Patents by Inventor Akihiko Funahashi
Akihiko Funahashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230268453Abstract: A mounting board includes a base portion and a frame portion. The base portion includes a first upper surface including a first mounting region. The frame portion includes a second upper surface including a second mounting region and an inner wall surface intersecting with the second upper surface. The inner wall surface of the frame portion includes a first portion connecting with the second upper surface, and a second portion located opposite to the first portion with the first mounting region interposed therebetween. In the second portion, a first film that absorbs light and having a reflectance lower than a reflectance of the inner wall surface of the frame portion is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220302355Abstract: The mounting board includes a base portion and a frame portion. The base portion includes a first surface including a first mounting region. The frame portion includes a second surface including a second mounting region and an inner wall surface intersecting with the second surface, and the frame portion is located on the first surface to surround the first mounting region. The inner wall surface of the frame portion includes a first portion connecting with the second mounting region and a second portion located opposite to the first portion with the first mounting region interposed therebetween. The second portion includes an inclined surface that is inclined so as to move away from the first mounting region as it moves away from the first surface in a cross-sectional view.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Publication number: 20220270958Abstract: An electronic element mounting substrate includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a first metal layer, and a through-hole conductor. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are aligned in a first direction. The first metal layer is positioned between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The through-hole conductor extends in the first direction from the first insulating layer through the second insulating layer. The first metal layer includes a first portion positioned away from the through-hole conductor and a second portion in contact with the through-hole conductor. The second portion has a larger thickness than the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Patent number: 10720394Abstract: An electronic component mounting board includes an inorganic substrate, a wiring board, and a bond. The inorganic substrate includes an electronic component mounting portion in a central area of an upper surface of the inorganic substrate in which an electronic component is mountable. The wiring board is a frame surrounding the electronic component mounting portion on the upper surface of the inorganic substrate. The bond is located between the inorganic substrate and the wiring board. The inorganic substrate includes a downward bend outward from a bond area including the bond.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuji Okamura, Akihiko Funahashi
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Patent number: 10672697Abstract: A wiring board and an electronic package maintain the flatness of the surface of the wiring board. The wiring board includes a flat insulating layer having a flat upper surface, and a conductive layer on the upper surface of the insulating layer with a space left from an outer edge of the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a peripheral portion, a central portion inward from the peripheral portion, and a linear portion included in the central portion. The peripheral portion is raised along the outer edge of the insulating layer. The linear portion is raised to a height position of the peripheral portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Akihiko Funahashi
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Patent number: 10319759Abstract: An image pickup element mounting substrate includes: a frame body composed of an insulating layer, a through hole being defined by an internal periphery of the frame body; an electronic component mounted on a lower surface side of the frame body; and a flat plate which is disposed on a lower surface of the frame body and covers an opening of the through hole while being partly kept in out-of-contact with the electronic component, the flat plate including an image pickup element mounting section at a part of an upper surface thereof which part is surrounded by the frame body, a lower surface of the electronic component being located above a level of a lower surface of the flat plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Takuji Okamura, Akihiko Funahashi
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Patent number: 10236228Abstract: An electronic component mounting board reduces shadows produced along its perimeter to improve the mountability of an electronic device and an electronic module. An electronic component mounting board (1) includes a substrate (2a) including a mount area (4) in which an electronic component (10) is mountable. The substrate (2a) includes electrode pads located at ends of the mount area (4) as viewed from above. The electronic component mounting board (1) includes a frame (2b) located outside the electrode pads (3) on the upper surface of the substrate (2a). The frame (2b) includes at least one side surface that slopes from an upper end to a lower end of the frame (2b), and flares from the upper end to the lower end as viewed from above.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko Funahashi
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Publication number: 20180308777Abstract: An electronic component mounting board reduces shadows produced along its perimeter to improve the mountability of an electronic device and an electronic module. An electronic component mounting board (1) includes a substrate (2a) including a mount area (4) in which an electronic component (10) is mountable. The substrate (2a) includes electrode pads located at ends of the mount area (4) as viewed from above. The electronic component mounting board (1) includes a frame (2b) located outside the electrode pads (3) on the upper surface of the substrate (2a). The frame (2b) includes at least one side surface that slopes from an upper end to a lower end of the frame (2b), and flares from the upper end to the lower end as viewed from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Publication number: 20180254251Abstract: An electronic component mounting board includes an inorganic substrate, a wiring board, and a bond. The inorganic substrate includes an electronic component mounting portion in a central area of an upper surface of the inorganic substrate in which an electronic component is mountable. The wiring board is a frame surrounding the electronic component mounting portion on the upper surface of the inorganic substrate. The bond is located between the inorganic substrate and the wiring board. The inorganic substrate includes a downward bend outward from a bond area including the bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takuji OKAMURA, Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Publication number: 20180218974Abstract: A wiring board and an electronic package maintain the flatness of the surface of the wiring board. The wiring board includes a flat insulating layer having a flat upper surface, and a conductive layer on the upper surface of the insulating layer with a space left from an outer edge of the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a peripheral portion, a central portion inward from the peripheral portion, and a linear portion included in the central portion. The peripheral portion is raised along the outer edge of the insulating layer. The linear portion is raised to a height position of the peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170351069Abstract: Provided are an electronic component mounting package and an electronic device capable of making heat distribution of a curved electronic component mounting portion uniform. The electronic component mounting package (1) includes: a substrate (2) including a first main surface and a second main surface, and one of a recessed portion (2d) and a convex portion (2e) that is arc-shaped in a vertical cross-sectional view and that is provided in the first main surface; and a curved electronic component mounting portion (11), which is provided in the one of the recessed portion (2d) and the convex portion (2e) and on which the bent curved electronic component (10) is mounted. The substrate (2) has a notch (4) in the second main surface such that the notch (4) overlaps with the curved electronic component mounting portion (11) when the substrate (2) is viewed in a plane perspective from the first main surface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi YAMADA, Takuji OKAMURA, Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Patent number: 9826641Abstract: There are provided an electronic device mounting board and an electronic apparatus that can be made lower in profile. An electronic device mounting board includes an insulating substrate having an opening in which an electronic device is disposed so as to lie over the opening as seen in a transparent plan view, and a reinforcement portion disposed on a surface or in an interior of the insulating substrate so as to lie around the opening of the insulating substrate as seen in a transparent plan view.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Akihiko Funahashi, Masatsugu Iiyama, Kanae Horiuchi, Yousuke Moriyama
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Patent number: 9806005Abstract: An electronic element mounting substrate includes: a first wiring substrate configured to be a frame defining an interior portion as a first through-hole, the first wiring substrate including a lower surface including an external circuit connection electrode; a metal plate disposed on the lower surface of the first wiring substrate so as to cover an opening of the first through-hole, an outer edge thereof being located between an outer edge of the first wiring substrate and an inner edge of the first wiring substrate, an electronic element mounting portion being disposed in a region of an upper surface of the metal plate which region is surrounded by the first wiring substrate; and a second wiring substrate which is disposed in a peripheral region of the metal plate on the lower surface of the first wiring substrate and is electrically connected to the external circuit connection electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Takuji Okamura, Akihiko Funahashi
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Publication number: 20170186672Abstract: An electronic element mounting substrate includes: a first wiring substrate configured to be a frame defining an interior portion as a first through-hole, the first wiring substrate including a lower surface including an external circuit connection electrode; a metal plate disposed on the lower surface of the first wiring substrate so as to cover an opening of the first through-hole, an outer edge thereof being located between an outer edge of the first wiring substrate and an inner edge of the first wiring substrate, an electronic element mounting portion being disposed in a region of an upper surface of the metal plate which region is surrounded by the first wiring substrate; and a second wiring substrate which is disposed in a peripheral region of the metal plate on the lower surface of the first wiring substrate and is electrically connected to the external circuit connection electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Hiroshi YAMADA, Takuji OKAMURA, Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Patent number: 9664874Abstract: A substrate for mounting an imaging element is a substrate for mounting an imaging element that includes a base. The base has: a through-hole having an opening in a top surface of the base; a cover mounting region provided on the top surface, in a rim of the opening of the through-hole; a lens-housing mounting region 8 provided on the top surface, on an outer side of the cover mounting region; an intermediate region provided on the top surface, between the cover mounting region and the lens-housing mounting region; a connecting section that enables the intermediate region to communicate with an inside wall of the through-hole; and an imaging element mounting section provided on a bottom surface of the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Daiji Haruna, Akihiko Funahashi
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Publication number: 20170104022Abstract: An image pickup element mounting substrate includes: a frame body composed of an insulating layer, a through hole being defined by an internal periphery of the frame body; an electronic component mounted on a lower surface side of the frame body; and a flat plate which is disposed on a lower surface of the frame body and covers an opening of the through hole while being partly kept in out-of-contact with the electronic component, the flat plate including an image pickup element mounting section at a part of an upper surface thereof which part is surrounded by the frame body, a lower surface of the electronic component being located above a level of a lower surface of the flat plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takuji OKAMURA, Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Patent number: 9609743Abstract: There are provided an electronic device mounting substrate and an electronic apparatus which are capable of miniaturization. An electronic device mounting substrate includes: an insulating base including a frame section; an electrode pad disposed on an upper surface of the frame section; and a first conductor disposed on a side surface of the frame section, the first conductor being electrically connected to the electrode pad, the electrode pad extending over a side surface of the first conductor from the upper surface of the frame section. By suppressing separation of the first conductor from the insulating base by means of the electrode pad, disconnection at the first conductor can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Funahashi, Kanae Horiuchi, Yousuke Moriyama
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Patent number: 9609754Abstract: There are provided a package for mounting an electronic element which can be reduced in size and an electronic device. A package for mounting an electronic element includes an insulating base including a frame section; an electrode pad disposed on an upper surface of the frame section; a first wall conductor disposed in an upper end part of an inner wall of the frame section so as to be electrically connected to the electrode pad; and a wiring conductor embedded within the frame section so as to be electrically connected to the first wall conductor. Consequently, the package for mounting an electronic element can be reduced in size, and is capable of suppressing electrical short-circuiting between the wiring conductor and an electronic element and of suppressing occurrence of a crack in the insulating base.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Funahashi, Kanae Horiuchi, Yousuke Moriyama
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Publication number: 20160116701Abstract: A substrate for mounting an imaging element is a substrate for mounting an imaging element that includes a base. The base has: a through-hole having an opening in a top surface of the base; a cover mounting region provided on the top surface, in a rim of the opening of the through-hole; a lens-housing mounting region 8 provided on the top surface, on an outer side of the cover mounting region; an intermediate region provided on the top surface, between the cover mounting region and the lens-housing mounting region; a connecting section that enables the intermediate region to communicate with an inside wall of the through-hole; and an imaging element mounting section provided on a bottom surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi YAMADA, Daiji HARUNA, Akihiko FUNAHASHI
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Patent number: 9276023Abstract: An imaging device accommodating package includes an insulating base body and an imaging device connecting pad. The insulating base body includes a lower surface, a through-hole and a bonding area on the bottom surface of the recess. The lower surface includes a recess. The through-hole is formed in a bottom surface of the recess in a perspective plan view. The bonding area is used for an imaging device. The imaging device connecting pad is formed on an upper surface of the insulating base body or on an inner surface of the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Akihiko Funahashi, Yousuke Moriyama