Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Nonaka
Tomoaki Nonaka 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).
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Patent number: 11894194Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a dielectric grain including a perovskite compound and a first segregation phase including at least Ca, Al, Si, and O.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Tomoaki Nonaka, Takeshi Shouji
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Publication number: 20230090201Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a dielectric grain including a perovskite compound and a first segregation phase including at least Ca, Al, Si, and O.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Tomoaki NONAKA, Takeshi SHOUJI
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Patent number: 8232219Abstract: The present invention relates to a dielectric ceramic composition comprises a main component including a dielectric oxide having a composition shown by [(Ca1-xSrx)O]m[(Zr1-y-z-?TiyHf2Mn?)O2], note that, 0.991?m?1.010, 0?x?1, 0?y?0.1, 0<z?0.02, 0.002<??0.05), 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mol of Al2O3 and 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mol of SiO2 with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main component. A purpose of the present invention is to provide a dielectric ceramic composition available to prevent the occurrence of crack even when a dielectric layer is made thin, for example, 2 ?m or less, while maintaining various advantageous properties of a dielectric ceramic composition of [(CaSr)O]m[(TiZrHf)O2] type.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Tetsuo Takaishi, Kenta Iwasawa, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 7837972Abstract: A production method of barium titanate according to the present invention comprises steps of preparing powder mixture of barium carbonate powder and titanium oxide powder and firing the powder mixture. The temperature of the powder mixture is raised to firing temperature at 100° C./minute or more in the range of 400° C. to 700° C.; and maximum temperature at firing is 700° C. or more. The present invention aims at providing a production method, wherein grain growth of barium carbonate particle can be controlled in temperature rising process when producing barium titanate by a solid phase reaction of barium carbonate and titanium oxide; and homogeneous barium titanate powder with small particle size can be produced with excellent energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Shinsuke Hashimoto, Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 7820578Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of production of dielectric ceramic composition which can lower the firing temperature without compensating the dielectric characteristics. The method of production according to the present invention is characterized by comprising steps of; preparing a dielectric oxide expressed by composition formula of [(CaxSr1-x)O]m[(TiyZr1-y-zHfz)O2] (x, y, z, and m in the formula are; 0.5?x?1.0, 0.01?y?0.10, 0<z?0.20 and 0.90?m?1.04 respectively), mixing, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the dielectric ceramic composition, 1 to 10 parts by weight of a sintering aid and 0.1 to 1.5 parts by weight of sodium oxide, sodium carbonate or a mixture thereof in terms of Na2O, and firing an obtained mixture; wherein said sintering aid comprises, with respect to 100 wt % of said sintering aid, 30 to 69 wt % of manganese compound in terms of MnO, 1 to 20 wt % of aluminum oxide in terms of Al2O3, and 30 to 50 wt % of silicon oxide in terms of SiO2.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Takaishi, Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Kenta Iwasawa
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Patent number: 7662250Abstract: A production method of a dielectric ceramic composition at least including a main component including a dielectric oxide having perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by a formula ABO3 (note that in the formula, “A” indicates one or more elements selected from Ba, Ca, Sr and Mg, and that “B” indicates one or more elements selected from Ti, Zr and Hf) comprises steps of preparing a main component material including said dielectric oxide expressed by ABO3; preparing a subcomponent material including a composite oxide expressed by M4R6O(SiO4)6 (note that “M” indicates at least one selected from Ca and Sr, and that “R” indicates at least one selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu); mixing said main component material and subcomponent material to obtain a dielectric ceramic composition material; and firing said dielectric ceramic composition material.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Tetsuo Takaishi, Takahiro Harada
