Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Iguchi

Toshihiro Iguchi 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: 20220293343
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body is formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is electrically connected to at least one end of the internal, electrode layer. The element body includes a boundary layer at an end of the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer includes a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The boundary layer includes Ba and Ti as a main component. The boundary layer includes 0.27-0.40 parts by mol of Ba, provided that a total of Ba and Ti included in the boundary layer is 1 part by mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Yuichiro SUEDA, Ryota NAMIKI
  • Patent number: 11443897
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, an external electrode, and a metal terminal. In the metal terminal, a base includes a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, and a pair of third surfaces coupling the first surface and the second surface. A first metal layer is disposed on the first surface and connected to solder with which the external electrode and the metal terminal are connected together. A second metal layer is disposed on the second surface. A coating layer is disposed on each of the third surfaces. The first metal layer and the second metal layer each include an outermost layer containing Sn. Each of the coating layer includes an outermost layer lower in solder wettability than the respective outermost layers of the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Norihisa Ando, Kenya Tamaki, Kayou Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11443896
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, a pair of external electrodes respectively disposed at both ends of the element body in a first direction, and a pair of metal terminals respectively connected to the pair of external electrodes with solder. Each metal terminal includes a connection opposing the corresponding external electrode in the first direction and formed with a plurality of grooves and includes a leg extending from the connection. The connection includes a pair of end edges separated from each other in a third direction intersecting with a second direction where the leg extends from the connection. The grooves extend in a direction different from the second direction and intersecting with the third direction so that the grooves are separated from one of the pair of end edges. A surface included in the connection and defining each of the grooves is in contact with the solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Norihisa Ando
  • Publication number: 20220285095
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body is formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is electrically connected to at least one end of the internal electrode layer. The external electrode includes a baked electrode layer. The baked electrode layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region is contacted with an end surface of the element body and located near a joint boundary with the element body. The second region is located outside the first region and constituting an outer surface of the baked electrode layer. The first region includes a first glass having a predetermined composition. The second region includes a second glass having a predetermined composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Yuichiro SUEDA, Ryota NAMIKI, Yasuhiro OKUI, Atsushi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220285096
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body is formed by laminating a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is electrically connected to at least one end of the internal electrode layer. At least a part of a joint boundary between the electrode layer and the ceramic layer includes an interface protrusion on the external electrode side. The interface protrusion is made of an oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Yuichiro SUEDA, Ryota NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20220285097
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body includes a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is formed on an end surface of the element body and electrically connected to a part of the internal electrode layer. The ceramic layer includes a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The external electrode includes a baked electrode layer having a first region and a second region. The first region is contacted with the end surface of the element body and located near a joint boundary with the element body. The second region is located outside the first region and constitutes an outer surface of the baked electrode layer. The first region includes a glass frit including at least B, Zn, and Si. The second region includes an oxide having a higher melting point than Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Yuichiro SUEDA, Ryota NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20220285098
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body includes a ceramic layer and an internal electrode layer. The external electrode is formed on an end surface of the element body and electrically connected to a part of the internal electrode layer. The ceramic layer includes a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The external electrode includes a conductor and a glass frit diffused in the conductor. The glass frit includes B, Si, Ba, and Zn. A boundary layer is present at an end of the ceramic layer in contact with the external electrode on the end surface of the element body and comprises an oxide including Ba, Zn, and Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Yuichiro SUEDA, Ryota NAMIKI
  • Patent number: 11430607
    Abstract: An electronic component according to the present invention is an electronic component including: a ceramic element body including an internal electrode; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the ceramic element body. The external electrode includes: a first electrode layer electrically connected to at least a part of the internal electrode; and a second electrode layer formed on an outside of the first electrode layer. The first electrode layer has a first conductor region containing copper, and the second electrode layer has a second conductor region including a matrix phase containing silver and palladium and copper particles dispersed in the matrix phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Norihisa Ando, Kenya Tamaki, Kayou Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11396481
    Abstract: Provided is a dielectric composition exhibiting a high strength and a high specific dielectric constant. The dielectric composition contains composite oxide particles having a composition formula represented by (SrxBa1-x)yNb2O5+y and an Al-based segregation phase. The Al segregation phase has niobium, aluminum, and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20220227673
