Patents by Inventor Itsuo Watanabe

Itsuo Watanabe 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: 8501045
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8273457
    Abstract: An adhesive for bonding and securing a semiconductor chip to a circuit board and electrically connecting the electrodes of the two, and containing an adhesive resin composition and an inorganic filler being contained in an amount of 10 to 200 parts by weight of 100 parts by weight of the adhesive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Kenzo Takemura, Akira Nagai, Kazuhiro Isaka, Osamu Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8273458
    Abstract: An adhesive for bonding and securing a semiconductor chip to a circuit board and electrically connecting the electrodes of the two, and containing an adhesive resin composition and an inorganic filler being contained in an amount of 10 to 200 parts by weight of 100 parts by weight of the adhesive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Kenzo Takemura, Akira Nagai, Kazuhiro Isaka, Osamu Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8252419
    Abstract: An adhesive for bonding and securing a semiconductor chip to a circuit board and electrically connecting the electrodes of the two, and containing an adhesive resin composition and an inorganic filler being contained in an amount of 10 to 200 parts by weight of 100 parts by weight of the adhesive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Kenzo Takemura, Akira Nagai, Kazuhiro Isaka, Osamu Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8202622
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8142605
    Abstract: A circuit-connecting material which is interposed between circuit electrodes facing each other and electrically connects the electrodes in the pressing direction by pressing the facing electrodes against each other; the circuit-connecting material comprising as essential components (1) a curing agent capable of generating free radicals upon heating, (2) a hydroxyl-group-containing resin having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more and (3) a radical-polymerizable substance. Also provided are a circuit terminal connected structure and a circuit terminal connecting method which make use of such a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Houko Kanazawa, Atsushi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 8120189
    Abstract: A wiring structure having a wiring-terminal-connection adhesive that includes a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Kouji Motomura, Kouji Kobayashi, Yasushi Gotoh, Tohru Fujinawa
  • Patent number: 8115322
    Abstract: This invention provides a wiring-terminal-connecting adhesive comprising a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles, and a wiring-terminal-connecting method and a wiring structure which make use of such an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Kouji Motomura, Kouji Kobayashi, Yasushi Gotoh, Tohru Fujinawa
  • Patent number: 8043709
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20110247757
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Motohiro ARIFUKU, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20110247870
    Abstract: The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 ?m or greater but less than 10 ?m and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Yasushi Gotou, Kouji Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 7968196
    Abstract: A circuit-connecting material interposed between mutually-facing circuit electrodes, and electrically connecting the electrodes, either by direct contact, or via conductive particles present in the material. The circuit-connecting material features: (1) a curing agent capable of generating free radicals upon heating; (2) a radical-polymerizable substance, and two or more microscopically separated phases. The two or more microscopically separated phases include an elastomer phase of carboxyl-group-containing elastomer and a phenoxy resin phase of a phenoxy resin having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Houko Kanazawa, Atsushi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 7967943
    Abstract: A circuit-connecting material which is interposed between circuit electrodes facing each other and electrically connects the electrodes in the pressing direction by pressing the facing electrodes against each other; the circuit-connecting material comprising as essential components (1) a curing agent capable of generating free radicals upon heating, (2) a hydroxyl-group-containing resin having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more and (3) a radical-polymerizable substance. Also provided are a circuit terminal connected structure and a circuit terminal connecting method which make use of such a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Houko Kanazawa, Atushi Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20110114893
    Abstract: A circuit-connecting material which is interposed between circuit electrodes facing each other and electrically connects the electrodes in the pressing direction by pressing the facing electrodes against each other; the circuit-connecting material comprising as essential components (1) a curing agent capable of generating free radicals upon heating, (2) a hydroxyl-group-containing resin having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more and (3) radical-polymerizable substance. Also provided are a circuit terminal connected structure and a circuit terminal connecting method which make use of such a material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Houko Kanazawa, Atsushi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 7879956
    Abstract: A circuit-connecting material for interposing between circuit electrodes facing each other and electrically connecting the electrodes, after curing by heat and pressure, either by direct contact or via conductive particles present in the material. The circuit-connecting material features the following essential components: (1) a curing agent capable of generating free radicals upon heating, (2) a phenoxy resin having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, and that is chemically modified by a carboxyl-group-containing elastomer, and (3) a radical-polymerizable substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Tohru Fujinawa, Motohiro Arifuku, Houko Kanazawa, Atsushi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 7879445
    Abstract: An adhesive for bonding and securing a semiconductor chip to a circuit board and electrically connecting the electrodes of the two, and containing an adhesive resin composition and an inorganic filler being contained in an amount of 10 to 200 parts by weight of 100 parts by weight of the adhesive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Watanabe, Kenzo Takemura, Akira Nagai, Kazuhiro Isaka, Osamu Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20100265685
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wiring-connecting material comprising from 2 to 75 parts by weight of a polyurethane resin, from 30 to 60 parts by weight of a radical-polymerizable substance and from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, and a process for producing a wiring-connected board by using the wiring-connecting material. The wiring-connecting material of the present invention may preferably further contain a film-forming material and/or conductive particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Tohru Fujinawa, Masami Yusa, Satoyuki Nomura, Hiroshi Ono, Itsuo Watanabe, Motohiro Arifuku, Hoko Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7785708
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive film for circuit connection which is to be interposed between circuit electrodes facing each other and used for electrically connecting the circuit electrodes to each other, which comprises a curing agent to generate free radicals with heating, a radically polymerizable substance, and a film-forming polymer, and in which a temporary fixing power to a flexible substrate having the circuit electrode is 40-180 N/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tatsuzawa, Itsuo Watanabe, Naoki Fukushima, Masahide Kume
  • Patent number: 7777335
    Abstract: A wiring structure having a wiring-terminal-connection adhesive that includes a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Arifuku, Itsuo Watanabe, Kouji Motomura, Kouji Kobayashi, Yasushi Gotoh, Tohru Fujinawa
  • Patent number: 7776438
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive film for circuit connection which is to be interposed between circuit electrodes facing each other and used for electrically connecting the circuit electrodes to each other, which comprises a curing agent to generate free radicals with heating, a radically polymerizable substance, and a film-forming polymer, and in which a temporary fixing power to a flexible substrate having the circuit electrode is 40-180 N/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tatsuzawa, Itsuo Watanabe, Naoki Fukushima, Masahide Kume