Patents by Inventor Tomoki Inakura

Tomoki Inakura 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: 11948748
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film containing a cured product of a first organic material and a second organic material; and a metal layer on at least one surface of the dielectric resin film. The first organic material contains an organic polymer having a hydroxy group and a benzene ring in a repeating unit; the second organic material contains 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, a modified product of 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, or a mixture thereof; and 400 ppm to 700 ppm of chlorine ions and 300 ppm to 500 ppm of phosphorus ions are present inside the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SHIZUKI ELECTRIC CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Inakura, Tomomichi Ichikawa, Atsushi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 11875944
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film having a glass transition temperature of 160° C. or higher and a density at 25° C. of 1.22 g/cm3 to 1.26 g/cm3; and a metal layer on at least one surface of the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyunsuke Akiba, Tomoki Inakura
  • Publication number: 20230298822
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a wound body having a dielectric film and a metal layer, the dielectric film including a cured product of a first organic material having a hydroxy group and a second organic material that is an aromatic compound having an isocyanate group, the metal layer being disposed at least on a first main surface of the dielectric film. The first main surface of the dielectric film includes a plurality of protrusions having the second organic material. In an area range of 100 µm by 140 µm of the first main surface of the dielectric film, the plurality of the protrusions have an average diameter of 0.58 µm to 5.98 µm and an average height of 0.11 µm to 2.54 µm, and a number of the plurality of the protrusions ranges from 50 to 450.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuto YAMAZAKI, Tomoki INAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230260705
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a wound body having a dielectric film and a metal layer. When a film face positioned at an average height in the thickness direction is defined in an area range of 100 ?m by 140 ?m of the first main surface of the dielectric film, an area ratio of a region having a height higher than the film face by 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.20 ?m is 6.04% or less, an area ratio of a region having a height higher than the film face by 0.20 ?m or more and less than 2.50 ?m is 0.0998% to 1.13%, and an area ratio of a region having a height higher than the film face by 2.50 ?m or more is 0.100% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuto YAMAZAKI, Tomoki INAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230245825
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes: a wound body in which a dielectric film and a metal layer are wound, the dielectric film including a cured product of a first organic material having a hydroxy group and a second organic material that is an aromatic compound having an isocyanate group, the dielectric film including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to each other in a thickness direction, the metal layer being disposed at least on the first main surface of the dielectric film. The first main surface of the dielectric film includes a plurality of protrusions having the second organic material. In an area range of 100 µm by 140 µm of the first main surface of the dielectric film, a skewness of the first main surface of the dielectric film is 0.782 to 14.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuto YAMAZAKI, Tomoki INAKURA
  • Patent number: 11710602
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a resin layer which has a first surface and a second surface and in which there are particles on at least one of the first surface and the second surface; and a metal layer on the first surface of the resin layer, wherein there are more particles in number on the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the resin layer than inside the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Inakura
  • Patent number: 11476054
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a metallized film having a metal layer on one surface of a dielectric resin film, in which, when a thermal expansion coefficient of the metallized film is ?P and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal layer is ?M, a value of ?P/?M is 5.1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11430610
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a laminate having a first resin film including a first metal layer on a surface thereof alternately laminated with a second resin film including a second metal layer on a surface thereof, the laminate having opposed first and second ends, a first external electrode on the first end of the laminate, and a second external electrode on the second end of the laminate, wherein the first resin film protrudes more than the second resin film by a first protruding length of 0.5 mm to 3 mm on the first end of the laminate, and the first resin film has a Young's modulus at 150° C. of 0.6 GPa or more in a direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the laminate and parallel to a direction from the first end to the second end of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SHIZUKI ELECTRIC CO., INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Jogan, Tomomichi Ichikawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomoki Inakura, Kimiaki Kikuchi, Satoshi Kamei, Kyosuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220270823
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film containing a cured product of a first organic material and a second organic material; and a metal layer on at least one surface of the dielectric resin film. The first organic material contains an organic polymer having a hydroxy group and a benzene ring in a repeating unit; the second organic material contains 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, a modified product of 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, or a mixture thereof; and 400 ppm to 700 ppm of chlorine ions and 300 ppm to 500 ppm of phosphorus ions are present inside the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki INAKURA, Tomomichi ICHIKAWA, Atsushi KAWABATA
  • Patent number: 11373806
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film and a metal layer on one surface of the dielectric resin film. The dielectric resin film has a crosslink density at 225° C. of 2700 mol/m3 or more, or the dielectric resin film has a storage elastic modulus at 125° C. of 1.1 GPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11335502
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface having a silicone resin-containing layer; a first metal layer opposite to the first surface of the dielectric resin film; and a second metal layer opposed to the second surface of the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomoki Inakura
  • Publication number: 20220122774
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film having a glass transition temperature of 160° C. or higher and a density at 25° C. of 1.22 g/cm3 to 1.26 g/cm3; and a metal layer on at least one surface of the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Shiyunsuke AKIBA, Tomoki INAKURA
  • Patent number: 11295898
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a resin layer having a linear protrusion on a first surface thereof and a linear recess on a second surface thereof opposite the first surface, and a metal layer on the first surface of the resin layer. A total length of the linear recess per 1 cm2 is 3 m or less, and an average depth of the linear recess is 0.01 ?m to 1.3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomomichi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20220102072
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction of the dielectric resin film, wherein the first surface of the dielectric resin film includes 25 to 125 of first recesses each having a long diameter of 30 nm to 800 nm per an area of 5 ?m×5 ?m; and a metal layer on the first surface of the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Tomoki INAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210166884
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a resin layer which has a first surface and a second surface and in which there are particles on at least one of the first surface and the second surface; and a metal layer on the first surface of the resin layer, wherein there are more particles in number on the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the resin layer than inside the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoki Inakura
  • Publication number: 20200273624
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a laminate having a first resin film including a first metal layer on a surface thereof alternately laminated with a second resin film including a second metal layer on a surface thereof, the laminate having opposed first and second ends, a first external electrode on the first end of the laminate, and a second external electrode on the second end of the laminate, wherein the first resin film protrudes more than the second resin film by a first protruding length of 0.5 mm to 3 mm on the first end of the laminate, and the first resin film has a Young's modulus at 150° C. of 0.6 GPa or more in a direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the laminate and parallel to a direction from the first end to the second end of the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru Jogan, Tomomichi Ichikawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomoki Inakura, Kimiaki Kikuchi, Satoshi Kamei, Kyosuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200211778
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a metallized film having a metal layer on one surface of a dielectric resin film, in which, when a thermal expansion coefficient of the metallized film is ?P and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal layer is ?M, a value of ?P/?M is 5.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200211779
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a resin layer having a linear protrusion on a first surface thereof and a linear recess on a second surface thereof opposite the first surface, and a metal layer on the first surface of the resin layer. A total length of the linear recess per 1 cm2 is 3 m or less, and an average depth of the linear recess is 0.01 ?m to 1.3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomomichi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20200211772
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film and a metal layer on one surface of the dielectric resin film. The dielectric resin film has a crosslink density at 225° C. of 2700 mol/m3 or more, or the dielectric resin film has a storage elastic modulus at 125° C. of 1.1 GPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Tomoki Inakura, Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190348220
    Abstract: A film capacitor that includes a dielectric resin film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface having a silicone resin-containing layer; a first metal layer opposite to the first surface of the dielectric resin film; and a second metal layer opposed to the second surface of the dielectric resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tomomichi Ichikawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Tomoki Inakura