Patents by Inventor Yoshihito ONUMA

Yoshihito ONUMA 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: 9110098
    Abstract: Provided is a probe card capable of effectively placing electronic parts. A probe card according to the present invention includes a plurality of probes that come into contact with a plurality of electrodes of a device, a probe board including the plurality of probes provided thereon, a wiring board that is placed facing a surface of the probe board opposite to a surface including the probes provided thereon, a connector that includes a connection pin and a holder, in which the connection pin electrically connects a line of the probe board and a line of the wiring board, and the holder holds the connection pin between the probe board and the wiring board, and a first electronic part that is mounted on a probe board side surface of the wiring board and placed in a mounting space formed by a through hole or a recess provided in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics
    Inventors: Katsushi Mikuni, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Yoshihito Onuma, Toshiyuki Kudo
  • Patent number: 9075083
    Abstract: An electrode and wiring can be provided on an FPC board without restriction by a through hole. A probe card in which an FPC board of a probe assembly is fixed to the main board side by a clamp mechanism is provided. The clamp mechanism is provided with a fixing ring fixed to the main board side and on which the FPC board is mounted and a rotating ring screwed into the fixing ring and pressing a peripheral edge portion of the FPC board. In the fixing ring, a pressing ring pressed by screwing of the rotating ring for pressing the peripheral edge portion of the FPC board to the main board side is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Yoshihito Onuma, Yoshihito Kitabatake, Ken Hasegawa, Takayuki Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20140028341
    Abstract: Provided is a probe card capable of effectively placing electronic parts. A probe card according to the present invention includes a plurality of probes that come into contact with a plurality of electrodes of a device, a probe board including the plurality of probes provided thereon, a wiring board that is placed facing a surface of the probe board opposite to a surface including the probes provided thereon, a connector that includes a connection pin and a holder, in which the connection pin electrically connects a line of the probe board and a line of the wiring board, and the holder holds the connection pin between the probe board and the wiring board, and a first electronic part that is mounted on a probe board side surface of the wiring board and placed in a mounting space formed by a through hole or a recess provided in the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Katsushi MIKUNI, Yoshinori KIKUCHI, Yoshihito ONUMA, Toshiyuki KUDO
  • Publication number: 20130328585
    Abstract: An electrode and wiring can be provided on an FPC board without restriction by a through hole. A probe card in which an FPC board of a probe assembly is fixed to the main board side by a clamp mechanism is provided. The clamp mechanism is provided with a fixing ring fixed to the main board side and on which the FPC board is mounted and a rotating ring screwed into the fixing ring and pressing a peripheral edge portion of the FPC board. In the fixing ring, a pressing ring pressed by screwing of the rotating ring for pressing the peripheral edge portion of the FPC board to the main board side is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Yoshihito ONUMA, Yoshihito KITABATAKE, Ken HASEGAWA, Takayuki KOGAWA