IP Library Granted Patent US 12,528,131
Granted Patent B2
US 12,528,131 · App. 17/922,539 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Joined body and electrostatic chuck

Inventors: Ryuichi Arakawa (Nagoya, JP); Tomoo Tanaka (Nagoya, JP); Osamu Yoshimoto (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: NITERRA CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,528,131
App. No.
17/922,539
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A joined body includes a first member, a second member, and a joining portion disposed therebetween and joining the first member and the second member. The joining portion includes a first joining layer on a side toward the first member and formed of a first joining material, a second joining layer on a side toward the second member and formed of a second joining material, and a metal layer therebetween and having a plurality of holes communicating with one another. The metal layer includes a first-joining-material-impregnated layer on a side toward the first joining layer and in which the plurality of holes are impregnated with the first joining material, a second-joining-material-impregnated layer on a side toward the second joining layer and in which the plurality of holes are impregnated with the second joining material, and an unfilled hole layer therebetween and in which the plurality of holes are void.

Claims (17)

1 . A joined body comprising:

a flat plate-shaped first member;

a flat plate-shaped second member; and

a joining portion disposed between the first member and the second member and joining the first member and the second member together,

wherein the joining portion includes a first joining layer formed of a first joining material and disposed on a side toward the first member, a second joining layer formed of a second joining material and disposed on a side toward the second member, and a flat plate-shaped metal layer disposed between the first joining layer and the second joining layer and having a plurality of holes communicating with one another,

the metal layer including a first-joining-material-impregnated layer which is disposed on a side toward the first joining layer and in which the plurality of holes are impregnated with the first joining material, a second-joining-material-impregnated layer which is disposed on a side toward the second joining layer and in which the plurality of holes are impregnated with the second joining material, and an unfilled hole layer which is disposed between the first-joining-material-impregnated layer and the second-joining-material-impregnated layer and in which the plurality of holes are void;

wherein the metal layer is formed of felt of metal fibers;

wherein a relation of t≥0.07 log(S)−0.1 is satisfied, where S is an average area (mm 2 ) of an area of junction between the metal layer and the first joining layer and an area of junction between the metal layer and the second joining layer, and t is a thickness (mm) of the metal layer;

wherein 1.0≤t≤3.0; and

wherein the metal layer has a void fraction of 50% or greater and 90% or less.

2 . The joined body according to claim 1 , wherein the unfilled hole layer of the metal layer is formed to extend from a center of the metal layer to its circumference.

3 . The joined body according to claim 1 , wherein the metal fibers have a diameter of 1 micrometer or greater and 30 micrometers or less.

4 . The joined body according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first joining material and the second joining material is formed of an inorganic material or a metal.

5 . An electrostatic chuck comprising the joined body according to claim 1 , wherein a main face of the first member is a placement surface on which an object to be held is placed.

6 . The joined body according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first joining material and the second joining material is formed of an inorganic material or a metal.

7 . An electrostatic chuck comprising the joined body according to claim 2 , wherein a main face of the first member is a placement surface on which an object to be held is placed.

8 . The joined body according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first joining material and the second joining material is formed of an inorganic material or a metal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
To: NITERRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064842/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: ARAKAWA, RYUICHI; TANAKA, TOMOO; YOSHIMOTO, OSAMU
To: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061599/0495 →