Patents by Inventor Izumi Masuda

Izumi Masuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20240107678
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded substrate includes: preparing one or plurality of products to be bonded, each including a brazing material layer and a copper plate laminated on both main surfaces of a ceramic substrate, laminating, one or a plurality of products bonded and a pair of clamping members that clamp them while providing a mold releasing layer between each thereof, heating the one or the plurality of products while pressing the one or the plurality of products in the pair of clamping members to obtain the one or the plurality of bonded substrates in which the ceramic substrate and the copper plate are bonded with a bonding layer, and removing the mold releasing layer from the bonded substrate by dissolving a portion in contact with the mold releasing layer of the copper plate included in the bonded substrate by wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kota KITAJIMA, Takahiko HONDA, Kazutaka NAKAO, Masayuki UETANI, Izumi MASUDA, Akihiro URANO
  • Patent number: 11917752
    Abstract: A second main surface of the copper plate is opposite a first main surface of the copper plate, and is bonded to a silicon nitride ceramic substrate by the bonding layer. A first portion and a second portion of an end surface of the copper plate form an angle of 135° to 165° on an outside of the copper plate. An extended plane of the first portion and the second main surface form an angle of 110° to 145° a side where the second portion is located. A distance from the second main surface to an intersection of the first portion and the second portion in a direction of a thickness of the copper plate is 10 to 100 ?m. The second main surface extends beyond the extended plane of the first portion by a distance of 10 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ebigase, Izumi Masuda, Takeshi Kaku
  • Publication number: 20220285238
    Abstract: The bonded substrate includes the silicon nitride ceramic substrate, a copper plate, the bonding layer, and penetrating regions. The copper plate and the bonding layer are patterned into a predetermined shape, and are disposed over a main surface of the silicon nitride ceramic substrate. The bonding layer bonds the copper plate to the main surface of the silicon nitride ceramic substrate. The penetrating regions each include one or more penetrating portions penetrating continuously from the main surface of the substrate into the silicon nitride ceramic substrate to a depth of 3 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, and contain silver, and the number of penetrating regions present per square millimeter of the main surface of the substrate is one or more and 30 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi EBIGASE, Izumi MASUDA, Takeshi KAKU
  • Publication number: 20220030708
    Abstract: A second main surface of the copper plate is opposite a first main surface of the copper plate, and is bonded to a silicon nitride ceramic substrate by the bonding layer. A first portion and a second portion of an end surface of the copper plate form an angle of 135° to 165° on an outside of the copper plate. An extended plane of the first portion and the second main surface form an angle of 110° to 145° a side where the second portion is located. A distance from the second main surface to an intersection of the first portion and the second portion in a direction of a thickness of the copper plate is 10 to 100 ?m. The second main surface extends beyond the extended plane of the first portion by a distance of 10 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi EBIGASE, Izumi MASUDA, Takeshi KAKU
  • Publication number: 20210387923
    Abstract: Electrical insulating properties between adjacent copper plates are improved while a defect of a bonded substrate which is caused by concentration of stress to end portions of the copper plates is prevented. A bonded substrate includes a silicon nitride ceramic substrate, a copper plate, and a bonding layer. The copper plate and the bonding layer are disposed on the silicon nitride ceramic substrate. The bonding layer bonds the copper plate to the silicon nitride ceramic substrate. The bonding layer includes: an interplate portion between the silicon nitride ceramic substrate and the copper plate; and a protruding portion protruding from between the silicon nitride ceramic substrate and the copper plate. Exposure of the silicon nitride ceramic substrate is prevented at a position where the protruding portion is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi EBIGASE, Izumi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9935253
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device is a fired body including a body part 10 and external electrodes 21 and 22. A surface of the side electrode 22 is comprised only of a material for the side electrode 22. On a surface of the surface electrode 21 or a surface of a connection portion where the surface electrode 21 and the side electrode 22 are connected to each other, a protrusion h extending along a direction along which the connection portion extends and sticking out in a thickness direction of the surface electrode 21 is provided. A region, on the surface of the surface electrode 21, farther from the connection portion than the protrusion h is interspersed with a plurality of exposed portions in each of which a surface of a ceramic material having lower solder wettability than a material for the surface electrode 21 is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Uetani, Takaaki Koizumi, Izumi Masuda, Takeshi Kaku
  • Patent number: 9412930
    Abstract: A laminated body has a substrate and a metallic layer. The substrate is composed of an inorganic material. The metallic layer is disposed on the substrate. One of the substrate and the metallic layer has a main body portion and a plurality of protruding portions. The protruding portions are formed on the main body portion. The protruding portions are embedded in the other of the substrate and the metallic layer. An outer diameter of each of the protruding portions is configured to decrease towards the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Masuda, Naoki Ogawa, Takaaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20160099400
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device is a fired body including a body part 10 and external electrodes 21 and 22. A surface of the side electrode 22 is comprised only of a material for the side electrode 22. On a surface of the surface electrode 21 or a surface of a connection portion where the surface electrode 21 and the side electrode 22 are connected to each other, a protrusion h extending along a direction along which the connection portion extends and sticking out in a thickness direction of the surface electrode 21 is provided. A region, on the surface of the surface electrode 21, farther from the connection portion than the protrusion h is interspersed with a plurality of exposed portions in each of which a surface of a ceramic material having lower solder wettability than a material for the surface electrode 21 is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki UETANI, Takaaki KOIZUMI, Izumi MASUDA, Takeshi KAKU
  • Publication number: 20140292158
    Abstract: A laminated body has a substrate and a metallic layer. The substrate is composed of an inorganic material. The metallic layer is disposed on the substrate. One of the substrate and the metallic layer has a main body portion and a plurality of protruding portions. The protruding portions are formed on the main body portion. The protruding portions are embedded in the other of the substrate and the metallic layer. An outer diameter of each of the protruding portions is configured to decrease towards the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi MASUDA, Naoki OGAWA, Takaaki KOIZUMI
  • Patent number: 7854279
    Abstract: A driving force control device for an electric vehicle in which a left wheel is driven by a left in-wheel motor and a right wheel is driven by a right in-wheel motor includes a driving force difference setting section. The driving force difference setting section is configured to set a driving force difference between a driving force outputted from the left in-wheel motor and a driving force outputted from the right in-wheel motor when a lateral acceleration is detected acting on the vehicle, the driving force difference being set to generate a restoring moment against the vehicle corresponding to the lateral acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Autech Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Nakajima, Yasushi Fuse, Izumi Masuda, Kazuma Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20090229904
    Abstract: A driving force control device for an electric vehicle in which a left wheel is driven by a left in-wheel motor and a right wheel is driven by a right in-wheel motor includes a driving force difference setting section. The driving force difference setting section is configured to set a driving force difference between a driving force outputted from the left in-wheel motor and a driving force outputted from the right in-wheel motor when a lateral acceleration is detected acting on the vehicle, the driving force difference being set to generate a restoring moment against the vehicle corresponding to the lateral acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: AUTECH JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeharu NAKAJIMA, Yasushi FUSE, Izumi MASUDA, Kazuma KIKUCHI