Patents by Inventor Kosuke Nakano

Kosuke Nakano 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: 8227536
    Abstract: A solder paste comprising a solder alloy powder and a flux. The volumetric expansion at the time of melting of the solder alloy is at most 0.5%. The flux contains a bisphenol A epoxy resin and a curing agent selected from a carboxylic anhydride and a dicarboxylic acid. The solder paste can be used in applications suitable for high-temperature solders. The solder alloy has an alloy composition comprising, in mass percent, 70-98% of Bi, a total of 0-0.5% of at least one substance selected from Ag, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mo, P, Ge, and Ga, and a remainder of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuharu Watanabe, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano, Masafumi Seino, Ko Inaba
  • Patent number: 8222751
    Abstract: An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D1/D2 of the average particle size D1 of the low-melting-point metal powder to the average particle size D2 of the high-melting-point metal powder is 0.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomura, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20120156512
    Abstract: A solder paste including a metal component consisting of a first metal powder and a second metal powder having a melting point higher than that of the first metal, and a flux component. The first metal is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, and the second metal is a metal or alloy which forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 310° C. or higher with the first metal and has a lattice constant difference, i.e. a difference in between the lattice constant of the intermetallic compound and the lattice constant of the second metal component, of 50% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakano, Hidekiyo Takaoka
  • Patent number: 8105687
    Abstract: An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D1/D2 of the average particle size D1 of the low-melting-point metal powder to the average particle size D2 of the high-melting-point metal powder is 0.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomura, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20110067912
    Abstract: An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D1/D2 of the average particle size D1 of the low-melting-point metal powder to the average particle size D2 of the high-melting-point metal powder is 0.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akhiro Nomura, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20100035072
    Abstract: A solder paste comprising a solder alloy powder and a flux. The volumetric expansion at the time of melting of the solder alloy is at most 0.5%. The flux contains a bisphenol A epoxy resin and a curing agent selected from a carboxylic anhydride and a dicarboxylic acid. The solder paste can be used in applications suitable for high-temperature solders. The solder alloy has an alloy composition comprising, in mass percent, 70-98% of Bi, a total of 0-0.5% of at least one substance selected from Ag, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mo, P, Ge, and Ga, and a remainder of Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Shizuharu Watanabe, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano, Masafumi Seino, Ko Inaba
  • Publication number: 20090301607
    Abstract: The invention provides a solder paste which has a solidus temperature of 255° C. or above and is improved in the wettability between Bi and Cu or Ag electrode to attain approximately equivalent wettability to those of Pb-containing high-temperature solders even in low-temperature soldering. The solder paste comprises a metal powder component consisting of Bi or a Bi alloy, a solidus temperature lowering metal for Bi, and a solid-phase metal capable of forming an intermetallic compound with the solidus temperature lowering metal, and a flux component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakano, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Minoru Ueshima
  • Publication number: 20090155608
    Abstract: An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D1/D2 of the average particle size D1 of the low-melting-point metal powder to the average particle size D2 of the high-melting-point metal powder is 0.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Akihiro Nomura, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20070245852
    Abstract: In solder paste of the present invention, a first metal powder, a second metal powder, and a third metal powder are dispersed in a flux or a thermosetting resin. The first metal powder includes a first metal material such as Cu, Ag, Au, or Pd that serves as a base metal. A second metal material such as Sn or In that has a melting point lower than that of the first metal material is coated on the surface of the first metal material. The second metal powder is made of a metal material such as Sn or In that has a melting point lower than that of the first metal material. The third metal powder such as a Cu, Ag, Au or Pd powder has an average particle diameter smaller than that of the first metal material and can form compounds with the second metal material and the second metal powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekiyo Takaoka, Kosuke Nakano