Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro EBINA

Kazuhiro EBINA 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: 12249453
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a coil is configured by electrically connecting coil conductors respectively provided in magnetic body layers constituting an element body and metal magnetic particles have a normal particle having an ellipsoidal shape and flat particles having an ellipsoidal shape flatter in a thickness direction than the normal particle. A plurality of the normal particles and at least one of the flat particles disposed such that a surface (reference surface) including a major axis direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and a minor axis direction is along the forming surface of the coil conductor in the magnetic body layer are arranged in the lamination direction of the magnetic body layers between the coil conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Masaki Takahashi, Takahiro Sato, Keito Yasuda, Shingo Hattori
  • Patent number: 12243675
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a part filled with a resin and a void part not filled with the resin exist between a plurality of metal magnetic particles in an element body, one main surface of the element body is a mounting surface with respect to an external electronic component, and the edge of an external electrode is positioned on the mounting surface. In the element body, a high void region where the porosity caused by the void part is higher than the porosity of the other part in the element body extends from the edge of the external electrode on the mounting surface toward an end surface of the element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Keito Yasuda, Ryuichi Wada, Makoto Morita, Takashi Kudo, Kyohei Tonoyama
  • Patent number: 12224104
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: an element body in which a plurality of insulator layers are stacked; a coil in which a plurality of inner conductors installed in the element body are electrically connected to each other; and an outer electrode that is disposed on an outer surface of the element body, is electrically connected to the coil, and includes at least a baked electrode layer. The inner conductor connected to the outer electrode includes a connection conductor that electrically connects the baked electrode layer to the inner conductor. The connection conductor includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the outer surface of the element body to the outer electrode. The protruding portion includes a metal having a smaller diffusion coefficient than a metal of a main component included in the baked electrode layer. The inner conductors have a lower electric resistance value than the metal included in the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yohei Tadaki, Akihiko Oide, Yuma Ishikawa, Hidekazu Sato, Kazuhiro Ebina, Hiroyuki Tanoue
  • Patent number: 12125627
    Abstract: A multilayer conductor component includes an element body, an internal conductor, and an external electrode. The external electrode includes a sintered metal layer. The sintered metal layer is disposed on an end surface, a pair of side surfaces, a first main surface, and a second main surface of the element body. An electrode length, which is a length in the first direction from an edge of the sintered metal layer to a reference plane including the end surface, at a central portion of the first main surface in the third direction, is shorter than the electrode length at each of the ridge portions. The electrode length at a central portion of each of the pair of side surfaces in the second direction is equal to or less than the electrode length at each of the ridge portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kato, Masashi Shimoyasu, Yoji Tozawa, Seiichi Nakagawa, Akihiko Oide, Makoto Yoshino, Kazuhiro Ebina
  • Patent number: 12094642
    Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body, an internal conductor, and an external electrode. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The external electrode is disposed on a surface of the element body and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The external electrode includes a sintered metal layer and a plating layer. The sintered metal layer is disposed on the surface of the element body. The plating layer covers the sintered metal layer. The sintered metal layer includes a thick portion and thin portions. The thick portion covers the surface of the element body. A plurality of glass particles is dispersed in the thick portion. The thin portions cover glass particles exposed on a surface of the thick portion among the plurality of glass particles and being in contact with the plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Shimoyasu, Daiki Kato, Yoji Tozawa, Takashi Endo, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mitsuru Ito, Kenta Sasaki, Akihiko Oide, Makoto Yoshino, Kazuhiro Ebina
  • Patent number: 12040111
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles and a resin existing between the plurality of metal magnetic particles and a coil disposed in the element body and configured to include a plurality of electrically interconnected coil conductors. At least one of the plurality of coil conductors has a spiral shape and has conductor portions adjacent to each other when viewed from a direction along a coil axis of the coil. The conductor portion includes a straight conductor portion extending in a straight line and a connecting conductor portion connecting the straight conductor portion and constituting a corner portion of the coil conductor. The metal magnetic particles between the connecting conductor portions adjacent to each other are lower in density than the metal magnetic particles between the straight conductor portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Shinichi Sato, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mitsuharu Koike, Kazuhiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20240079177
