Patents by Inventor Kenta Kondo

Kenta Kondo 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: 20240368026
    Abstract: A photosensitive insulating paste contains glass frit, a first inorganic filler, a second inorganic filler, an alkali-soluble polymer, a photosensitive monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a solvent. The glass frit contains SiO2 and B2O3 as a base component and contains at least one of the aluminum element, sodium element, or phosphorus element as a minor component. The first inorganic filler is a silicon oxide having crystallinity, and the second inorganic filler contains at least one of alumina, titania, zirconia, ceria, forsterite, or an inorganic oxide pigment. The photosensitive insulating paste contains the first inorganic filler in an amount of from 10% by volume to 40% by volume and the second inorganic filler in an amount of from 0% by volume to 30% by volume, with the total of the glass frit, the first inorganic filler, and the second inorganic filler being 100% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 12123520
    Abstract: A diaphragm includes: a metal thin plate; and a thin film layer formed over an entirety of a surface on one side of the thin plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshiyuki Inada, Tomohiro Nakata, Kazunari Watanabe, Tomoki Nakada
  • Publication number: 20240347264
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a base made of an insulating material; and a coil disposed in the base and helically wound along an axis. The insulating material contains a base material made of an amorphous material containing B, Si, and O and contains a crystalline filler. The base has a high-concentration-phosphorus-containing portion at a position along the coil, and a concentration of P in the base material in the high-concentration-phosphorus-containing portion is higher than a concentration of P in the base material in a central portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240311774
    Abstract: A controller is configured to acquire a scheduled visit period in which a user is scheduled to visit a facility at which the user is able to have a vehicle maintained. The controller is configured to determine whether a specific item is present among a plurality of maintenance items for the vehicle. The specific item is a maintenance item for which a recommended period in which it is recommended to have the vehicle maintained is included within a predetermined period that includes the scheduled visit period. The recommended period is a period that does not overlap the scheduled visit period. The controller is configured to: acquire item information about a maintenance content of the specific item when the specific item is present; and determine, based on the item information, whether maintenance corresponding to the specific item is to be performed in the scheduled visit period or in the recommended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu HAMADA, Kenta KAWASHIMA, Yuichi MUKASA, Keisuke KONDO, Yohei NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240279569
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaning liquid containing hydrofluoric acid, at least one kind of triazole compound selected from the group consisting of triazole and a triazole derivative, and a nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takumi NAMIKI, Shinji KUMADA, Eita SUGA, Kenta KIMURA, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240270401
    Abstract: A hydrogen aircraft includes: an airframe including a fuselage and a wing; at least one propulsion system fixed to the airframe; a pressurized chamber disposed inside the fuselage; a pressure bulkhead that is disposed at a rear part of the pressurized chamber and has strength to withstand pressurization of the pressurized chamber; a hydrogen tank that is disposed in an accommodation section and stores liquid hydrogen, the accommodation section being installed behind the pressure bulkhead, outside the pressurized chamber, and inside the fuselage; and a supply line that supplies the liquid hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank to the propulsion system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KONDO, Takahiro TOYODA, Takeshi NAKAGAWA, Kenta KUMADA, Yosuke UENO, Kazuki NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240234022
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body and an inductor wiring. The element body has a planar first main surface. The inductor wiring extends inside the element body. The inductor wiring includes a plurality of wiring portions arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The element body includes a plurality of interlayer insulating layers filling spaces between the wiring portions that are adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The interlayer insulating layers each contain an insulating base material and a plurality of filler particles dispersed within the base material. In a first interlayer insulating layer, which is one of the plurality of interlayer insulating layers, the average particle size of the filler particles is less than or equal to the standard deviation of the thickness of the first interlayer insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya SANO, Isamu MIYAKE, Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 12033785
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core having a winding core portion, a first flange portion disposed on a first end portion of the winding core portion, and a second flange portion disposed on a second end portion of the winding core portion; a wire winding on the winding core portion of the core; and a plate member disposed so as to bridge the first flange portion and the second flange portion. The coil component further includes an adhesive portion disposed between the first flange portion and the plate member and adhering the first flange portion to the plate member, and an adhesive portion disposed between the second flange portion and the plate member and adhering the second flange portion to the plate member. The adhesive portion contains a resin and magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Hiroyuki Honda, Hiroshi Marusawa
  • Publication number: 20240177911
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste includes a conductive powder, an alkali-soluble polymer, a photosensitive monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, a dispersant, and a solvent. The conductive powder is covered with a glass having a glass softening point (Ts) of 800° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 11972891
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a lamination of an insulating layer and a conductive layer. The insulating layer includes a base made of glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the base. Some of the inorganic particles partially project through the surface of the base into the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Miyoshi, Yasuo Matsumoto, Kenta Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240136118
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body and an inductor wiring. The element body has a planar first main surface. The inductor wiring extends inside the element body. The inductor wiring includes a plurality of wiring portions arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The element body includes a plurality of interlayer insulating layers filling spaces between the wiring portions that are adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The interlayer insulating layers each contain an insulating base material and a plurality of filler particles dispersed within the base material. In a first interlayer insulating layer, which is one of the plurality of interlayer insulating layers, the average particle size of the filler particles is less than or equal to the standard deviation of the thickness of the first interlayer insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya SANO, Isamu MIYAKE, Kenta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240096551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240047129
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya SANO, Kenta KONDO, Yoshiyuki OOTA
  • Patent number: 11886114
    Abstract: A photosensitive insulating paste according to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure contains glass frit, a first inorganic filler, a second inorganic filler, an alkali-soluble polymer, a photosensitive monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a solvent. The first inorganic filler has a refractive index of 1.7 or higher. The second inorganic filler has a refractive index of 1.55 or lower. An electronic component according to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure is produced by using the photosensitive insulating paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11869706
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya Sano, Kenta Kondo, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Patent number: 11869708
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oota, Tomohiro Kido, Tomonori Sakata, Masahiro Kubota, Kenta Kondo
  • Patent number: 11817249
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including insulating layers laminated on one another, and a coil conductor layer winding on a main surface of one of the insulating layers. The coil conductor layer contains sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Miyoshi, Kenta Kondo, Yasunari Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20230357715
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing effector cells expressing a desired specificity determining region. In this method, material cells that have a cassette deck structure with a cassette tape gene comprising a gene encoding a marker protein in their genome, wherein the material cells can be differentiated into the effector cells, and wherein the marker protein can be expressed in the effector cells or progenitor cells thereof when the material cells are differentiated into the effector cells or progenitor cells thereof are provided first. The material cells are proliferated, the proliferated cells are differentiated into the effector cells, and then, the gene encoding the marker protein in the effector cells is exchanged with a gene encoding a protein that contribute the desired specificity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWAMOTO, Yasutoshi AGATA, Seiji NAGANO, Koji TERADA, Kyoko MASUDA, Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 11713819
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body formed with a valve chamber, a first inflow passage, a second inflow passage, an outflow passage, and an annular groove and provided with a valve seat; and a diaphragm configured to communicate with and interrupt the second inflow passage and the outflow passage. An end portion of the second inflow passage is open to the valve chamber. The valve seat is provided on a peripheral edge of a location where the valve chamber and the second inflow passage communicate with each other. The annular groove is open to the valve chamber and is formed around the second inflow passage. An end portion of the outflow passage is open to the annular groove. The first inflow passage has a plurality of flow passages including an inflow port and a plurality of outflow ports, and each outflow port is open to the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nobuo Nakamura, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: D1025611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ranir, LLC
    Inventors: Florian Hilbig, Michal Holcer, Kenta Kondo, Heeju Kim, David Vondle, Bryan J. Dishon