Patents by Inventor Kensaku Asakura

Kensaku Asakura 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).

  • Publication number: 20110002075
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a composite electronic device comprising an inductor element and an ESD protection element formed between two magnetic substrates, wherein the inductor element includes insulation layers made of a resin, and spiral conductors formed on the insulation layers, the ESD protection element includes a base insulation layer, a pair of gap electrodes arranged via gap formed therebetween on the base insulation layer, and an ESD absorbing layer arranged at least between the gap electrodes, and the ESD absorbing layer includes a composite material having an insulation inorganic material and a conductive inorganic material discontinuously dispersed in a matrix of the insulation inorganic material. The gap of the ESD protection element is provided at exterior of the spiral conductor so as not to be overlapped with the spiral conductor in view of a laminating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Masao ASAKAWA, Tomokazu ITO, Sho NAKAGOMI, Atsushi HITOMI, Yasuhiro HIROBE, Kensaku ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20100182724
    Abstract: A composite electronic device includes first and second magnetic substrates, and a functional layer sandwiched between these magnetic substrates, and the functional layer is configured by a common-mode filter layer and a ESD protection element layer. An electrostatic capacitance of the ESD protection elements is equal to or lower than 0.35 pF. The common-mode filter layer includes a first spiral conductor formed on an insulation layer, and a second spiral conductor formed on an insulation layer. DC resistance of a common mode filter is equal to or higher than 0.5? and equal to or lower than 5?, and an electrostatic capacitance of the ESD protection elements is equal to or lower than 0.35 pF. A width W and a length L of the first and second spiral conductors satisfy a relational equation expressed by ?(L/W)<(7.6651?fc)/0.1385.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Tomokazu ITO, Yasuhiro Hirobe, Atsushi Hitomi, Yuji Terada, Kensaku Asakura, Takeshi Urano
  • Publication number: 20100176484
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ESD protection device and the like having improved durability against repeated use. The ESD protection device includes a base 2 having an insulating surface 2a, electrodes 3a and 3b disposed on the insulating surface 2a and facing but spaced apart from each other, and a functional layer 4 disposed on at least between the electrodes 3a and 3b, wherein composite in which particles of a conductive inorganic material 4b having an average particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm are discretely interspersed in a matrix of an insulating inorganic material 4a is adopted as the functional layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Asakura, Yasuhiro Hirobe, Atsushi Hitomi, Takeshi Urano
  • Publication number: 20100157496
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ESD protection device and the like having improved durability against repeated use. An ESD protection device includes a base having an insulating surface, electrodes disposed on the insulating surface and facing but spaced apart from each other, and a functional layer 4-disposed on at least between the electrodes. The electrodes have a multistage structure in which a gap between the electrodes is narrower toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Asakura, Yasuhiro Hirobe, Atsushi Hitomi, Takeshi Urano
  • Publication number: 20100157501
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ESD protection device and the like which offer a reduced discharge starting voltage and improved durability against repeated use. The present invention provides an ESD protection device including a base 2 having an insulating surface 2a, electrodes 3a and 3b disposed on the insulating surface 2a and facing but spaced apart from each other, and a functional layer 4 disposed on at least between the electrodes 3a and 3b, wherein the gap distance ?G between the electrodes 3a and 3b ranges from 0.5 ?m to 10 and the thickness ?T of each of the electrodes 3a and 3b meets a relationship of ?G/?T=1 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Asakura, Yasuhiro Hirobe, Atsushi Hitomi, Takeshi Urano
  • Publication number: 20100020454
    Abstract: An ESD protection device that has low capacitance, excellent discharge characteristics, and improved heat resistance and weather resistance is provided. A functional layer 31, which is a composite having a conductive inorganic material 33 discretely dispersed in a matrix of an insulating inorganic material 32, is disposed between electrodes 21 and 22 disposed on an insulating substrate 11 and facing but spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hirobe, Kensaku Asakura, Atsushi Hitomi, Takeshi Urano
  • Patent number: 7378036
    Abstract: A ferrite material of the present invention is configured such that 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of bismuth oxide in terms of Bi2O3, 0.5 to 3.0 wt % of tin oxide in terms of SnO2, and 30 to 5000 wt ppm of chromium oxide in terms of Cr2O3 are added to a predetermined main component mixture composition. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an improvement in DC bias characteristics, an improvement in temperature characteristics of initial magnetic permeability, and an improvement in resistivity and further achieve an improvement in burned body strength, particularly in burned body flexural strength (bending strength).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Takuya Aoki, Atsuhito Matsukawa, Kensaku Asakura
  • Publication number: 20060116283
    Abstract: A ferrite material of the present invention is configured such that 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of bismuth oxide in terms of Bi2O3, 0.5 to 3.0 wt % of tin oxide in terms of SnO2, and 30 to 5000 wt ppm of chromium oxide in terms of Cr2O3 are added to a predetermined main component mixture composition. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an improvement in DC bias characteristics, an improvement in temperature characteristics of initial magnetic permeability, and an improvement in resistivity and further achieve an improvement in burned body strength, particularly in burned body flexural strength (bending strength).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Takuya Aoki, Atsuhito Matsukawa, Kensaku Asakura
  • Patent number: 7034649
    Abstract: A ferrite material having a high Q value and also having a small absolute value of ??ir in a wide temperature range between ?40° C. and 160° C. A ferrite material, which comprises, as main constituents, 45.5 to 48 mol % of Fe2O3, 5 to 10.5 mol % of CuO, 26 to 30 mol % of ZnO, and the balance substantially being NiO, and further comprises, as an additive, cobalt oxide within a range between 0.005 and 0.045 wt % in terms of CoO. The ferrite material of the present invention has properties such as each of the absolute value of ??ir?40˜20 and the absolute value of ??ir20˜160 of 3 ppm/° C. or less, and a Q value at 125 kHz of 170 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kensaku Asakura, Takuya Aoki, Taku Murase
  • Publication number: 20050062576
    Abstract: A ferrite material having a high Q value and also having a small absolute value of ??ir in a wide temperature range between ?40° C. and 160° C. A ferrite material, which comprises, as main constituents, 45.5 to 48 mol % of Fe2O3, 5 to 10.5 mol % of CuO, 26 to 30 mol % of ZnO, and the balance substantially being NiO, and further comprises, as an additive, cobalt oxide within a range between 0.005 and 0.045 wt % in terms of CoO. The ferrite material of the present invention has properties such as each of the absolute value of ??ir?40˜20 and the absolute value of ??ir20˜160 of 3 ppm/° C. or less, and a Q value at 125 kHz of 170 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kensaku Asakura, Takuya Aoki, Taku Murase