Patents by Inventor Koji Kondo

Koji 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).

  • Patent number: 6855625
    Abstract: Single-sided conductor patterned films are prepared, each of which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and via hole filled with conductive paste. A single-sided conductor patterned film which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and an opening formed in the resin film so as to expose an electrode is laminated on the single-sided conductor patterned films. Moreover, a cover layer with an opening to expose an electrode is laminated on a bottom surface of the single-sided conductor patterned films to form a laminate. Then, by pressing while heating the laminate, a multilayer substrate having the electrodes at both sides thereof can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tetsuaki Kamiya, Toshikazu Harada, Ryuichi Onoda, Yasutaka Kamiya, Gentaro Masuda, Yoshitaro Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi
  • Patent number: 6851091
    Abstract: An imaging device capable of displaying an outline of a moving picture as a still picture is realized. Further, reproduction of a moving picture that is started from any desired scene by using an index picture can be realized. When VD index pictures displayed on a browser screen are selected, a corresponding index representative still picture is displayed. Therefore, a moving picture such as a moving picture of a quick motion whose contents cannot be easily grasped only by the VD index picture, can be easily recognized with the addition of the corresponding index representative still picture. By selecting the VD index pictures displayed on the browser screen, display of the corresponding moving picture is started from a portion corresponding to the selected VD index picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Honda, Koji Kondo
  • Patent number: 6848178
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board, in which a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers, each of which includes a conductive pattern, have been laminated, includes an insulating layer, a conductive compound, and a conductive pattern. The insulating layer has a trench. The conductive compound is located in the trench. The conductive pattern adjoins the trench and is electrically connected to the conductive compound. The conductive pattern and the conductive compound make up a conductive wire that has a higher current-carrying capacity than the conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Ryohei Kataoka, Gentaro Masuda
  • Publication number: 20050000725
    Abstract: A conductor pattern is formed on a resin film which is made of a thermoplastic resin. Each single-sided conductor pattern film has via-holes filled with an electrically conductive paste. A printed conductor pattern and a printed resistor are formed on a ceramic substrate. The single-sided conductor pattern films are laminated on the ceramic substrate. Then, the multilayered assembly is heated and pressed from both sides thereof to obtain a printed circuit board. During the heat and press treatment, respective single-sided conductor pattern films and the ceramic substrate bond together while the interlayer connection is obtained between the conductor patterns as well as between the conductor pattern and the printed conductor pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Shiraishi, Koji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040229024
    Abstract: A multi-layer printed circuit board includes an insulation substrate; a surface conductive pattern disposed on a surface of the insulation substrate; and an inner conductive pattern embedded in the insulation substrate. The surface conductive pattern has a surface roughness on an insulation substrate side, the surface roughness of the surface conductive pattern being larger than that of the inner conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Toshikazu Harada, Koji Kondo
  • Patent number: 6818836
    Abstract: A conductor pattern is formed on a resin film which is made of a thermoplastic resin. Each single-sided conductor pattern film has via-holes filled with an electrically conductive paste. A printed conductor pattern and a printed resistor are formed on a ceramic substrate. The single-sided conductor pattern films are laminated on the ceramic substrate. Then, the multilayered assembly is heated and pressed from both sides thereof to obtain a printed circuit board. During the heat and press treatment, respective single-sided conductor pattern films and the ceramic substrate bond together while the interlayer connection is obtained between the conductor patterns as well as between the conductor pattern and the printed conductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Shiraishi, Koji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040208933
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board that has electrodes only on one surface is manufactured as follows. A plurality of conductor layers are formed on a resin film made of thermoplastic resin to form a single-sided conductor layer film. Then, a plurality of via-holes 24, which are bottomed by the conductor layers, are formed in the resin film. Then interlayer connecting material is packed in the via-holes 24 to form a single-sided conductor layer film having the interlayer connecting material. A plurality of single-sided conductor layer films are formed and stacked such that surfaces having the conductor layers face in the same direction. Then, the single-sided conductor layer films are pressed and heated to complete the multilayer circuit board. The multilayer circuit board is formed by using only the single-sided conductor layer films and pressing once, so the manufacturing process is simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Koji Kondo
  • Patent number: 6784577