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Publication number: 20090264276Abstract: A method of producing fine and uniform barium titanate particles having high crystallinity by performing a heat treatment on titanium dioxide and barium carbonate having a specific surface area of at least 20 m2/g and low rutile ratio; comprising the steps of preparing mixed powder by mixing titanium dioxide particles having a rutile ratio of 30% or lower and a specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more and barium carbonate particles, a first heat treatment step for performing a heat treatment on the mixed powder to generate a barium titanate phase having an average thickness of at least 3 nm continuously on surfaces of titanium dioxide particles by an amount of 15 wt % or more, and a second heat treatment step for performing a heat treatment at 800° C. to 1000° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Yamashita, Tomoaki Nonaka, Shinsuke Hashimoto, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yoshinori Fujikawa
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Publication number: 20090253571Abstract: The invention intends to provide a precursor material for manufacturing dielectric fine particles, typically barium titanate particles, having uniform particle diameter and particle characteristics, and manufacturing method thereof. The composite oxide particles according to the present invention, which is the precursor material for barium titanate particles, substantially consists of 75 to 25 mol % barium titanate phase and 25 to 75 mol % titanium dioxide phase, and is produced by heat treating a mixed powder consisting of 100 mol % titanium dioxide particles and 25 to 75 mol % barium compound particles at 500° C. or more and less than 900° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Hashimoto, Tomohiro Yamashita, Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20090246541Abstract: The present invention relates to a dielectric ceramic composition comprises a main component including a dielectric oxide having a composition shown by [(Ca1-xSrx)O]m[(Zr1-y-z-?TiyHf2Mn?)O2], note that, 0.991?m?1.010, 0?x?1, 0?y?0.1, 0<z?0.02, 0.002<??0.05), 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mol of Al2O3 and 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mol of SiO2 with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main component. A purpose of the present invention is to provide a dielectric ceramic composition available to prevent the occurrence of crack even when a dielectric layer is made thin, for example, 2 ?m or less, while maintaining various advantageous properties of a dielectric ceramic composition of [(CaSr)O]m[(TiZrHf)O2] type.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Tetsuo Takaishi, Kenta Iwasawa, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20090202426Abstract: Method for producing dielectric powder comprising steps of; preparing titanium dioxide powder having sum of surface chlorine amount and internal chlorine amount of 2000 ppm or less, surface chlorinity of 120 ppm or less, rutilated ratio of 30% or less, BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more; preparing barium compound powder to produce barium oxide by thermolysis; preparing powder mixture of titanium dioxide powder and barium compound powder; and heat treating the powder mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Yamashita, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tomoaki Nonaka, Shinsuke Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20090137381Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of production of dielectric ceramic composition which can lower the firing temperature without compensating the dielectric characteristics. The method of production according to the present invention is characterized by comprising steps of; preparing a dielectric oxide expressed by composition formula of [(CaxSr1-x)O]m[(TiyZr1-y-zHfz)O2] (x, y, z, and m in the formula are; 0.5?x?1.0, 0.01?y?0.10<z?0.20 and 0.90?m?1.04 respectively), mixing, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the dielectric ceramic composition, 1 to 10 parts by weight of a sintering aid and 0.1 to 1.5 parts by weight of sodium oxide, sodium carbonate or a mixture thereof in terms of Na2O, and firing an obtained mixture; wherein said sintering aid comprises, with respect to 100 wt % of said sintering aid, 30 to 69 wt % of manganese compound in terms of MnO, 1 to 20 wt % of aluminum oxide in terms of Al2O3, and 30 to 50 wt % of silicon oxide in terms of SiO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Takaishi, Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Kenta Iwasawa
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Publication number: 20090117029Abstract: A production method of barium titanate according to the present invention comprises steps of preparing powder mixture of barium carbonate powder and titanium oxide powder and firing the powder mixture. The temperature of the powder mixture is raised to firing temperature at 100° C./minute or more in the range of 400° C. to 700° C.; and maximum temperature at firing is 700° C. or more. The present invention aims at providing a production method, wherein grain growth of barium carbonate particle can be controlled in temperature rising process when producing barium titanate by a solid phase reaction of barium carbonate and titanium oxide; and homogeneous barium titanate powder with small particle size can be produced with excellent energy efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Hashimoto, Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20080236723Abstract: A production method of a dielectric ceramic