Patents by Inventor Yoshio Oka

Yoshio Oka 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: 11950365
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a base film having a hole for forming a through hole; and a coil-shaped wiring layer layered on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein the wiring layer includes a land portion arranged at an inner peripheral surface of the hole and at a peripheral portion of the hole of the base film, and a winding portion arranged in a spiral shape with the land portion as an inside end portion or an outside end portion, wherein the winding portion includes a first winding portion that is an outermost circumference and a second winding portion that is inside relative to the outermost circumference, and wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the land portion to an average thickness of the second winding portion is 1.1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Sakai, Koji Nitta, Yoshio Oka, Junichi Motomura, Masanao Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11889624
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and one or more interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. At least one of the one or more interconnects includes, in a longitudinal direction, a first portion and a second portion that is a portion other than the first portion, an average thickness of the second portion being greater than an average thickness of the first portion. A ratio of the average thickness of the second portion to the average thickness of the first portion is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Oka, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Yasushi Mochida, Tadahiro Kaibuki, Junichi Okaue
  • Publication number: 20240008175
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a base film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrically conductive pattern existing on the first surface, and a first electrically insulating layer existing on the first surface so as to cover the first electrically conductive pattern. A plurality of first voids exist in the first electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230247763
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property and a plurality of interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. The plurality of interconnects includes a first interconnect and a second interconnect in a same plane. An average thickness of the second interconnect being greater than an average thickness of the first interconnect. A ratio of the average thickness of the second interconnect to the average thickness of the first interconnect is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50. The first interconnect includes a first conductive underlayer and a first plating layer, and the second interconnect includes a second conductive underlayer, a second plating layer, and a third plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Yasushi MOCHIDA, Yoshio OKA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Tadahiro KAIBUKI, Junichi OKAUE
  • Patent number: 11696401
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and multiple interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. The multiple interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect in a same plane. An average thickness of the second interconnect is greater than an average thickness of the first interconnect. A ratio of the average thickness of the second interconnect to the average thickness of the first interconnect is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Yasushi Mochida, Yoshio Oka, Shoichiro Sakai, Tadahiro Kaibuki, Junichi Okaue
  • Patent number: 11659662
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and multiple interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. The multiple interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect in a same plane. An average thickness of the second interconnect is greater than an average thickness of the first interconnect. A ratio of the average thickness of the second interconnect to the average thickness of the first interconnect is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Nitta, Yasushi Mochida, Yoshio Oka, Shoichiro Sakai, Tadahiro Kaibuki, Junichi Okaue
  • Patent number: 11483928
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on an opposite surface of the base film and situated at least at a position opposite the terminal connecting area, wherein the reinforcement member has one or more lines of hollow holes aligning with a width direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Adachi, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshio Oka
  • Publication number: 20220295637
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a base film having a hole for forming a through hole; and a coil-shaped wiring layer layered on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein the wiring layer includes a land portion arranged at an inner peripheral surface of the hole and at a peripheral portion of the hole of the base film, and a winding portion arranged in a spiral shape with the land portion as an inside end portion or an outside end portion, wherein the winding portion includes a first winding portion that is an outermost circumference and a second winding portion that is inside relative to the outermost circumference, and wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the land portion to an average thickness of the second winding portion is 1.1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichiro SAKAI, Koji NITTA, Yoshio OKA, Junichi MOTOMURA, Masanao YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11375615
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film and a metal layer disposed on at least one of surfaces of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, an amount of nitrogen present per unit area, the amount being determined on the basis of a peak area of a N1s spectrum in XPS analysis of a surface of the base film exposed after removal of the metal layer by etching with an acidic solution, is 1 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc., Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamanaka, Yoshio Oka, Satoshi Kiya, Yoshifumi Uchita, Makoto Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11343918
    Abstract: A method of making a printed circuit board includes a step of providing a double-sided plate that is an insulating substrate having conductive layers on respective surfaces thereof, a first coating step of coating a first surface of the double-sided plate with a first photosensitive resin film, a second coating step of coating a second surface of the double-sided plate with a second photosensitive resin film, a first exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the first surface after the first and second coating steps, and a second exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the second surface after the first exposure step, wherein a maximum depth of a depression in an outermost surface of the second photosensitive resin film used in the second exposure step is less than 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Uemura, Eiko Imazaki, Koji Nitta, Yoshio Oka, Hideki Matsuoka, Ippei Tanaka, Takayuki Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11245237
