Patents by Inventor Shoichi Shimamura

Shoichi Shimamura 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: 20070140563
    Abstract: A print inspecting apparatus which can perform print inspection flexibly at high precision at high speed without requiring a character recognizing processing is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicants: GLORY LTD., NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisaku KANO, Shoichi SHIMAMURA, Kei MATSUEDA, Mineo KUBOTA, Hiromitsu TAMURA, Tsukasa KONDO
  • Publication number: 20070139703
    Abstract: A print inspecting apparatus which can perform print inspection flexibly at high precision while excluding influence due to individual differences among printers is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicants: GLORY LTD., NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi SHIMAMURA, Keisaku KANO, Junichi TAKEMURA, Kei MATSUEDA, Mineo KUBOTA, Toru KITTA, Kouji OGINO, Makoto SHIMIZU, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Mitsugi UEDA
  • Patent number: 7019975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power module in which an insulated circuit board is fixed to one main surface of a heat discharge plate. It is an object thereof to provide a power module in which the heat discharge characteristics are improved without any marked warping being generated, and that has an extended heat cycle longevity. In the power module 10 of the present invention, a square insulated circuit board 12 is fixed to one main surface of a heat discharge plate 11. The heat discharge plate 11 is formed of an Al based alloy plate having a thickness A of 3 to 10 mm, and the insulated circuit board 12 having a side B of 30 mm or less in length is brazed directly onto the heat discharge plate 11. It is-preferable that the brazing material used is one or two or more brazing materials selected from Al—Si, Al—Ge, Al—Cu, Al—Mg, and Al—Mn based brazing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Toshiyuki Nagase, Shoichi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20040022029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power module in which an insulated circuit board is fixed to one main surface of a heat discharge plate. It is an object thereof to provide a power module in which the heat discharge characteristics are improved without any marked warping being generated, and that has an extended heat cycle longevity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Toshiyuki Nagase, Shoichi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 6563709
    Abstract: A heat sink is obtained that has high thermal conductivity as well as satisfactory moldability and corrosion resistance by using a malleable material made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. Liquid cooled heat sink 11 has a passage 23 in which coolant is able to pass, and is joined to a ceramic substrate. A plurality of through holes 12 extending from one end to the other end are formed by a plurality of dividing walls 13 through 15 in flat casing 12 of which both ends are open, and notches 16 are formed on one or both ends of the plurality of dividing walls. Corrugated fins 17 are respectively inserted into each of the plurality of through holes, and each through hole is demarcated into a plurality of slots 12b extending from one end to the other end of the casing by these fins. Both ends of the casing are closed by a pair of covers 18 and 19, and coolant inlet 18a and outlet 18b are formed in the covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Negishi, Toshiyuki Nagase, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Shoichi Shimamura, Asao Tokiwa
  • Patent number: 6483185
    Abstract: A power module substrate includes a ceramic substrate having a circuit pattern formed thereon, and a metal frame with which the ceramic substrate can be joined to a water-cooling type heat sink. The metal frame has a thickness equal to that of the ceramic substrate or the ceramic substrate having the circuit pattern, and is provided with plural perforations formed therein. Metal thin sheets having through-holes in communication with the corresponding perforations, and containing contacting portions having the undersides thereof contacted to at least a part of the circumferential surface of the ceramic substrate are disposed on the surface of the metal frame. In a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element is mounted onto the circuit pattern, and the power module substrate is joined directly to the water-cooling type heat sink by inserting male screws through the through-holes and the perforations, and screwing the male screws in the female screws of the water-cooling type heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nagase, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Kazuaki Kubo, Shoichi Shimamura, Koichi Goshi
  • Publication number: 20020101718
    Abstract: A heat sink is obtained that has high thermal conductivity as well as satisfactory moldability and corrosion resistance by using a malleable material made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. Liquid cooled heat sink 11 has a passage 23 in which coolant is able to pass, and is joined to a ceramic substrate. A plurality of through holes 12 extending from one end to the other end are formed by a plurality of dividing walls 13 through 15 in flat casing 12 of which both ends are open, and notches 16 are formed on one or both ends of the plurality of dividing walls. Corrugated fins 17 are respectively inserted into each of the plurality of through holes, and each through hole is demarcated into a plurality of slots 12b extending from one end to the other end of the casing by these fins. Both ends of the casing are closed by a pair of covers 18 and 19, and coolant inlet 18a and outlet 18b are formed in the covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Negishi, Toshiyuki Nagase, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Shoichi Shimamura, Asao Tokiwa
  • Patent number: 6310775
    Abstract: The present invention for solving the problem of suppressing the load caused by heat stress applied on an insulation substrate, reducing the manufacturing coat of a power module substrate, and improving productivity provides a power module substrate in which a buffer layer having a surface area one to three times as large as the surface area of the insulation substrate is laminated and bonded between the insulation substrate and the heat sink, wherein the buffer layer is formed using a material having a thermal expansion coefficient between the thermal expansion coefficients of the insulation substrate and the heat sink, the insulation substrate being preferably formed using AlN, Si3N4 or Al2O3, the buffer layer being preferably formed using AlSiC, and a carbon plate or a composite material of AlC, besides the thickness of the buffer layer being preferably 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Toshiyuki Nagase, Kazuaki Kubo, Shoichi Shimamura