Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kodama

Hiroaki Kodama 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: 8106186
    Abstract: There is provided a novel transition metal phosphine complex having excellent anticancer activity. The transition metal phosphine complex is represented by general formula (1): (wherein R1s and R3s each represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a pyridyl group, or a pyrimidyl group; R2s and R4s each represent an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, provided that each R1 and each R2 are not the same group and that each R3 and each R4 are not the same group; As each represent a linear alkylene group or a cis-vinylene group; M represents a gold atom, a silver atom, a copper atom, or a platinum atom; and B represents an anionic species).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Keisuke Ohto, Nobuhiko Oohara, Kazuhiro Nakatsui, Yoshirou Kaneda
  • Patent number: 8078017
    Abstract: An optical interface module and a method for manufacturing an optical interface module. One method includes forming a lower clad layer on a first surface of a substrate, forming a core layer on the lower clad layer and forming two grooves in part of the core layer to form a first core part between the two grooves having one end and another end. Also included is forming an upper clad layer on the core layer and in the grooves, mounting a light-emitting element on the first surface and mounting a light-receiving element on the first surface of the substrate. A second core part is optically coupled to the light-emitting element and the first core part, and a third core part is optically coupled to the light-receiving element and the other end of the first core part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Kensaku Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8076782
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate for mounting an IC chip which is a component for optical communication having an IC chip and an optical component integrally provided thereon, which can ensure a short distance between the IC chip and the optical component, which is excellent in electric signal transmission reliability and which can transmit optical signal through an optical path for transmitting optical signal. The substrate for mounting an IC chip of the present invention is a substrate for mounting an IC chip comprising: a substrate and, as serially built up on both faces thereof, a conductor circuit and an interlaminar insulating layer in an alternate fashion and in repetition; a solder resist layer formed as an outermost layer; and an optical element mounted thereto, wherein an optical path for transmitting optical signal, which penetrates the substrate for mounting an IC chip, is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoo Asai, Hiroaki Kodama, Toyoaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7995880
    Abstract: A device for optical communication including a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated, an optical circuit and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal, and an optical element or a package substrate on which an optical element is mounted. An optical path converting member is disposed at the optical path for transmitting an optical signal so as to transmit an optical signal between the optical element and the optical circuit. The optical path converting member comprises a lens and an optical path conversion mirror having an entrance surface, an exit surface and a reflection surface. The lens is provided at either the entrance surface or the exit surface on the side facing the optical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Motoo Asai, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7919849
    Abstract: A package substrate includes a laminated body having a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated, solder resist layers formed and laminated on both sides of the laminated body, respectively, an optical element, and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal. One or more of the solder resist layers formed and laminated on the laminated body is an outermost layer which has a transmittance for light having a wavelength for communication of about 60% or more at a thickness of 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7907801
    Abstract: An optical element of the present invention comprises: one or a plurality of unit elements having a plurality of external electrodes formed on one main surface thereof, wherein upon taking the one main surface of the unit elements in a plan view, the plurality of external electrodes are locally formed in a first region of two regions of a planar shape of the main surface, the two region formed by equally dividing the planar shape with a center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Motoo Asai
  • Publication number: 20100303406
    Abstract: A device for optical communication including a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated, an optical circuit and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal, and an optical element or a package substrate on which an optical element is mounted. An optical path converting member is disposed at the optical path for transmitting an optical signal so as to transmit an optical signal between the optical element and the optical circuit. The optical path converting member comprises a lens and an optical path conversion mirror having an entrance surface, an exit surface and a reflection surface. The lens is provided at either the entrance surface or the exit surface on the side facing the optical circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KODAMA, Motoo Asai, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7801398
    Abstract: A device for optical communication comprising; at least a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated, an optical circuit and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal; and an optical element or a package substrate on which an optical element is mounted, wherein an optical path converting member is disposed at the optical path for transmitting an optical signal so as to transmit an optical signal between the optical element and the optical circuit, the optical path converting member comprises a lens and an optical path conversion mirror having an entrance surface, an exit surface and a reflection surface, and the lens is provided at least one position selected from the entrance surface, the exit surface, and inside of the optical path conversion mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Motoo Asai, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100232744
    Abstract: A device for optical communication including a substrate for mounting an IC chip, and a multilayered printed circuit board. An optical path for transmitting optical signal which penetrates the substrate for mounting an IC chip is formed in the substrate for mounting an IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoo ASAI, Hiroaki Kodama, Toyoaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7795018
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a multipotent cell wherein the sufficient amount necessary can be stably and conveniently supplied with a minimum invasion, that will not cause rejection at the time of cell transplantation, that has a potential to differentiate into various cells such as mesenchymal cells including bone, cartilage, skeletal muscle and fat, endothelial cells, myocardial cells, neurons, mesenchymal cells, myocardial cells, endothelial cells, neurons induced to differentiate from the multipotent cell, and a therapeutic agent/treating method comprising these as active ingredient. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PMBC) are cultured on fibronectin-coated plastic plates for 7 to 10 days. The generating cell population with a fibroblast-like morphology is derived from circulating CD14+ monocyte, with a unique phenotype of CD14+CD45+CD34+ type I collagen+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Keio University
