Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sumi

Hiroshi Sumi 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: 7291789
    Abstract: A wiring board comprising: a conductor layer comprising Fe and Cu; and at least one of a radiator, a connection terminal, a cover and a circuit component, connected to the conductor layer through a joining member, which is obtained by coating a copper paste comprising a copper powder, an organic vehicle and an Fe2O3 particle as a conductor layer on a ceramic green sheet and firing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060280919
    Abstract: A wiring substrate comprised of a substrate main body made of glass-ceramic, a pad formed on a surface of the substrate main body and a conductor pin provided in an upright position on the pad. The pad is comprised of a ceramic that is the same as the ceramic constituting the glass-ceramic, Fe converted into Fe2O3 and Cu. The Fe2O3 comprises 1 to 28 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Tatsuharu Ikawa, Mitsuo Shiraishi, Hiroshi Sumi
  • Publication number: 20060083930
    Abstract: A dielectric material comprising: a glass powder constituted of a glass comprising Si, B and an alkali metal element, the glass being amorphous in sintering at a temperature of 1,050° C. or lower; and a ceramic filler comprising at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2SiO2, and an alkali metal element, wherein when a total sum of Si converted into SiO2, B converted into B2O3 and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, wherein A represents an alkali metal element, all of which are contained in the glass, is 100 mole %, the content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the glass, is 0.5 mole % or less; and when a total sum of at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2SiO2, and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, all of which are contained in the ceramic filler, is 100 mole %, a content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the ceramic filler, is 0.5 mole % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Masashi Suzumura, Tsutomu Sakai, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20050051356
    Abstract: A wiring board comprising: a conductor layer comprising Fe and Cu; and at least one of a radiator, a connection terminal, a cover and a circuit component, connected to the conductor layer through a joining member, which is obtained by coating a copper paste comprising a copper powder, an organic vehicle and an Fe2O3 particle as a conductor layer on a ceramic green sheet and firing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 6855399
    Abstract: A wiring board obtained by filling a copper paste in a via hole formed on a ceramic green sheet and firing it to form an insulating layer and a via conductor, the copper paste comprising a copper powder, an organic vehicle and at least one selected from the group consisting of: a ceramic particle having an average particle size of 100 nm or less; and an Fe2O3 particle, wherein the copper paste comprises from 6 to 20 parts by mass of the organic vehicle per 100 parts by mass of the copper powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 6706975
    Abstract: A paste for filling a throughhole, comprises: an epoxy resin; a curing agent; and a metal filler, wherein the metal filler is a powder comprising a base metal, and the curing agent is an imidazole compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Toshihumi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20040023011
    Abstract: A wiring board obtained by coating a copper paste on a ceramic green sheet and firing it to form a conductor layer and an insulating layer, the copper paste comprising a copper powder, an organic vehicle and at least one selected from the group consisting of: an SiO2 particle having an average particle size of 50 nm or less; and a ceramic particle having an average particle size of 100 nm or less and non-vitrifiable after sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20040013860
    Abstract: A wiring board obtained by filling a copper paste in a via hole formed on a ceramic green sheet and firing it to form an insulating layer and a via conductor, the copper paste comprising a copper powder, an organic vehicle and at least one selected from the group consisting of: a ceramic particle having an average particle size of 100 nm or less; and an Fe2O3 particle, wherein the copper paste comprises from 6 to 20 parts by mass of the organic vehicle per 100 parts by mass of the copper powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 6677562
    Abstract: This invention provides a high-frequency heating apparatus for heating by using magnetron including an inverter power supply as a magnetron-driving power supply, a cooling fan, and an air guide. The cooling fan is inclined against the vertical direction of the power supply and fitted to the air guide. This structure increases the cooling effect of the power supply. Additionally, the power supply includes temperature sensors provided on semiconductor elements and a controller for controlling the power supply and an operation of the heating apparatus according to the result of the sensors. These sensors avoid breaking down of the power supply caused by overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosho Oshima, Masato Yamauchi, Hiroshi Sumi, Yukio Abe
