Patents by Inventor Akihiko Ibata

Akihiko Ibata 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).

  • Patent number: 7394341
    Abstract: A coil electric conductor has an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed at a depression provided on a face of the insulating substrate. The second conductive layer is formed on the first conductive layer with the first conductive layer interposed between the second conductive layer and the insulating substrate. This construction realizes a coil electric conductor having a highly precisely uniformized cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shimoyama, Nobuya Matsutani, Yuji Mido, Michio Ohba, Akihiko Ibata
  • Patent number: 7390449
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic bodies comprising the steps of: preparing a ceramic sheet; forming through holes in the ceramic sheet, each of the through hole forming at least one part of the contour of each ceramic bodies; and cutting the ceramic sheet into pieces of ceramic bodies. The ceramic sheet can be a single ceramic sheet or a laminate of ceramic sheets. The method of manufacturing ceramic bodies further comprises a step of forming a recess in the ceramic sheet, or pressure molding or partially removing of the ceramic body, as required. The manufacturing method provides inexpensive production of small ceramic elements having a complicated shape and extremely smooth surfaces with less uneven filling and nonuniform density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Michio Oba, Toshihiro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7212094
    Abstract: An inductive component in which a large enough inductance is obtainable even when the size is made smaller and the profile is made lower and electronic devices using the inductive component are provided. The inductive component includes a coil, a through hole inside the coil, and a multilayer magnetic layer, and the multilayer magnetic layer is disposed on the top and the bottom surfaces of the coil and the inner wall of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Akihiko Ibata, Yoshihisa Takase, Takeshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050140488
    Abstract: A coil electric conductor has an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed at a depression provided on a face of the insulating substrate. The second conductive layer is formed on the first conductive layer with the first conductive layer interposed between the second conductive layer and the insulating substrate. This construction realizes a coil electric conductor having a highly precisely uniformized cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Shimoyama, Nobuya Matsutani, Yuji Mido, Michio Ohba, Akihiko Ibata
  • Publication number: 20050068150
    Abstract: An inductive component in which a large enough inductance is obtainable even when the size is made smaller and the profile is made lower and electronic devices using the inductive component are provided. The inductive component includes a coil, a through hole inside the coil, and a multilayer magnetic layer, and the multilayer magnetic layer is disposed on the top and the bottom surfaces of the coil and the inner wall of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Akihiko Ibata, Yoshihisa Takase, Takeshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6825748
    Abstract: A composite component including a helical strip and a plurality of terminals both made of a same conductor material, the helical strip formed in close contact with an external periphery of at least one capacitor constructed of at least one insulation layer and at least two electrode layers, wherein the helical axis of the helical conductor strip is parallel with the electrode layers composing the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Michio Ooba, Toshihiro Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20030057589
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic bodies comprising the steps of: preparing a ceramic sheet; forming through holes in the ceramic sheet, each of the through hole forming at least one part of the contour of each ceramic bodies; and cutting the ceramic sheet into pieces of ceramic bodies. The ceramic sheet can be a single ceramic sheet or a laminate of ceramic sheets. The method of manufacturing ceramic bodies further comprises a step of forming a recess in the ceramic sheet, or pressure molding or partially removing of the ceramic body, as required. The manufacturing method provides inexpensive production of small ceramic elements having a complicated shape and extremely smooth surfaces with less uneven filling and nonuniform density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Michio Oba, Toshihiro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6534842
    Abstract: A composite component of the invention has a structure of laminating a coil composed of at least one layer of conductor layer and at least one layer of insulator layer, and a capacitor composed of at least one layer of electrode layer and at least one layer of dielectric layer. And, it also includes, if necessary, an internal conductor for electrically connecting the coil and capacitor. Further, plural coil elements and capacitor elements are provided in a same layer. According to such constitution of the invention, composite components having various types of filter circuits can be manufactured easily by slight process condition changes. As a result, composite components for noise reduction can be mass produced efficiently, and a high productivity is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Michio Oba
