Patents by Inventor Akihiro Tsujimura

Akihiro Tsujimura 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: 10498046
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna module includes a substrate, a first antenna, an array antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) module. The first antenna includes a first radiation element arranged on the substrate and a first ground plane arranged on the substrate. The array antenna includes a plurality of second radiation elements arranged on the substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The first ground plane is arranged on at least the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of second radiation elements are arranged on the second surface of the substrate and opposed to the first ground plane via the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao Teshima, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Publication number: 20190207324
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna module includes a substrate, a first antenna, an array antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) module. The first antenna includes a first radiation element arranged on the substrate and a first ground plane arranged on the substrate. The array antenna includes a plurality of second radiation elements arranged on the substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The first ground plane is arranged on at least the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of second radiation elements are arranged on the second surface of the substrate and opposed to the first ground plane via the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao TESHIMA, Akihiro TSUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 10270186
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna module includes a substrate, a first antenna, an array antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) module. The first antenna includes a first radiation element arranged on the substrate and a first ground plane arranged on the substrate. The array antenna includes a plurality of second radiation elements arranged on the substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The first ground plane is arranged on at least the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of second radiation elements are arranged on the second surface of the substrate and opposed to the first ground plane via the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao Teshima, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 9635709
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device is set, when authentication processing using an output identification data is executed by a communication device and when authentication by the authentication processing succeeds, to a state of being able to perform a communication with a narrow-area cellular base station, and the state of being able to perform a communication is maintained even after the communication device is detached from the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao Teshima, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Publication number: 20170062953
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna module includes a substrate, a first antenna, an array antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) module. The first antenna includes a first radiation element arranged on the substrate and a first ground plane arranged on the substrate. The array antenna includes a plurality of second radiation elements arranged on the substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The first ground plane is arranged on at least the first surface of the substrate. The plurality of second radiation elements are arranged on the second surface of the substrate and opposed to the first ground plane via the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao TESHIMA, Akihiro TSUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160353520
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device is set, when authentication processing using an output identification data is executed by a communication device and when authentication by the authentication processing succeeds, to a state of being able to perform a communication with a narrow-area cellular base station, and the state of being able to perform a communication is maintained even after the communication device is detached from the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao TESHIMA, Akihiro TSUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 9030366
    Abstract: An antenna device arranged around a printed circuit board is provided. The antenna device has an antenna element connected to a feeder circuit provided on the printed board. The antenna device has an isolating material provided between the antenna element and the substrate material. The isolating material is constituted by an insulating substrate material and a plurality of pieces of magnetic material provided on the substrate material. Adjacent ones of the pieces of the magnetic material are arranged separate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoto Ito, Akihiro Tsujimura, Takashi Amano, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20140306849
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided in the housing; a second conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the housing; and a first conductive member. The first conductive member passes through a gap of a mating face between the first molded body and the second molded body. The first conductive member connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hata, Tomoko Honda, Satoru Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
  • Patent number: 8812062
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided in the housing; a second conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the housing; and a first conductive member. The first conductive member passes through a gap of a mating face between the first molded body and the second molded body. The first conductive member connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hata, Tomoko Honda, Satoru Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
  • Publication number: 20140118198
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a component, a near-field wireless antenna, and a conductive sidewall. The housing includes a non-conductive portion. The component is in the housing and includes a metal portion. The near-field wireless antenna faces the non-conductive portion in the housing and is located between the non-conductive portion and the component. The conductive sidewall is in at least a portion of a periphery of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawashimo, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 8289222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high frequency band, particularly, in a GHz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Seiichi Suenaga, Naoto Ito, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 8184054
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes a non-conductive resin chassis that is formed by molding a molding material and internally provided with a printed circuit board on which a wireless circuit is formed, and an antenna pattern that is disposed on a wall surface of the chassis and in a region excluding a eject pin track formed when the chassis electrically connected with the printed circuit board is formed, wherein the antenna pattern is constituted by sequentially laminating a copper layer, a nickel layer and a gold layer by electroless plating, and the nickel layer is rendered amorphous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 8130170
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first molded body; a second molded body which composes a housing with the first molded body; a first conductive pattern provided on an outer surface of the first molded body; a second conductive pattern provided in the housing; and a first conductive pin. The first conductive pin passes through the first molded body and connects the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaomi Nakahata, Tomoko Honda, Yoshikazu Hata, Satoru Honda, Jun Morimoto, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Akihiro Tsujimura, Koichi Sato, Minoru Sakurai, Makoto Tabata, Shoji Kato
  • Patent number: 8111201
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a case made of a first dielectric material; a cover made of a second dielectric material which covers an outer surface of the case; a wireless communication circuit which is housed in the case; an antenna element made of a conductive material and provided on the outer surface of the case between the case and the cover, the antenna element being electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit by a connection member that penetrates the case; and an adhesive layer which is disposed between the antenna element and the case to adhere the antenna element onto the case, the adhesive layer being made of a third dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsujimura, Takashi Amano
  • Patent number: 8106844
    Abstract: A magnetic member is interposed and arranged between an antenna element and a printed circuit board, and an air member or a dielectric member is interposed between the antenna element and the magnetic member. The magnetic member is constituted of a nanogranular structure in which magnetic nanoparticles with ferromagnetism are three-dimensionally dispersed and arranged in an insulating matrix substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsujimura, Koichi Sato, Takashi Amano, Hiroyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 8098204
    Abstract: An antenna element made of an electrically conductive material pattern is printed and formed on a face of a casing made of an electrically nonconductive material having a circuit board housed therein, and the antenna element and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other by a connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsujimura, Hiroyuki Hotta, Takashi Amano, Koichi Sato
  • Patent number: 8054240
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a housing provided with a first conductive pattern; a substrate provided with a first wiring layer in a surface thereof and fixed to the housing; and a first conductive member connecting the first conductive pattern and the first wiring layer. The first conductive pattern extends onto an outer surface and an inner surface of the housing. The first conductive member is in contact with each of at least a part of the first conductive pattern extending onto the inner surface and an end of the first wiring layer. Alternatively, an electronic apparatus includes: a housing provided with a conductive pattern and having a through part in a frame portion thereof; and a substrate provided with a wiring layer on a surface thereof and having a protruding part and fixed to the housing. The protruding part and the through part are fit. The conductive pattern extends onto an outer surface of the housing and onto an inner surface of the through part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko Honda, Nobuyoshi Kuroiwa, