Patents by Inventor Masayuki Iwase

Masayuki Iwase 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: 20180116049
    Abstract: The stretchable circuit board (100) includes: a stretchable base (10); a stretchable wiring portion (20) formed on the stretchable base (10); a reinforcement base (30) having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base (10); a draw-out wiring portion (40) formed on the reinforcement base (30), and electrically continuous with the stretchable wiring portion (20); and an elastomer layer (50) formed on the reinforcement base (30). The reinforcement base (30) overlaps with a partial area (10a) of the stretchable base (10). An other area (10b) of the stretchable base (10) is exposed from the reinforcement base (30). The stretchable wiring portion (20) extends on the other area (10b) and over the partial area (10a). The elastomer layer (50) and the stretchable base (10) are layered and joined with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Takeo Wakabayashi, Eiji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20180092206
    Abstract: A stretchable circuit board includes: a stretchable portion 50 that includes a stretchable base 53 haying stretchability and a stretchable wiring 55 formed on a first main surface 53a of the stretchable base 53 and having stretchability; and a non-stretchable portion 30 that includes a base substrate 34 having stretchability lower than that of the stretchable base 53 and a draw-out wiring 35 formed on a main surface 32b of the base substrate 34, in which the main surface 53a of the stretchable portion 53 and the main surface 32b of the base substrate 34 are joined with each other, and the stretchable wiring 55 and the draw-out wiring 35 are electrically connected with each other. In addition, the main surface 32b of the base substrate has a rough surface with projections and depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Keizo Toyama
  • Publication number: 20180077794
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a method for manufacturing a stretchable circuit board, which can facilitate positioning of an external terminal and a stretchable wiring, and increase manufacturing yield of a stretchable circuit board. [Solving Mean] A stretchable circuit board is manufactured through: a step in which an external terminal 31 is formed on a main surface 33b located on one side of a film base 33; a step in which a stretchable wiring portion 55 is formed on a main surface 53a located on one side of a stretchable base 53; and a step in which the stretchable wiring portion 55 is positioned with the external terminal 31, and pressure and heat are applied to the film base 33 and the stretchable wiring portion 55 to join them, whereby the external terminal 31 and the stretchable wiring portion 55 are connected with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9763323
    Abstract: Provided is a stretchable circuit board having a sheet-like stretchable base capable of stretching and contracting, a stretchable interconnect part formed on or above at least one major surface of the stretchable base, and an external terminal connected to the interconnect part; the stretchable circuit board has a reinforcing area having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base, and a stretchable area which remains after excluding the reinforcing area; the interconnect part is formed across a boundary part between the reinforcing area and the stretchable area; and a sheet-like stretchable auxiliary member capable of stretching and contracting is provided to the boundary part having the interconnect part formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20170245362
    Abstract: A stretchable circuit board includes plural stretchable bases, and plural stretchable wiring portions, at least one of which is provided on each of main surfaces, facing each other, of the plural stretchable bases, in which the stretchable wiring portions provided on the main surfaces are electrically continuous with each other through a connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9647746
    Abstract: A radio receiver includes: a plurality of tuners that receives a broadcast signal through separate antennas; phase shifters, an adder, and a phase diversity processing unit for adjusting and compositing a phase of an output signal of each tuner of the tuners; a demodulating unit that performs demodulation processing to an input signal; a noise component detecting unit that detects a predetermined noise component included in composited output of phase diversity; and a switching processing unit that sets the signal before the composition of the phase diversity to be an object to which the demodulating unit performs the demodulation processing when the detected noise component exceeds a threshold value, and sets the signal after the composition of the phase diversity to be the object to which the demodulating unit performs the demodulation processing when the noise component has not exceeded the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9620286
    Abstract: Disclosed are an insulating material (high-k layer) which includes a fiber assembly mainly composed of a cellulose nanofiber, and an electroconductive metal material supported by the fiber assembly; and a passive element (capacitor) which includes a high-k layer which is composed of the insulating material, and an electroconductive part stacked on the high-k layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaya Nogi, Katsuaki Suganuma, Hirotaka Koga, Natsuki Komoda, Hirofumi Matsumoto, Masayuki Iwase, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Keizo Toyama
  • Publication number: 20170099730
