Patent 7287321 was granted and assigned to Denso on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Two types of resin films are prepared for manufacturing a multi-layer board containing a chip component. A fist type has a via hole for the chip component to be inserted into, while a second type does not have the via hole. Resin films including the two types are piled before the chip component is inserted. At least a given resin film of the first type has a via hole provided with protruding members. Of the protruding members, opposing protruding members form a gap between their tips. This gap is shorter than an outer dimension of the inserted chip component. The chip component crushes portion of the tips of the protruding members while being pressed and inserted into the via hole in the given resin film.