Patents by Inventor Junichi Murai

Junichi Murai 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: 9443778
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a semiconductor device which can be obtained at a high reliability by warping an insulating substrate stably into a convex shape while ensuring a close contact between a cooling member and the insulating substrate. The semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element disposed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, a case connected to the insulating substrate, and a resin filled inside the case. Assuming that the thickness of the insulating substrate is denoted by t1, the thickness of the resin is denoted by t2, the linear expansion coefficient of the insulating substrate is denoted by ?1, and the linear expansion coefficient of the resin is denoted by ?2, the relationship therebetween satisfies t2?t1 and ?2??1, and a second surface of the insulating substrate opposite to the first surface thereof is warped into a convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Otsubo, Hiroshi Yoshida, Junji Fujino, Masao Kikuchi, Junichi Murai
  • Publication number: 20160071778
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a semiconductor device which can be obtained at a high reliability by warping an insulating substrate stably into a convex shape while ensuring a close contact between a cooling member and the insulating substrate. The semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element disposed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, a case connected to the insulating substrate, and a resin filled inside the case. Assuming that the thickness of the insulating substrate is denoted by t1, the thickness of the resin is denoted by t2, the linear expansion coefficient of the insulating substrate is denoted by ?1, and the linear expansion coefficient of the resin is denoted by ?2, the relationship therebetween satisfies t2?t1 and ?2??1, and a second surface of the insulating substrate opposite to the first surface thereof is warped into a convex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka OTSUBO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Junji FUJINO, Masao KIKUCHI, Junichi MURAI
  • Patent number: 8590381
    Abstract: Equipment of the invention provides ultrasonic flaw detection equipment using a volume focusing flaw detection method, the ultrasonic flaw detection equipment described below. That is, this equipment performs internal flaw detection of a material being tested, the material having a virtually circular cross-sectional shape, and transducers 1 . . . 1 are arranged in an arc along a circle exhibited by the material being tested. Array probes 10 . . . 10 are disposed so as to surround the material being tested. An exciting unit enables flaw detection of the material being tested to be performed by vertical and oblique flaw detection methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Krautkramer Japan, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Murai, Dominique Braconnier
  • Patent number: 8584526
    Abstract: Equipment of the invention uses a volume focusing flaw detection method. In a sectional view of a material m being tested, a plurality of transducers 1 . . . 1 of one of array probes 10 are arranged along one side of a rectangular shape of the material being tested, and a plurality of transducers 1 . . . 1 of the other of the array probes 10 are arranged along one of sides adjacent to the one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Krautkramer Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Murai, Dominique Braconnier
  • Publication number: 20110030479
    Abstract: Equipment of the invention provides ultrasonic flaw detection equipment using a volume focusing flaw detection method, the ultrasonic flaw detection equipment described below. That is, this equipment performs internal flaw detection of a material being tested, the material having a virtually circular cross-sectional shape, and transducers 1 . . . 1 are arranged in an arc along a circle exhibited by the material being tested. Array probes 10 . . . 10 are disposed so as to surround the material being tested. An exciting unit enables flaw detection of the material being tested to be performed by vertical and oblique flaw detection methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Junichi Murai, Dominique Braconnier
  • Publication number: 20100212430
    Abstract: Equipment of the invention uses a volume focusing flaw detection method. In a sectional view of a material m being tested, a plurality of transducers 1 . . . 1 of one of array probes 10 are arranged along one side of a rectangular shape of the material being tested, and a plurality of transducers 1 . . . 1 of the other of the array probes 10 are arranged along one of sides adjacent to the one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: KRAUTKRAMER JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Murai, Dominique Braconnier
  • Patent number: 7361983
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device (1), semiconductor elements (2) and (3) are mounted on a lead frame (5) having leads (4). The semiconductor elements (2) and (3) are connected with the leads (4) by metallic wires (6) and (7). The semiconductor device (1) also has a heat sink (8). The members (2) to (8) are sealed with a plastic package (10). The leads (4) are exposed outward. Each of the end leads (4a) to (4d) has a wide first lead portion, a narrow second lead portion, a third lead portion to be inserted into an external substrate, and a protruding gap-controlling portion (9) for keeping the gap between the semiconductor device (1) and the external substrate constant. Because the heat resistance from the leads (4) to the plastic package (10) increases, the temperature-rise property of the lead is improved so that the solderability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Hayashi, Hisashi Kawafuji, Junichi Murai, Goro Izuta
  • Publication number: 20040145043
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device (1), semiconductor elements (2) and (3) are mounted on a lead frame (5) having leads (4). The semiconductor elements (2) and (3) are connected with the leads (4) by metallic wires (6) and (7). The semiconductor device (1) also has a heat sink (8). The members (2) to (8) are sealed with a plastic package (10). The leads (4) are exposed outward. Each of the end leads (4a) to (4d) has a wide first lead portion, a narrow second lead portion, a third lead portion to be inserted into an external substrate, and a protruding gap-controlling portion (9) for keeping the gap between the semiconductor device (1) and the external substrate constant. Because the heat resistance from the leads (4) to the plastic package (10) increases, the temperature-rise property of the lead is improved so that the solderability is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Hayashi, Hisashi Kawafuji, Junichi Murai, Goro Izuta
  • Patent number: 5671212
    Abstract: A disc cartridge has a casing having first and second apertures and first and second shutters slidably mounted to the casing for selectively opening and closing the first and second apertures. First and second shutter openers are respectively connected to the first and second shutters. Only the first aperture is opened using the first shutter opener when the disc cartridge is loaded in a standard specifications or existing recording and/or reproducing apparatus. When the disc cartridge is loaded in an optional specifications apparatus, both the first and second shutter openers are used to open the first and second apertures, respectively. A disc cartridge compatible with both new plural head recording and reproducing apparatuses and existing single head recording and reproducing apparatuses is thus provided while offering improved resistance to penetration of dust and other foreign matter into the casing by opening only the aperture(s) required for head insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benichi Miyazaki, Yukio Nishino, Junichi Murai