Patents by Inventor Toyo Ohashi
Toyo Ohashi 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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Publication number: 20250024610Abstract: A bonded body has a structure in which an insulating resin member made of an insulating resin and a metal part made of a metal are bonded. In the bonded body, a bonded interface between the insulating resin member and the metal part has an uneven shape including a protrusion in which the metal part protrudes toward an insulating resin member side and a recess in which the metal part retracts from the insulating resin member side, at least one of a kurtosis Rku of contour curve at the bonded interface of the metal part and a kurtosis Sku of contour surface at the bonded interface of the metal part is in a range of 2.75 or more and 6.00 or less, and an overhang rate that indicates a length ratio of regions overlapping in a lamination direction in a direction along the bonded interface is 7% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Marina Sakamaki, Kenji Kubota, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 12177962Abstract: There is provided an insulating resin circuit substrate including an insulating resin layer and a circuit layer consisting of a plurality of metal pieces disposed to be spaced apart in a circuit pattern shape on one surface of the insulating resin layer, in which in a case where a surface of the insulating resin layer in a gap between the metal pieces is analyzed by SEM-EDX, the area rate of a metal element constituting the metal pieces is less than 2.5%.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 12137526Abstract: A bonded body has a structure in which an insulating resin member made of an insulating resin and a metal part made of a metal are bonded. In the bonded body, a bonded interface between the insulating resin member and the metal part has an uneven shape including a protrusion in which the metal part protrudes toward an insulating resin member side and a recess in which the metal part retracts from the insulating resin member side, at least one of a kurtosis Rku of contour curve at the bonded interface of the metal part and a kurtosis Sku of contour surface at the bonded interface of the metal part is in a range of 2.75 or more and 6.00 or less, and an overhang rate that indicates a length ratio of regions overlapping in a lamination direction in a direction along the bonded interface is 7% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Marina Sakamaki, Kenji Kubota, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 12133338Abstract: An insulated circuit substrate manufacturing method of the present invention includes a metal piece disposing step of disposing the metal piece in a circuit pattern shape on a resin material serving as the insulating resin layer and a bonding step of bonding the insulating resin layer and the metal piece by pressurizing and heating the resin material and the metal piece at least in a laminating direction. In the bonding step, the metal piece and the resin material are pressurized in the laminating direction by a pressurizing jig that includes a cushion material disposed on a side of the metal piece and a guide wall portion disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of the cushion material, and the peripheral portion of the cushion material is brought into contact with the guide wall portion during pressurization.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 12108528Abstract: Provided is an insulating circuit board including: an insulating resin layer; and a circuit layer made of metal pieces, each of which is in a circuit pattern and provided on one surface of the insulating resin layer, wherein thickness of each of the metal pieces constituting the circuit layer is 0.5 mm or more, the insulating resin layer is made of a thermosetting resin, and a void ratio in regions between the metal pieces is 0.8% or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 12068219Abstract: A heat sink integrated insulating circuit substrate includes: a heat sink including a top plate part and a cooling fin; an insulating resin layer formed on the top plate part of the heat sink; and a circuit layer made of metal pieces arranged on a surface of the insulating resin layer opposite to the heat sink, wherein, when a maximum length of the top plate part is defined as L, an amount of warpage of the top plate part is defined as Z, and deformation of protruding toward a bonding surface side of the top plate part of the heat sink is defined as a positive amount of warpage, and a curvature of the heat sink is defined as C=|(8×Z)/L2|, a ratio P/Cmax between a maximum curvature Cmax(I/m) of the heat sink during heating from 25° C. to 300° C. and peel strength P (N/cm) of the insulating resin layer satisfies P/Cmax>60.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toyo Ohashi, Yoshiaki Sakaniwa
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Publication number: 20240178115Abstract: This metal sheet material is made of copper or a copper alloy, and includes a main sheet body and a roughened plating layer that is formed on an outermost surface layer of the main sheet body. An engagement protrusion that protrudes toward the opposite side to the main sheet body and has a widening portion that gradually widens in width toward a tip end side in a protrusion direction is formed in the roughened plating layer. In a cross section of the main sheet body along the thickness direction, a plurality of the engagement protrusions are formed on a surface crystal grain that is located on the outermost surface of the main sheet body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Marina Sakamaki, Kenji Kubota, Toyo Ohashi
