Patents by Inventor Katsufumi SASAKI
Katsufumi SASAKI 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).
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Publication number: 20240145148Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body. The element body includes an inductor wire extending parallel to a first principal surface of the element body, columnar wires extending in a direction intersecting the first principal surface, and outer electrodes. Each inductor wire has a wire body, a first end pad connected to a first end of the wire body, and a second end pad connected to a second end of the wire body. The first and second end pads each have a large wire width relative to the wire body. The inductor wires include first and second inductor wires. When viewed transparently in a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface, at least one of a size and shape of the second end pad of the first inductor wire differs from at least one of a size and shape of the second end pad of the second inductor wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji TOYOSHIMA, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Patent number: 11935685Abstract: In an inductor component, a first magnetic layer thickness of the first magnetic layer as a measurement in the normal direction is smaller than a second magnetic layer thickness of the second magnetic layer as a measurement in the normal direction. An inductor wiring thickness of the inductor wiring as a measurement in the normal direction is from larger than 0.5 times a vertical wiring thickness of the vertical wiring as a measurement in the normal direction to smaller than 1.5 times the vertical wiring thickness.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi, Riku Kanemoto, Katsufumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230129879Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body that includes magnetic powder and has first and second principal surfaces, and a side surface connecting the principal surfaces; an inductor wire in the element body; a first vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a first end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a second vertical wire that is in the element body, is connected to a second end of the inductor wire, and extends to the first principal surface; a first external terminal that is connected to the first vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface; and a second external terminal that is connected to the second vertical wire and is exposed on the first principal surface. The magnetic powder contains an Fe element as a main component, and the side surface has oxidized and non-oxidized regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryouta SAKURAI, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230093838Abstract: An electronic component comprises a magnetic substrate, a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers, and a plurality of coils extending inside the multilayer body. When a first magnetic substrate is viewed toward a third positive direction, an outer edge of the first magnetic substrate includes a linear side. Also, a cutout is recessed inward from the side. When a direction along the side is taken as a first direction and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is taken as a second direction when the first magnetic substrate is viewed toward the third positive direction, a maximum dimension of the cutout in the first direction is different from a maximum dimension of the cutout in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsufumi SASAKI, Riku KANEMOTO
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Publication number: 20230058751Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body; and a coil in the element body. The element body includes a metal magnetic powder-containing resin having a resin and metal magnetic powder in the resin. The element body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having first and second principal surfaces facing each other, and first, second, third and fourth side surfaces connected to the first and second principal surfaces. Each of the first and second principal surfaces has an area larger than an area of each of the first to fourth side surfaces. Each of the first side surface and the first principal surface has one or more recesses, and a deepest recess among the one or more recesses on the first side surface has a maximum depth that is larger than a maximum depth of a deepest recess among the one or more recesses on the first principal surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsufumi SASAKI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20230014349Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body, a coil on the body and spirally wound along an axis, first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the coil, and first and second through wirings which penetrate a substrate of the element body between main surfaces. The first coil wirings and through wirings, and the second coil wirings and through wirings, are connected as follows. With respect to two of the first through wirings adjacent to each other in a direction of the axis, on the first main surface, a relationship between a radius of an equivalent circle diameter of an end surface of each of the first through wirings and a minimum distance between end surfaces of the two first through wirings is satisfied, and with respect to two of the second through wirings adjacent to each other in the direction of the axis, a similar relationship is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kouji YAMAUCHI, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220068553Abstract: The main face of an element body of an inductor component has a two-fold symmetrical shape with respect to the geometric center of the main face. First and second inductor wires extend inside the element body. Four terminal portions, each having a terminal portion exposed from the main face, are in the element body, two of the which are first external terminals, one a second external terminal, and one a dummy portion which is a specific dummy portion. The main face is divided into four congruent imaginary regions with one terminal portion in each. The terminal portion in the first imaginary region, that is an imaginary region at a two-fold symmetrical position around the geometric center with respect to the fourth imaginary region having the specific dummy portion, is a specific terminal portion. The shapes of the specific dummy and terminal portions are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210210274Abstract: A first substrate has recesses respectively provided at corner portions of a bottom surface. Outer electrodes each have an electrode body portion provided around an associated one of the recesses on the bottom surface. The electrode body portions each are made up of a plurality of laminated metal layers. A first metal layer located at an innermost side of the plurality of metal layers is formed on the bottom surface at a position spaced apart from a short-side ridge portion between the bottom surface and a side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori ANNEN, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Patent number: 10979015Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a first filter unit and a second filter unit, each of which serves as a common-mode filter unit and is formed by arranging a primary coil and a secondary coil in a stacking direction. Of the first filter unit and the second filter unit, the first filter unit has a resonant frequency different from that of the second filter unit, and the line length is different between the primary coil and the secondary coil.