Patents by Inventor Kenichi Uesaka

Kenichi Uesaka 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: 11916542
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second terminals, an inductor connected to the first terminal, and a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the inductor and the second terminal. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes at least one first IDT electrode coupled to the first terminal, and at least one second IDT electrode connected to the second terminal. A total capacitance value of the at least one first IDT electrode is greater than a total capacitance value of the at least one second IDT electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Patent number: 11876505
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second terminals, a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, and an inductor connected between a path and a ground potential, the path connecting the first terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator to each other. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes at least one first IDT electrode coupled to the first terminal, and at least one second IDT electrode connected to the second terminal. A total capacitance value of the at least one first IDT electrode is smaller than a total capacitance value of the at least one second IDT electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Patent number: 11863151
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a first filter circuit including a pass band that is a first frequency band, a second filter circuit including a pass band that is a second frequency band, and an additional circuit. The first filter circuit includes a first terminal connected to a common terminal and a second terminal connected to a first input/output terminal. The second filter circuit includes a third terminal connected to the common terminal and a fourth terminal connected to a second input/output terminal. The additional circuit is connected to the fourth terminal and one of the first and second terminals and includes a series-arm circuit on a series-arm path connecting the fourth terminal to the one of the terminals and a parallel-arm circuit on a parallel-arm path connecting the series-arm path to the ground. The parallel-arm circuit includes only an inductor, a capacitor, or an LC parallel-arm resonant circuit in series with the parallel-arm path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Yasuda, Kenichi Uesaka, Tomohisa Komura, Kentaro Funahashi, Shizuka Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11433705
    Abstract: A studless tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition for a tread comprising 1 to 20 parts by mass of a farnesene resin and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kunisawa, Shuichiro Ono, Kenichi Uesaka, Seiji Hatano
  • Publication number: 20220094325
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a dielectric film covering an IDT electrode. The IDT electrode includes first and second edge regions and first and second high acoustic velocity regions. The first and second edge regions are low acoustic velocity regions. The first and second high acoustic velocity regions are on outer sides of an intersecting width region where first and second electrode fingers are adjacent to each other in an acoustic wave propagation direction. A thickness of the dielectric film on the first and second edge regions is greater than that of the dielectric film on the first and second high acoustic velocity regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 11228297
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes an elastic wave element mounted on a mounting substrate, with the elastic wave element being sealed by a sealing resin layer. The elastic wave element is bonded to electrode lands on the mounting substrate using bumps. Recessed portions are provided on a surface of the sealing resin layer on a side opposite to the side facing the mounting substrate. A ratio D/H between a depth of the recessed portions, and a distance of a portion of the sealing resin layer from the surface to a second main surface of a piezoelectric substrate, is no less than about 1/3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20210281244
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second terminals, an inductor connected to the first terminal, and a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the inductor and the second terminal. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes at least one first IDT electrode coupled to the first terminal, and at least one second IDT electrode connected to the second terminal. A total capacitance value of the at least one first IDT electrode is greater than a total capacitance value of the at least one second IDT electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Publication number: 20210281245
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second terminals, a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, and an inductor connected between a path and a ground potential, the path connecting the first terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator to each other. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes at least one first IDT electrode coupled to the first terminal, and at least one second IDT electrode connected to the second terminal. A total capacitance value of the at least one first IDT electrode is smaller than a total capacitance value of the at least one second IDT electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 11070195
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate, first and second input-output terminals, and a longitudinally coupled resonator unit in a path connecting the first and second input-output terminals to each other, and the resonator unit includes five or more interdigital transducer electrodes aligned in an acoustic wave propagation direction, the IDT electrodes include a center IDT electrode at the center in the propagation direction and first and second IDT electrodes at symmetric or substantially symmetric positions in the propagation direction with respect to the center IDT electrode, each of the first and second IDT electrodes includes a main pitch portion and a pair of narrow-pitch portions provided between the main pitch portion and both ends of the IDT electrode in the propagation direction, and the first and second IDT electrodes differ from each other in the number of electrode fingers of the main pitch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20210135645
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a first filter circuit including a pass band that is a first frequency band, a second filter circuit including a pass band that is a second frequency band, and an additional circuit. The first filter circuit includes a first terminal connected to a common terminal and a second terminal connected to a first input/output terminal. The second filter circuit includes a third terminal connected to the common terminal and a fourth terminal connected to a second input/output terminal. The additional circuit is connected to the fourth terminal and one of the first and second terminals and includes a series-arm circuit on a series-arm path connecting the fourth terminal to the one of the terminals and a parallel-arm circuit on a parallel-arm path connecting the series-arm path to the ground. The parallel-arm circuit includes only an inductor, a capacitor, or an LC parallel-arm resonant circuit in series with the parallel-arm path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Junpei YASUDA, Kenichi UESAKA, Tomohisa KOMURA, Kentaro FUNAHASHI, Shizuka KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200212890