  • Patent number: 6395575
    Abstract: A sensor in which a field effect transistor element 3 having a gate electrode 6 on its rear side is electrically connected onto a resistive element 2 having a top surface electrode and a bottom surface electrode in such a way that the gate electrode 6 and a portion of the top surface electrode of the resistive element 2 coincides, and a grounding electrode 12 on a substrate is electrically connected with the bottom surface electrode of the resistive element 2 so that they coincides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Umeda, Koji Nomura, Akihiko Ibata, Hiroshi Fujii, Takeshi Masutani
  • Publication number: 20020003281
    Abstract: A composite component of the invention has a structure of laminating a coil composed of at least one layer of conductor layer and at least one layer of insulator layer, and a capacitor composed of at least one layer of electrode layer and at least one layer of dielectric layer. And, it also includes, if necessary, an internal conductor for electrically connecting the coil and capacitor. Further, plural coil elements and capacitor elements are provided in a same layer. According to such constitution of the invention, composite components having various types of filter circuits can be manufactured easily by slight process condition changes. As a result, composite components for noise reduction can be mass produced efficiently, and a high productivity is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: AKIHIKO IBATA, MICHIO OBA
  • Patent number: 6169470
    Abstract: A coiled component (K1) having an insulating member (3) and a conductive member (5). The conductive member is provided in the insulating member (3) and has a plurality of turns which are gradually different, in diameter, from each other from one end towards the other end of the conductive member (5) such that at least the turns of the conductive member (5) are disposed in different planes, respectively. Also, a magnetic layer (8, 9) is provided on at least one of upper and lower faces of the insulating member (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Shinji Harada, Tadashi Kawamata
  • Patent number: 4648915
    Abstract: A billet made of a polycrystalline Mn-Al-C alloy magnet which is obtained by plastically deforming a Mn-Al-C alloy for magnet such as by extrusion at a temperature of 530.degree. to 830.degree. C. is used for compressive working. When the billet is hollow, it is entirely or locally compressed along the axis of the hollow billet. On the other hand, when the billet is solid, an outer circumferential portion of the billet is compressed. By the compression, the anisotropic structure of the portion where compressed is changed into an anisotropic structure having a direction of easy magnetization in radial directions. The magnet obtained by the method is also disclosed. The magnet has a radially anisotropic structure or novel structures having two different types of anisotropies therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Yoichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4623404
    Abstract: Anisotropic Mn-Al-C alloy magnets exhibiting excellent magnetic characteristics in multipolar magnetization are described. The magnets are obtained by subjecting a polycrystalline Mn-Al-C alloy magnet, which is rendered anisotropic, to compressive working or extrusion at a temperature of from 530.degree. to 830.degree. C. while keeping restrained at least part of the hollow billet along its length so that the at least part is prevented from suffering compressive deformation until fed into a compressive working region. Permanent magnets obtained by the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Yoichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4579607
    Abstract: A billet made of a polycrystalline Mn-Al-C alloy magnet which is obtained by plastically deforming a Mn-Al-C alloy for magnet such as by extrusion at a temperature of 530.degree. to 830.degree. C. is used for compressive working. When the billet is hollow, it is entirely or locally compressed along the axis of the hollow billet. On the other hand, when the billet is solid, an outer circumferential portion of the billet is compressed. By the compression, the anisotropic structure of the portion where compressed is changed into an anisotropic structure having a direction of easy magnetization in radial directions. The magnet obtained by the method is also disclosed. The magnet has a radially anisotropic structure or novel structures having two different types of anisotropies therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Yoichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4404046
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a manganese-aluminum-carbon alloy magnet, including the steps of preparing a polycrystalline Mn-Al-C alloy magnet having a specified direction of easy magnetization and subjecting the magnet to compressive working in that direction at a temperature of 550.degree. to 780.degree. C., the degree of said compressive working being equivalent to a logarithmic strain of .ltoreq.-0.1 and working in said step at least up to a logarithmic strain of -0.1 being free compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Sakamoto, Akihiko Ibata, Shigeru Kojima, Tadao Ohtani