composition at least including a main component including a dielectric oxide having perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by a formula ABO3 (note that in the formula, “A” indicates one or more elements selected from Ba, Ca, Sr and Mg, and that “B” indicates one or more elements selected from Ti, Zr and Hf) comprises steps of preparing a main component material including said dielectric oxide expressed by ABO3; preparing a subcomponent material including a composite oxide expressed by M4R6O(SiO4)6 (note that “M” indicates at least one selected from Ca and Sr, and that “R” indicates at least one selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu); mixing said main component material and subcomponent material to obtain a dielectric ceramic composition material; and firing said dielectric ceramic composition material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Tetsuo Takaishi, Takahiro Harada
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Patent number: 7312172Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition, comprising a main component including at least a dielectric oxide having a composition expressed by [(CaxSr1-x)O]m[(TiyZr1-y-zHfz)O2], a first subcomponent including a Mn oxide and/or an Al oxide and a glass component, wherein “m”, “x”, “y” and “z” indicating composition mole ratios in the formula included in the main component are in relationships of 0.90?m?1.04, preferably 1.005?m?1.025, 0.5?x<1, preferably 0.6?x?0.9, 0.01?y?0.10, preferably 0.02?y?0.07 and 0<z?0.20, preferably 0<z?0.10.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yasuo Niwa, Matsumi Watanabe, Tomoaki Nonaka
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Patent number: 7220691Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising 100 moles of barium titanate as the main component, and furthermore comprising with respect to 100 moles of the main component 0.1 to 3 moles of a first subcomponent including a magnesium oxide, 0.01 to 0.5 mole (note that 0.5 is not included) of a second subcomponent including a yttrium oxide, 0.01 to 0.2 mole of a third subcomponent including a vanadium oxide, and 0.5 to 10 moles of a glass component including a silicon oxide as the main component; wherein a manganese oxide and a chrome oxide are substantially not included, and an average particle diameter of dielectric particles is 0.35 ?m or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Takahiro Harada, Matsumi Watanabe, Tetsuo Takaishi, Shinsuke Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20070078049Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising 100 moles of barium titanate as the main component, and furthermore comprising with respect to 100 moles of the main component 0.1 to 3 moles of a first subcomponent including a magnesium oxide, 0.01 to 0.5 mole (note that 0.5 is not included) of a second subcomponent including a yttrium oxide, 0.01 to 0.2 mole of a third subcomponent including a vanadium oxide, and 0.5 to 10 moles of a glass component including a silicon oxide as the main component; wherein a manganese oxide and a chrome oxide are substantially not included, and an average particle diameter of dielectric particles is 0.35 ?m or smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Nonaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Takahiro Harada, Matsumi Watanabe, Tetsuo Takaishi, Shinsuke Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20070045912Abstract: A production method of a dielectric ceramic composition having a main component containing a compound having a perovskite crystal structure of the general formula ABO3 (where, A is at least one type of element selected from Ba, Ca, Sr, and Mg, and B is at least one type of element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf), having a step of synthesizing an ABO3 powder by a liquid phase method or solid phase method, a step of heat treating said synthesized ABO3 powder to remove gas ingredients contained in said ABO3 powder, and a step of firing a dielectric ceramic composition material including said ABO3 powder from which the gas ingredient has been removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Tsutomu Odashima, Tomoaki Nonaka, Matsumi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20060234853Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition, comprising a main component including at least a dielectric oxide having a composition expressed by [(CaxSr1-x)O]m[(TiyZr1-y-zHfz)O2], a first subcomponent including a Mn oxide and/or an Al oxide and a glass component, wherein “m”, “x”, “y” and “z” indicating composition mole ratios in the formula included in the main component are in relationships of 0.90?m?1.04, preferably 1.005?m?1.025, 0.5?x<1, preferably 0.6?x?0.9, 0.01?y?0.10, preferably 0.02?y?0.07 and 0<z?0.20, preferably 0<z?0.10.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yasuo Niwa, Matsumi Watanabe, Tomoaki Nonaka
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Patent number: D938910Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Abe, Satoshi Sugimoto, Tomoaki Nonaka, Shinichi Sasaki
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Patent number: D949790Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Abe, Satoshi Sugimoto, Tomoaki Nonaka, Shinichi Sasaki