Patents by Inventor Masaki Kawata

Masaki Kawata 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: 11248970
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A force-sense presenting apparatus includes a casing structure, a weight, and a drive unit. The weight is provided in the casing structure or incorporated in the casing structure. The drive unit includes a first supporting portion constituted of a pair of supporting structures that support a first side of the weight and a second side opposed to the first side, at least one of the pair of supporting structures being configured to include an actuator capable of providing the weight with biased acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Mikio Takenaka, Shunki Shibaoka, Masaki Kawata, Hideaki Hayashi, Akihiro Nakata
  • Publication number: 20200088591
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A force-sense presenting apparatus includes a casing structure, a weight, and a drive unit. The weight is provided in the casing structure or incorporated in the casing structure. The drive unit includes a first supporting portion constituted of a pair of supporting structures that support a first side of the weight and a second side opposed to the first side, at least one of the pair of supporting structures being configured to include an actuator capable of providing the weight with biased acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Mikio Takenaka, Shunki Shibaoka, Masaki Kawata, Hideaki Hayashi, Akihiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 10502644
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A force-sense presenting apparatus includes a casing structure, a weight, and a drive unit. The weight is provided in the casing structure or incorporated in the casing structure. The drive unit includes a first supporting portion constituted of a pair of supporting structures that support a first side of the weight and a second side opposed to the first side, at least one of the pair of supporting structures being configured to include an actuator capable of providing the weight with biased acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Mikio Takenaka, Shunki Shibaoka, Masaki Kawata, Hideaki Hayashi, Akihiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 10278289
    Abstract: A resin circuit board includes a multilayer body, mounting land conductors, and second components. The multilayer body includes thermoplastic resin layers laminated together. The mounting land conductors are provided on a front surface of the multilayer body, and terminal conductors of a first component are bonded to the mounting land conductors by a thermal bonding method. The second components are disposed in the multilayer body and each has a modulus of elasticity greater than that of the multilayer body. When the multilayer body is seen in plan view, the second components are arranged such that a straight line connecting the second components passes through the center of gravity of the first component and such that the second components are superposed with the mounting land conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Shigeru Tago, Masaki Kawata
  • Publication number: 20190053386
    Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate manufacturing method includes arranging a first sheet including a thermoplastic resin as a main material, arranging one or more second sheets each including a first opening and a thermoplastic resin as a main material to be stacked on the first sheet, applying heat and pressure to a multilayer body including the first sheet and the one or more second sheets in a state in which a block, with a higher rigidity than the thermoplastic resin, is inside a space formed by the first opening of one second sheet or by a series of first openings of two or more second sheets, and removing the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki KAWATA, Yuki ITO
  • Patent number: 10154597
    Abstract: A component mount board includes a resin board, an electronic component, and a molding resin. A land conductor is provided in the resin board. The electronic component is mounted on a surface of the resin board, and includes a mounting terminal that is bonded to the land conductor. The resin board includes a body resin portion including the land conductor provided on a surface thereof, and a surface resin layer disposed on a surface of the body resin portion and made of a material of the same type as that of the body resin portion. A conductor is not provided on a surface of the surface resin layer. The surface resin layer includes a through hole at which the land conductor is exposed from the surface of the resin board. The mounting terminal is bonded to the land conductor via a bonding material filled in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Takeoka, Masaki Kawata, Tomohiko Naruoka, Hayato Noma
  • Patent number: 10098238
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a resin multilayer substrate is provided in which a component (3) is incorporated in a stacked body obtained by stacking a plurality of thermoplastic resin sheets (2). The method includes the steps of: softening a first resin sheet (2a) by heating, and pressing the component (3) against the first resin sheet (2a), thereby fixing the component (3) to the first resin sheet (2a); stacking the first resin sheet (2a) on a second resin sheet (2b) having a through hole (14) receiving the component (3) and a third resin sheet (2c) located adjacent to a lower side of the component (3) such that the component (3) is inserted into the through hole (14) and the lower surface of the component (3) faces the third resin sheet (2c); and performing compression bonding by heating and pressurizing the stacked body including these resin sheets (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kawata, Yuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20180242459
