Patents by Inventor Kosuke Onishi

Kosuke Onishi 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: 11915877
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and an external electrode on each of both end surfaces of the multilayer body. The external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer and a plating layer that is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes Ni as a first metal component, Sn as a second metal component, and a ceramic material, and includes an alloy portion that is provided around the ceramic material and includes an alloyed Ni defining the first metal component and an alloyed Sn defining the second metal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kanzaki, Kosuke Onishi, Akitaka Doi
  • Publication number: 20230307186
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers, first internal electrodes, and second internal electrodes laminated in a height direction, a first external electrode on at least part of a first end surface and on part of a first main surface and not on a second main surface, the first external electrode being electrically connected to the first internal electrodes, a second external electrode on at least part of a second end surface and on part of the first main surface and is not on the second main surface, the second external electrode being electrically connected to the second internal electrodes, at least two penetration portions penetrating the ceramic body between the first and second main surfaces, and a reinforcing layer on at least part of the second main surface, the reinforcing layer covering the at least two penetration portions exposed from the ceramic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kosuke ONISHI, Satoshi MURAMATSU, Yukie WATANABE, Ryo NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230245829
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component with a carrier substrate includes a ceramic electronic component including first and second principal surfaces, first and second end surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and at least two external electrodes on an outer surface of the ceramic electronic component, and a carrier substrate attached to the second principal surface of the ceramic electronic component, wherein a first adhesive layer is on the first principal surface of the ceramic electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Kosuke ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230223198
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and an external electrode on each of both end surfaces of the multilayer body. The external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer and a plating layer that is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes Ni as a first metal component, Sn as a second metal component, and a ceramic material, and includes an alloy portion that is provided around the ceramic material and includes an alloyed Ni defining the first metal component and an alloyed Sn defining the second metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke KANZAKI, Kosuke ONISHI, Akitaka DOI
  • Publication number: 20230215657
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and external electrodes provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body. Each external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer including metal components and ceramic components, and plating layers on the underlying electrode layer. A metal of the plating layer on the underlying electrode layer diffuses into the underlying electrode layer, and exists at an interface where the metal components included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other and an interface where the metal component and the ceramic component included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke KANZAKI, Kosuke ONISHI
  • Patent number: 11636982
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and external electrodes provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body. Each external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer including metal components and ceramic components, and plating layers on the underlying electrode layer. A metal of the plating layer on the underlying electrode layer diffuses into the underlying electrode layer to extend from a surface layer of the underlying electrode layer to an interface of the multilayer body, and exists at an interface where the metal components included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other, an interface where the metal component and the ceramic component included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other, and an interface between the metal component included in the underlying electrode layer and the multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kanzaki, Kosuke Onishi
  • Patent number: 11636980
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and an external electrode on each of both end surfaces of the multilayer body. The external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer and a plating layer that is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes Ni as a first metal component, Sn as a second metal component, and a ceramic material, and includes an alloy portion that is provided around the ceramic material and includes an alloyed Ni defining the first metal component and an alloyed Sn defining the second metal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kanzaki, Kosuke Onishi, Akitaka Doi
  • Patent number: 11482378
    Abstract: A three-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor including a ceramic layer, first and second internal electrodes, first and second end surface electrodes, and first and second side surface electrodes, and has a lengthwise dimension of about 1300 ?m or more and about 1500 ?m or less, a widthwise dimension of about 1000 ?m or more and about 1200 ?m or less, a heightwise dimension of about 570 ?m or more and about 680 ?m or less, and a capacitance of about 12 ?F or more and about 32 ?F or less. The first and second end surface electrodes, and the first and second side surface electrodes include a Ni underlying electrode layer and at least one plating electrode layer. The first and second end surface electrodes have a thickness of about 0.73% or more and about 3.00% or less relative to the lengthwise dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Onishi, Satoshi Muramatsu, Taisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11393626
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitive element including a stack of ceramic layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes on a surface of the capacitive element. Each of the external electrodes includes a base electrode layer on the surface of the capacitive element and a Cu-plated electrode layer on a surface of the base electrode layer and including an edge portion facing the surface of the capacitive element. Sn is provided between the edge portion of the Cu-plated electrode layer and the surface of the capacitive element. On a surface of the Cu-plated electrode layer, at least one second plated electrode layer including an edge portion facing the surface of the capacitive element is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Onishi, Satoshi Muramatsu, Taisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11315734
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitive element including ceramic layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes on the capacitive element. The external electrodes include a Ni underlying electrode layer mainly made of Ni, a Cu plating electrode layer, and at least one second plating electrode layer. The Cu plating electrode layer includes a Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer on a side closer to the Ni underlying electrode layer and including Ni diffused therein and a non-Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer on a side closer to the second plating electrode layer and not including Ni diffused therein. The Cu plating electrode layer has a thickness of about 3 ?m or more and about 12 ?m or less and the non-Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer has a thickness of about 0.5 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kanzaki, Satoshi Muramatsu, Kosuke Onishi
