Patents by Inventor Hiroki KOWADA

Hiroki KOWADA 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: 9299487
    Abstract: A laminated coil component that has DC superimposition characteristics improved without causing an increase in direct-current resistance, and reduces stress which can be generated in a magnetic body. A laminated coil component includes a magnetic section of magnetic layers stacked and a conductor section which has a plurality of conductor pattern layers arranged between the magnetic layers, and interconnected in a coiled shape to pass through the magnetic layers, and which is buried in the magnetic section. The conductor section is composed of a conductor containing silver. The magnetic section is of a sintered ferrite material containing Fe2O3, NiO, ZnO, and CuO. The ratio of the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a near-conductor section region of the magnetic section to the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a central region of the magnetic section is 0.2 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Naito, Hiroki Kowada, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9281113
    Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a ferrite material and a coil conductor wound into a coil shape and embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.9 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 0.2 to 4 mol %. In a method laminated coil component, the coil is formed from a conductive paste including Ag, and firing the laminated body is performed by setting the oxygen concentration is 0.1 volume % or less as a firing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Naito, Hiroki Kowada, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140197917
    Abstract: A laminated coil component that has DC superimposition characteristics improved without causing an increase in direct-current resistance, and reduces stress which can be generated in a magnetic body. A laminated coil component includes a magnetic section of magnetic layers stacked and a conductor section which has a plurality of conductor pattern layers arranged between the magnetic layers, and interconnected in a coiled shape to pass through the magnetic layers, and which is buried in the magnetic section. The conductor section is composed of a conductor containing silver. The magnetic section is of a sintered ferrite material containing Fe2O3, NiO, ZnO, and CuO. The ratio of the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a near-conductor section region of the magnetic section to the Cu content (in terms of CuO) in a central region of the magnetic section is 0.2 to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu NAITO, Hiroki KOWADA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140097923
    Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a ferrite material and a coil conductor wound into a coil shape and embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.9 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 0.2 to 4 mol %. In a method laminated coil component, the coil is formed from a conductive paste including Ag, and firing the laminated body is performed by setting the oxygen concentration is 0.1 volume % or less as a firing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu NAITO, Hiroki KOWADA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO