Patents by Inventor Mikio Hanafusa

Mikio Hanafusa 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: 8470450
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate with improved folding endurance, wherein the two-layered copper-clad laminate retains folding endurance of 150 times or more measured with a folding endurance test based on JIS C6471 by subjecting the laminate in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing to heat treatment at a temperature of 100° C. or more but not exceeding 175° C. Specifically, provided are a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate (two-layered CCL material) in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing, wherein the rupture of the outer lead part of a circuit can be prevented due to the improvement in folding endurance; and a two-layered copper-clad laminate obtained from the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 8449751
    Abstract: The invention has an object of obtaining a low-profile electrolytic copper foil made by electrolytic copper foil manufacturing using a cathode drum such that the surface roughness on the rough surface side (the opposite side to the lustrous surface) is low. In particular, the invention has an object of obtaining an electrolytic copper foil that can be finely patterned and have an excellent elongation and tensile strength at normal and high temperatures. This object is attained by using a copper electrolytic solution containing, as additives, an organosulfur compound, and an amine compound having a specific skeleton obtained by additively reacting an amine compound and a compound having one or more epoxy groups in a molecule thereof to an addition reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20120189811
    Abstract: A copper electrolytic solution containing chloride ions, a sulfur organic compound and polyethylene glycol as additives, and the copper electrolytic solution preferably contains 5 to 200 ppm of chloride ions, 2 to 1000 ppm of a sulfur organic compound and 5 to 1500 ppm of polyethylene glycol. A two-layer flexible substrate having a copper layer is formed using the copper electrolytic solution, wherein the MIT folding endurance is 100 or more, and the surface roughness (Rz) of the copper layer is 1.4 to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Mikio HANAFUSA
  • Publication number: 20110311834
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a two-layer flexible substrate that excels in folding endurance and free from occurrence of Kirkendall voids or the like even when lead portions of COF are plated with tin and heat treatment is performed. The present invention is directed to a two-layer flexible substrate in which a copper layer is provided on one or both faces of an insulating film by using a copper electrolytic solution, wherein an average size of copper crystal grains constituting the copper layer is equal to or greater than 1 ?m and equal to or less than a thickness of the copper layer, and a ratio of peak intensity of (200) to a sum total of intensities of six principal peaks {[peak intensity of (200)]/[sum total of peak intensities of (111), (200), (220), (311), (400), (331)]} in the X-ray diffraction of the copper layer is equal to or greater than 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20110233320
    Abstract: Two pieces of narrow double-sided adhesive tapes each having a length that is equal to or slightly longer than the width of a material to be wound up and one piece of a wide adhesive backup tape having a length that is longer than the width of the foregoing double-sided adhesive tape and the material to be wound up are prepared in a method of winding up the material to be wound up. The first and second double-sided adhesive tapes are affixed, parallel to the axis of a core tube, onto a surface of the core tube with a gap provided therebetween. Subsequently, the material to be wound up is affixed with the first double-sided adhesive tape as the starting end, the core tube is rotated, and, upon reaching a position where the second double-sided adhesive tape is present, the material to be wound is affixed to the second double-sided adhesive tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20100279069
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate with improved folding endurance, wherein the two-layered copper-clad laminate retains folding endurance of 150 times or more measured with a folding endurance test based on JIS C6471 by subjecting the laminate in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing to heat treatment at a temperature of 100° C. or more but not exceeding 175° C. Specifically, provided are a method of producing a two-layered copper-clad laminate (two-layered CCL material) in which a copper layer is formed on a polyimide film through sputtering and plate processing, wherein the rupture of the outer lead part of a circuit can be prevented due to the improvement in folding endurance; and a two-layered copper-clad laminate obtained from the foregoing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING AND METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20100270163
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a low surface roughness on the rough side (the opposite side from the glossy side) in the production of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum and, more particularly, to provide a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain an electrolytic copper foil that has excellent transmission loss characteristics at a high frequency, can be finely patterned, and has excellent elongation and tensile strength, both at ordinary and high temperatures. The copper electrolytic solution of the present invention contains (A) at least one quaternary amine salt selected from the group consisting of (a) quaternary amine salts obtained by a reaction between epichlorohydrin and an amine compound mixture composed of a secondary amine compound and a tertiary amine compound, and (b) polyepichlorohydrin quaternary amine salts, and (B) an organic sulfur compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7777078
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a low surface roughness on the rough side (the opposite side from the glossy side) in the production of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum and, more particularly, to provide a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain an electrolytic copper foil that has excellent transmission loss characteristics at a high frequency, can be finely patterned, and has excellent elongation and tensile strength, both at ordinary and high temperatures. The copper electrolytic solution of the present invention contains (A) at least one quaternary amine salt selected from the group consisting of (a) quaternary amine salts obtained by a reaction between epichlorohydrin and an amine compound mixture composed of a secondary amine compound and a tertiary amine compound, and (b) polyepichlorohydrin quaternary amine salts, and (B) an organic sulfur compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7771835
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly to obtain an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and which is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a copper electrolytic solution for this purpose. This copper electrolytic solution contains as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound with a specific skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20100136434
    Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil for a lithium rechargeable (secondary) battery, wherein the 0.2% proof stress is 18 to 25 kgf/mm2 and the elongation rate is 10% or more; and a process for producing an electrolytic copper foil for a lithium rechargeable battery, wherein an electrolytic copper foil whose 0.2% proof stress is 18 to 25 kgf/mm2 and elongation rate is 10% or more is manufactured by subjecting the electrolytic copper foil to an annealing treatment at a temperature within the range of 175° C. to 300° C. The present invention provides such an electrolytic copper foil used for a lithium rechargeable battery that has good proof stress and elongation rate and will not be easily broken due to electrode breakage caused by charge and discharge of the lithium rechargeable battery; and the invention also provides a process for producing such an electrolytic copper foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20100084275
    Abstract: To provide a two-layer flexible substrate having excellent folding endurance, etching properties, and resist adhesiveness with no surface defects. A copper electrolytic solution containing chloride ions, a sulfur organic compound and polyethylene glycol as additives, and the copper electrolytic solution preferably contains 5 to 200 ppm of chloride ions, 2 to 1000 ppm of a sulfur organic compound and 5 to 1500 ppm of polyethylene glycol. A two-layer flexible substrate having a copper layer formed using the copper electrolytic solution, wherein the MIT folding endurance is 100 or more, and the surface roughness (Rz) of the copper layer is 1.4 to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7678257
    Abstract: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution, containing as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a compound in which the nitrogen of an acrylic type compound having a dialkylamino group is quaternized, or copolymerizing the compound with another compound having an unsaturated bond, and an electrolytic copper foil manufactured using this electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7378160
    Abstract: The invention has an object of obtaining a low-profile electrolytic copper foil made by electrolytic copper foil manufacturing using a cathode drum such that the surface roughness on the rough surface side (the opposite side to the lustrous surface) is low. In particular, the invention has an object of obtaining an electrolytic copper foil that can be finely patterned and have an excellent elongation and tensile strength at normal and high temperatures. This object is attained by using a copper electrolytic solution containing, as additives, an organosulfur compound, and an amine compound having a specific skeleton represented by undermentioned general formula (1) obtained by additively reacting an amine compound and a compound having one or more epoxy groups in a molecule thereof to an addition reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20080073219
    Abstract: The invention has an object of obtaining a low-profile electrolytic copper foil made by electrolytic copper foil manufacturing using a cathode drum such that the surface roughness on the rough surface side (the opposite side to the lustrous surface) is low. In particular, the invention has an object of obtaining an electrolytic copper foil that can be finely patterned and have an excellent elongation and tensile strength at normal and high temperatures. This object is attained by using a copper electrolytic solution containing, as additives, an organosulfur compound, and an amine compound having a specific skeleton represented by undermentioned general formula (1) obtained by additively reacting an amine compound and a compound having one or more epoxy groups in a molecule thereof to an addition reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20080075972
    Abstract: There is obtained a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. The present invention provides a copper electrolytic solution, containing as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound polymer obtained by homopolymerizing a compound in which nitrogen of an acrylic type compound having a dialkylamino group is quaternized, or copolymerizing the compound with another compound having an unsaturated bond, and an electrolytic copper foil manufactured using this electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7341796
    Abstract: A copper foil with a blackened surface or layer wherein one or both surfaces of a copper foil is subject to black treatment, and having a color difference ?L*??70 and chroma C*?15 of a black-treated surface when measured by a color difference meter represented by black; ?L*=?100, white; ?L*=0. The copper foil with a blackened surface or layer is especially useful for a plasma display panel (PDP) and has superior shielding characteristics of effectively shielding electromagnetic waves, near infrared rays, stray light, outside light and the like, has sufficient contrast, has a deep blackened color, is able to limit the reflected light of incoming light from the outside and reflected light of outgoing light from a plasma display panel, and has superior etching characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20070141377
    Abstract: A copper foil with a blackened surface or layer wherein one or both surfaces of a copper foil is subject to black treatment, and having a color difference ?L*??70 and chroma C*?15 of a black-treated surface when measured by a color difference meter represented by black; ?L*=?100, white; ?L*=0. The copper foil with a blackened surface or layer is especially useful for a plasma display panel (PDP) and has superior shielding characteristics of effectively shielding electromagnetic waves, near infrared rays, stray light, outside light and the like, has sufficient contrast, has a deep blackened color, is able to limit the reflected light of incoming light from the outside and reflected light of outgoing light from a plasma display panel, and has superior etching characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20070042201
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly to obtain an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and which is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a copper electrolytic solution for this purpose. This copper electrolytic solution contains as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound with a specific skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7144491
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly to obtain an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and which is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a copper electrolytic solution for this purpose. This copper electrolytic solution contains as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound with a specific skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nikko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20060166032
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with low surface roughness on the rough side (the opposite side from the glossy side) in the production of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly to provide a copper electrolytic solution used to obtain an electrolytic copper foil that has excellent transmission loss characteristics at high frequency, can be finely patterned, and has excellent elongation and tensile strength both at ordinary temperature and high temperature. The copper electrolytic solution of the present invention contains as additives (A) at least one quaternary amine salt selected from the group consisting of (a) quaternary amine salts obtained by reaction between epichlorohydrin and an amine compound mixture composed of a secondary amine compound and a tertiary amine compound, and (b) polyepichlorohydrin quaternary amine salts, and (B) an organic sulfur compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Masashi Kumagai, Mikio Hanafusa