Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Chuma

Toshiaki Chuma 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: 20140307398
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a plate-like base substrate (22), a transparent opposite substrate (3) provided opposite to the base substrate (22) and having flexibility, and a display element provided between the base substrate (22) and the opposite substrate (3), the display element including a transparent element substrate (41) having flexibility and a working unit (43) provided on a side of one surface of the element substrate (41), wherein each of the opposite substrate (3) and the element substrate (41) contains a resin material or a plate-like glass base member, and wherein in the case where the opposite substrate (3) contains the glass base member, an average thickness of the opposite substrate (3) is in the range of 0.02 to 0.2 mm, and in the case where the element substrate (41) contains the glass base member, an average thickness of the element substrate (41) is in the range of 0.02 to 0.2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshimasa Eguchi, Toshiaki Chuma, Manabu Naito
  • Patent number: 8748751
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic component package (100) including a circuit board (10), an electronic component (20), and an adhesive layer (30). The circuit board (10) is provided with an electrically-conductive conductor post (16) which is buried in a base member (12), and a solder layer (18) which is provided at the front end (13) of the conductor post (16) while exposed from a surface (121) of the base member (12). An electrode pad (24) having a metal layer (22) mounted thereon is provided on the main surface (26) of the electronic component (20). The adhesive layer (30) contains a flux activating compound, and bonds the surface (121) of the base member (12) and the main surface (26) of the electronic component (20). Then, the metal layer (22) and the solder layer (18) are metal-bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Chuma, Masayoshi Kondo, Satoshi Tanaka, Kenichi Kanemasa
  • Publication number: 20120319268
    Abstract: A conductive connecting sheet (1) of the present invention is composed of a layered body including resin composition layers (11, 13) and a metal layer (12), and each resin composition layer (11, 13) satisfies the following requirement A: in the case where at least a part of metal ball(s) made of the metal material having low melting point is provided within each resin composition layer (11, 13), the metal ball(s) is heated at a temperature which is a melting temperature thereof or higher according to “test methods for soldering resin type fluxes” defined in JIS Z 3197, and then a wet extension of the metal ball(s) is measured, the wet extension is 37% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kagimoto, Toshiaki Chuma
  • Publication number: 20120261174
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive connecting material 30 used to form conductive portions on a plurality of terminals 11 of an electronic member having a substrate 10 and the plurality of terminals 11 provided on the substrate 10, comprising a metal layer 110 and a resin layer 120 having a resin component and a filler, in which the metal layer is aggregated on each of terminals to form the conductive portions on the plurality of terminals by bringing the conductive connecting material into contact with the plurality of terminals and heating the conductive connecting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Toshiaki Chuma, Tomohiro Kagimoto
  • Publication number: 20120214010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive connecting material having a multilayered structure comprising a resin composition (A) and a metal foil (B) selected from a solder foil or a tin foil, wherein the volume ratio ((A)/(B)) of the resin composition (A) and the metal foil (B) selected from a solder foil or a tin foil in the conductive connecting material is 1-40 or 20-500, as well as a method for connecting terminals using the conductive connecting material. The conductive connecting material of the present invention is preferably used for electrically connecting electronic members in an electrical or electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kagimoto, Toshiaki Chuma
  • Patent number: 8241760
    Abstract: A joint structure of the present invention includes a conductive member containing copper as a major component thereof, an electrode member containing copper as a major component thereof, and a joint portion formed by fusion welding the conductive member and the electrode member with a brazing material containing tin as a major component thereof and containing substantially no copper, wherein the amount of copper atoms contained in the alloy in the central part of the joint portion is higher than that in the outer circumference part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Chuma
  • Publication number: 20120183781
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive connecting material having a multi-layered structure comprising a resin composition and a metal foil selected from a solder foil or a tin foil, wherein the minimum ion viscosity value of the resin composition is 4-9 when measured in accordance with ASTM standard E2039 by applying a frequency of 10000 Hz at the melting point of the metal foil. The present invention further provides a method for connecting terminals and a method for producing a connection terminal using the conductive connecting material. By using the conductive connecting material of the present invention, good electric connection between connection tell finals as well as highly-reliable insulation between adjacent terminals can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Chuma, Wataru Okada, Tomohiro Kagimoto
  • Publication number: 20110311790