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a plurality of coil conductors, a first resistive layer, and a second resistive layer. The plurality of coil conductors are disposed in the element body and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coil conductors include a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor adjacent to each other. The first resistive layer and the second resistive layer oppose each other between the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor. The first resistive layer is in contact with the first coil conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Takashi ENDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Kosuke ITO, Takuya MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230317351
    Abstract: An electronic component has an element body; and an external electrode having a main body portion covering at least the second surface and a first wrapping-around portion wrapping around the third surface in the element body. The wrapping-around portion of the external electrode has a first part having a first distance, a second part having a second distance, a third part having a third distance, a fourth part having a fourth distance, and a fifth part having a fifth distance in the second direction in order from one side to the other side in the first direction. The second distance is longer than the first distance and the third distance. The fourth distance is longer than the third distance and the fifth distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMOYASU, Yoji TOZAWA, Akihiko OIDE, Daiki KATO, Midori KISHIMOTO, Satoshi TAKASU, Yo SAITO, Rui TAKAHASHI, Kenta SASAKI, Makoto YOSHINO, Kazuhiro EBINA
  • Publication number: 20230230742
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body including an end surface, a coil disposed in the element body, and an external electrode disposed on an end portion of the element body and connected to the coil. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer includes resin and a plurality of metal particles and is in contact with the end surface. The conductive resin layer includes a metal particle group. The metal particle group consists a plurality of first metal particles included in the plurality of metal particles, and the plurality of first metal particles is adjacent to the end surface and separated from the end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Kosuke ITO, Keito YASUDA, Youhei IIDA
  • Publication number: 20230230737
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes: an element body including a plurality of magnetic layers that includes soft magnetic metal particles and is laminated in a first direction; and a coil disposed in the element body. The coil includes a plurality of coil conductors electrically connected to each other. The plurality of magnetic layers includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer laminated between two coil conductors adjacent to each other in the first direction. An average particle diameter of soft magnetic metal particles included in the second magnetic layer is larger than an average particle diameter of soft magnetic metal particles included in the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Kouichi KAKUDA, Shinichi SATO, Keito YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230230738
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body, a coil and a first electrode part. The element body includes a main surface which is used as a mounting surface. The coil is disposed in the element body. The first electrode part is embedded in the element body and electrically connected to the coil. The first electrode part includes a first surface exposed from the main surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. An area of the first surface is larger than an area of the second surface when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Takato SASAKI, Youhei IIDA
  • Publication number: 20230223183
    Abstract: The coil component includes an element body, a coil, a first electrode part and a second electrode part. The element body includes a main surface to be used as a mounting surface. The coil is disposed in the element body. The first electrode part and the second electrode part are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, embedded in the element body in such a way as to be exposed from the main surface, and electrically connected to the coil. The first electrode part includes a first surface exposed from the main surface and a protrusion disposed in the element body in such a way as to be spaced apart from the main surface. The protrusion protrudes more toward the second electrode part than the first surface in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Takato SASAKI, Youhei IIDA
  • Publication number: 20230215616
    Abstract: A coil component includes: an element body; a coil including a plurality of coil conductors disposed in the element body and electrically connected to each other; an external electrode disposed on the element body; and a connection conductor that connects the coil and the external electrode. The connection conductor has an end portion exposed from an outer surface of the element body and connected to the external electrode. The end portion has a shape extending outward over an entire circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Shinichi SATO, Kosuke ITO
  • Publication number: 20230125854
