Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Terasaki

Nobuyuki Terasaki 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: 11887909
    Abstract: In a copper/titanium/aluminum bonded body of the present invention, a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy and an aluminum member made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy are bonded via a titanium layer, an intermetallic compound containing Cu and Ti is formed at a bonded interface of the copper member and the titanium layer, and a maximum value of a length Li of an intermetallic compound unformed part along the bonded interface is 20 ?m or less in the bonding interface of the copper member and the titanium layer, the intermetallic compound unformed part being a part free of formation of the intermetallic compound, and a ratio ?Li/L0 is 0.16 or less, ?Li being a total length of the intermetallic compound unformed part along the bonded interface and of L0 being a total length of the bonded interface along the bonded interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Patent number: 11881439
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of silicon nitride, wherein the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, a Mg—N compound phase extending from a ceramic member side to a copper member side is present at a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member, and at least a part of the Mg—N compound phase enters into the copper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Patent number: 11798856
    Abstract: In a ceramic/aluminum bonded body according to the present invention, a ceramic member and an aluminum member formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy are bonded to each other, the ceramic member has a ceramic main body formed of silicon nitride, and an aluminum nitride layer or an aluminum oxide layer formed on the surface of the ceramic main body to which the aluminum member is bonded, the ceramic member and the aluminum member are bonded to each other through the aluminum nitride layer or the aluminum oxide layer, the ceramic main body is provided with silicon nitride phases and a glass phase formed between the silicon nitride phases, Al is present in a portion of the glass phase of the ceramic main body at an interface with the aluminum nitride layer or aluminum oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20230197556
    Abstract: A copper/ceramic bonded body of the present invention is formed by bonding a copper member, which is formed of copper or a copper alloy, and a ceramic member, in which a ratio D1/D0 is 0.60 or less, D0 being an average crystal grain size of the entire copper member, D1 being an average crystal grain size of the copper member at a position 50 ?m from a bonding surface with the ceramic member, D0 and D1 being obtained by observing a cross-section of the copper member along a laminating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takakuwa, Nobuyuki Terasaki, Shuji Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20230127611
    Abstract: A copper-graphene bonded body is a copper-graphene bonded body including a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy and a ceramic member made of silicon nitride, the copper member. The copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, between the copper member and the graphene-containing carbonaceous member, an active metal carbide layer containing a carbide of one or more kinds of active metal selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a side of the graphene-containing carbonaceous member, and a Mg solid solution layer having Mg dissolved in a matrix phase of Cu is formed between the active metal carbide layer and the copper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Patent number: 11638350
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of nitrogen-containing ceramics, the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, in which, between the copper member and the ceramic member, an active metal nitride layer containing nitrides of one or more active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a ceramic member side, and a Mg solid solution layer in which Mg is solid-dissolved in a Cu matrix is formed between the active metal nitride layer and the copper member, and Cu-containing particles composed of either one or both of Cu particles and compound particles of Cu and the active metal are dispersed in an interior of the active metal nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20230091454
    Abstract: In an insulating circuit substrate, aluminum sheets formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy are laminated and bonded to a surface of a ceramic substrate and, in the aluminum sheets, Cu is solid-solubilized at a bonding interface with the ceramic substrate and a ratio B/A between a Cu concentration A mass % at the bonding interface and a Cu concentration B mass % at a position of 100 ?m in a thickness direction from the bonding interface to the aluminum sheets side is 0.30 or more and 0.85 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sakurai, Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20230034784
    Abstract: A copper-ceramic bonded body includes a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy, and a ceramic member made of silicon nitride, the copper member and the ceramic member being bonded to each other, in which a maximum length of a Mg—N compound phase which is present at a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member is less than 100 nm, and in a unit length along the bonded interface, the number density of the Mg—N compound phase in a range of a length of 10 nm or more and less than 100 nm is less than 8 pieces/?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20230022285
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a copper/ceramic bonded body including: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of silicon-containing ceramics, the copper member and the ceramic member being bonded to each other, in which a maximum indentation hardness in a region is set to be in a range of 70 mgf/?m2 or more and 150 mgf/?m2 or less, the region being from 10 ?m to 50 ?m with reference to a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member toward the copper member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220410529