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Publication number: 20230411266Abstract: A heatsink-integrated insulating circuit board includes a heat sink including a radiating fin, an insulating resin layer formed on a top plate part of the heat sink, and a circuit layer arranged on one surface of the insulating resin layer. An angle ? formed between an end of the metal piece and a surface of the insulating resin layer is set to be 70° or more and 110° or less. Root-mean-square heights Sq1 and Rq1 in bonding surfaces to the insulating resin layer in the top plate part of the heat sink and the metal piece, and root-mean-square heights Sq2 and Rq1 in regions other than the bonding surfaces to the insulating resin layer in the top plate part of the heat sink and the metal piece have a relationship of Sq1>Sq2 or Rq1>Rq2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi, Marina Sakamaki, Kenji Kubota
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Publication number: 20230319975Abstract: There is provided an insulating resin circuit substrate including an insulating resin layer and a circuit layer consisting of a plurality of metal pieces disposed to be spaced apart in a circuit pattern shape on one surface of the insulating resin layer, in which in a case where a surface of the insulating resin layer in a gap between the metal pieces is analyzed by SEM-EDX, the area rate of a metal element constituting the metal pieces is less than 2.5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Publication number: 20230207333Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for an insulating resin circuit substrate, which is a manufacturing method for an insulating resin circuit substrate which includes an insulating resin layer composed of a polyimide resin and a circuit layer consisting of metal pieces disposed in a circuit pattern shape on one surface of the insulating resin layer. The manufacturing method includes a temporary fixing step of pressurizing the metal pieces toward the resin sheet material while heating the metal pieces to temporarily fix the metal pieces and a joining step of disposing a cushion material on a side of the metal pieces which are temporarily fixed and pressurizing the metal pieces and the resin sheet material in a laminating direction, while heating the metal pieces and the resin sheet material, to join the resin sheet material and the metal pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Publication number: 20230127557Abstract: An insulated circuit substrate manufacturing method of the present invention includes a metal piece disposing step of disposing the metal piece in a circuit pattern shape on a resin material serving as the insulating resin layer and a bonding step of bonding the insulating resin layer and the metal piece by pressurizing and heating the resin material and the metal piece at least in a laminating direction. In the bonding step, the metal piece and the resin material are pressurized in the laminating direction by a pressurizing jig that includes a cushion material disposed on a side of the metal piece and a guide wall portion disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of the cushion material, and the peripheral portion of the cushion material is brought into contact with the guide wall portion during pressurization.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Publication number: 20230071498Abstract: This heat sink integrated insulating circuit substrate includes: a heat sink including a top plate part and a cooling fin; an insulating resin layer formed on the top plate part of the heat sink; and a circuit layer made of metal pieces arranged on a surface of the insulating resin layer opposite to the heat sink, wherein, when a maximum length of the top plate part is defined as L, an amount of warpage of the top plate part is defined as Z, and deformation of protruding toward a bonding surface side of the top plate part of the heat sink is defined as a positive amount of warpage, and a curvature of the heat sink is defined as C=|(8×Z)/L2|, a ratio P/Cmax between a maximum curvature Cmax(l/m) of the heat sink during heating from 25° C. to 300° C. and peel strength P (N/cm) of the insulating resin layer satisfies P/Cmax>60.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toyo Ohashi, Yoshiaki Sakaniwa
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Publication number: 20220159829Abstract: Provided is an insulating circuit board including: an insulating resin layer; and a circuit layer made of metal pieces, each of which is in a circuit pattern and provided on one surface of the insulating resin layer, wherein thickness of each of the metal pieces constituting the circuit layer is 0.5 mm or more, the insulating resin layer is made of a thermosetting resin, and a void ratio in regions between the metal pieces is 0.8% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 11222835Abstract: An insulating circuit substrate includes an insulating layer; and a circuit layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer has a core layer formed of an epoxy resin containing an inorganic filler, and a skin layer formed on the circuit layer side of the core layer and formed of a polyimide resin containing an inorganic filler, an amount of the inorganic filler in the epoxy resin forming the core layer is in a range of 80 vol % or more and 95 vol % or less, and an amount of the inorganic filler in the polyimide resin forming the skin layer is in a range of 10 vol % or more and 30 vol % or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Publication number: 20210020557Abstract: An insulating circuit substrate includes an insulating layer; and a circuit layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer has a core layer formed of an epoxy resin containing an inorganic filler, and a skin layer formed on the circuit layer side of the core layer and formed of a polyimide resin containing an inorganic filler, an amount of the inorganic filler in the epoxy resin forming the core layer is in a range of 80 vol % or more and 95 vol % or less, and an amount of the inorganic filler in the polyimide resin forming the skin layer is in a range of 10 vol % or more and 30 vol % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Sakaniwa, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 10798824Abstract: The method for manufacturing an insulated circuit board of the present invention includes: a ceramic/aluminum-joining step of joining an aluminum material to a ceramic substrate and thereby, forming an aluminum layer; a titanium material-disposing step of disposing a titanium material on a surface of the aluminum layer or the aluminum material in a circuit pattern shape; a titanium layer-forming step of performing a heat treatment in a state where the titanium material is laminated on the surface of the aluminum layer or the aluminum material and thereby, forming the titanium layer; and an etching treatment step of etching the aluminum layer on which the titanium layer is formed, into the circuit pattern shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 10453783Abstract: A power module substrate of the present invention includes a ceramic substrate and a circuit layer having a circuit pattern. In an interface between the circuit layer and the ceramic substrate, a Cu—Sn layer and a Ti-containing layer are laminated in this order from the ceramic substrate side. In a cross-sectional shape of an end portion of the circuit pattern of the circuit layer, an angle ? formed between a surface of the ceramic substrate and an end face of the Cu—Sn layer is set in a range equal to or greater than 80° and equal to or smaller than 100°, and a maximum protrusion length L of the Cu—Sn layer or the Ti-containing layer from an end face of the circuit layer is set in a range equal to or greater than 2?m and equal to or smaller than 15 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toyo Ohashi, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
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Publication number: 20190189548Abstract: A power module substrate of the present invention includes a ceramic substrate and a circuit layer having a circuit pattern. In an interface between the circuit layer and the ceramic substrate, a Cu—Sn layer and a Ti-containing layer are laminated in this order from the ceramic substrate side. In a cross-sectional shape of an end portion of the circuit pattern of the circuit layer, an angle ? formed between a surface of the ceramic substrate and an end face of the Cu—Sn layer is set in a range equal to or greater than 80° and equal to or smaller than 100°, and a maximum protrusion length L of the Cu—Sn layer or the Ti-containing layer from an end face of the circuit layer is set in a range equal to or greater than 2?m and equal to or smaller than 15 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Toyo OHASHI, Yoshiyuki NAGATOMO
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Publication number: 20190132956Abstract: The method for manufacturing an insulated circuit board of the present invention includes: a ceramic/aluminum-joining step of joining an aluminum material to a ceramic substrate and thereby, forming an aluminum layer; a titanium material-disposing step of disposing a titanium material on a surface of the aluminum layer or the aluminum material in a circuit pattern shape; a titanium layer-forming step of performing a heat treatment in a state where the titanium material is laminated on the surface of the aluminum layer or the aluminum material and thereby, forming the titanium layer; and an etching treatment step of etching the aluminum layer on which the titanium layer is formed, into the circuit pattern shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Nobuyuki Terasaki, Toyo Ohashi
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Patent number: 9953944Abstract: A power module is disclosed, including a power module substrate in which a circuit layer is arranged on one surface of an insulating layer; and a semiconductor element that is bonded onto the circuit layer, in which a copper layer composed of copper or a copper alloy is provided on a surface of the circuit layer to be bonded to the semiconductor element, a solder layer formed by using a solder material between the circuit layer and the semiconductor element is provided, an alloy layer containing Sn as a main component, 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of Ni, and 30% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of Cu at an interface of the solder layer with the circuit layer is formed, and the coverage of the alloy layer at the interface is 85% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Toyo Ohashi, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo