Patents by Inventor Hirobumi Adachi
Hirobumi Adachi 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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Patent number: 10356908Abstract: An electronic component containing substrate includes a substrate, a first electronic component mounted on a main surface of the substrate, and an embedment layer provided on the main surface of the substrate and embedding the first electronic component. The first electronic component is a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic multilayer body including a layered portion and a first side portion and a second side portion between which the layered portion lies and having two end surfaces opposed to each other and side surfaces connecting the two end surfaces to each other. The first side portion is located between the layered portion and the main surface of the substrate in a direction of thickness which is a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate. The embedment layer is smaller in elastic modulus than the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Hattori, Isamu Fujimoto, Masaru Takahashi, Choichiro Fujii, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 10079110Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a capacitor device and a resistance device which is disposed on the capacitor device and includes a resistor. The capacitor device includes a capacitor body and a first external electrode, a second external electrode, a third external electrode, and a fourth external electrode each provided on a surface of the capacitor body. The resistor is electrically connected to each of the third external electrode and the fourth external electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura
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Patent number: 10074483Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 10062508Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
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Patent number: 9997295Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic element including two outer electrodes on surfaces thereof and a board terminal including a board main body and two mounting electrodes. The board main body has electrical insulating properties and a first principal surface. The two mounting electrodes are disposed on the first principal surface and electrically coupled to the two outer electrodes, respectively. The electronic element is mounted on the first principal surface side. The two outer electrodes are partially disposed outside an outer edge of the board terminal when viewed from the first principal surface side. The height from an end of each of the two outer electrodes opposite the board terminal to an end of the board terminal opposite the electronic element is not greater than a larger dimension of the width of the electronic element and the width of the board terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro Fujita, Tadateru Yamada, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 9947466Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic element including outer electrodes on a surface, a substrate terminal on which the electronic element is mounted, and a conductor that covers at least a portion of the substrate terminal. The substrate terminal includes a first main surface, a second main surface at a side opposite to the first main surface, and a side surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. The substrate terminal includes a mounting electrode that is provided on the first main surface and is electrically connected to the outer electrodes of the electronic element. The mounting electrode includes adjacent portions that are located to be adjacent to the side surface of the substrate terminal. The conductor covers at least a portion of the adjacent portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Hattori, Isamu Fujimoto, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 9916933Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 9911537Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 9892856Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Patent number: 9870864Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Publication number: 20170365413Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Kazuki KUROKAWA, Hirobumi ADACHI
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Patent number: 9842700Abstract: A capacitor element includes first through sixth surfaces, a first-side outer electrode at a first end portion of the first surface and on portions of the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a second-side outer electrode at a second end portion of the first surface and on portions of the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a center outer electrode at a portion of the first surface between the first-side outer electrode and the second-side outer electrode and on portions of the fifth and sixth surfaces, and two outermost conductor layers of first and second conductor layers are disposed at both outermost ends in the width direction, a first of the two outermost conductor layers next to one of the first conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the center outer electrode, and a second of the pair of outermost conductor layers next to one of the second conductor layers with an inner dielectric layer therebetween is connected to the first-side outer electrode and the second-side ouType: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeda, Hirobumi Adachi, Hitoaki Kimura
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Patent number: 9824822Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
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Patent number: 9818546Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
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Publication number: 20170309401Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Hirobumi ADACHI, Mitsuru IKEDA, Hitoaki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170287644Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Kazuki KUROKAWA, Hirobumi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20170263382Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Kazuki KUROKAWA, Hirobumi ADACHI
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Patent number: 9715967Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers within the capacitor element. A height H2 is greater than a height H3, where the height H2 represents a higher one of a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the fifth surface and a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the sixth surface, and the height H3 represents a height at a center of a portion of the first-side outer electrode on the third surface, wherein the height H2 and the height H3 extend in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
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Patent number: 9711285Abstract: A three terminal capacitor includes a capacitor element including first through sixth surfaces, first-side and second-side outer electrodes, a center outer electrode between the first-side and second-side outer electrodes, and conductor layers. The conductor layers include a pair of outermost conductor layers that are respectively nearest to the fifth and sixth surfaces, and thicknesses of the pair of outermost conductor layers are greater than a thickness of a center conductor layer nearest to a center of the capacitor element in a width direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirobumi Adachi, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hitoaki Kimura
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Publication number: 20170186550Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Kazuki KUROKAWA, Hirobumi ADACHI