Patents by Inventor Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
Kiyoyuki Nakagawa 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).
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Publication number: 20240107686Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge port to discharge the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation space, a shutter slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port, a slider integral with the shutter to perform a slide operation of the shutter, and an operation opening in the case body to expose the slider to outside to allow for operation of the slider. A seal including a portion that covers and seals at least the operation opening is attachable to the case body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240086673Abstract: An electronic component management method includes manufacturer-side steps including storing electronic components in a housing body that includes an RFID tag, writing in the RFID tag at least one piece of manufacturer-side information related to the electronic components stored in the housing body, shipping the housing body with the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, and storing the electronic components, and user-side steps including receiving the shipped housing body, reading the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, a preparing an electronic circuit board, and arranging the electronic components on the electronic circuit board based on the read manufacturer-side information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Nobuto YAMADA, Naoto IKEDA
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Publication number: 20240077851Abstract: A method for managing electronic components includes a manufacturer-side process including preparing bulk cases provided with RFID tags storing unique IDs and including electronic components stored therein, storing manufacturer-side information in association with the unique IDs in a manufacturer-side-information storage area on a cloud, and shipping the electronic components on a per-bulk case basis, receiving the shipped bulk cases, reading the unique IDs stored in the RFID tags, and obtaining, based on the read unique IDs, the manufacturer-side information stored in the manufacturer-side-information storage area in the cloud.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Koichi IWAMOTO, Nobuto YAMADA, Naoto IKEDA
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Publication number: 20240074130Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge port to take the electronic components in and out from the accommodation space, a shutter slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port, and a slider slidable at the case body relative to the shutter along a sliding direction of the shutter and including a first plate-shaped portion capable of overlapping with an outside of the shutter in the case body. In a state in which the shutter closes the discharge port, the slider overlaps with the shutter so as to be slidable together with the shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Koichi IWAMOTO
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Patent number: 11849553Abstract: An electronic component storage container includes a main body including recesses to store electronic components and positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and respectively including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body and engaged with the main body, slidably in the longitudinal direction. The cover includes a guide section to guide sliding movement relative to the main body, and a fitting section engageable with the main body in the height direction. The main body includes a strip section engageable with the guide section to allow the main body to be held by the cover in the height direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230389202Abstract: A case includes a case body detachably set on a feeder, a shutter slidable to open and close a discharge port, and a slider integrally provided with the shutter on an interior of the case body. The slider includes an operating hole including an elongated hole into which, in a state in which the case body is set on the feeder, a drive pin can be inserted, and extending along a reciprocal movement direction of the drive pin. The case body includes an exposing hole to expose the operating hole to outside. The drive pin is inserted into the operating hole via the exposing hole and is reciprocally movable to cause the slider to slide to open or close the discharge port via the shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230389247Abstract: A case includes a guide portion to guide sliding of a shutter to open and close a discharge port of a case body, a main pathway at which an end of the shutter is located when the shutter is in a state to open the discharge port, and first and second branching pathways into which the end of the shutter can be selectively inserted when the shutter is in a state to close the discharge port. When a pin is fitted into the case body, the end of the shutter is inserted into the first branching pathway, and when the pin is not fitted, the end is inserted into the second branching pathway, so that it is apparent from the exterior that the distal end is inserted into the first or second branching pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230389246Abstract: A case to be set to a feeder to supply electronic components to a supply target includes a case body including a storage space to accommodate electronic components, a transport section integrally joined to the case body and including a transport path to transport the electronic components to a supply target, a discharge port through which the electronic components in the transport path are discharged, and a communication port to communicate between the storage space and the transport path to enable the electronic components to move from the storage space to the transport path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230380124Abstract: A storage case includes first-side and second-side wall portions, and a storage space to store components therein and being defined by the first-side and second-side wall portions. The storage case includes a component removal opening and a sloped surface inside the storage space and extending towards the component removal opening. One of the first-side and second-side wall portions defines and functions as a radio wave shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11812541Abstract: An electronic component package includes an electronic component storage container including a main body with recesses to store electronic components positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body, and electronic components stored in the recesses of the electronic component storage container, the electronic component package has a volume filling rate of the electronic components in at least one of the recesses of about 50% or higher.