  • Publication number: 20210327648
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and external electrodes provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body. Each external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer including metal components and ceramic components, and plating layers on the underlying electrode layer. A metal of the plating layer on the underlying electrode layer diffuses into the underlying electrode layer to extend from a surface layer of the underlying electrode layer to an interface of the multilayer body, and exists at an interface where the metal components included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other, an interface where the metal component and the ceramic component included in the underlying electrode layer are in contact with each other, and an interface between the metal component included in the underlying electrode layer and the multilayer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Taisuke KANZAKI, Kosuke ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20210202172
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body and an external electrode on each of both end surfaces of the multilayer body. The external electrode includes an underlying electrode layer and a plating layer that is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes Ni as a first metal component, Sn as a second metal component, and a ceramic material, and includes an alloy portion that is provided around the ceramic material and includes an alloyed Ni defining the first metal component and an alloyed Sn defining the second metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Taisuke KANZAKI, Kosuke ONISHI, Akitaka DOI
  • Publication number: 20200312560
    Abstract: A three-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor including a ceramic layer, first and second internal electrodes, first and second end surface electrodes, and first and second side surface electrodes, and has a lengthwise dimension of about 1300 ?m or more and about 1500 ?m or less, a widthwise dimension of about 1000 ?m or more and about 1200 ?m or less, a heightwise dimension of about 570 ?m or more and about 680 ?m or less, and a capacitance of about 12 ?F or more and about 32 ?F or less. The first and second end surface electrodes, and the first and second side surface electrodes include a Ni underlying electrode layer and at least one plating electrode layer. The first and second end surface electrodes have a thickness of about 0.73% or more and about 3.00% or less relative to the lengthwise dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kosuke ONISHI, Satoshi MURAMATSU, Taisuke KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200312564
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitive element including a stack of ceramic layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes on a surface of the capacitive element. Each of the external electrodes includes a base electrode layer on the surface of the capacitive element and a Cu-plated electrode layer on a surface of the base electrode layer and including an edge portion facing the surface of the capacitive element. Sn is provided between the edge portion of the Cu-plated electrode layer and the surface of the capacitive element. On a surface of the Cu-plated electrode layer, at least one second plated electrode layer including an edge portion facing the surface of the capacitive element is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kosuke ONISHI, Satoshi MURAMATSU, Taisuke KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200312565
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitive element including ceramic layers and internal electrodes, and external electrodes on the capacitive element. The external electrodes include a Ni underlying electrode layer mainly made of Ni, a Cu plating electrode layer, and at least one second plating electrode layer. The Cu plating electrode layer includes a Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer on a side closer to the Ni underlying electrode layer and including Ni diffused therein and a non-Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer on a side closer to the second plating electrode layer and not including Ni diffused therein. The Cu plating electrode layer has a thickness of about 3 ?m or more and about 12 ?m or less and the non-Ni diffused Cu plating electrode layer has a thickness of about 0.5 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke KANZAKI, Satoshi MURAMATSU, Kosuke ONISHI
  • Patent number: 9805871
    Abstract: External electrodes, electrically connected to exposed portions of internal electrodes, are arranged on end surfaces of a ceramic main body of a laminated ceramic capacitor. Alloy layers of a metal contained in internal electrodes, and a metal contained in external electrodes, are arranged at the boundaries between external electrodes, and the ceramic main body and internal electrodes. Plating layers are provided on surfaces of external electrodes. A ceramic electronic component having a reduced ESR is thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Onishi, Tomohiro Sasaki, Yasuhiro Nishisaka, Akira Ishizuka, Akihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170062136
    Abstract: External electrodes, electrically connected to exposed portions of internal electrodes, are arranged on end surfaces of a ceramic main body of a laminated ceramic capacitor. Alloy layers of a metal contained in internal electrodes, and a metal contained in external electrodes, are arranged at the boundaries between external electrodes, and the ceramic main body and internal electrodes. Plating layers are provided on surfaces of external electrodes. A ceramic electronic component having a reduced ESR is thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kosuke ONISHI, Tomohiro SASAKI, Yasuhiro NISHISAKA, Akira ISHIZUKA, Akihiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9530560
    Abstract: External electrodes, electrically connected to exposed portions of internal electrodes, are arranged on end surfaces of a ceramic main body of a laminated ceramic capacitor. Alloy layers of a metal contained in internal electrodes, and a metal contained in external electrodes, are arranged at the boundaries between external electrodes, and the ceramic main body and internal electrodes. Plating layers are provided on surfaces of external electrodes. A ceramic electronic component having a reduced ESR is thus provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Onishi, Tomohiro Sasaki, Yasuhiro Nishisaka, Akira Ishizuka, Akihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150016018
    Abstract: External electrodes, electrically connected to exposed portions of internal electrodes, are arranged on end surfaces of a ceramic main body of a laminated ceramic capacitor. Alloy layers of a metal contained in internal electrodes, and a metal contained in external electrodes, are arranged at the boundaries between external electrodes, and the ceramic main body and internal electrodes. Plating layers are provided on surfaces of external electrodes. A ceramic electronic component having a reduced ESR is thus provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kosuke ONISHI, Tomohiro SASAKI, Yasuhiro NISHISAKA, Akira ISHIZUKA, Akihiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8465830
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body having a substantially rectangular parallelpiped shape. The ceramic body includes a central portion in which first and second internal electrodes are arranged, and first and second end portions in which the first and second internal electrodes are not arranged. The ceramic electronic component satisfies Expressions (1) and (2) below: W1>T??(1) W2>T??(2) where T denotes the dimension of the ceramic body in a thickness direction, W1 denotes the dimension of the first end portion in a width direction, and W2 denotes the dimension of the second end portion in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Yukio Sanada, Kosuke Onishi, Yasuhiro Nishisaka