    Abstract: In a ceramic/copper/graphene assembly, a ceramic member, a copper member formed of copper or a copper alloy, and a graphene-containing carbonaceous member containing a graphene aggregate are joined. At a joining interface between the copper member and the graphene-containing carbonaceous member, an active metal carbide layer containing a carbide of one or more kinds of active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a side of the graphene-containing carbonaceous member, and a Mg solid solution layer having Mg dissolved in a matrix phase of Cu is formed between the active metal carbide layer and the copper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220406677
    Abstract: A copper/ceramic bonded body is provided, including: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member, the copper member and the ceramic member being bonded to each other, in which a total concentration of Al, Si, Zn, and Mn is 3 atom % or less when concentration measurement is performed by an energy dispersive X-ray analysis method at a position 1000 nm away from a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member to a copper member side, assuming that a total value of Cu, Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Al, Si, Zn, and Mn is 100 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220375819
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of aluminum-containing ceramics, the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, in which, at a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member, an active metal compound layer containing an active metal compound that is a compound of one or more active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a ceramic member side, and in the active metal compound layer Al and Cu are present at a grain boundary of the active metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220359340
    Abstract: A copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member (12) made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member (11) made of nitrogen-containing ceramics, the copper member (12) and the ceramic member (11) being bonded to each other, in which a Mg solid solution layer in which Mg is solid-soluted in a Cu matrix is formed at a bonding interface between the copper member (12) and the ceramic member (11), an active metal nitride layer (41) containing a nitride of one or more active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a ceramic member (11) side, and a thickness of the active metal nitride layer (41) is set to be in a range of 0.05 ?m or more and 1.2 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220353989
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of nitrogen-containing ceramics, the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, in which, between the copper member and the ceramic member, an active metal nitride layer containing nitrides of one or more active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is formed on a ceramic member side, and a Mg solid solution layer in which Mg is solid-dissolved in a Cu matrix is formed between the active metal nitride layer and the copper member, and Cu-containing particles composed of either one or both of Cu particles and compound particles of Cu and the active metal are dispersed in an interior of the active metal nitride layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220278019
    Abstract: A bonded body of the present invention includes a ceramic member formed of ceramics and a Cu member formed of Cu or a Cu alloy. In a bonding layer formed between the ceramic member and the Cu member, an area ratio of a Cu3P phase in a region extending by up to 50 ?m toward the Cu member side from a bonding surface of the ceramic member is equal to or lower than 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11396059
    Abstract: A copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of a silicon nitride, wherein the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, a magnesium oxide layer is provided on a ceramic member side of a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member, a Mg solid solution layer is provided between the magnesium oxide layer and the copper member and contains Mg in a state of a solid solution in a Cu primary phase, and a magnesium nitride phase is present on a magnesium oxide layer side of the Mg solid solution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220230935
    Abstract: This A copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of oxygen-containing ceramics, wherein the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, a magnesium oxide layer is formed on a ceramic member side between the copper member and the ceramic member, and an active metal oxide phase composed of an oxide of one or more active metals selected from Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf is dispersed inside a copper layer in contact with the magnesium oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Patent number: 11393738
    Abstract: A bonded body of the present invention includes a ceramic member formed of ceramics and a Cu member formed of Cu or a Cu alloy. In a bonding layer formed between the ceramic member and the Cu member, an area ratio of a Cu3P phase in a region extending by up to 50 ?m toward the Cu member side from a bonding surface of the ceramic member is equal to or lower than 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20220223492
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of silicon nitride, wherein the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, a Mg—N compound phase extending from a ceramic member side to a copper member side is present at a bonded interface between the copper member and the ceramic member, and at least a part of the Mg—N compound phase enters into the copper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20220051965
    Abstract: This copper/ceramic bonded body includes a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy, and a ceramic member made of aluminum nitride, in which the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, and a Mg—O layer is formed at a bonding interface between the copper member and the ceramic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Terasaki