    Abstract: In a rotor for a vehicular alternating current generator, a field coil is wound around an insulating bobbin. A flange of the bobbin is formed with the first, second and third hook portions. A coil winding finishing end is wound around the first hook portion and is opposed to a winding direction of the field coil. The finishing end is then directed in a radially inward direction with the second hook portion, and extended further in the radially inward direction along the axial end surface of the flange. Then, the finishing end is directed in the axial direction with the third hook portion, radially inside of the outer peripheral end of the field coil. The finishing end forms an angle with itself of less than 90 degrees around the first hook portion when being viewed along an axial direction of the first hook portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kondo
  • Patent number: 6768061
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board that has electrodes only on one surface is manufactured as follows. A plurality of conductor layers are formed on a resin film made of thermoplastic resin to form a single-sided conductor layer film. Then, a plurality of via-holes 24, which are bottomed by the conductor layers, are formed in the resin film. Then interlayer connecting material is packed in the via-holes 24 to form a single-sided conductor layer film having the interlayer connecting material. A plurality of single-sided conductor layer films are formed and stacked such that surfaces having the conductor layers face in the same direction. Then, the single-sided conductor layer films are pressed and heated to complete the multilayer circuit board. The multilayer circuit board is formed by using only the single-sided conductor layer films and pressing once, so the manufacturing process is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040091687
    Abstract: A printed wiring board having an embedded electric device is manufactured as follows. A first resin film having an opening or a sheet member having a recess is piled with a plurality of second resin films, on which a plurality of conductive layers are formed. The first and second resin films and the sheet member include thermoplastic resin. An electric device is inserted in the opening or the recess. Then, the piled body including the electric device is pressed and heated to integrate the piled body. When the piled body is pressed and heated, a plurality of electrodes of the electric device are electrically connected to the conductive layers while the first and second resin films and the sheet member plastically deformed to seal the electric device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tomohiro Yokochi, Toshihiro Miyake, Satoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6734877
    Abstract: An index related process unit 75 in a web server 3 determines index related information regarding a display form of a VD index picture, which is necessary for a GUI data generating unit 77 to generate GUI data. The index related information includes, for example, the number of VD index pictures which can be displayed according to the size of a browser screen of a terminal device 4, numbers of VD index pictures to be selected when the number of VD index pictures generated exceeds the displayable number, and a VD index picture display form according to the length of a moving picture. The VD index picture display form is used so that the user of the terminal device 4 can recognize the length of the corresponding moving picture only by seeing the VD index picture display form displayed on the browser screen by selectively using a part of the area in which the VD index pictures can be displayed according to the length of the moving picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Honda, Koji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040066633
    Abstract: Conductive paste containing tin particles and silver particles is packed in a substantially cylindrical via hole formed in a thermoplastic resin film that interposes between conductor patterns and is hot-pressed from both sides. When the metal particles contained in the conductive paste are sintered to form a unified conductive compound, the volume of the conductive paste shrinks. Synchronously, the resin film around the via-hole protrudes into the via-hole. Therefore, the shape of the side wall on the cross-section of the conductive compound provides an arch shape, and a side wall adjacent to a junction part of the conductive compound, which contacts the conductor pattern, is formed with an inclination. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the stress concentration due to deformation of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshitarou Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi, Koji Kondo, Toshikazu Harada, Yoshihiko Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 6713687
    Abstract: Conductive paste containing tin particles and silver particles is packed in a substantially cylindrical via hole formed in a thermoplastic resin film that interposes between conductor patterns and is hot-pressed from both sides. When the metal particles contained in the conductive paste are sintered to form a unified conductive compound, the volume of the conductive paste shrinks. Synchronously, the resin film around the via-hole protrudes into the via-hole. Therefore, the shape of the side wall on the cross-section of the conductive compound provides an arch shape, and a side wall adjacent to a junction part of the conductive compound, which contacts the conductor pattern, is formed with an inclination. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the stress concentration due to deformation of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitarou Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi, Koji Kondo, Toshikazu Harada, Yoshihiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20040052932
