Patents by Inventor Akira TSUCHIKO

Akira TSUCHIKO 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: 11973197
    Abstract: A lead wire for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a conductor, and an insulating film having a plurality of layers and covering at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the insulating film has a conductor-covering layer laminated on a surface of the conductor, a first insulating layer laminated on an outermost surface of the insulating film, and a second insulating layer laminated on an inner surface of the first insulating layer; the conductor-covering layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin; and the ratio (E1/E2) of an elastic modulus E1 of the first insulating layer at any one temperature in the range of 80° C. or more and 125° C. or less to an elastic modulus E2 of the second insulating layer at the same temperature as in the first insulating layer, is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Kengo Goto, Akira Tsuchiko
  • Publication number: 20240106045
    Abstract: A lead member includes a lead conductor having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The lead member includes a resin portion that covers the first main surface, the second main surface, and two side surfaces that are between both ends of the lead conductor, while exposing the both ends of the lead conductor in a first direction. The lead conductor includes a metal substrate and a surface treatment layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal substrate, the surface treatment layer including chromium, oxygen, and fluorine. A moisture content of a portion of the surface treatment layer exposed from the resin portion, as measured by coulometric Karl Fischer titration at a vaporization temperature of 220° C., is 5.0 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Akira TSUCHIKO, Kengo GOTO, Kazuhiro GOTO, Koji KASUYA, Yoshihiro TSUKUDA, Yusuke KUREISHI
  • Patent number: 11877397
    Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Motomura, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Mari Sogabe, Mitsutaka Tsubokura, Akira Tsuchiko, Masashi Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20230232540
    Abstract: In manufacturing a printed circuit board using a semi-additive method, a removal liquid that has been used in removing a nickel-chromium-containing layer (5) is regenerated by contacting the removal liquid with a chelate resin having a functional group represented by a following formula (1) : where a plurality of Rs are identical divalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 5 carbons, and a portion of hydrogen atoms may be substituted with halogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shoichiro SAKAI, Ryuta OHSUKA, Koji NITTA, Yoshihito YAMAGUCHI, Masaharu YASUDA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Koji KASUYA, Kenji NISHIE, Yu FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230212757
    Abstract: A regenerating method of a removal liquid including: removing a nickel-chromium-containing layer from a substrate using the removal liquid at a time of manufacturing a printed circuit board by a semi-additive method, the substrate including the nickel-chromium-containing layer and a copper-containing layer; collecting the removal liquid that has been used; and contacting the collected removal liquid in collecting the removal liquid with a chelate resin, wherein the chelate resin includes a functional group represented by a following formula (1): where a plurality of Rs are identical divalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 5 carbons, and a portion of hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon groups are substituted with halogen atoms or not substituted with a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuta OHSUKA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Yoshihito YAMAGUCHI, Masaharu YASUDA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Koji KASUYA, Kenji NISHIE, Yu FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230207973
    Abstract: A lead wire for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a conductor, and an insulating film having a plurality of layers and covering at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the insulating film has a conductor-covering layer laminated on a surface of the conductor, a first insulating layer laminated on an outermost surface of the insulating film, and a second insulating layer laminated on an inner surface of the first insulating layer; the conductor-covering layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin; and the ratio (S1/S2) of a shear failure strength S1 of the first insulating layer at any one temperature in the range of 80° C. or more and 125° C. or less to a shear failure strength S2 of the second insulating layer at the same temperature as in the first insulating layer, is 0.33 or more and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Kengo GOTO, Akira TSUCHIKO
  • Publication number: 20230207891
    Abstract: A lead wire for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a conductor, and an insulating film having a plurality of layers and covering at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the insulating film has a conductor-covering layer laminated on a surface of the conductor, a first insulating layer laminated on an outermost surface of the insulating film, and a second insulating layer laminated on an inner surface of the first insulating layer; the conductor-covering layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin; and the ratio (E1/E2) of an elastic modulus E1 of the first insulating layer at any one temperature in the range of 80° C. or more and 125° C. or less to an elastic modulus E2 of the second insulating layer at the same temperature as in the first insulating layer, is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka MATSUMURA, Kengo GOTO, Akira TSUCHIKO
  • Publication number: 20220225500
    Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Mari SOGABE, Mitsutaka TSUBOKURA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Masashi IWAMOTO