    Abstract: In order to provide a dielectric composition having high density even when fired at a relatively low temperature, the main component of a dielectric composition includes tantalum and at least one of barium or strontium, and the subcomponent of the dielectric composition includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, titanium, and aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Tetsuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroki AKIBA, Ryota NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220230776
    Abstract: In order to provide a dielectric composition having high relative permittivity at a wide range of temperatures, the main component of a dielectric composition includes strontium and tantalum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Tetsuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroki AKIBA, Ryota NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220194859
    Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains dielectric particles containing a main component represented by a composition formula (Ba1-x-ySrxCay)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3 and grain boundaries present between the dielectric particles. The values of m, x, y, and z in the composition formula are all molar ratios. In the composition formula, 0.9?m?1.4, 0?x<1.0, 0<y?1.0, 0.9?(x+y)?1.0, and 0.9?z?1.0 are satisfied. The dielectric particles contain specific structural particles having a predetermined intragranular structure, and each of the specific structural particles intragranularly includes a first region and a second region having different Ca concentrations from each other. C2/C1 is less than 0.8 in which C1 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the first region and C2 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan SAKURAI, Yasuhiro ITO, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Toshihiro IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11367571
    Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main phase and a Ca—Zr—Si—O segregation phase. The main phase includes a main component expressed by ABO3. “A” includes at least one selected from calcium and strontium. “B” includes at least one selected from zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and manganese. The Ca—Zr—Si—O segregation phase includes at least calcium, zirconium, and silicon. The Ca—Zr—Si—O segregation phase includes 0.12-0.50 parts by mol of zirconium, provided that a total of calcium, strontium, silicon, and zirconium included in the Ca—Zr—Si—O segregation phase is 1 part by mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20220165502
    Abstract: To provide a multilayer electronic component of which a reliability is not compromised and also a crack is suppressed from forming even when the multilayer electronic component is made thinner. A multilayer electronic component including an element body in which at least one dielectric layer and at least one internal electrode layer are stacked in an alternating manner, wherein a thickness variation of the at least one internal electrode layer is larger than a thickness variation of the at least one dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Masahide ISHIZUYA, Takeshi SHIBAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220122776
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body including a side surface and an end surface adjacent to each other, and an external electrode disposed on the side surface and the end surface. The external electrode includes a metal layer disposed on the side surface and the end surface and made of sintered copper, a conductive resin layer that is disposed on the metal layer in such a manner that a partial region of the metal layer is exposed and contains a plurality of copper particles and a resin, and a plating layer disposed on the partial region of the metal layer and the conductive resin layer. The conductive resin includes a first portion located on the side surface. The plating layer includes a second portion located on the side surface. A thickness of the first portion is smaller than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11289272
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element body formed by alternately laminating dielectric layers and internal electrode layers. The dielectric layers include a main component containing barium titanate and a sub-component containing boron oxide and/or lithium oxide. The internal electrode layers include a main component of copper and/or silver. A coverage ratio of the internal electrode layers to the dielectric layers is 98% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11282642
    Abstract: Provided is a dielectric composition exhibiting a high specific dielectric constant and a high resistivity even when fired in a reducing atmosphere. The dielectric composition contains a composite oxide having a composition represented by (SrxBa1-x)yNb2O5+y, the crystal system of the composite oxide is tetragonal, and y in the composition formula is smaller than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20220028611
    Abstract: A dielectric composition includes dielectric particles. At least one of the dielectric particles include a main phase and a secondary phase. The main phase has a main component of barium titanate. The secondary phase exists inside the main phase and has a higher barium content than the main phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220020533
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, a pair of external electrodes respectively disposed at both ends of the element body in a first direction, and a pair of metal terminals respectively connected to the pair of external electrodes with solder. Each metal terminal includes a connection opposing the corresponding external electrode in the first direction and formed with a plurality of grooves and includes a leg extending from the connection. The connection includes a pair of end edges separated from each other in a third direction intersecting with a second direction where the leg extends from the connection. The grooves extend in a direction different from the second direction and intersecting with the third direction so that the grooves are separated from one of the pair of end edges. A surface included in the connection and defining each of the grooves is in contact with the solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Norihisa ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210375547
    Abstract: An electronic device includes chip components, a case, conductive terminals, and a fuse. The chip components each include a terminal electrode. The case includes accommodation recesses for accommodating the chip components. The conductive terminals are fixed to the case and respectively connected to the terminal electrodes of the chip components. The fuse electrically connects the chip components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya SAITO, Kenya TAMAKI, Norihisa ANDO, Shinya ITO, Akihiro MASUDA, Kosuke YAZAWA, Yoshiki SATOU, Katsumi KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro IGUCHI