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate, first and second input-output terminals, and a longitudinally coupled resonator unit in a path connecting the first and second input-output terminals to each other, and the resonator unit includes five or more interdigital transducer electrodes aligned in an acoustic wave propagation direction, the IDT electrodes include a center IDT electrode at the center in the propagation direction and first and second IDT electrodes at symmetric or substantially symmetric positions in the propagation direction with respect to the center IDT electrode, each of the first and second IDT electrodes includes a main pitch portion and a pair of narrow-pitch portions provided between the main pitch portion and both ends of the IDT electrode in the propagation direction, and the first and second IDT electrodes differ from each other in the number of electrode fingers of the main pitch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 10651823
    Abstract: A filter device includes a terminal, a switch that includes a common terminal and selection terminals and switches a connection of the common terminal to one of the selection terminals, a series arm resonator, and filter circuits. The filter circuits are connected to one end of the series arm resonator. The common terminal is connected to the terminal. One of the selection terminals is connected between one end of the series arm resonator and the filter circuits. Another one of the selection terminals is connected to the other end of the series arm resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Patent number: 10586778
    Abstract: An elastic wave element includes a vibrator, an electrode pad, a UBM portion including a first end surface joined to the electrode pad, and a bump joined to a second end surface of the UBM portion. Joint terminals are defined by joining the electrode pad, the UBM portion, and the bump. A shortest distance between a specified joint terminal and remaining joint terminals is an inter-bump distance of the specified joint terminal. Second end surfaces of first and second joint terminal have areas greater than areas of second end surfaces of remaining joint terminals. The inter-bump distance of the first joint terminal is longer than the shortest inter-bump distance of the joint terminals and is the longest of the inter-bump distances. The second joint terminal is spaced the longest inter-bump distance from the first joint terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20200009914
    Abstract: A studless tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition for a tread comprising 1 to 20 parts by mass of a farnesene resin and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KUNISAWA, Shuichiro ONO, Kenichi UESAKA, Seiji HATANO
  • Patent number: 10369843
    Abstract: According to a production method of a rubber composition for tire of the present invention comprising a rubber component (A) comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a natural rubber and a synthetic diene rubber, a filler, a coupling agent (D) of (CpH2p+1O)3—Si—(CH2)q—S—CO—CkH2k+1, and a vulcanizing agent (E) comprising a vulcanizer and a vulcanization accelerator, the method comprising: a step X1 of kneading all amount of A, a part of the filler and a part of D, a step X2 of kneading the kneaded product of step X1, the remaining amount of the filler and D, and a step F of kneading the kneaded product of step X2 and E, it is possible to produce a rubber composition for tire in which fuel efficiency and abrasion resistance are improved in a good balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayuko Yamana, Yuka Yokoyama, Masako Nakatani, Takashi Miki, Takuya Horiguchi, Yoichi Mizuno, Takahiro Kawachi, Noboru Okabe, Natsuki Sugimoto, Kenichi Uesaka, Tetsuya Maekawa, Yumi Suzuki, Fumiya Kato
  • Publication number: 20190165765
    Abstract: A filter device includes a terminal, a switch that includes a common terminal and selection terminals and switches a connection of the common terminal to one of the selection terminals, a series arm resonator, and filter circuits. The filter circuits are connected to one end of the series arm resonator. The common terminal is connected to the terminal. One of the selection terminals is connected between one end of the series arm resonator and the filter circuits. Another one of the selection terminals is connected to the other end of the series arm resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Publication number: 20190035754
    Abstract: An elastic wave element includes a vibrator, an electrode pad, a UBM portion including a first end surface joined to the electrode pad, and a bump joined to a second end surface of the UBM portion. Joint terminals are defined by joining the electrode pad, the UBM portion, and the bump. A shortest distance between a specified joint terminal and remaining joint terminals is an inter-bump distance of the specified joint terminal. Second end surfaces of first and second joint terminal have areas greater than areas of second end surfaces of remaining joint terminals. The inter-bump distance of the first joint terminal is longer than the shortest inter-bump distance of the joint terminals and is the longest of the inter-bump distances. The second joint terminal is spaced the longest inter-bump distance from the first joint terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 10189987
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition that can achieve balanced improvements in fuel economy and wet-grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire provided with a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component, silica, and a specific silane coupling agent, the rubber component containing, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer containing a constituent unit based on a conjugated diene and a specific constituent unit, at least one terminal of the polymer being modified with a specific compound, the rubber composition containing the silica in an amount of 5 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nishioka, Kenichi Uesaka, Takahiro Kawachi, Masako Nakatani, Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Fumiya Kato
  • Publication number: 20180102758
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes an elastic wave element mounted on a mounting substrate, with the elastic wave element being sealed by a sealing resin layer. The elastic wave element is bonded to electrode lands on the mounting substrate using bumps. Recessed portions are provided on a surface of the sealing resin layer on a side opposite to the side facing the mounting substrate. A ratio D/H between a depth of the recessed portions, and a distance of a portion of the sealing resin layer from the surface to a second main surface of a piezoelectric substrate, is no less than about 1/3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Kenichi UESAKA
  • Patent number: 9932460
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that can enhance the fuel economy, wet-grip performance, and abrasion resistance in a balanced manner, and a pneumatic tire using this rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition that contains a rubber component, silica, and a liquid resin having a softening point of ?20 to 20° C., wherein the rubber component contains, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, not less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene polymer containing a constituent unit based on a conjugated diene and a constituent unit represented by formula (I) below, at least one terminal of the polymer being modified with a specific compound; and an amount of the silica is 5 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Isamu Tsumori, Kenichi Uesaka, Naoya Omura, Tetsuya Kunisawa, Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Kazuyuki Nishioka