    Abstract: A stretchable circuit board includes a stretchable base, a stretchable wiring portion, a reinforcement base having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base 10, and a draw-out wiring portion. The stretchable wiring portion having stretchability is formed on a main surface located on at least one side of the stretchable base. The draw-out wiring portion is formed at least on a main surface that is one side of the reinforcement base. The main surface of the reinforcement base is overlaid with a part of an area where the stretchable wiring portion is formed, in which the main surface faces the main surface of the stretchable base. A part of the stretchable wiring portion and a part of the draw-out wiring portion are joined together, and they are electrically continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20170089778
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive element has a support substrate, a sensor electrode, a pressure sensing film and an insulating layer; the pressure sensing film being arranged opposing to the sensor electrode; the insulating layer having an opening, and being provided between the support substrate and the pressure sensing film; at least a part of an opening edge of the opening being fallen on the sensor electrode; an exposed part as a part of the sensor electrode being exposed inside the opening, leaving a buried part as the other part of the sensor electrode buried under the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Toyoshima, Keizo Toyama, Hirokazu Ohdate, Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9574955
    Abstract: A pressure sensing element (100) includes a support substrate (11); a sensor electrode (12) supported by the support substrate (11); a pressure sensing film (14) functionalized to be electro-conductive, at least in a portion thereof faced to the sensor electrode (12); and an insulating layer (13) which keeps the sensor electrode (12) and the pressure sensing film (14) apart from each other by a predetermined distance A, and has formed therein an opening (20) in which the sensor electrode (12) is exposed to the pressure sensing film (14), the insulating layer (13) having an aperture wall (13b) which partitions the opening (20), and an aperture end (top aperture end (13a)) faced to the pressure sensing film (14), and the insulating layer (13) being increased in height, measured from the support substrate (11), continuously towards the opening (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Keizo Toyama, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Hirokazu Ohdate, Taisuke Kimura, Ryoichi Toyoshima
  • Publication number: 20170034907
    Abstract: Provided is a stretchable circuit board having a sheet-like stretchable base capable of stretching and contracting, a stretchable interconnect part formed on or above at least one major surface of the Stretchable base, and an external terminal connected to the Interconnect part; the stretchable circuit board has a reinforcing area having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base, and a stretchable area which remains after excluding the reinforcing area; the interconnect part is formed across a boundary part between the reinforcing area and the stretchable area; and a sheet-like stretchable auxiliary member capable of stretching and contracting is provided to the boundary part having the interconnect part formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9534535
    Abstract: A four-stroke engine for a working machine with a rod is provided, where a tool is attached to one end of the rod in a longitudinal direction and the four-stroke engine is fixed to the other end of the rod in use. The four-stroke engine includes: an oil circulation pathway; and a gas-liquid separating chamber configured to separate oil from blowby gas. The gas-liquid separating chamber includes: an inflow part into which the blowby gas is introduced from the oil circulation pathway; oil discharge parts configured to flow the oil separated from the blowby gas back to the oil circulation pathway; and a blowby gas discharge part configured to discharge the blowby gas not containing oil mist from the gas-liquid separating chamber and supplies the blowby gas to an intake passageway to a combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Takahashi, Yuki Nakamura, Masaki Kurimoto, Masayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20160363491
    Abstract: A pressure sensing element (100) includes a support substrate (11); a sensor electrode (12) supported by the support substrate (11); a pressure sensing film (14) functionalized to be electro-conductive, at least in a portion thereof faced to the sensor electrode (12); and an insulating layer (13) which keeps the sensor electrode (12) and the pressure sensing film (14) apart from each other by a predetermined distance A, and has formed therein an opening (20) in which the sensor electrode (12) is exposed to the pressure sensing film (14), the insulating layer (13) having an aperture wall (13b) which partitions the opening (20), and an aperture end (top aperture end (13a)) faced to the pressure sensing film (14), and the insulating layer (13) being increased in height, measured from the support substrate (11), continuously towards the opening (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Keizo Toyama, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Hirokazu Ohdate, Taisuke Kimura, Ryoichi Toyoshima
  • Publication number: 20160327441
