187
    Abstract: A pyroelectric sensor array is attachable on a circuit board. The pyroelectric sensor array comprises a pyroelectric board and a plurality of pyroelectric elements formed on the pyroelectric board. The pyroelectric board has a connection surface configured to be placed on the circuit board. The pyroelectric elements contains a peripheral pyroelectric element arranged at a peripheral portion of the pyroelectric board in a predetermined arranging direction and a central pyroelectric element arranged at a central portion of the pyroelectric board. Each of the pyroelectric elements has two adjacent connection electrodes formed on the connection surface. An electrostatic capacity between the two connection electrodes of the peripheral pyroelectric element is larger than an electrostatic capacity between the two connection electrodes of the central pyroelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventor: Shigemi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140168858
    Abstract: Provided is an electroconductive polymer solution containing an electroconductive polymer having high chemical resistance and a high electroconductivity. It is an electroconductive polymer solution, containing an electroconductive polymer having thiophene, aniline, pyrrole, or a derivative thereof as a repeating unit, wherein a dopant or a salt thereof having an amide bond and an anion group is doped into the electroconductive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki SATOH, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Hiroyuki Demizu, Yasuhiro Tomioka, Koji Sakata
  • Publication number: 20140097377
    Abstract: A magnetic powder comprises a first magnetic particle, one or more inorganic insulating particles and one or more second magnetic particles. The first magnetic particle is made of a soft magnetic metal. The first magnetic particle has a flat shape. The inorganic insulating particles are attached to the first magnetic particle. The inorganic insulating particles partially cover the first magnetic particle. Each of the second magnetic particles is made of a soft magnetic metal. Each of the second magnetic particles has a flat shape. The second magnetic particles are attached to the first magnetic particle via the inorganic insulating particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20140092529
    Abstract: Provided are an electroconductive polymer solution in which the carbon material has excellent dispersibility, an electroconductive polymer material which has a high electroconductivity and which can be produced by a simple method, and a solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for producing the same which has a low ESR without increasing a leakage current. An electroconductive polymer solution according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention contains an electroconductive polymer, a polysulfonic acid or a salt thereof which functions as a dopant to the electroconductive polymer, a mixture of a polyacid and a carbon material, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Nobuta, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Yuji Yoshida, Satoshi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20140079875
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor according to an aspect of the present invention includes an anode conductor including a porous valve metal body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode conductor, and a solid electrolyte layer including a conductive polymer layer formed on a surface of the dielectric layer, in which the solid electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte layer formed on a surface of the dielectric layer, and a second solid electrolyte layer formed on a surface of the first solid electrolyte layer, and at least one continuous or discontinuous layer containing an amine compound exists between the first and second solid electrolyte layers, and inside the second solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori TAKAHASHI, Satoshi IWAI, Masami ISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20140055208
    Abstract: A resonator is connected to a first plane which is one of a power plane and a ground plane, wherein the power plane and the ground plane are apart from each other in an up-down direction. The resonator comprises a connecting portion and a body portion. The connecting portion is connected to the first plane. The connecting portion extends in the up-down direction beyond a second plane, which is a remaining one of the power plane and the ground plane, while not being in electrical contact with the second plane. The body portion is connected to the connecting portion while not being in contact with the second plane. The body portion is arranged so that the second plane is located between the body portion and the first plane in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi KONDO, Naoharu YAMAMOTO, Yoshitaka TOYOTA, Kengo IOKIBE, Farhan Zaheed MAHMOOD