Patents by Inventor Kentaro Naka

Kentaro Naka 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: 20220225507
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Kentaro NAKA
  • Patent number: 11324121
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20210144857
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Kentaro NAKA
  • Patent number: 10932367
    Abstract: A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate by bonding the resistive member to the at least three conductive elongated boards, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20190208639
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Kentaro NAKA
  • Patent number: 10257936
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Naka
  • Patent number: 10074464
    Abstract: There is provided a chip resistor suitable for power detection. The chip resistor includes a resistor having a resistor lower surface and a resistor upper surface which face mutually opposite sides in a thickness direction, a pair of resistor first side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and a pair of resistor second side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to both the thickness direction and the first direction, a first electrode formed along one resistor first side surface, and a second electrode formed along the other resistor first side surface, and spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Naka, Masaki Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20170013719
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Kentaro NAKA
  • Publication number: 20160343480
    Abstract: There is provided a chip resistor suitable for power detection. The chip resistor includes a resistor having a resistor lower surface and a resistor upper surface which face mutually opposite sides in a thickness direction, a pair of resistor first side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and a pair of resistor second side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to both the thickness direction and the first direction, a first electrode formed along one resistor first side surface, and a second electrode formed along the other resistor first side surface, and spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kentaro NAKA, Masaki YONEDA
  • Patent number: 9496077
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Naka
  • Patent number: 9384876
    Abstract: A chip resistor includes a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2, a resistor portion 3, a first intermediate layer 4 connected to the first electrode 1 and the resistor portion 3, a second intermediate layer 5 connected to the second electrode 2 and the resistor portion 3, a coating film 61 covering the first electrode 1, and oxides existing in the first intermediate layer 4. The coating film 61 is made of a material having a higher absorptance of a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength than that of the material forming the first electrode 1. The oxides are oxides of the material forming the coating film 61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Torayuki Tsukada, Kentaro Naka
  • Patent number: 9343208
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip resistor includes forming a resistor assembly in which a conductive member including portions separated from each other in a first direction is provided in a resistance body member; and dividing the resistor assembly into chip resistors, each including a chip-shaped resistance body formed by a part of the resistance body member, a pair of main electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member and separated from each other in the first direction, and a pair of sub-electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member, separated from each other in the first direction, and adjacent to the main electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with concave portions recessed in the first direction interposed therebetween, by punching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Torayuki Tsukada, Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20150155081
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip resistor includes forming a resistor assembly in which a conductive member including portions separated from each other in a first direction is provided in a resistance body member; and dividing the resistor assembly into chip resistors, each including a chip-shaped resistance body formed by a part of the resistance body member, a pair of main electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member and separated from each other in the first direction, and a pair of sub-electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member, separated from each other in the first direction, and adjacent to the main electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with concave portions recessed in the first direction interposed therebetween, by punching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Torayuki TSUKADA, Kentaro NAKA
  • Patent number: 8970340
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip resistor includes forming a resistor assembly in which a conductive member including portions separated from each other in a first direction is provided in a resistance body member; and dividing the resistor assembly into chip resistors, each including a chip-shaped resistance body formed by a part of the resistance body member, a pair of main electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member and separated from each other in the first direction, and a pair of sub-electrodes formed by a part of the conductive member, separated from each other in the first direction, and adjacent to the main electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with concave portions recessed in the first direction interposed therebetween, by punching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Torayuki Tsukada, Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20140247108
    Abstract: [Object] A chip resistor suitable for enhancing manufacturing efficiency is provided. [Means] A chip resistor includes a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2, a resistor portion 3, a first intermediate layer 4 connected to the first electrode 1 and the resistor portion 3, a second intermediate layer 5 connected to the second electrode 2 and the resistor portion 3, a coating film 61 covering the first electrode 1, and oxides existing in the first intermediate layer 4. The coating film 61 is made of a material having a higher absorptance of a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength than that of the material forming the first electrode 1. The oxides are oxides of the material forming the coating film 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Torayuki Tsukada, Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20140152419
    Abstract: [Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided. [Means] The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Naka
  • Publication number: 20100246099
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an external conduction member and a fuse conductor. The capacitor element includes a porous sintered body made of valve metal, an anode wire projecting from the porous sintered body, and a dielectric layer and a solid electrolyte layer covering the porous sintered body. The fuse conductor electrically connects the external conduction member and one of the anode wire and the solid electrolyte layer to each other. The fuse conductor is made of a metal containing one of Au—Su-based alloy, Zn—Al-based alloy, Sn—Ag—Cu-based alloy, Sn—Cu—Ni—based alloy and Sn—Sb—based alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Naka, Takahiro Maeda