Patents by Inventor Masataka Watabe

Masataka Watabe 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: 11557439
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axis direction and T2 represents a dimension of each extended portion in the first axis direction, T1+T2 is 50 ?m or less, and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuji Tomizawa, Toshiya Kuji
  • Publication number: 20210280375
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axis direction and T2 represents a dimension of each extended portion in the first axis direction, T1+T2 is 50 ?m or less, and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yasutomo SUGA, Masataka WATABE, Takeshi NAKAJIMA, Yuji TOMIZAWA, Toshiya KUJI
  • Patent number: 11024461
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a main surface facing in a first direction, an end surface facing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and internal electrodes laminated in the first direction; and an external electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic body, the external electrode including a base film including an end-surface-covering portion that covers the end surface, and a main-surface-covering portion that covers part of the main surface continuously from the end-surface-covering portion, an electrically conductive thin film including a base-covering portion that covers the main-surface-covering portion, and a ceramic-body-covering portion that extends from the base-covering portion in the second direction and covers part of the main surface, and a plating film that covers the electrically conductive thin film and the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe, Jun Nishikawa, Sadayoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11017952
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axis direction and T2 represents a dimension of each extended portion in the first axis direction, T1+T2 is 50 ?m or less, and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuji Tomizawa, Toshiya Kuji
  • Publication number: 20200082985
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a main surface facing in a first direction, an end surface facing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and internal electrodes laminated in the first direction; and an external electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic body, the external electrode including a base film including an end-surface-covering portion that covers the end surface, and a main-surface-covering portion that covers part of the main surface continuously from the end-surface-covering portion, an electrically conductive thin film including a base-covering portion that covers the main-surface-covering portion, and a ceramic-body-covering portion that extends from the base-covering portion in the second direction and covers part of the main surface, and a plating film that covers the electrically conductive thin film and the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yasutomo SUGA, Masataka WATABE, Jun NISHIKAWA, Sadayoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200027662
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axis direction and T2 represents a dimension of each extended portion in the first axis direction, T1+T2 is 50 ?m or less, and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: YASUTOMO SUGA, MASATAKA WATABE, TAKESHI NAKAJIMA, YUJI TOMIZAWA, TOSHIYA KUJI
  • Patent number: 10395830
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces oriented in a first axial direction, first and second end surfaces oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction, a first internal electrode drawn to the first end surface, and a second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode and being drawn to the second end surface, the ceramic body being formed to be long in a third axial direction orthogonal to the first and second axial directions, a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axial direction being 80 ?m or less; a first external electrode covering the first end surface and extending from the first end surface to the first and second main surfaces; and a second external electrode covering the second end surface and extending from the second end surface to the first and second main surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Watabe, Yasutomo Suga
  • Patent number: 10354801
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces oriented in a first axial direction, first and second end surfaces oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction, a first internal electrode, and a second internal electrode, the ceramic body being formed to be long in a third axial direction orthogonal to the first and second axial directions; a first external electrode including a first cover portion and a first extension portion; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion and a second extension portion, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axial direction, and when T2 represents a dimension of each of the first and second extension portions in the first axial direction, T1 is 80 ?m or less and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Watabe, Yasutomo Suga
  • Patent number: 10319658
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes: an electronic component that includes a body, the body having a first main surface that is convexly curved along a longitudinal direction, and a second main surface that is concavely curved along the longitudinal direction, a distance between the first main surface and the second main surface being 50 ?m or less; a housing portion that includes a plurality of recesses, each of the recesses including a take-out opening and housing the electronic component with the first main surface facing toward the take-out opening; and a sealing portion that covers the take-out openings of the plurality of recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe
  • Publication number: 20180218839
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces oriented in a first axial direction, first and second end surfaces oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction, a first internal electrode, and a second internal electrode, the ceramic body being formed to be long in a third axial direction orthogonal to the first and second axial directions; a first external electrode including a first cover portion and a first extension portion; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion and a second extension portion, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T1 represents a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axial direction, and when T2 represents a dimension of each of the first and second extension portions in the first axial direction, T1 is 80 ?m or less and T2/(T1+T2) is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Masataka Watabe, Yasutomo Suga
  • Publication number: 20180218958
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes: an electronic component that includes a body, the body having a first main surface that is convexly curved along a longitudinal direction, and a second main surface that is concavely curved along the longitudinal direction, a distance between the first main surface and the second main surface being 50 ?m or less; a housing portion that includes a plurality of recesses, each of the recesses including a take-out opening and housing the electronic component with the first main surface facing toward the take-out opening; and a sealing portion that covers the take-out openings of the plurality of recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: YASUTOMO SUGA, MASATAKA WATABE