    Abstract: A heated and pressed printed wiring board is made by filling via holes formed in layers of insulating film of the wiring board with an interlayer conducting material. The insulating film is stacked with conductor patterns, and each conductor pattern closes a via hole. The interlayer conducting material forms a solid conducting material in the via holes after a heating a pressing procedure. The solid conducting material includes two types of conducting materials. The first type of conducting material includes a metal, and the second type of conductive material includes an alloy formed by the metal and conductor metal of the conductor patterns. The conductor patterns are electrically connected reliably without relying on mere mechanical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshitaro Yazaki, Yoshihiko Shiraishi, Koji Kondo, Toshikazu Harada, Tomohiro Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20040040434
    Abstract: A sound generation device is composed of a main unit 10 and a game cartridge 30 storing a sound generation program. The game cartridge 30 includes an XY-axes acceleration sensor 31 for detecting a tilt in two respective directions of a game device housing 11. When an A button 16 is pressed, a CPU 21 included in the main unit 10 reads waveform data corresponding to one syllable in lyrics from human voice sound waveform data 51 stored in a program ROM 33, changes a frequency and an amplitude of the waveform data in accordance with the obtained amounts of tilts in two directions, and outputs the processed waveform data from a loudspeaker 18 as a sound. Thus, it is possible to provide a sound generation device capable of outputting a sound by changing its pitch and volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Yasushi Ida
  • Patent number: 6680441
    Abstract: A printed wiring board having an embedded electric device is manufactured as follows. A first resin film having an opening or a sheet member having a recess is piled with a plurality of second resin films, on which a plurality of conductive layers are formed. The first and second resin films and the sheet member include thermoplastic resin. An electric device is inserted in the opening or the recess. Then, the piled body including the electric device is pressed and heated to integrate the piled body. When the piled body is pressed and heated, a plurality of electrodes of the electric device are electrically connected to the conductive layers while the first and second resin films and the sheet member plastically deformed to seal the electric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tomohiro Yokochi, Toshihiro Miyake, Satoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6667443
    Abstract: Single-sided conductor patterned films are prepared, each of which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and via hole filled with conductive paste. A single-sided conductor patterned film which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and an opening formed in the resin film so as to expose an electrode is laminated on the single-sided conductor patterned films. Moreover, a cover layer with an opening to expose an electrode is laminated on a bottom surface of the single-sided conductor patterned films to form a laminate. Then, by pressing while heating the laminate, a multilayer substrate having the electrodes at both sides thereof can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tetsuaki Kamiya, Toshikazu Harada, Ryuichi Onoda, Yasutaka Kamiya, Gentaro Masuda, Yoshitaro Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20030222340
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board, in which a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers, each of which includes a conductive pattern, have been laminated, includes an insulating layer, a conductive compound, and a conductive pattern. The insulating layer has a trench. The conductive compound is located in the trench. The conductive pattern adjoins the trench and is electrically connected to the conductive compound. The conductive pattern and the conductive compound make up a conductive wire that has a higher current-carrying capacity than the conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Ryohei Kataoka, Gentaro Masuda
  • Publication number: 20030209796
    Abstract: Single-sided conductor patterned films are prepared, each of which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and via hole filled with conductive paste. A single-sided conductor patterned film which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and an opening formed in the resin film so as to expose an electrode is laminated on the single-sided conductor patterned films. Moreover, a cover layer with an opening to expose an electrode is laminated on a bottom surface of the single-sided conductor patterned films to form a laminate. Then, by pressing while heating the laminate, a multilayer substrate having the electrodes at both sides thereof can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tetsuaki Kamiya, Toshikazu Harada, Ryuichi Onoda, Yasutaka Kamiya, Gentaro Masuda, Yoshitaro Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi
  • Patent number: 6641898
    Abstract: A heated and pressed printed wiring board is made by filling via holes formed in layers of insulating film of the wiring board with an interlayer conducting material. The insulating film is stacked with conductor patterns, and each conductor pattern closes a via hole. The interlayer conducting material forms a solid conducting material in the via holes after a heating a pressing procedure. The solid conducting material includes two types of conducting materials. The first type of conducting material includes a metal, and the second type of conductive material includes an alloy formed by the metal and conductor metal of the conductor patterns. The conductor patterns are electrically connected reliably without relying on mere mechanical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaro Yazaki, Yoshihiko Shiraishi, Koji Kondo, Toshikazu Harada, Tomohiro Yokochi