    Abstract: A component mount board includes a resin board, an electronic component, and a molding resin. A land conductor is provided in the resin board. The electronic component is mounted on a surface of the resin board, and includes a mounting terminal that is bonded to the land conductor. The resin board includes a body resin portion including the land conductor provided on a surface thereof, and a surface resin layer disposed on a surface of the body resin portion and made of a material of the same type as that of the body resin portion. A conductor is not provided on a surface of the surface resin layer. The surface resin layer includes a through hole at which the land conductor is exposed from the surface of the resin board. The mounting terminal is bonded to the land conductor via a bonding material filled in the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto TAKEOKA, Masaki KAWATA, Tomohiko NARUOKA, Hayato NOMA
  • Publication number: 20180188121
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A force-sense presenting apparatus includes a casing structure, a weight, and a drive unit. The weight is provided in the casing structure or incorporated in the casing structure. The drive unit includes a first supporting portion constituted of a pair of supporting structures that support a first side of the weight and a second side opposed to the first side, at least one of the pair of supporting structures being configured to include an actuator capable of providing the weight with biased acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Mikio Takenaka, Shunki Shibaoka, Masaki Kawata, Hideaki Hayashi, Akihiro Nakata
  • Publication number: 20180182680
    Abstract: A resin circuit board includes a multilayer body, mounting land conductors, and second components. The multilayer body includes thermoplastic resin layers laminated together. The mounting land conductors are provided on a front surface of the multilayer body, and terminal conductors of a first component are bonded to the mounting land conductors by a thermal bonding method. The second components are disposed in the multilayer body and each has a modulus of elasticity greater than that of the multilayer body. When the multilayer body is seen in plan view, the second components are arranged such that a straight line connecting the second components passes through the center of gravity of the first component and such that the second components are superposed with the mounting land conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kuniaki YOSUI, Shigeru TAGO, Masaki KAWATA
  • Patent number: 9974185
    Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes a laminate and an electronic component. The electronic component is embedded in the laminate. The laminate includes a frame-shaped conductor pattern. When the laminate is viewed in a laminating direction, the frame-shaped conductor pattern is arranged so as to substantially surround the entire periphery of the electronic component. The frame-shaped conductor pattern includes a first individual conductor pattern and a second individual conductor pattern. The first individual conductor pattern and the second individual conductor pattern are separated from each other. The first individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a first external terminal electrode of the electronic component, and the second individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a second external terminal electrode of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tago, Hirofumi Shinagawa, Yuki Wakabayashi, Kuniaki Yosui, Yuki Ito, Toshiro Adachi, Wataru Yanase, Masaki Kawata
  • Patent number: 9961780
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin multilayer board formed from a thermoplastic resin, which method allows for improvement in accuracy of the position of a component relative to the resin multilayer board, is provided. A method for manufacturing a resin multilayer board includes: a step of bonding a component to a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a surface thereof; a step of opposing a thermoplastic resin sheet to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and fixing the component bonded to the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and the thermoplastic resin sheet to each other by heating; a step of peeling the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from the component fixed to the thermoplastic resin sheet; and stacking and thermally welding a plurality of thermoplastic resin sheets including the thermoplastic resin sheet to which the component has been transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Shinagawa, Shigeru Tago, Masaki Kawata, Yuki Ito
  • Patent number: 9854677
    Abstract: A module component includes a substrate including a liquid crystal polymer resin sheet, and an electronic component mounted on the substrate by ultrasonic bonding, wherein the electronic component includes a plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes including respective planar conductors provided on a substrate mounting surface separately from each other, and connected at a same potential or substantially a same potential, and the substrate includes a first component connecting electrode including a planar conductor provided on a component loading surface, and bonded to the plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tago, Hirofumi Shinagawa, Masaki Kawata, Yuki Ito
  • Patent number: 9730322
    Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes a cavity including through-holes penetrating through resin sheets in a stacked body of resin sheets having flexibility. An electronic chip component including external electrodes is disposed in the cavity. The resin sheet on which the electronic chip component is located is provided with through-holes into which conductive pastes are filled. The resin sheet includes cut-away portions communicating with a through-hole and located at a distance from each other across the through-hole. When this stacked body is hot-pressed, the conductive pastes overflow from the through-holes. However, the overflowing conductive pastes enter the cut-away portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Wakabayashi, Shigeru Tago, Daisuke Tsuruga, Masaki Kawata
  • Publication number: 20160330843
    Abstract: A module component includes a substrate including a liquid crystal polymer resin sheet, and an electronic component mounted on the substrate by ultrasonic bonding, wherein the electronic component includes a plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes including respective planar conductors provided on a substrate mounting surface separately from each other, and connected at a same potential or substantially a same potential, and the substrate includes a first component connecting electrode including a planar conductor provided on a component loading surface, and bonded to the plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeru TAGO, Hirofumi SHINAGAWA, Masaki KAWATA, Yuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20160157354
    Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes a laminate and an electronic component. The electronic component is embedded in the laminate. The laminate includes a frame-shaped conductor pattern. When the laminate is viewed in a laminating direction, the frame-shaped conductor pattern is arranged so as to substantially surround the entire periphery of the electronic component. The frame-shaped conductor pattern includes a first individual conductor pattern and a second individual conductor pattern. The first individual conductor pattern and the second individual conductor pattern are separated from each other. The first individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a first external terminal electrode of the electronic component, and the second individual conductor pattern is arranged close to a second external terminal electrode of the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeru TAGO, Hirofumi SHINAGAWA, Yuki WAKABAYASHI, Kuniaki YOSUI, Yuki ITO, Toshiro ADACHI, Wataru YANASE, Masaki KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20160050766
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin multilayer board formed from a thermoplastic resin, which method allows for improvement in accuracy of the position of a component relative to the resin multilayer board, is provided. A method for manufacturing a resin multilayer board includes: a step of bonding a component to a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a surface thereof; a step of opposing a thermoplastic resin sheet to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and fixing the component bonded to the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and the thermoplastic resin sheet to each other by heating; a step of peeling the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from the component fixed to the thermoplastic resin sheet; and stacking and thermally welding a plurality of thermoplastic resin sheets including the thermoplastic resin sheet to which the component has been transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi Shinagawa, Shigeru Tago, Masaki Kawata, Yuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20160044798
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a resin multilayer substrate is provided in which a component (3) is incorporated in a stacked body obtained by stacking a plurality of thermoplastic resin sheets (2). The method includes the steps of: softening a first resin sheet (2a) by heating, and pressing the component (3) against the first resin sheet (2a), thereby fixing the component (3) to the first resin sheet (2a); stacking the first resin sheet (2a) on a second resin sheet (2b) having a through hole (14) receiving the component (3) and a third resin sheet (2c) located adjacent to a lower side of the component (3) such that the component (3) is inserted into the through hole (14) and the lower surface of the component (3) faces the third resin sheet (2c); and performing compression bonding by heating and pressurizing the stacked body including these resin sheets (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki KAWATA, Yuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20160029489
    Abstract: A component-embedded substrate includes a cavity including through-holes penetrating through resin sheets in a stacked body of resin sheets having flexibility. An electronic chip component including external electrodes is disposed in the cavity. The resin sheet on which the electronic chip component is located is provided with through-holes into which conductive pastes are filled. The resin sheet includes cut-away portions communicating with a through-hole and located at a distance from each other across the through-hole. When this stacked body is hot-pressed, the conductive pastes overflow from the through-holes. However, the overflowing conductive pastes enter the cut-away portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki WAKABAYASHI, Shigeru TAGO, Daisuke TSURUGA, Masaki KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20090311608
    Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics and the voltage retention characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. The anode includes an anode current collector, an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector and including an anode active material containing silicon as an element, and a coat formed on the anode active material layer and having an integral structure of three-dimensional network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Kenichi Kawase, Kazunori Noguchi, Takayuki Fujii, Masaki Kawata