Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA

Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA 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: 11581126
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a multilayer body including a magnetic layer; an inductor wiring disposed inside the multilayer body; and an external terminal exposed from the multilayer body. The multilayer body or the external terminal has an overlapping region disposed on the inductor wiring and a non-overlapping region not in contact with the inductor wiring, and reflection spectra of the overlapping region is different from reflection spectra of the non-overlapping region when irradiated with light having a prescribed wavelength from an outer surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Ryo Kudou
  • Publication number: 20230014349
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body, a coil on the body and spirally wound along an axis, first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the coil, and first and second through wirings which penetrate a substrate of the element body between main surfaces. The first coil wirings and through wirings, and the second coil wirings and through wirings, are connected as follows. With respect to two of the first through wirings adjacent to each other in a direction of the axis, on the first main surface, a relationship between a radius of an equivalent circle diameter of an end surface of each of the first through wirings and a minimum distance between end surfaces of the two first through wirings is satisfied, and with respect to two of the second through wirings adjacent to each other in the direction of the axis, a similar relationship is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kouji YAMAUCHI, Katsufumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220392693
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base body; a coil on the base body and wound helically along an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and connected electrically to the coil. The base body includes a substrate having first and second main surfaces that face each other; and an insulating layer on the first main surface. The coil includes first and second coil wires respectively disposed on the first and second main surfaces and covered with the insulating layer; and first and second through wires extending through the substrate from the first main surface to the second main surface and opposite to each other with respect to the axis. The first coil wire, the first through wire, the second coil wire, and the second through wire are connected in the mentioned order, to make up at least a part of the helical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Hiroki IMAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220392699
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base; a coil in the base body and wound along a direction of an axis; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the coil. The base body includes first and second end surfaces and a second end surface at ends in the length direction, first and second side surfaces at ends in the width direction, and bottom and top surfaces at ends in the height direction. The first and second external electrodes are respectively disposed toward the first and second end surfaces with respect to a center in the length direction and exposed from an outer surface of the base body. When viewed from the first end surface in the length direction, at least a part of a respective portion of the first and second external electrodes exposed from the outer surface do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kiyotaka NISHI
  • Publication number: 20220384091
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a base body including first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; and an inductor wire between the first and second magnetic layers and on a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The first magnetic layer is in a reverse direction to the first direction of the inductor wire, the second magnetic layer is in the first direction of the inductor wire and in a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and when a main surface of the second magnetic layer is viewed from a direction which is orthogonal to the main surface of the second magnetic layer in the first direction, the second magnetic layer includes a dark region corresponding to the inductor wire and a bright region whose brightness is higher than that of the dark region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryo KUDOU
  • Patent number: 11476036
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a multilayer body including a magnetic layer and a spiral wiring line disposed in the multilayer body. The magnetic layer includes a base resin, a metal magnetic powder, and a non-magnetic powder. The base resin has voids, and the metal magnetic powder and the non-magnetic powder are contained in the base resin. There is a particle of the metal magnetic powder that is in contact with at least one of the voids and with the non-magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Noo, Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi, Akinor Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220319764
    Abstract: An inductor conductor is configured such that, with respect to a height-wise dimension of the inductor conductor between the top surface and the bottom surface thereof, the height-wise dimension of a central portion of the top surface is smaller than the height-wise dimension of an edge portion of the top surface at a cross section of the inductor conductor taken in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the inductor conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke KUNIMORI, Yuuki KAWAKAMI, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220310311
    Abstract: A coil component includes a main body made of a magnetic material, a linear inductor wiring conductor arranged in the main body, an electrically insulating pedestal having a top surface extending along the inductor wiring conductor in the main body and a pair of side surfaces each extending from both outer edges of the top surface in a direction intersecting the top surface, and a conductive seed layer provided over an entire region of at least a region sandwiched between the top surface of the pedestal and the inductor wiring conductor. When a width dimension of a surface of the inductor wiring conductor in contact with the seed layer is defined as a first width dimension and a width dimension of the seed layer is defined as a second width dimension, the second width dimension is larger than the first width dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Keisuke KUNIMORI, Yuuki KAWAKAMI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220310293
    Abstract: A coil component includes a main body having a main surface, an inductor wiring conductor arranged in the main body, and an extended conductor arranged in the main body so as to extend toward the main surface and electrically connected to the inductor wiring conductor. The extended conductor includes an end surface exposed on the main surface of the main body and an extending portion integrally formed with the end surface and arranged so as to extend along and on the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki KAWAKAMI, Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Keisuke KUNIMORI
  • Publication number: 20220301759
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising an element body having laminated insulating layers; a coil in the element body and wound into a helical shape advancing in a lamination direction of the insulating layers; and a substrate on an upper surface of the element body. The coil includes coil wirings along the lamination direction and wound along a plane orthogonal to the lamination direction, and a connection wiring connecting end portions of the coil wirings. The coil wirings include a winding part wound on the plane and a lead-out part from an end portion of the winding part to the connection wiring which is one of connection wirings arranged in the lamination direction. In the lamination direction, a lowest position of an upper surface of the connection wiring of the uppermost layer is lower than a bottom surface of the winding part in the coil wiring of the uppermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Takahiro OGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220301758
