Patents by Inventor Hirohumi Asou

Hirohumi Asou 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: 11715976
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil pattern wound in a planar spiral shape. At least one turn constituting the first coil pattern is divided into a plurality of lines by a spiral slit, and a space width between the plurality of lines differs depending on a planar position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Shigeru Kaneko, Shigenori Hirata, Akihito Watanabe, Hirohumi Asou, Junpei Hayama, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takahiro Ohishi, Takaaki Imai, Tomohiro Moriki, Takakazu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11594363
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first and second substrates, a first coil pattern formed on one surface of the first substrate, a second coil pattern formed on one surface of the second substrate, a first terminal electrode connected to one end of the first coil pattern and protruding from the first substrate, and a second terminal electrode connected to one end of the second coil pattern and protruding from the second substrate. The first and second substrates are laminated such that the first and second terminal electrodes overlap each other and are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Moriki, Takahiro Ohishi, Hirohumi Asou, Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Junpei Hamaya, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takaaki Imai, Takakazu Maruyama, Osamu Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20200381167
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes first and second substrates, a first coil pattern formed on one surface of the first substrate, a second coil pattern formed on one surface of the second substrate, a first terminal electrode connected to one end of the first coil pattern and protruding from the first substrate, and a second terminal electrode connected to one end of the second coil pattern and protruding from the second substrate. The first and second substrates are laminated such that the first and second terminal electrodes overlap each other and are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro MORIKI, Takahiro OHISHI, Hirohumi ASOU, Noritaka CHIYO, Toshio TOMONARI, Junpei HAMAYA, Shigeki OHTSUKA, Takaaki IMAI, Takakazu MARUYAMA, Osamu TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10770219
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum core having a winding core part and first and second flange parts provided on both sides of the winding core part; a wire wound around the winding core part; a plurality of terminal electrodes connected with end portions of the wire, each of the terminal electrodes being provided on an associated one of the first and second flange parts; and a top plate fixed to the first and second flange parts. The top plate includes a magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder and binder resin, and a resin layer having a smaller content of the magnetic powder than that of the magnetic layer. The resin layer is positioned between the first and second flange parts and the magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Kouyu Ohi, Hirohumi Asou, Syun Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20200274392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a first coil pattern wound in a planar spiral shape . At least one turn constituting the first coil pattern is divided into a plurality of lines by a spiral slit, and a space width between the plurality of lines differs depending on a planar position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Noritaka CHIYO, Toshio TOMONARI, Shigeru KANEKO, Shigenori HIRATA, Akihito WATANABE, Hirohumi ASOU, Junpei HAYAMA, Shigeki OHTSUKA, Takahiro OHISHI, Takaaki IMAI, Tomohiro MORIKI, Takakazu MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10629363
    Abstract: A coil device includes a winding core with a coil portion wound by a wire, first and second flanges with open magnetic circuit respectively formed on both sides of the winding core in an axial direction, and a first facing surface of the first flange and a second facing surface of the second flange facing each other in the axial direction on an outer circumference side of the coil portion. S1/S2 is 0.2 to 1.0, where S1 is a maximum lateral cross sectional area of the winding core as seen from the axial direction, and S2 is a projected overlapping area overlapped by the first facing surface and the second facing surface as seen from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syun Ashizawa, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Emi Ito
  • Patent number: 10522912
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device including a first metal layer having first and second areas, a coil pattern having first and second terminals, a first wiring pattern connected between the first area of the first metal layer and the first terminal of the coil pattern, and a second wiring pattern connected between the second area of the first metal layer and the second terminal of the coil pattern. The first metal layer, the first wiring pattern, and the second wiring pattern constitute at least a part of a loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Komachi, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou
  • Patent number: 10396435
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a planar coil pattern having first, second, third and fourth sections, the first and second sections being opposite to each other, and the third and fourth sections being opposite to each other, and a metal layer having at least one aperture. A part of the first section and a part of the second section overlap the metal layer, and a remaining part of the first section and a remaining part of the second section overlap the aperture. A part or an entirety of both the third and fourth sections overlaps the metal layer or the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Komachi, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou
  • Patent number: 10374276
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wire that includes: a core wire made of a conductor; an insulating film covering an outer periphery of the core wire; a catalyst adsorption film covering an outer periphery of the insulating film, the catalyst adsorption film including a catalyst serving as a reaction start point of electroless plating; and an outer periphery conductor covering an outer periphery of the catalyst adsorption film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Kosuke Kunitsuka
  • Patent number: 10374301
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wiring component that includes a base material and a planar coil pattern formed on the base material. The planar coil pattern includes a coil wiring portion having one end, other end, and first to third connecting positions, the second connecting position being closer to the other end compared with the first connecting position, the third connecting position being closer to the one end compared with the second connecting position; a power-feed wiring portion connected to the first connecting position; and a connection wiring portion that short-circuits the second connecting position and the third connecting position. A cross-section structure of the planar coil pattern has a base resin layer formed on the base material, and a conductive layer formed on the base resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Horikawa, Makoto Orikasa, Yoshihiro Kanbayashi, Hisayuki Abe, Hirohumi Asou, Kosuke Kunitsuka