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensing element configured to be flexible, and capable of demonstrating a stable electrical reliability over a long period; and, a pressure sensor having such pressure sensing element. A pressure sensing element (100) has an electro-conductive pressure sensing film (14), a sensor electrode (12) provided at a position faced to the pressure sensing film (14), and an insulating layer (13) which creates a predetermined distance “A” between the pressure sensing film (14) and the sensor electrode (12) so as to keep them apart from each other, the pressure sensing film (14) being a resin film containing carbon particles (140); and, a pressure sensor (200) has the pressure sensing element (100), and a detection unit (210) which is electrically connected with the pressure sensing element (100) so as to detect contact resistance between the pressure sensing film (14) and the sensor electrode (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Keizo Toyama, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Hirokazu Ohdate, Taisuke Kimura, Ryoichi Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 9258903
    Abstract: It is an object to form a conductive intermediate layer having a function of maximally preventing a solder leaching phenomenon with a low environment load and with good productivity. There are provided an insulative base material 2, a wiring circuit pattern 3 formed on at least one surface of the insulative base material 2, an electronic part mounting land 31 which is formed as part of the wiring circuit pattern 3 and on which an electronic part 7 is to be mounted, and a conductive intermediate layer 5 made of a sintered conductive ink film on the electronic part mounting land 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON MEXTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaichi Inaba, Masayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 9198298
    Abstract: To peel an etching resist easily and reliably without damaging a transparent conductive layer coated with the etching resist. A method for manufacturing a transparent printed circuit in an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a transparent conductive sheet 3 having a transparent base material 1 and a transparent conductive layer 2 formed on the transparent base material 1, forming an etching resist 4 having a specified pattern on the transparent conductive layer 2, etching the transparent conductive layer 2 with the etching resist 4 as a mask, forming a peeling film 5 on the etching resist 4 and on the transparent base material 1 exposed by etching of the transparent conductive layer 2 so as to cover an area where the etching resist 4 is formed, and peeling the peeling film 5 together with the etching resist 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Kazuyuki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9029709
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent flexible printed wiring board which is excellent in flexibility, heat resistance and adhesion between a transparent film and a transparent conductive film. A transparent polyimide film, whose dimension change rate in association with a baking process is not larger than ±0.2%, is prepared. ITO ink containing ITO fine particles and a binder is printed in the form of a predetermined pattern on the transparent polyimide film by an ink-jet method. The ITO ink is then baked at 230 to 300° C., thereby forming a transparent conductive film with a binder ratio of 5 to 10 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ozaki, Masayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20150014039
    Abstract: Disclosed are an insulating material (high-k layer) which includes a fiber assembly mainly composed of a cellulose nanofiber, and an electroconductive metal material supported by the fiber assembly; and a passive element (capacitor) which includes a high-k layer which is composed of the insulating material, and an electroconductive part stacked on the high-k layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaya Nogi, Katsuaki Suganuma, Hirotaka Koga, Natsuki Komoda, Hirofumi Matsumoto, Masayuki Iwase, Kazayuki Ozaki, Keizo Toyama
  • Patent number: 8920043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector unit that can surely position and connect a plurality of optical fiber plugs in a short time and easily release a connected state of optical fiber connectors even if the number of optical fiber connectors increases. A connector unit includes a positioning member for positioning a plurality of optical fiber plugs, an adapter that has plug guide holes for inserting tip ends of the optical fiber plugs to connect with the optical fiber plugs, and guide portions for guiding the positioning member with respect to the adapter and inserting the tip ends of the optical fiber plugs into the plug guide holes of the adapter to connect with the optical fiber plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Iwaya, Masayuki Iwase
  • Publication number: 20140138125
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a circuit board, which includes a stand-by process setting a screen printing plate so as to be opposed with a base, where the screen printing plate has a line pattern formed therethrough, and the line pattern is configured by a plurality of dot-like through-holes discretely pierced and arrayed in a single line; a coating process coating an ink which contains a water-dispersed electroconductive paste onto the surface of the screen printing plate; and an ejection process ejecting ink dots through the dot-like through-holes onto the surface of the base, by pressing the screen printing plate into the base under sliding contact of a squeegee with the surface of the screen printing plate, and allowing the ink dots ejected out from the adjacent through-holes to fuse on the surface of the base, to thereby form a linear ink puddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Kazuyuki Ozaki