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230132218Abstract: A storage case includes a storage space in which a component is to be accommodated, and is attached to a feeder to supply the component to a mounting device, the storage case includes a component takeout port in a side wall and extending in a vertical direction when the storage case is attached to the feeder, and an inclined surface within the storage space and extending to a lower edge of the component takeout port, which is at a bottom of the component takeout port when the storage case is attached to the feeder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11472621Abstract: A reel for a taping electronic component package with a tape including multiple recesses and electronic components housed in the respective recesses includes a core around which the taping electronic component package is to be wound, a pair of flanges that are located at respective ends of the core and that face each other across the core in an axial direction, and a separating portion that irreversibly separates the flanges.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11169083Abstract: A method of quantitatively measuring the adhesive strength of a cover sheet of an electronic component housing container including a main body having multiple housing recesses in a longitudinal direction and a cover sheet peelably adhered to the main body. The method includes mounting the housing container on a carrier plate by fitting the housing recesses in one or more housing holes of the carrier plate which includes a plate body having the one or more housing holes in the longitudinal direction and multiple sprocket holes spaced apart from the housing holes in a width direction and arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction; engaging some tooth tips of a sprocket in the sprocket holes; and peeling the cover sheet from the main body by rotating the sprocket using the width direction as an axis to move the carrier plate in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20210315117Abstract: An electronic component storage container includes a main body including recesses to store electronic components and positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and respectively including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body and engaged with the main body, slidably in the longitudinal direction. The cover includes a guide section to guide sliding movement relative to the main body, and a fitting section engageable with the main body in the height direction. The main body includes a strip section engageable with the guide section to allow the main body to be held by the cover in the height direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210315118Abstract: An electronic component package includes an electronic component storage container including a main body with recesses to store electronic components positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body, and electronic components stored in the recesses of the electronic component storage container, the electronic component package has a volume filling rate of the electronic components in at least one of the recesses of about 50% or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210107715Abstract: A reel for a taping electronic component package with a tape including multiple recesses and electronic components housed in the respective recesses includes a core around which the taping electronic component package is to be wound, a pair of flanges that are located at respective ends of the core and that face each other across the core in an axial direction, and a separating portion that irreversibly separates the flanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20200400551Abstract: A method of quantitatively measuring the adhesive strength of a cover sheet of an electronic component housing container including a main body having multiple housing recesses in a longitudinal direction and a cover sheet peelably adhered to the main body. The method includes mounting the housing container on a carrier plate by fitting the housing recesses in one or more housing holes of the carrier plate which includes a plate body having the one or more housing holes in the longitudinal direction and multiple sprocket holes spaced apart from the housing holes in a width direction and arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction; engaging some tooth tips of a sprocket in the sprocket holes; and peeling the cover sheet from the main body by rotating the sprocket using the width direction as an axis to move the carrier plate in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 10342130Abstract: A mounted structure includes an electronic component including external electrodes, a wiring substrate including lands, and joint portions composed of a solder joint material and configured to join the external electrodes and the lands. The external electrodes respectively include coatings that cover a principal surface of a body, which is opposed to the wiring substrate, and coatings that cover end surfaces of the body, which are opposed to each other in the length direction. A distance De between the coatings in the length direction and a distance Dl between the lands in the length direction satisfy a condition of 0.91?Dl/De?1.09.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 10111348Abstract: An electronic component package includes a carrier tape in which a plurality of substantially recess-shaped electronic component holding portions are provided in an elongated, narrow base material configured of a resin so that the electronic component holding portions include openings on one surface of the base material and bulge outward on the other surface of the base material, and a cover tape affixed to the one surface of the carrier tape so as to cover the openings in the respective electronic component holding portions. A thickness dimension of a base portion of the electronic component holding portion is smaller than a thickness dimension of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20150223334Abstract: A mounted structure includes an electronic component including external electrodes, a wiring substrate including lands, and joint portions composed of a solder joint material and configured to join the external electrodes and the lands. The external electrodes respectively include coatings that cover a principal surface of a body, which is opposed to the wiring substrate, and coatings that cover end surfaces of the body, which are opposed to each other in the length direction. A distance De between the coatings in the length direction and a distance Dl between the lands in the length direction satisfy a condition of 0.91?Dl/De?1.09.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventor: Kiyoyuki NAKAGAWA