Patents by Inventor Ken Morita

Ken Morita 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: 10573461
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer covers a region near the first principal surface of the end surface. A height of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is larger at an end portion in the second direction than at a center in the second direction, when viewed from the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Onodera, Takehisa Tamura, Atsushi Takeda, Ken Morita
  • Publication number: 20190341191
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed on the element body. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. A length of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is smaller than a length of the conductive resin layer in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Ken MORITA
  • Patent number: 10428358
    Abstract: A method of producing a chemical product includes cultivating microorganisms or culture cells in a fermentation tank; transferring a culture liquid from the fermentation tank to a membrane separation tank to filter the culture liquid through a separation membrane; and collecting a fermentation product from a filtration liquid as the chemical product while refluxing an unfiltered culture liquid that has not been filtered to be joined to the culture liquid on an upstream side of the membrane separation tank, wherein one portion of the culture liquid to be transferred from the fermentation tank is allowed to bypass the membrane separation tank depending on a pressure at a culture liquid flow-in side of the membrane separation tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Mimitsuka, Kentaro Ishii, Ken Morita, Masashi Higasa, Kenji Sawai, Hideki Sawai, Katsushige Yamada, Shinichi Minegishi
  • Patent number: 10370633
    Abstract: A continuous sterilizing apparatus circulates, through members constituting a flow channel, a sterilizing medium that sterilizes the members to sterilize the members, circulates a sterilizing liquid subjected to sterilization treatment through pipes, performs a series of pieces of treatment including heating treatment, holding treatment, and cooling treatment on the sterilizing liquid, controls a flow rate, a temperature, and a pressure to be preset conditions, and switches a liquid to be circulated through the flow channel from the sterilizing liquid to a liquid to be sterilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Mimitsuka, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Ken Morita, Yuki Yamamoto, Kenichi Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20190237261
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed on the element body. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. A length of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is smaller than a length of the conductive resin layer in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190237250
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed on the element body. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. A length of the conductive resin layer in the third direction is smaller than a length of the conductive resin layer in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190237259
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other and adjacent to the principal surface and the pair of side surfaces. An external electrode includes a sintered metal layer disposed on an end portion of the element body, and a conductive resin layer including a portion positioned on the principal surface and a portion positioned on the sintered metal layer. An end edge of the sintered metal layer is positioned closer to the end surface than a maximum thickness position of the portion positioned on the principal surface. A thickness of the conductive resin layer gradually decreases from the maximum thickness position to the portion positioned on the sintered metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190164696
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a pair of principal surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode disposed on an end portion of the element body in the third direction. When viewed from the third direction, a width of the element body in the second direction is the largest at a central position in the first direction, and gradually decreases from the central portion in the first direction. When viewed from the third direction, a position in which a length from one end to another end of the conductive resin layer in the second direction is the largest is located closer to the one principal surface than the central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Ken MORITA, Atsushi TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10297390
    Abstract: An element body includes first and second end surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, first and second side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and first and second principal surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. The length of the element body in the third direction is shorter than that of the element body in the first direction and is shorter than that of the element body in the second direction. A pair of first external electrodes is disposed at both ends of the element body in the first direction. Each of the first external electrodes includes a first conductor part disposed on one main surface and a second conductor part disposed on the end surface and coupled to the first conductor part. The porosity of the first conductor part is smaller than that of the second conductor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Satoh, Takehisa Tamura, Yuma Hattori, Toru Onoue, Daisuke Himeta, Ken Morita, Takuto Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20190131073
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes first and second principal surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. The second conductive resin layer is separated from the first conductive resin layer, and continuously covers one part of the second principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Atsushi TAKEDA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190131072
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. A first length of the element body in the first direction is different from a second length of the element body in the second direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Atsushi TAKEDA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190131070
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The external electrode includes a plating layer including a first portion covering the first principal surface and a pair of second portions covering the pair of side surfaces. A thickness of the first portion is smaller than each thickness of the pair of second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Atsushi TAKEDA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190096576
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principle surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principle surface opposing the first principle surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer formed on the end surface. A thickness of the conductive resin layer gradually increases from the second principle surface toward the first principle surface in the first direction. The conductive resin layer includes a thickest portion at a position near the first principle surface in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Atsushi TAKEDA, Ken MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190080845
    Abstract: An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer covers a region near the first principal surface of the end surface. A height of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is larger at an end portion in the second direction than at a center in the second direction, when viewed from the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ONODERA, Takehisa TAMURA, Atsushi TAKEDA, Ken MORITA
  • Patent number: 10026554
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of the element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. Each of a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode includes a sintered conductor layer formed on the element body, a first plated layer formed on the sintered conductor layer, and a second plated layer formed on the first plated layer. In each of a first electrode portion disposed on a principal face and a third electrode portion disposed on a principal face, a maximum thickness of the sintered conductor layer is larger than a thickness of the first plated layer and not more than a thickness of the second plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10008329
    Abstract: A length in a third direction of a first connection portion is smaller than a length in the third direction of a first main electrode portion. A length in the third direction of a second connection portion is smaller than a length in the third direction of a second main electrode portion. A thickness in a first direction of an inner layer portion is smaller than each of the length in the third direction of the first connection portion and the length in the third direction of the second connection portion and smaller than each of a gap from a second side surface to the first connection portion in the third direction and a gap from the second side surface to the second connection portion in the third direction. The second side surfaces oppose each other in the third direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita
  • Patent number: 9972437
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of an element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a first electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a second electrode portion. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a third electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a fourth electrode portion. The maximum thickness of the first electrode portion and the maximum thickness of the third electrode portion are larger than thicknesses of respective outer layer portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180082793
    Abstract: An element body includes first and second end surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, first and second side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and first and second principal surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. The length of the element body in the second direction is shorter than that of the element body in the first direction, and the length of the element body in the third direction is shorter than that of the element body in the second direction. A pair of first external electrodes is disposed at both ends of the element body in the first direction. A second external electrode is disposed on the element body and positioned between the pair of first external electrodes. The second external electrode includes a first conductor part disposed on the first side surface. A depression is formed in the first conductor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATOH, Takehisa TAMURA, Yuma HATTORI, Toru ONOUE, Daisuke HIMETA, Ken MORITA, Takuto OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180082792
    Abstract: An element body includes first and second end surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, first and second side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and first and second principal surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. The length of the element body in the third direction is shorter than that of the element body in the first direction and is shorter than that of the element body in the second direction. A pair of first external electrodes is disposed at both ends of the element body in the first direction. Each of the first external electrodes includes a first conductor part disposed on one main surface and a second conductor part disposed on the end surface and coupled to the first conductor part. The porosity of the first conductor part is smaller than that of the second conductor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATOH, Takehisa TAMURA, Yuma HATTORI, Toru ONOUE, Daisuke HIMETA, Ken MORITA, Takuto OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160240316
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of an element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a first electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a second electrode portion. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a third electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a fourth electrode portion. The maximum thickness of the first electrode portion and the maximum thickness of the third electrode portion are larger than thicknesses of respective outer layer portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita