Patents by Inventor Motomu Shibamura

Motomu Shibamura 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: 9078358
    Abstract: A substrate (1) includes conductive portions (7) formed by press working and a resin portion (11) integrally injection-molded with the conductive portions (7). The conductive portions (7) are formed from, for example, a copper alloy. The resin portion 11 is formed from, for example, PPS. A surface-mount component (3), which is an electronic surface-mount component, is mounted on the substrate (1). The surface-mount component (3) has electrodes (5) at its opposite sides, and the electrodes (5) and the respective conductive portions (7) are electrically connected by means of a solder (9). The substrate (1) has a hole (13), which functions as a stress relaxation mechanism, formed in the resin portion (11) (a portion extending therethrough) between connection portions (15) under the surface-mount component (3). The substrate (1) also has resin-exposed portions (13), which function as a stress relaxation mechanism, formed on opposite sides of the surface-mount component (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC
    Inventors: Tomoaki Toratani, Toshitaka Hara, Kyutaro Abe, Motomu Shibamura, Kyosuke Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120267152
    Abstract: A substrate usable for such as DC-DC converters, which has no defects such as openings therein but is more compact and easy to be manufactured and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. First, circuit materials are cut off by pressing and bended to be formed in desired shapes. Next, the circuit materials are joined or placed in predetermined positions to form a circuit conductor 15. Junction is performed by welding. Next, the circuit conductor 15 is installed on the mold 19. The mold 19 is for injection molding of resin 9 and has a predetermined cavity therein. The circuit conductor 15 is fixed to the mold 19, for example by a pin of a prescribed position. In such a condition, resin is injected into a mold. The substrate 1 is formed by the injection of resin to a surface and between layers of the circuit conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshitaka HARA, Tomoaki TORATANI, Kyutaro ABE, Koichi MAENO, Motomu SHIBAMURA
  • Publication number: 20120255767
    Abstract: A substrate (1) includes conductive portions (7) formed by press working and a resin portion (11) integrally injection-molded with the conductive portions (7). The conductive portions (7) are formed from, for example, a copper alloy. The resin portion 11 is formed from, for example, PPS. A surface-mount component (3), which is an electronic surface-mount component, is mounted on the substrate (1). The surface-mount component (3) has electrodes (5) at its opposite sides, and the electrodes (5) and the respective conductive portions (7) are electrically connected by means of a solder (9). The substrate (1) has a hole (13), which functions as a stress relaxation mechanism, formed in the resin portion (11) (a portion extending therethrough) between connection portions (15) under the surface-mount component (3). The substrate (1) also has resin-exposed portions (13), which function as a stress relaxation mechanism, formed on opposite sides of the surface-mount component (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TORATANI, Toshitaka HARA, Kyutaro ABE, Motomu SHIBAMURA, Kyosuke HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7692119
    Abstract: In the first buffering area provided between the inlet of the furnace and the heating chamber, the ambient gas is blown to the printed circuit board from the lower side of the carrier device, while the ambient gas is sucked in the upper side of the carrier device, thus the outside air is prevented from infiltrating and the ambient gas is prevented from flowing out. Furthermore, the flux is prevented from being attached to the printed circuit board, by installing the flux dropping prevention mechanism in the suction port of the ambient gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Tamura FA System Corporation
    Inventors: Motomu Shibamura, Kouichi Miyazaki, Motohiro Yamane
  • Patent number: 7442037
    Abstract: In the first buffering area provided between the inlet of the furnace and the heating chamber, the ambient gas is blown to the printed circuit board from the lower side of the carrier device, while the ambient gas is sucked in the upper side of the carrier device, thus the outside air is prevented from infiltrating and the ambient gas is prevented from flowing out. Furthermore, the flux is prevented from being attached to the printed circuit board, by installing the flux dropping prevention mechanism in the suction port of the ambient gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Tamura Furukawa Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Motomu Shibamura, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070057020
    Abstract: A flux collection system is proposed in which in a buffering area between an inlet and a heating chamber of a reflow furnace, blowing in-furnace ambient gas to a printed circuit board from a position under a carrier device and sucking ambient gas at a lower section of the carrier device cause a device to prevent outside air from entering and ambient gas from releasing the ambient gas including flux component to be blown out from a narrowing mechanism to collide with a partition plate and promote mixture of solidified flux and liquefied flux to collect flux easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motomu SHIBAMURA, Toshiyuki Asai, Takayuki Matsuoka, Takayuki Ando, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070045382
    Abstract: In the first buffering area provided between the inlet of the furnace and the heating chamber, the ambient gas is blown to the printed circuit board from the lower side of the carrier device, while the ambient gas is sucked in the upper side of the carrier device, thus the outside air is prevented from infiltrating and the ambient gas is prevented from flowing out. Furthermore, the flux is prevented from being attached to the printed circuit board, by installing the flux dropping prevention mechanism in the suction port of the ambient gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motomu Shibamura, Kouichi Miyazaki, Motohiro Yamane
  • Publication number: 20070042313
    Abstract: In the first buffering area provided between the inlet of the furnace and the heating chamber, the ambient gas is blown to the printed circuit board from the lower side of the carrier device, while the ambient gas is sucked in the upper side of the carrier device, thus the outside air is prevented from infiltrating and the ambient gas is prevented from flowing out. Furthermore, the flux is prevented from being attached to the printed circuit board, by installing the flux dropping prevention mechanism in the suction port of the ambient gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motomu Shibamura, Atsushi Tanaka