Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Itakura

Yoshiaki Itakura 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: 20240136788
    Abstract: A light emitter includes a substrate including a first surface, a cladding on the first surface of the substrate, a core inside the cladding, a lid on the cladding, a first light-emitting element inside an element sealing area on the first surface, a second light-emitting element inside the element sealing area, a first light-receiving element inside the element sealing area, and a second light-receiving element inside the element sealing area. A first light-receiving surface of the first light-receiving element faces the lid, and a second light-receiving surface of the second light-receiving element faces the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20240094486
    Abstract: A light emitter includes a substrate including a first surface, a cladding on the first surface of the substrate, a core inside the cladding, a lid on the cladding, a first light-emitting element inside an element sealing area on the first surface, a second light-emitting element inside the element sealing area, and a light-receiving element inside the element sealing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Patent number: 11876152
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes: a substrate with ceramic as a base material, the substrate including a cavity having a bottom surface where an electronic component mounting part is located and an inner periphery that has a corner part and a straight part; and an inner peripheral surface where a first metal film is located, the first metal film having a thickness larger at the straight part than at the corner part on the inner periphery having a single distance from the bottom surface or the first metal film having a surface roughness larger at the straight part than at the corner part on the inner periphery having a single distance from the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko Kitagawa, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Publication number: 20230213699
    Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a cladding located on the second surface and including a third surface facing the second surface, a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, and an element-receiving portion with an opening in the fourth surface, a core located in the cladding and extending from the element-receiving portion, and a first metal member located in the element-receiving portion in a plan view as viewed in a direction toward the fourth surface and including an element mount. The first metal member is connected to a second metal member with a first via conductor extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230168449
    Abstract: The present disclosure reduces the possibility that a protrusion and a conductor layer will be damaged during the bonding of a lid to an optical waveguide module. An optical waveguide module includes a substrate, a core, a cladding layer, and a conductor layer. The substrate has a first surface. The core extends in a first direction. The cladding layer is disposed on the first surface 1a and extends over and around the core. The conductor layer is disposed on the cladding layer. The cladding layer includes a protrusion, which extends over the core. The protrusion has a second surface, which is covered with the conductor layer. The protrusion includes a portion where the second surface extends along the first surface and is wider than the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Patent number: 11552220
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes: an insulating base body including a principal face and a recess which opens in the principal face; and a metallic pattern including a plurality of metallic layers lying across a side face of the recess and the principal face. The metallic pattern includes, as an inner layer, at least one metallic layer selected from a tungsten layer, a nickel layer, and a gold layer, and an aluminum layer as an outermost layer. The metallic pattern includes an exposed portion corresponding to a part of the metallic layer constituting the inner layer which part is exposed at the principal face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Itakura, Akihiko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20220390689
    Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate, a cladding on a first surface of the substrate, and a core in the cladding. The cladding has a recess surrounding an element mount. The recess has an inner wall surface including a plurality of wall surfaces and a corner support surface between adjacent wall surfaces of the plurality of wall surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220373736
    Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate having a first surface, and an optical waveguide layer including a cladding located on the first surface and a core located in the cladding. The substrate includes a first portion and a second portion being in contact with the cladding. The second portion bonds to the cladding with a higher bonding strength than the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220350097
    Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate, an optical waveguide layer located on an upper surface of the substrate and including a cladding and a core in the cladding, a lid, and a metal member. The cladding includes a first surface facing the substrate, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an element-receiving area being open in the second surface. The lid covers the element-receiving area. The metal member surrounds the element-receiving area between the cladding and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ITAKURA, Yasuhiro FUJIMOTO, Hiroki ITO
  • Publication number: 20220342140
    Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate, and an optical waveguide layer on an upper surface of the substrate. The optical waveguide layer includes a cladding and a core in the cladding. The cladding has at least one first recess having a bottom surface and a first inner wall surface surrounding the bottom surface. The first inner wall surface of the at least one first recess is inclined and has an upper side outward from a lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220089178
