Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kumano

Atsushi Kumano 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: 10477084
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a camera module including a multilayer body in which an image sensor IC and a lens are arranged with an optical path provided in the multilayer body being disposed therebetween includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, the multilayer body is formed by stacking and combining flexible sheets. In the second step, a through hole is formed in flexible base material layers that constitute a portion of the multilayer body to form the optical path defined by the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Ikemoto, Atsushi Kumano, Jerry Hsieh, Jun Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150358517
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a camera module including a multilayer body in which an image sensor IC and a lens are arranged with an optical path provided in the multilayer body being disposed therebetween includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, the multilayer body is formed by stacking and combining flexible sheets. In the second step, a through hole is formed in flexible base material layers that constitute a portion of the multilayer body to form the optical path defined by the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuo IKEMOTO, Atsushi KUMANO, Jerry HSIEH, Jun SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9197803
    Abstract: A camera module includes an image sensor IC, a resin multilayer board including thermoplastic resin layers stacked in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a light receiving surface of the image sensor IC, a mounting electrode which is stacked on the thermoplastic resin layer and on which the image sensor IC is mounted, and a via-hole conductor electrically connected to the mounting electrode. The resin multilayer board includes a flat plate portion including a surface on which the mounting electrode is mounted, and a rigid portion including a greater number of thermoplastic resin layers than that of the flat plate portion, and the via-hole conductor is arranged in the flat plate portion so as to avoid the thermoplastic resin layer on which the mounting electrode is stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufactruing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Ikemoto, Atsushi Kumano, Jerry Hsieh, Jun Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140375876
    Abstract: A camera module includes an image sensor IC, a resin multilayer board including thermoplastic resin layers stacked in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a light receiving surface of the image sensor IC, a mounting electrode which is stacked on the thermoplastic resin layer and on which the image sensor IC is mounted, and a via-hole conductor electrically connected to the mounting electrode. The resin multilayer board includes a flat plate portion including a surface on which the mounting electrode is mounted, and a rigid portion including a greater number of thermoplastic resin layers than that of the flat plate portion, and the via-hole conductor is arranged in the flat plate portion so as to avoid the thermoplastic resin layer on which the mounting electrode is stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuo IKEMOTO, Atsushi KUMANO, Jerry HSIEH, Jun SASAKI
  • Patent number: 8477267
    Abstract: A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individual optically functional films, a TFT device and a light-emitting device on a long thin film and then laminating the film by a transfer process. A base film to be a substrate in a liquid-crystal panel preferably has a thickness of 10 ?m to 200 ?m, a curvature radius of 40 mm or less as a measure of flexibility and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 50 ppm/° C. or less. Furthermore, it more preferably gives a variation of ±5% or less in mechanical and optical properties to a thermal history at 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., JSR Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Fujisawa, Tokuo Ikari, Kazuo Genda, Atsushi Kumano, Noboru Oshima, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shigenori Yamaoka, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hisatomo Yonehara, Tatsumi Takahashi, Motoyuki Suzuki, Akimitsu Tsukuda, Norimasa Sekine, Kazushige Takechi, Ken Sumiyoshi, Ichiro Fujieda, Yasuo Tsuruoka
  • Publication number: 20110126975
    Abstract: A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individual optically functional films, a TFT device and a light-emitting device on a long thin film and then laminating the film by a transfer process. A base film to be a substrate in a liquid-crystal panel preferably has a thickness of 10 ?m to 200 ?m, a curvature radius of 40 mm or less as a measure of flexibility and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 50 ppm/° C. or less. Furthermore, it more preferably gives a variation of ±5% or less in mechanical and optical properties to a thermal history at 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuya FUJISAWA, Tokuo Ikari, Kazuo Genda, Atsushi Kumano, Noboru Oshima, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shigenori Yamaoka, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hisatomo Yonehara, Tatsumi Takahashi, Motoyuki Suzuki, Akimitsu Tsukuda, Norimasa Sekine, Kazushige Takechi, Ken Sumiyoshi, Ichiro Fujieda, Yasuo Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 7852435
    Abstract: A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individual optically functional films, a TFT device and a light-emitting device on a long thin film and then laminating the film by a transfer process. A base film to be a substrate in a liquid-crystal panel preferably has a thickness of 10 ?m to 200 ?m, a curvature radius of 40 mm or less as a measure of flexibility and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 50 ppm/° C. or less. Furthermore, it more preferably gives a variation of ±5% or less in mechanical and optical properties to a thermal history at 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., JSR Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Fujisawa, Tokuo Ikari, Kazuo Genda, Atsushi Kumano, Noboru Oshima, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shigenori Yamaoka, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hisatomo Yonehara, Tatsumi Takahashi, Motoyuki Suzuki, Akimitsu Tsukuda, Norimasa Sekine, Kazushige Takechi, Ken Sumiyoshi, Ichiro Fujieda, Yasuo Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 7378224
    Abstract: There is provided a method for forming a pattern comprising two regions of different refractive indices easily, that is, a method comprising the steps of forming a pattern having a water-shedding oil-shedding region by use of a radiation sensitive resin composition and coating the pattern with a high refractive index resin solution using a solvent having low wettability to the water-shedding oil-shedding region so as to form two regions of different refractive indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Hanamura, Shinji Shiraki, Atsushi Kumano
  • Patent number: 7320854
    Abstract: There is provided a radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition containing an inorganic oxide particle, a polymerizable compound, a radiation sensitive decomposer and an escapable compound. The radiation sensitive decomposer decomposes upon exposure to radiation to form an acid, base or radical, and this decomposed product increases the molecular weight of the polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Hanamura, Michinori Nishikawa, Atsushi Kumano
  • Publication number: 20070258022