    Inventors: Masataka Kuwana, Hiroaki Kodama
  • Patent number: 7783141
    Abstract: The substrate for mounting an IC chip according to the present invention is a substrate for mounting an IC chip, where conductor circuits and insulating layers are formed and layered, an optical element is mounted, an optical path for transmitting an optical signal is formed, wherein an optical element sealing layer is formed so as to make contact with the periphery of the above described optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Toyoaki Tanaka, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100202729
    Abstract: An optoelectronic wiring board includes a flex-rigid substrate and an optical communication unit. The flex-rigid substrate includes a flexible substrate provided with an electric wiring, and a pair of rigid sections provided on both sides of the flexible substrate. The pair of rigid sections each include a lamination formed of a conductive circuit and an insulating layer. The optical communication unit is made of a flexible material and has both end faces substantially perpendicular to its optical path of transmitting light. Both end portions of the optical communication unit are disposed and fixed on the rigid sections so that both end faces of the optical communication unit face an optical element mounting region provided on the rigid sections of the flex-rigid substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KODAMA, Liyi Chen, Kensaku Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100195954
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board including insulating layers, conductor circuits formed between the insulating layers, and optical circuits formed between the insulating layers and including a first optical circuit. The first optical circuit is positioned on a first outermost insulating layer of the insulating layers, and the insulating layers, conductor circuits and optical circuits are layered to form a multilayer structure having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface such that the multilayer structure is structured to mount optical elements on the first surface and second surface of the multilayer structure, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoo ASAI, Hiroaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7764860
    Abstract: A device for optical communication includes at least a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated. An optical circuit and an optical path are transmitting an optical signal, and an optical element or a package substrate on which an optical element is mounted. An optical path converting member is disposed at the optical path for transmitting an optical signal so as to transmit the optical signal between the optical element and the optical circuit. The optical path converting member includes a lens and an optical path conversion mirror having an entrance surface, an exit surface and a reflection surface, and the lens is provided at least one position selected from the entrance surface, the exit surface, and inside of the optical path conversion mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Motoo Asai, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7734125
    Abstract: An optical communication device is provided that includes a flex-rigid substrate including a flexible substrate provided with an electric wiring, and a pair of rigid sections provided on both sides of the flexible substrate. The pair of rigid sections each includes a lamination formed of a conductive circuit and an insulating layer. The optical communication device also includes optical communication means made of a flexible material and having both end faces substantially perpendicular to its optical path of transmitting, and a pair of optical elements having their respective optical functional portions that are mounted on the rigid sections of the flex-rigid substrate. Both end portions of the optical communication means are disposed and fixed on the rigid sections, and at least one of the end faces is optically coupled with at least one of the optical functional portions of the optical elements through a coupling optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Liyi Chen, Kensaku Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100135611
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board according to the present invention is a multilayer printed circuit board where a plurality of insulating layers, a conductor circuit and an optical circuit are formed and layered and an optical element is mounted, wherein the above described optical circuit is formed between the above described insulating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: MOTOO ASAI, Hiroaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7724989
    Abstract: The optical/electrical composite wiring board comprises a lower insulating layer that also serves as a lower clad; a upper insulating layer that also serves as an upper clad; a core that is placed between the lower insulating layer and the upper insulating layer and has a predetermined optical wiring pattern; and a conductor layer that is placed along with the core between the lower insulating layer and the upper insulating layer and has a predetermined electrical wiring pattern. Herein, the core and the conductor layer are formed via a short manufacturing method, whereby the concave portion for optical wiring and the concave portion for electrical wiring are formed on the lower insulating layer by press process, and a core material and conductor material are filled into each of the concave portions, and afterward, the core material and conductor material are ground until they are flush with the upper surface of the lower insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7715666
    Abstract: A device for optical communication including a multilayer print circuit board in which a conductor circuit, an insulating layer, an optical circuit and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal are formed, and a package substrate having an optical element or an insulating layer and mounted on the multilayer print circuit board. An optical path converting member is disposed at the optical path to transmit an optical signal between the optical element and the optical circuit. The optical path converting member includes a lens and an optical path conversion mirror having an entrance surface, an exit surface and a reflection surface. The lens is provided at the entrance surface, the exit surface, or inside of the optical path conversion mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Motoo Asai, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 7676123
    Abstract: An optical and electrical circuit board includes a patterned electrical wiring and a micro convex lens. The micro convex lens is provided in at least one hole formed in the optical and electrical circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Liyi Chen, Kensaku Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7674987
    Abstract: The multilayer printed circuit board according to the present invention is a multilayer printed circuit board, in which conductor circuits and insulating layers are formed and layered, an optical path for transmitting an optical signal comprising a resin composite is formed, and conductor circuits are formed on an outermost insulating layer. Herein, an end portion of the above described optical path for transmitting an optical signal protrudes from the surface of the outermost insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yamada