Patents by Inventor Naoki Sakota

Naoki Sakota 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: 20240116125
    Abstract: A bolt feeder is for supplying a bolt to a resistance welding machine that performs resistance-welding of a workpiece and the bolt using a lower electrode. The bolt feeder comprises a holding unit configured to receive the bolt fed by a bolt feeding unit with a head located above a shaft, a moving unit configured to move the holding unit, and a pusher member configured to protrude from and retract into a tip end of the upper electrode. The bolt includes a projection on a top surface of the head which is opposite to a surface provided with the shaft. The lower electrode includes an insertion hole into which the shaft is inserted. The shaft is inserted into the insertion hole by the pusher member protruding from the tip end of the upper electrode and pushes an area of the top surface where the projection is absent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji SAKOTA, Seiji MIURA, Masayasu HANDA, Naoki ODA
  • Patent number: 11951558
    Abstract: A component supply device is configured to feed a component having a through hole to a target position. The component supply includes: a rod including at its distal end a holding portion to be inserted into the through hole; an actuator; a valve mounted on the rod; and a fixing portion by which the valve that advances with the rod passes. The rod includes a gas outlet located in an outer periphery of the holding portion and configured to blow gas rearward, and a gas passage extending inside the rod and configured to send gas supplied from a gas source to the gas outlet. The valve includes a push switch configured to be switched between an advanced attitude and a withdrawn attitude, and a biasing unit configured to bias the push switch to the withdrawn attitude. The fixing portion includes a pressing wall portion facing the push switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Oda, Seiji Miura, Kouji Sakota
  • Patent number: 9761630
    Abstract: The present invention achieves reduction in size and thickness while removing the cause of defective image and the like. According to an image pickup module (1), a solid-state image pickup device (3) and a flexible substrate (2) are connected to each other by flip-chip bonding, and an opening (5) is formed in the flexible substrate 2 by melting the flexible substrate (2) and an anisotropically-conductive film (8) adhered to the flexible substrate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Sakota
  • Patent number: 9685478
    Abstract: An electrode of an electronic component element (1) is bonded to an electrode (5) of a substrate (4) via a bump (2) by: after applying, to the bump (2), only a first pressure which is not less than a yield stress of a bulk material of which the bump (2) is made, reducing or stopping the application of the first pressure; and while applying a given ultrasonic vibration to the bump (2), gradually applying a pressure to the bump (2) until the pressure reaches a second pressure which is not less than the yield stress of the bulk material of which the bump (2) is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Sakota
  • Publication number: 20160086986
    Abstract: The present invention achieves reduction in size and thickness while removing the cause of defective image and the like. According to an image pickup module (1), a solid-state image pickup device (3) and a flexible substrate (2) are connected to each other by flip-chip bonding, and an opening (5) is formed in the flexible substrate 2 by melting the flexible substrate (2) and an anisotropically-conductive film (8) adhered to the flexible substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Naoki SAKOTA
  • Publication number: 20150303236
    Abstract: An electrode of an electronic component element (1) is bonded to an electrode (5) of a substrate (4) via a bump (2) by: after applying, to the bump (2), only a first pressure which is not less than a yield stress of a bulk material of which the bump (2) is made, reducing or stopping the application of the first pressure; and while applying a given ultrasonic vibration to the bump (2), gradually applying a pressure to the bump (2) until the pressure reaches a second pressure which is not less than the yield stress of the bulk material of which the bump (2) is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Naoki Sakota
  • Publication number: 20150084147
    Abstract: The present invention achieves reduction in size and thickness while removing the cause of defective image and the like. According to an image pickup module (1), a solid-state image pickup device (3) and a flexible substrate (2) are connected to each other by flip-chip bonding, and an opening (5) is formed in the flexible substrate 2 by melting the flexible substrate (2) and an anisotropically-conductive film (8) adhered to the flexible substrate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Sakota
  • Publication number: 20020070901
    Abstract: A microwave circuit or a millimeter wave circuit is formed on a semiconductor chip. A multilayer substrate is formed of a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer. A high-frequency circuit line with the semiconductor chip mounted thereon is formed on the third dielectric layer. A slot hole is formed on one side of the second dielectric layer and an antenna feeding line is formed on the other side. The first dielectric layer has a plurality of slot holes formed therein that radiate electromagnetic waves. An organic substrate is laminated to the multilayer substrate by an adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Naoki Sakota, Atsushi Yamada, Koki Kitaoka
  • Patent number: 6388623
    Abstract: A microwave circuit or a millimeter wave circuit is formed on a semiconductor chip. A multilayer substrate is formed of a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer. A high-frequency circuit line with the semiconductor chip mounted thereon is formed on the third dielectric layer. A slot hole is formed on one side of the second dielectric layer and an antenna feeding line is formed on the other side. The first dielectric layer has a plurality of slot holes formed therein that radiate electromagnetic waves. An organic substrate is laminated to the multilayer substrate by an adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Sakota, Atsushi Yamada, Koki Kitaoka