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive connecting material for electrically connecting terminals of electronic members, which has a layered structure comprising: a curable resin composition containing a resin component and a compound having a flux function; and a metal foil selected from a solder foil and a tin foil. Further, the present invention provides a method for connecting terminals comprising: a placement step in which the conductive connecting material is placed between opposed terminals; a heating step in which the conductive connecting material is heated at a temperature, which is equal to or higher than the melting point of the metal foil, and at which the resin composition is not completely cured or the resin composition is softened; and a curing step/solidifying step in which the resin composition is cured or solidified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Okada, Michinori Yamamoto, Toshiaki Chuma, Kenzo Maejima, Tomohiro Kagimoto, Satoru Katsurayama, Tomoe Fujii
  • Publication number: 20110226513
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic component package 100 including a circuit board 10, an electronic component 20, and an adhesive layer 30. The circuit board 10 is provided with an electrically-conductive conductor post 16 which is buried in a base member 12, and a solder layer 18 which is provided at the front end 13 of the conductor post 16 while exposed from a surface 121 of the base member 12. An electrode pad 24 having a metal layer 22 mounted thereon is provided on the main surface 26 of the electronic component 20. The adhesive layer 30 contains a flux activating compound, and bonds the surface 121 of the base member 12 and the main surface 26 of the electronic component 20. Then, the metal layer 22 and the solder layer 18 are metal-bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiaki Chuma, Masayoshi Kondo, Satoshi Tanaka, Kenichi Kanemasa
  • Publication number: 20110120754
    Abstract: A multilayer wiring board includes: a rigid portion including a first base member having flexibility and surfaces, the first base member having a first insulating layer and a first conductor layer, and a second base member bonded on at least one of the surfaces of the first base member and having rigidity higher than that of the first base member, the second base member having a second insulating layer and a second conductor layer; and a flexible portion provided so as to be continuously extended from the rigid portion, the flexible portion constituted from the first base member, wherein in the case where a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer is measured by a thermal mechanical analysis based on JIS C 6481 at a predetermined temperature, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer in a plane direction thereof is 13 ppm/° C. or lower and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof is 20 ppm/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kondo, Masaaki Kato, Toshiaki Chuma, Toshio Komiyatani, Takahisa Iida, Kenichi Kanemasa
  • Publication number: 20090264028
    Abstract: A joint structure of the present invention includes a conductive member containing copper as a major component thereof, an electrode member containing copper as a major component thereof, and a joint portion formed by fusion welding the conductive member and the electrode member with a brazing material containing tin as a major component thereof and containing substantially no copper, wherein the amount of copper atoms contained in the alloy in the central part of the joint portion is higher than that in the outer circumference part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Toshiaki Chuma
  • Patent number: 7576288
    Abstract: A multilayer flexible wiring board including (1) plural single-sided wiring boards each having a wiring pattern on one side of the corresponding substrate and two-layer conductor posts projecting from the wiring pattern to the side of the substrate opposite from the wiring pattern, wherein the substrates other than that of the outermost layer have the pads to be connected to the two-layer conductor posts on the side opposite from the conductor posts, and the wiring pattern has no surface coating; (2) a flexible wiring board having on at least one side thereof the pads for connection to the conductor posts and including a wiring pattern with surface coating applied on the flexible portion but no surface coating applied on the multilayer portion, and (3) an adhesive layer having a flux function, wherein the conductor posts and pads are connected by a metal or an alloy, and the wiring patterns are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kondo, Masaaki Kato, Toshiaki Chuma, Satoru Nakao, Kentaro Fujiura
  • Publication number: 20090084597
    Abstract: There is provided a circuit board including a first and a second circuit substrate located with a spacing, on which a first and a second conductor pad are provided respectively; and a connection substrate including a first and a second conductor post projecting from one or the other side; the connection substrate being disposed so as to cover a portion of the first and the second circuit substrate, and bridged therebetween; the first conductor post and the first conductor pad, as well as the second conductor post and the second conductor pad, being disposed so as to oppose each other; the circuit board also including a connector portion to be formed upon melting a metal coating layer, formed in advance on a surface of at least one of the first conductor post and the first conductor pad, and on a surface of at least one of the second conductor post and the second conductor pad; the first and the second circuit substrate and the connection substrate being electrically connected through the connector portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Chuma, Makoto Inaba