    Abstract: A control system of an unmanned vehicle includes: a switching unit that can switch the unmanned vehicle, which has blinkers, between a manual mode and an automatic mode; a determination unit that determines whether the blinkers are operated; and a traveling control unit that controls traveling of the unmanned vehicle on the basis of determination data of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiga, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Patent number: 11245059
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate for mounting a light emitting element; and a reflective film positioned on a surface of the substrate and reflecting light rays that are emitted from the light emitting element. The reflective film is formed of a plurality of adjacent columnar crystals extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to the surface of the substrate. A surface of the plurality of adjacent columnar crystals is in continuous at a surface of the reflective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Kitagawa, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Publication number: 20210382319
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes a substrate, a light-receiving element, a light-emitting element, a first transparent substrate, and a second transparent substrate. The substrate includes a first opening, and a second opening at a distance from the first opening. The light-receiving element is in the first opening. The light-emitting element is in the second opening, and at a distance from the light-receiving element. The first transparent substrate is placed on an upper surface of the substrate and bonded to the substrate to close the first opening and the second opening. The second transparent substrate is placed on an upper surface of the first transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210151636
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes: a substrate with ceramic as a base material, the substrate including a cavity having a bottom surface where an electronic component mounting part is located and an inner periphery that has a corner part and a straight part; and an inner peripheral surface where a first metal film is located, the first metal film having a thickness larger at the straight part than at the corner part on the inner periphery having a single distance from the bottom surface or the first metal film having a surface roughness larger at the straight part than at the corner part on the inner periphery having a single distance from the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko KITAGAWA, Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20200381592
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes: an insulating base body including a principal face and a recess which opens in the principal face; and a metallic pattern including a plurality of metallic layers lying across a side face of the recess and the principal face. The metallic pattern includes, as an inner layer, at least one metallic layer selected from a tungsten layer, a nickel layer, and a gold layer, and an aluminum layer as an outermost layer. The metallic pattern includes an exposed portion corresponding to a part of the metallic layer constituting the inner layer which part is exposed at the principal face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ITAKURA, Akihiko KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200303606
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate for mounting a light emitting element; and a reflective film positioned on a surface of the substrate and reflecting light rays that are emitted from the light emitting element. The reflective film is formed of a plurality of adjacent columnar crystals extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to the surface of the substrate. A surface of the plurality of adjacent columnar crystals is in continuous at a surface of the reflective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito KITAGAWA, Yoshiaki ITAKURA
  • Patent number: 10359181
    Abstract: An electrode pattern (13) formed on a ceramics layer (2) in a substrate for a light emitting device (circuit board (320)) of the present invention includes a first metal layer (5), a second metal layer (7), and an electrode terminal unit (10), and the thickness of a part at which the electrode terminal unit (10) is not formed in the electrode pattern (13) is at least equal to or greater than 35 ?m. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress heat resistance to be low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Shin Itoh, Hiroshi Yamashita, Ippei Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Nokubo, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Patent number: 9966522
    Abstract: A substrate includes a base made of a metal material, a thermally conductive, light-reflective ceramic insulating layer, and a buffer layer formed between the base and the ceramic insulating layer and having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Shin Itoh, Hiroyuki Nokubo, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Patent number: 9947850
    Abstract: In order to provide a substrate for light emitting devices having high heat radiating properties, dielectric strength voltage properties, light reflectivity, and excellent mass productivity, a substrate (5) includes an intermediate layer (11) containing ceramic which is formed on the surface of the aluminum base (10) by using an aerosol deposition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Konishi, Shin Itoh, Hiroyuki Nokubo, Yoshiaki Itakura
  • Publication number: 20170328545
    Abstract: An electrode pattern (13) formed on a ceramics layer (2) in a substrate for a light emitting device (circuit board (320)) of the present invention includes a first metal layer (5), a second metal layer (7), and an electrode terminal unit (10), and the thickness of a part at which the electrode terminal unit (10) is not formed in the electrode pattern (13) is at least equal to or greater than 35 ?m. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress heat resistance to be low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro KONISHI, Shin ITOH, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Ippei YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki NOKUBO, Yoshiaki ITAKURA