Patents by Inventor Masaki Nambu

Masaki Nambu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230271581
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure includes: a lower member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and extending upward toward the rear; and an upper member extending in the vehicle front-rear direction from a rear end of the lower member. The lower member and the upper member are coupled to each other on a plurality of pairs of surfaces, and coupling portions coupling surfaces of the lower member with surfaces of the upper member are offset from each other in the vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki Nambu, Takehiro Kondo, Hiroyuki Anzai, Shota Anegawa
  • Publication number: 20220329228
    Abstract: In an elastic wave device, a substrate includes a piezoelectric predetermined region in a first main surface facing one side in a normal direction of the substrate. An excitation electrode is positioned on the predetermined region. A cover covers the excitation electrode and the first main surface from the one side. A surrounding portion covers a side surface of the substrate and a side surface of the cover, and has insulating properties. A wiring layer includes an external terminal exposed toward the one side, and overlaps the cover and the surrounding portion from the one side. A connection conductor connects the excitation electrode and the external terminal to each other. The connection conductor includes a first portion extending to the external terminal from a position that is closer to the substrate than an upper surface of the cover on the one side. The first portion has a melting point higher than or equal to 450° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Masaki NAMBU
  • Patent number: 11031919
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode located on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a cover covering the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate from above the IDT electrode, at least one first via conductor extending through at least part of the cover from the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate to an upper surface of the cover, at least one second via conductor located, on the piezoelectric substrate, inward from the first via conductor in a plan view, extending through at least part of the cover from the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate to the upper surface of the cover, and having a smaller diameter than the first via conductor, and a conductive layer located on the upper surface of the cover and extending over an upper end of the second via conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nambu, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10804950
    Abstract: A SAW device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a support substrate which is located on a lower surface of the piezoelectric substrate and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode located on the piezoelectric substrate, a cover forming a space above the IDT electrode, and a plurality of first strip conductors which extend alongside each other on the cover and at least a part of which overlaps the space when viewed on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Kimura, Masaki Nambu, Masaru Nagata, Toshiki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20200106469
    Abstract: A SAW device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a support substrate which is located on a lower surface of the piezoelectric substrate and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the piezoelectric substrate, an IDT electrode located on the piezoelectric substrate, a cover forming a space above the IDT electrode, and a plurality of first strip conductors which extend alongside each other on the cover and at least a part of which overlaps the space when viewed on a plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiya KIMURA, Masaki NAMBU, Masaru NAGATA, Toshiki MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20200014365
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode located on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a cover covering the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate from above the IDT electrode, at least one first via conductor extending through at least part of the cover from the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate to an upper surface of the cover, at least one second via conductor located, on the piezoelectric substrate, inward from the first via conductor in a plan view, extending through at least part of the cover from the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate to the upper surface of the cover, and having a smaller diameter than the first via conductor, and a conductive layer located on the upper surface of the cover and extending over an upper end of the second via conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki NAMBU, Hiroyuki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9660171
    Abstract: An electronic component has a mounting board, a bump located on a mounting surface of the mounting board, a SAW device located on the bump and connected to the bump. The SAW device has an element substrate, an excitation electrode located on the first primary surface of the element substrate, a pad located on the first primary surface and connected to the excitation electrode, and a cover located above the excitation electrode and formed with a pad exposure portion on the pad. Further, the SAW device makes the top surface of the cover face the mounting surface, makes the bump be located in the pad exposure portion, and makes the pad abut against the bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ohashi, Masaki Nambu, Yusuke Morimoto, Daisuke Makibuchi, Takanori Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20140042870
    Abstract: An electronic component has a mounting board, a bump located on a mounting surface of the mounting board, a SAW device located on the bump and connected to the bump. The SAW device has an element substrate, an excitation electrode located on the first primary surface of the element substrate, a pad located on the first primary surface and connected to the excitation electrode, and a cover located above the excitation electrode and formed with a pad exposure portion on the pad. Further, the SAW device makes the top surface of the cover face the mounting surface, makes the bump be located in the pad exposure portion, and makes the pad abut against the bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ohashi, Masaki Nambu, Yusuke Morimoto, Daisuke Makibuchi, Takanori Ikuta