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising an element body having first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; an inductor wire on a plane orthogonal to the first direction between the first and second magnetic layers and including side surfaces facing a direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a side surface insulating part made of a non-magnetic material covering only a part of the side surfaces. The first and second magnetic layers each include a flat magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder. The first magnetic layer exists in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the inductor wire. The second magnetic layer exists in the first direction and in a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The side surface insulating part is made of a material that is the same as that of the resin of the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Kouji Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20220277878
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a spiral wiring wound on a plane; first and second magnetic layers located at positions sandwiching the spiral wiring from both sides in a normal direction relative to the plane of the wound spiral wiring; a vertical wiring extending from the spiral wiring in the normal direction to penetrate at least the inside of the first magnetic layer; and an external terminal disposed on at least a surface of the first magnetic layer to cover an end surface of the vertical wiring. The first magnetic layer is larger than the second magnetic layer in terms of the area of the external terminal viewed in the normal direction, and when A is the thickness of the first magnetic layer and B is the thickness of the second magnetic layer, A/((A+B)/2) is from 0.6 to 1.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Akinori HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11367552
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a spiral wiring wound on a plane; first and second magnetic layers located at positions sandwiching the spiral wiring from both sides in a normal direction relative to the plane of the wound spiral wiring; a vertical wiring extending from the spiral wiring in the normal direction to penetrate at least the inside of the first magnetic layer; and an external terminal disposed on at least a surface of the first magnetic layer to cover an end surface of the vertical wiring. The first magnetic layer is larger than the second magnetic layer in terms of the area of the external terminal viewed in the normal direction, and when A is the thickness of the first magnetic layer and B is the thickness of the second magnetic layer, A/((A+B)/2) is from 0.6 to 1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Ryuichiro Tominaga, Akinori Hamada
  • Patent number: 11328858
    Abstract: An inductor component including a spiral wiring wound into a planar shape. A first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer are located at positions sandwiching the spiral wiring from both sides in a normal direction relative to the plane of the wound spiral wiring. A vertical wiring extending from the spiral wiring in the normal direction penetrates the inside of the first magnetic layer or the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Akinori Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220140730
    Abstract: When an inductor component is adopted as an inductor for a DC-DC converter, high efficiency is achieved at a light load, and a large current is also handled. An inductor component includes a body containing metal magnetic powder containing an iron element, and an inductor provided in the body and having both ends exposed from the body. In a DC superposition characteristic curve of the inductor, a first steady region and a second steady region exist as a steady region, and a transition region exists between the first steady region and the second steady region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Naoya NOO
  • Publication number: 20220068553
    Abstract: The main face of an element body of an inductor component has a two-fold symmetrical shape with respect to the geometric center of the main face. First and second inductor wires extend inside the element body. Four terminal portions, each having a terminal portion exposed from the main face, are in the element body, two of the which are first external terminals, one a second external terminal, and one a dummy portion which is a specific dummy portion. The main face is divided into four congruent imaginary regions with one terminal portion in each. The terminal portion in the first imaginary region, that is an imaginary region at a two-fold symmetrical position around the geometric center with respect to the fourth imaginary region having the specific dummy portion, is a specific terminal portion. The shapes of the specific dummy and terminal portions are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Katsufumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220068548
    Abstract: A thin inductor component includes an element body having a principal surface and a side surface perpendicular to the principal surface. An inductor wire extends in parallel with the principal surface. From the inductor wire, a first vertical wire extends in a direction toward the principal surface, and a first support wire extends in parallel with the principal surface. The first vertical wire and the first support wire are connected to a first pad of the inductor wire. When a virtual tangent is drawn at a connection point of the inductor wire main body to the first pad with respect to the center axis of the wire main body when viewed from the thickness direction, the first support wire extends from the first pad in parallel with the virtual tangent and the center axis of the first support wire and the virtual tangent are located on different straight lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Takahiro OGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220068549
    Abstract: A compact inductor component includes an element body having a principal surface. A first inductor wire and a second inductor wire extend in parallel with the principal surface in the element body. The number of turns of the second inductor wire is 0.25. The first inductor wire includes a first wire main body extending linearly. The second inductor wire includes a second wire main body extending linearly. The wire length of the second wire main body in the second inductor wire is 1.2 times or more the wire length of the first wire main body in the first inductor wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220068546
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a base body having a main surface, an inductor wiring extending in parallel to the main surface in the base body, a first vertical wiring, connected to a first end of the inductor wiring, that is exposed through the main surface, and a second vertical wiring, connected to a second end of the inductor wiring, that is exposed through the main surface. The base body has an upper magnetic layer disposed closer to the main surface than the inductor wiring. The first vertical wiring and the second vertical wiring have columnar shapes extending in a thickness direction while penetrating the upper magnetic layer. The dimension in the thickness direction of the penetration portion, which penetrates the upper magnetic layer, of the first vertical wiring is five times or more the maximum dimension in the thickness direction of the inductor wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryuichiro TOMINAGA, Keisuke KUNIMORI, Yuuki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220068550
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a rectangular parallelepiped element body inside which a inductor wire extends in the first layer. The inductor wire includes a wiring body extending linearly, and first and second pads at first and second ends, respectively, of the wiring body. Of the surface of the element body, the dimension of the upper main face in the thickness direction in the longitudinal direction is 2.5 times or more the dimension of the main face in the short direction. When viewed from the thickness direction, the smallest rectangular region that is divided by a long side extending in the longitudinal direction and a short side extending in the short direction and that surrounds the whole wiring body is defined as an inductor region. The dimension of the first side of the inductor region is three times or more the dimension of the second side of the inductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA, Ryo KUDOU