  • Publication number: 20030170436
    Abstract: A dielectric material comprising: a glass powder constituted of a glass comprising Si, B and an alkali metal element, the glass being amorphous in sintering at a temperature of 1,050° C. or lower; and a ceramic filler comprising at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2Si2, and an alkali metal element, wherein when a total sum of Si converted into SiO2, B converted into B2O3 and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, wherein A represents an alkali metal element, all of which are contained in the glass, is 100 mole %, the content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the glass, is 0.5 mole % or less; and when a total sum of at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2SiO2, and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, all of which are contained in the ceramic filler, is 100 mole %, a content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the ceramic filler, is 0.5 mole % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Masashi Suzumura, Tsutomu Sakai, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20020153371
    Abstract: This invention provides a high-frequency heating apparatus for heating by using magnetron including an inverter power supply as a magnetron-driving power supply, a cooling fan, and an air guide. The cooling fan is inclined against the vertical direction of the power supply and fitted to the air guide. This structure increases the cooling effect of the power supply. Additionally, the power supply includes temperature sensors provided on semiconductor elements and control means for controlling the power supply and an operation of the heating apparatus according to the result of sensors. These sensors avoid breaking down of the power supply caused of overheating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosho Oshima, Masato Yamauchi, Hiroshi Sumi, Yukio Abe
  • Publication number: 20020033275
    Abstract: A paste for filling a throughhole, comprises: an epoxy resin; a curing agent; and a metal filler, wherein the metal filler is a powder comprising a base metal, and the curing agent is an imidazole compound represented by the following formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Toshihumi Kojima
  • Patent number: 6193910
    Abstract: A paste for filling through-holes of a printed wiring board contains 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin composition containing 90 to 99.5 parts by weight of an epoxy resin and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a curing agent; and (B) 500 to 1000 parts by weight of a metallic filler having an average particle size of 0.5 to 20 &mgr;m. The paste has a viscosity of not higher than 20,000 poise at 25° C. and a volatile content of not more than 1.0% when heated in a filling step. The paste exhibits such shrink-resistance properties that when a first cured resin obtained by heating in a filling step is re-heated and cooled in a solder reflow step to obtain a second cured resin, the shrinkage percentage of the first cured resin to the second cured resin in the longitudinal direction of the through-hole is not greater than 0.1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Ikai, Hiroshi Sumi, Masahiko Okuyama, Toshifumi Kojima
  • Patent number: 6153266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a calcium phosphate coating film on the surface of a substrate, even a substrate which has poor heat resistance. The method comprises the steps of soaking a substrate in a first solution containing phosphate ions, inter alia, aqueous solutions of a basic phosphate salt such as Na.sub.3 PO.sub.4 or Na.sub.2 HPO.sub.4 ; removing the substrate and drying it; and soaking the substrate in a second solution (aqueous solution) containing calcium ions, to thereby obtain a coating film comprising hydroxyapatite or a mixture containing hydroxyapatite and a hydroxyapatite precursor. The substrate removed from the second solution may be soaked in a third solution (aqueous solution) containing an apatite component at a substantially saturated or supersaturated concentration, to thereby form a hydroxyapatite coating film. There may be used substrates formed of metals, ceramics, organic polymer materials, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignees: Japan as represented by Director General Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yokogawa, Tetsuya Kameyama, Yukari Kawamoto, Kaori Nishizawa, Fukue Nagata, Kohji Okada, Hiroshi Sumi
  • Patent number: 5134443
    Abstract: The main body of the image-forming machine is provided with an image-forming unit and a conveying unit disposed opposite to the image-forming unit. The conveying unit supports a mounting and detaching unit so that it is selectively movable to a set position or a non-set position. A locking means is provided between the mounting and detaching unit and the main body of the image-forming machine. When the mounting and detaching unit is held at the non-set position, the lock means is cancelled, and the conveying unit can be drawn from the main body of the image-forming machine. As a result, a large space is created beneath the image-forming unit, and jamming can be easily disposed of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Yoshiyuki Asakawa