  • Publication number: 20180218840
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces oriented in a first axial direction, first and second end surfaces oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction, a first internal electrode drawn to the first end surface, and a second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode and being drawn to the second end surface, the ceramic body being formed to be long in a third axial direction orthogonal to the first and second axial directions, a dimension of the ceramic body in the first axial direction being 80 ?m or less; a first external electrode covering the first end surface and extending from the first end surface to the first and second main surfaces; and a second external electrode covering the second end surface and extending from the second end surface to the first and second main surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: MASATAKA WATABE, YASUTOMO SUGA
  • Patent number: 9502181
    Abstract: A low-height multilayer ceramic capacitor offering excellent flexure strength meets the condition “t11c<t12b,” where t11c represents the thickness of each protective dielectric layer provided on respective top and bottom sides of a dielectric chip, and t12b represents the thickness of a wraparound part of each external electrode provided at least part of both top and bottom faces of the dielectric chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe
  • Patent number: 8958213
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a chip component includes a chip component that is bonded by having a pair of external terminal electrodes provided on both ends of an element body of the thin chip component bonded to a pair of lands respectively through solder, the pair of lands being provided on an attaching substrate in a lateral direction with respect to each other. Where plan view distances from ends of the external terminal electrodes at the ridge lines formed between the surfaces and side faces of the element body of the chip component to the edges of the lands connected to the external terminal electrodes are designated as “d,” and the vertical distances from the bottom surfaces of the external terminal electrodes and the lands are designated as “t,” then d>t/tan 35° and preferably d>t/tan 25° is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hoshi, Masataka Watabe, Motoki Kobayashi, Shota Yajima
  • Publication number: 20140285947
    Abstract: A low-height multilayer ceramic capacitor offering excellent flexure strength meets the condition “t11c<t12b,” where t11c represents the thickness of each protective dielectric layer provided on respective top and bottom sides of a dielectric chip, and t12b represents the thickness of a wraparound part of each external electrode provided at least part of both top and bottom faces of the dielectric chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo SUGA, Masataka WATABE
  • Patent number: 8810993
    Abstract: In a laminated capacitor, one additional first internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the first external electrode as do the first internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five first internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the second dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity, and one additional second internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the second external electrode as do the second internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five second internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the third dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hoshi, Masataka Watabe, Motoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140016241
    Abstract: In a laminated capacitor, one additional first internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the first external electrode as do the first internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five first internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the second dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity, and one additional second internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the second external electrode as do the second internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five second internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the third dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuji HOSHI, Masataka WATABE, Motoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140003014
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a chip component includes a chip component that is bonded by having a pair of external terminal electrodes provided on both ends of an element body of the thin chip component bonded to a pair of lands respectively through solder, the pair of lands being provided on an attaching substrate in a lateral direction with respect to each other. Where plan view distances from ends of the external terminal electrodes at the ridge lines formed between the surfaces and side faces of the element body of the chip component to the edges of the lands connected to the external terminal electrodes are designated as “d,” and the vertical distances from the bottom surfaces of the external terminal electrodes and the lands are designated as “t,” then d?t/tan 35° and preferably d?t/tan 25° is fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji Hoshi, Masataka Watabe, Motoki Kobayashi, Shota Yajima
  • Patent number: 8564930
    Abstract: In a laminated capacitor, one additional first internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the first external electrode as do the first internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five first internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the second dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity, and one additional second internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the second external electrode as do the second internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five second internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the third dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Hoshi, Masataka Watabe, Motoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120262837
    Abstract: In a laminated capacitor, one additional first internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the first external electrode as do the first internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five first internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the second dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity, and one additional second internal electrode layer, which has its edge connected to the second external electrode as do the second internal electrode layers, is provided to one of the five second internal electrode layers so as to face one another via the third dielectric layer having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first dielectric layer and not contributing to the formation of capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji HOSHI, Masataka WATABE, Motoki KOBAYASHI