Patents by Inventor Shuichi Wakaki

Shuichi Wakaki 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: 11647269
    Abstract: An imaging element-mounting board includes a board area having a board disposed and a plurality of reinforcement portions disposed around the board area. The plurality of reinforcement portions are independent from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hayato Takakura, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Masaki Ito, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Patent number: 11627661
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hayato Takakura, Masaki Ito, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Patent number: 11337302
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer, a wire embedded in the insulating layer, and an alignment mark electrically independent from the wire and disposed in the insulating layer so as to allow a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the alignment mark to be exposed from the insulating layer. A peripheral portion of the alignment mark consists of only the insulating layer and has a thickness of 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Takahiro Takano, Hiromoto Haruta, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Patent number: 11266024
    Abstract: An elongated wired circuit board including a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, wherein the plurality of wires each includes a first linear portion extending in a first linear direction, a second linear portion extending in a second linear direction, and a connection portion, the connection portion includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, length y1 and length S satisfy 0<y1<S, length y1 extending from the first corner portion reaching the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion, and length S extending from the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion of one wire, and the predetermined angle ? satisfies 0<?<1 deg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Takahiro Takano, Hayato Takakura, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Patent number: 11229116
    Abstract: A board assembly sheet includes a plurality of mounting boards each for mounting an electronic component. The mounting boards are defined in the board assembly sheet. The mounting board has a total thickness of 60 ?m or less. The board assembly sheet has a through hole passing through the board assembly sheet in a thickness direction. The through hole is formed to be along an end edge of the mounting board or along a phantom line extending along the end edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hiromoto Haruta, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Publication number: 20220007507
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes a base insulating layer, a conductive layer, and a metal protective film in order toward one side in a thickness direction. The conductive layer includes a signal wiring and a terminal continuous therewith. The signal wiring has one surface in the thickness direction, and first and second surfaces continuous with the one surface and disposed to face each other in a width direction. The terminal has one surface in the thickness direction, and the other surface disposed to face the one surface at the other side in the thickness direction at spaced intervals thereto. The other surface of the terminal is exposed from the base insulating layer toward the other side in the thickness direction. The metal protective film covers the one surface of the signal wiring and one surface of the terminal but not both first or second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rihito FUKUSHIMA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Patent number: 11183448
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a terminal, a second insulating layer disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the terminal, and a wire continuous to the terminal in a direction crossing the thickness direction. The first insulating layer has an opening portion passing through the first insulating layer in the thickness direction and having the opening cross-sectional area increasing as being closer to one side in the thickness direction. The terminal has a peripheral end portion and a solid portion. The peripheral end portion contacts with an inner side surface of the first insulating layer. The inner side surface forms the opening portion. The solid portion integrally disposed with the peripheral end portion at the inner side of the peripheral end portion. The peripheral end portion and the solid portion fill the entire opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Takakura, Shuichi Wakaki, Shusaku Shibata, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20210298175
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Masaki ITO, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Patent number: 11122676
    Abstract: A flexible wiring circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a wire disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the wire, a shield layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the shield layer. The shield layer includes an electrically conductive layer and two barrier layers sandwiching the electrically conductive layer therebetween in the thickness direction. The electrically conductive layer is selected from a metal belonging to a group 11, and the fourth period and the fifth period in the periodic table, and the barrier layer is selected from a metal belonging to groups 4 to 10, and the fourth to the sixth periods in the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Takakura, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki, Shusaku Shibata
  • Publication number: 20210243900
    Abstract: An elongated wired circuit board including a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, wherein the plurality of wires each includes a first linear portion extending in a first linear direction, a second linear portion extending in a second linear direction, and a connection portion, the connection portion includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, length y1 and length S satisfy 0<y1<S, length y1 extending from the first corner portion reaching the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion, and length S extending from the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion of one wire, and the predetermined angle ? satisfies 0<?<1 deg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Takahiro TAKANO, Hayato TAKAKURA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Patent number: 11081437