  • Patent number: 10354796
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a planar coil, the method including forming a base conductive layer on a base material, the base conductive layer including: a coil wiring portion having one end, other end, and first to third connecting positions, the second connecting position being closer to the other end compared with the first connecting position, the third connecting position being closer to the one end compared with the second connecting position; a power-feed wiring portion that connects the first connecting position with an external power source; and a connection wiring portion that short-circuits the second connecting position and the third connecting position; forming a wiring conductive layer on the base conductive layer by electrolytic plating by feeding power from the external power source; and removing the power-feed wiring portion and the connection wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Horikawa, Makoto Orikasa, Yoshihiro Kanbayashi, Hisayuki Abe, Hirohumi Asou, Kosuke Kunitsuka
  • Publication number: 20190189331
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum core having a winding core part and first and second flange parts provided on both sides of the winding core part; a wire wound around the winding core part; a plurality of terminal electrodes connected with end portions of the wire, each of the terminal electrodes being provided on an associated one of the first and second flange parts; and a top plate fixed to the first and second flange parts. The top plate includes a magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder and binder resin, and a resin layer having a smaller content of the magnetic powder than that of the magnetic layer. The resin layer is positioned between the first and second flange parts and the magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWASAKI, Kouyu Ohi, Hirohumi Asou, Syun Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 10312013
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum core having a winding core and first and second flange portions provided at opposite ends of the winding core; a wire wound around the winding core; terminal electrodes provided in the first and second flange portions, the terminal electrodes being connected to ends of the wire; and a magnetic top plate made of magnetic-powder containing resin in which soft magnetic metal powder having a flat shape is mixed in binder resin, the magnetic top plate being fixed to the first and second flange portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Syun Ashizawa, Hirohumi Asou, Nobuo Takagi
  • Patent number: 10290934
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided with a substrate; an antenna coil formed into a loop-shaped or spiral-shaped on the substrate; a first metallic layer overlapping with a first part of the antenna coil in a planar view; and a second metallic layer overlapping with a second part of the antenna coil different from the first part. The first and second metallic layers are disposed on both sides of a center of an inner diameter portion of the antenna coil in a planar view, respectively. A slit formed between the first and second metallic layers overlaps with the inner diameter portion of the antenna coil in a planar view. At least one of the first and second metallic layers is formed on the substrate together with the antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Toshifumi Komachi
  • Patent number: 10210988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum core having a winding core and first and second flange portions provided at opposite ends of the winding core; a wire wound around the winding core; terminal electrodes provided in the first and second flange portions, the terminal electrodes being connected to ends of the wire; and a magnetic top plate made of magnetic-powder containing resin in which magnetic powder is mixed in binder resin, the magnetic top plate being fixed to the first and second flange portions. The magnetic top plate has a lower surface facing the first and second flange portions and an upper surface located opposite to the lower surface. The density of the binder resin is higher in a surface layer part on a side of the lower surface than in a surface layer part on a side of the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Syun Ashizawa, Hirohumi Asou, Nobuo Takagi
  • Patent number: 10186365
    Abstract: A coil device includes a winding core with a coil portion wound by a wire and a pair of flanges respectively formed on both sides of the winding core in an axial direction. The coil portion includes a bank winding portion with double layer constituted by the wire wound around an outer circumference of the winding core and a layer winding portion with single layer constituted by the wire wound closely and adjacently to the bank winding portion along the axial direction of the winding core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syun Ashizawa, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Emi Ito
  • Patent number: 10186753
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is antenna device that includes: a first metal member having a first main surface; a second metal member having a second main surface parallel to the first main surface; and an antenna coil having a coil axis perpendicular to the first and second main surfaces, wherein the first metal member constitutes at least a part of a housing of a portable electronic device in which the antenna coil is mounted, at least one slit is formed between the first and second metal members, an inner diameter section of the antenna coil overlaps with the slit in planar view, and the slit has a constant width at least in a region that overlaps with the antenna coil in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohumi Asou, Toshifumi Komachi, Toshio Tomonari, Yoshitomo Sato, Kosuke Kunitsuka
  • Patent number: 10149417
    Abstract: A magnetism suppressing sheet is provided with a metallic foil formed by plating and a magnetic film formed by applying magnetic metal powder-containing resin paste to one main surface of the metallic foil. A manufacturing method of a magnetism suppressing sheet includes the steps of preparing a support film on which a metallic foil has been formed, and forming a magnetic film by applying a magnetic metal powder-containing paste to one main surface of the metallic foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Toshihiro Kuroshima
  • Patent number: 10074904
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided with first and second substrates opposed to each other, one or more first wiring patterns provided on the first substrate, one or more second wiring patterns provided on the second substrate, and a plurality of connection conductors each connecting an end portion of its corresponding first wiring pattern and an end portion of its corresponding second wiring pattern. The first wiring patterns, second wiring patterns and the plurality of connection conductors constitute an antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Toshifumi Komachi, Hirohumi Asou
  • Patent number: D922323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Chiyo, Toshio Tomonari, Shigeru Kaneko, Shigenori Hirata, Akihito Watanabe, Hirohumi Asou, Junpei Hayama, Shigeki Ohtsuka, Takahiro Ohishi, Takaaki Imai, Tomohiro Moriki, Takakazu Maruyama