    Abstract: A stacked coil component includes: an element body, a coil disposed inside the element body; and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode which are disposed in the element body. Each of the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode includes an electrode portion which includes a joining surface joined to the element body, and a plating surface opposite to the joining surface and is formed by plating, and of which at least a part is embedded in the element body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Kouichi KAKUDA, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Keito YASUDA, Takato SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230070168
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes: an element body; a coil disposed in the element body; and a first external electrode disposed on a surface of the element body in which the first external electrode has a first electrode layer disposed on the surface of the element body and a first plating layer and a second plating layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and the first plating layer and the second plating layer are disposed so as to be scattered in a plurality of places on an edge of the first electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Kouichi KAKUDA, Yuya ISHIMA, Mitsuru ITO
  • Publication number: 20230072794
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes: an element body formed by stacking a magnetic body layer containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles of a soft magnetic material; a first coil disposed in the element body and configured to include a plurality of first coil conductors; a second coil disposed in the element body and configured to include a plurality of second coil conductors; a first external electrode to which one end portion of each of the first coil and the second coil is connected; and a second external electrode to which the other end portion of each of the first coil and the second coil is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi SATO, Shinichi KONDO, Kouichi KAKUDA, Yuya ISHIMA, Kosuke ITO
  • Publication number: 20230005656
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: an element body in which a plurality of insulator layers are stacked; a coil in which a plurality of inner conductors installed in the element body are electrically connected to each other; and an outer electrode that is disposed on an outer surface of the element body, is electrically connected to the coil, and includes at least a baked electrode layer. The inner conductor connected to the outer electrode includes a connection conductor that electrically connects the baked electrode layer to the inner conductor. The connection conductor includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the outer surface of the element body to the outer electrode. The protruding portion includes a metal having a smaller diffusion coefficient than a metal of a main component included in the baked electrode layer. The inner conductors have a lower electric resistance value than the metal included in the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi SATO, Yohei TADAKI, Akihiko OIDE, Yuma ISHIKAWA, Hidekazu SATO, Kazuhiro EBINA, Hiroyuki TANOUE
  • Patent number: 11482371
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: an element body in which a plurality of insulator layers are stacked; a coil in which a plurality of inner conductors installed in the element body are electrically connected to each other; and an outer electrode that is disposed on an outer surface of the element body, is electrically connected to the coil, and includes at least a baked electrode layer. The inner conductor connected to the outer electrode includes a connection conductor that electrically connects the baked electrode layer to the inner conductor. The connection conductor includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the outer surface of the element body to the outer electrode. The protruding portion includes a metal having a smaller diffusion coefficient than a metal of a main component included in the baked electrode layer. The inner conductors have a lower electric resistance value than the metal included in the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yohei Tadaki, Akihiko Oide, Yuma Ishikawa, Hidekazu Sato, Kazuhiro Ebina, Hiroyuki Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20220319766
    Abstract: In the multi-layer coil component, the via conductor electrically connecting the coil layers adjacent to each other in the stacking direction of the element body protrudes from the coil region toward the side surface of the element body when viewed from the stacking direction of the element body. Therefore, the coil has a concave-convex portion. When a force is applied to the multi-layer coil component from the outside, the force is dispersed in the concave-convex portion of the coil, and thus defects are less likely to occur in the coil than in a coil in which the side of the side surfaces is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko OIDE, Makoto YOSHINO, Tomoki OKADA, Hideki SAITOU, Seiji OSADA, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunio ODA, Takashi ABE, Akio SHIBATA, Kazuo IWAI
  • Publication number: 20220310312
    Abstract: In the multi-layer coil component, the lead conductor is exposed from the end surface of the element body and is connected to the external electrode provided on the end surface. When the lead conductor is led out to the end surface of the element body, the lead area can be easily increased as compared with the case where the lead conductor is led out to the side surface of the element body. Therefore, by connecting the coil and the external electrode via the lead conductor, high connectivity between the coil and the external electrode is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko OIDE, Makoto YOSHINO, Tomoki OKADA, Hideki SAITOU, Seiji OSADA, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kunio ODA, Takashi ABE, Akio SHIBATA, Kazuo IWAI