    Abstract: An imaging element mounting board for mounting an imaging element has a wire region including a first insulating layer, a metal wire disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the metal wire. An equivalent elastic modulus of the wire region is 5 GPa or more and 55 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Hayato Takakura, Takahiro Takano, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Patent number: 11058002
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hayato Takakura, Masaki Ito, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Publication number: 20210204398
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer, a wire embedded in the insulating layer, and an alignment mark electrically independent from the wire and disposed in the insulating layer so as to allow a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the alignment mark to be exposed from the insulating layer. A peripheral portion of the alignment mark consists of only the insulating layer and has a thickness of 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Takahiro TAKANO, Hiromoto HARUTA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20210195070
    Abstract: An imaging element-mounting board includes a board area having a board disposed and a plurality of reinforcement portions disposed around the board area. The plurality of reinforcement portions are independent from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Masaki ITO, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Patent number: 11032913
    Abstract: An elongated wired circuit board including a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, wherein the plurality of wires each includes a first linear portion extending in a first linear direction, a second linear portion extending in a second linear direction, and a connection portion, the connection portion includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, length y1 and length S satisfy 0<y1<S, length y1 extending from the first corner portion reaching the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion, and length S extending from the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion of one wire, and the predetermined angle ? satisfies 0<?<1 deg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Takahiro Takano, Hayato Takakura, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Publication number: 20200344888
    Abstract: An elongated wired circuit board including a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, wherein the plurality of wires each includes a first linear portion extending in a first linear direction, a second linear portion extending in a second linear direction, and a connection portion, the connection portion includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, length y1 and length S satisfy 0<y1<S, length y1 extending from the first corner portion reaching the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion, and length S extending from the first widthwise other end edge of the first linear portion of one wire, and the predetermined angle ? satisfies 0<?<1 deg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Takahiro TAKANO, Hayato TAKAKURA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Patent number: 10813221
    Abstract: A mounted board includes a base insulating layer, a conductive pattern, and a cover insulating layer sequentially toward one side in a thickness direction. The entire lower surface of the base insulating layer is exposed downwardly. A total thickness of the base insulating layer and the cover insulating layer is 16 ?m or less. The base insulating layer contains an insulating material having a hygroscopic expansion coefficient of 15×10?6/% RH or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Hayato Takakura, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Shuichi Wakaki
  • Publication number: 20200329560
    Abstract: A board assembly sheet includes a plurality of mounting boards each for mounting an electronic component. The mounting boards are defined in the board assembly sheet. The mounting board has a total thickness of 60 ?m or less. The board assembly sheet has a through hole passing through the board assembly sheet in a thickness direction. The through hole is formed to be along an end edge of the mounting board or along a phantom line extending along the end edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hiromoto HARUTA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20200288575
    Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board, the method including the steps of: a first step of providing an insulating layer having an opening penetrating in the thickness direction at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate, a second step of providing a first barrier layer at one side surface in the thickness direction of the metal plate exposed from the opening by plating, a third step of providing a second barrier layer continuously at one side in the thickness direction of the first barrier layer and an inner surface of the insulating layer facing the opening, a fourth step of providing a conductor layer so as to contact the second barrier layer, and a fifth step of removing the metal plate by etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku SHIBATA, Hayato TAKAKURA, Masaki ITO, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20200154016
    Abstract: A flexible wiring circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a wire disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the wire, a shield layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the shield layer. The shield layer includes an electrically conductive layer and two barrier layers sandwiching the electrically conductive layer therebetween in the thickness direction. The electrically conductive layer is selected from a metal belonging to a group 11, and the fourth period and the fifth period in the periodic table, and the barrier layer is selected from a metal belonging to groups 4 to 10, and the fourth to the sixth periods in the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato TAKAKURA, Yoshihiro KAWAMURA, Shuichi WAKAKI, Shusaku SHIBATA