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a flexible printed interconnect board, including an insulating base film; a conductive pattern that is layered on one surface side of the base film; and a plurality of connection terminals that are fixed to a terminal connection area on one edge side of the conductive pattern, includes: fixing the plurality of connection terminals in parallel to a component fixing jig; and mounting the plurality of fixed connection terminals together with the component fixing jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Adachi, Yoshifumi Uchita, Manabu Sudou, Yoshio Oka
  • Publication number: 20210219425
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and one or more interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. At least one of the one or more interconnects includes, in a longitudinal direction, a first portion and a second portion that is a portion other than the first portion, an average thickness of the second portion being greater than an average thickness of the first portion. A ratio of the average thickness of the second portion to the average thickness of the first portion is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Yasushi MOCHIDA, Tadahiro KAIBUKI, Junichi OKAUE
  • Publication number: 20210219424
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and multiple interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. The multiple interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect in a same plane. An average thickness of the second interconnect is greater than an average thickness of the first interconnect. A ratio of the average thickness of the second interconnect to the average thickness of the first interconnect is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Koji NITTA, Yasushi MOCHIDA, Yoshio OKA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Tadahiro KAIBUKI, Junichi OKAUE
  • Patent number: 11051399
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on another surface of the base film and situated opposite at least the terminal connecting area, wherein a thickness of the reinforcement member increases toward the one end edge in a stepwise or gradual manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio Oka, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 11013113
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a metal layer that is layered on at least one surface of the base film and that includes copper as a main component, wherein in a content per unit area in a region of 100 nm or less from an interface of the metal layer with the base film, Cr<0.1 mg/m2, and Ni<0.1 mg/m2, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of the surface of the base film on which the metal layer is layered is less than 0.10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiko Sugiura, Issei Okada, Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Kenji Ohki
  • Patent number: 10965046
    Abstract: A terminal 20 includes a terminal connection portion 21 connected to a counterpart terminal and a board connection portion 24 connected to a conductive path 13 of a board 11. The board connection portion 24 has a plate shape portion 25 that is a plate shape. The plate shape portion is disposed behind the terminal connection portion 21 and is soldered to the conductive path 13 of the board 11. The board connection portion has a plate-shape first projection walls 28A to 28D that are bent from edge portions of a lateral direction side of the plate shape portion 25 and that project to an opposite side to the board 11 side. The plate shape portion 25 and the first projection walls 28A to 28D have a plating layer 37 that is formed on a plate surface of the plate shape portion and the first projection walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Shimada, Hiroki Hirai, Jyunichi Ono, Yoshio Oka, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshiro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210045250
    Abstract: A method of making a printed circuit board includes a step of providing a double-sided plate that is an insulating substrate having conductive layers on respective surfaces thereof, a first coating step of coating a first surface of the double-sided plate with a first photosensitive resin film, a second coating step of coating a second surface of the double-sided plate with a second photosensitive resin film, a first exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the first surface after the first and second coating steps, and a second exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the second surface after the first exposure step, wherein a maximum depth of a depression in an outermost surface of the second photosensitive resin film used in the second exposure step is less than 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeaki UEMURA, Eiko IMAZAKI, Koji NITTA, Yoshio OKA, Hideki MATSUOKA, Ippei TANAKA, Takayuki YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210044067
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a flexible printed interconnect board, including an insulating base film; a conductive pattern that is layered on one surface side of the base film; and a plurality of connection terminals that are fixed to a terminal connection area on one edge side of the conductive pattern, includes: fixing the plurality of connection terminals in parallel to a component fixing jig; and mounting the plurality of fixed connection terminals together with the component fixing jig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiro ADACHI, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Manabu SUDOU, Yoshio OKA
  • Publication number: 20210037642
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on another surface of the base film and situated opposite at least the terminal connecting area, wherein a thickness of the reinforcement member increases toward the one end edge in a stepwise or gradual manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Yoshifumi UCHITA, Yoshiro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20210022245
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a metal layer that is layered on at least one surface of the base film and that includes copper as a main component, wherein in a content per unit area in a region of 100 nm or less from an interface of the metal layer with the base film, Cr<0.1 mg/m2, and Ni<0.1 mg/m2, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of the surface of the base film on which the metal layer is layered is less than 0.10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Motohiko SUGIURA, Issei OKADA, Takashi KASUGA, Yoshio OKA, Kenji OHKI