    Abstract: A semi-transmissive liquid-crystal panel is a useful mobile display device which can provide a clear image in both dark and bright places. However, there has been needed a light-weighted and highly durable display device with a lower power consumption, pursing advantages of a single transparent/reflection type liquid-crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kazushige Takechi, Ken Sumiyoshi, Ichiro Fujieda, Tatsumi Takahashi, Kazuo Genda, Atsushi Kumano, Noboru Oshima, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shigenori Yamaoka, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hisatomo Yonehara, Motoyuki Suzuki, Akimitsu Tsukuda, Normasa Sekine, Yasuo Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 7205085
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive dielectric constant changing composition comprising (A) a decomposable compound, (B) a nondecomposable compound, (C) a radiation sensitive decomposer and (D) a stabilizer. The composition allows its dielectric constant to be changed by a simple method, has a sufficiently large difference between its changed dielectric constant and its original dielectric constant and can provide a dielectric constant pattern and an optical material which are stable regardless of their use conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Kenji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060279679
    Abstract: A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individual optically functional films, a TFT device and a light-emitting device on a long thin film and then laminating the film by a transfer process. A base film to be a substrate in a liquid-crystal panel preferably has a thickness of 10 ?m to 200 ?m, a curvature radius of 40 mm or less as a measure of flexibility and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 50 ppm/° C. or less. Furthermore, it more preferably gives a variation of ±5% or less in mechanical and optical properties to a thermal history at 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuya Fujisawa, Tokuo Ikari, Kazuo Genda, Atsushi Kumano, Noboru Oshima, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shigenori Yamaoka, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hisatomo Yonehara, Tatsumi Takahashi, Motoyuki Suzuki, Akimitsu Tsukuda, Norimasa Sekine, Kazushige Takechi, Ken Sumiyoshi, Ichiro Fujieda, Yasuo Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 7125647
    Abstract: To provide a refractive index pattern and an optical material whose refractive indices are changed by a simple method, which have a sufficiently large refractive index difference and which are stable irrespective of their use conditions, and a method of forming these. A radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition comprising (A) a decomposable compound, (B) a hydrolyzate of an alkoxide such as tetrabutoxytitanium, tetramethoxyzirconium, tetramethoxygermanium or tetramethoxysilane, or a halogen compound such as tetrachlorosilane and (C) a radiation sensitive decomposer; and a method of producing a refractive index pattern and an optical material, using the above radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 7108954
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition comprising (A) a decomposable compound, (B) a non-decomposable compound having a higher refractive index than the decomposable compound (A), (C) a radiation sensitive decomposer and (D) a stabilizer. By exposing this composition to radiation through a pattern mask, the above components (C) and (A) of an exposed portion decompose to create a refractive index difference between the exposed portion and an unexposed portion, thereby forming a pattern having different refractive indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Tsutomu Shimokawa, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 7071255
    Abstract: A method of forming a refractive index pattern or an optical material stable regardless of use conditions, which provides a sufficiently large change in refractive index by a simple method. The refractive index pattern or optical material is formed by exposing a refractive index changing composition which comprises (A) a decomposable compound, (B) a non-decomposable compound containing inorganic oxide particles and (C) a radiation sensitive decomposer to radiation and then treating it with (D) a stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Kenji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050014100
    Abstract: There is provided a method for forming a pattern comprising two regions of different refractive indices easily, that is, a method comprising the steps of forming a pattern having a water-shedding oil-shedding region by use of a radiation sensitive resin composition and coating the pattern with a high refractive index resin solution using a solvent having low wettability to the water-shedding oil-shedding region so as to form two regions of different refractive indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Hanamura, Shinji Shiraki, Atsushi Kumano
  • Publication number: 20040265737
    Abstract: There is provided a radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition containing an inorganic oxide particle, a polymerizable compound, a radiation sensitive decomposer and an escapable compound. The radiation sensitive decomposer decomposes upon exposure to radiation to form an acid, base or radical, and this decomposed product increases the molecular weight of the polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Hanamura, Michinori Nishikawa, Atsushi Kumano
  • Patent number: 6828078
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition comprising (A) a decomposable compound, (B) a non-decomposable compound having a lower refractive index than the decomposable compound (A), (C) a radiation sensitive decomposer and (D) a stabilizer. By exposing the composition to radiation through a pattern mask, the above components (C) and (A) of an exposed portion are decomposed and a refractive index difference is made between the exposed portion and unexposed portion, thereby forming a pattern having different refractive indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Tsutomu Shimokawa, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 6815046
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of producing a ceramic multilayer substrate by laminating a plurality of glass-ceramic green sheets made of a glass-ceramic containing an organic binder and a plasticizer to form a laminate; and firing the laminate; further comprising: applying to or overlaying on the surfaces of the glass-ceramic green sheets inorganic compositions, the sintering temperature of the inorganic compositions being higher than that of the glass-ceramic green sheets; laminating a plurality of the glass-ceramic green sheets having the inorganic compositions applied to or overlaid on the surfaces of the glass-ceramic green sheets respectively, to form a part of the laminate; and laminating a plurality of the glass-ceramic green sheets to form the other part of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harufumi Mandai, Norio Sakai, Isao Kato, Atsushi Kumano
  • Patent number: 6787289
    Abstract: A radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition whose refractive index of a material is changed by a simple method, whose changed refractive index difference is sufficiently large, and which can provide a stable refractive index pattern and a stable optical material regardless of their use conditions. The radiation sensitive refractive index changing composition comprises (A) a polymerizable compound, (B) a non-polymerizable compound having a lower refractive index than the polymer of the polymerizable compound (A), and (C) a radiation sensitive polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Nobuo Bessho, Atsushi Kumano, Keiji Konno