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsufumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20210104354Abstract: In an inductor component, a first magnetic layer thickness of the first magnetic layer as a measurement in the normal direction is smaller than a second magnetic layer thickness of the second magnetic layer as a measurement in the normal direction. An inductor wiring thickness of the inductor wiring as a measurement in the normal direction is from larger than 0.5 times a vertical wiring thickness of the vertical wiring as a measurement in the normal direction to smaller than 1.5 times the vertical wiring thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kouji YAMAUCHI, Riku KANEMOTO, Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210057137Abstract: A coil component includes a first magnetic body, an insulator stacked on the first magnetic body, a second magnetic body stacked on the insulator, and a coil which is disposed in the insulator and which includes a first coil conductor layer and a second coil conductor layer that are arranged in the stacking direction of the first magnetic body, the insulator, and the second magnetic body. In a cross section in the stacking direction, the shapes of the first coil conductor layer and the second coil conductor layer are polygonal, and regarding opposing portions of the first coil conductor layer and the second coil conductor layer that face each other, one opposing portion is a side and the other opposing portion is a vertex.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20200052673Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a first filter unit and a second filter unit, each of which serves as a common-mode filter unit and is formed by arranging a primary coil and a secondary coil in a stacking direction. Of the first filter unit and the second filter unit, the first filter unit has a resonant frequency different from that of the second filter unit, and the line length is different between the primary coil and the secondary coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsufumi SASAKI
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Patent number: 10354791Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer body, a primary coil including an n-number primary coil conductor layers and one series coil conductor layer, a secondary coil including an n-number secondary coil conductor layers, and a tertiary coil including an n-number tertiary coil conductor layers. The arrangement includes one primary coil conductor layer, one secondary coil conductor layer, and one tertiary coil conductor layer in this order from a first side to a second side of a laminating direction. The series coil conductor layer is electrically connected in series to the n-number primary coil conductor layers and is provided at the second side of the laminating direction with respect to the tertiary coil conductor layer closest to the second side of the laminating direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsufumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 10249431Abstract: An electronic component includes a first outer electrode, a second outer electrode, a third outer electrode, and a fourth outer electrode which are provided to correspond to four corners of a second main surface; a fifth outer electrode which is provided on the second main surface; a multilayer body; a first inductor which includes a first end portion and a second end portion; and a first surface mounted electronic component which is mounted on the multilayer body and which includes a sixth outer electrode and a seventh outer electrode. The first end portion is electrically connected to the first outer electrode. The second end portion is electrically connected to the second outer electrode and the sixth outer electrode. The seventh outer electrode is electrically connected to the fifth outer electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Ishida, Katsufumi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190013133Abstract: A coil component includes a first magnetic body, an insulator stacked on the first magnetic body, a second magnetic body stacked on the insulator, and a coil which is disposed in the insulator and which includes a first coil conductor layer and a second coil conductor layer that are arranged in the stacking direction of the first magnetic body, the insulator, and the second magnetic body. In a cross section in the stacking direction, the shapes of the first coil conductor layer and the second coil conductor layer are polygonal, and regarding opposing portions of the first coil conductor layer and the second coil conductor layer that face each other, one opposing portion is a side and the other opposing portion is a vertex.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20170345550Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer body, a primary coil including an n-number primary coil conductor layers and one series coil conductor layer, a secondary coil including an n-number secondary coil conductor layers, and a tertiary coil including an n-number tertiary coil conductor layers. The arrangement includes one primary coil conductor layer, one secondary coil conductor layer, and one tertiary coil conductor layer in this order from a first side to a second side of a laminating direction. The series coil conductor layer is electrically connected in series to the n-number primary coil conductor layers and is provided at the second side of the laminating direction with respect to the tertiary coil conductor layer closest to the second side of the laminating direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsufumi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20170309396Abstract: An electronic component includes a first outer electrode, a second outer electrode, a third outer electrode, and a fourth outer electrode which are provided to correspond to four corners of a second main surface; a fifth outer electrode which is provided on the second main surface; a multilayer body; a first inductor which includes a first end portion and a second end portion; and a first surface mounted electronic component which is mounted on the multilayer body and which includes a sixth outer electrode and a seventh outer electrode. The first end portion is electrically connected to the first outer electrode. The second end portion is electrically connected to the second outer electrode and the sixth outer electrode. The seventh outer electrode is electrically connected to the fifth outer electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke ISHIDA, Katsufumi SASAKI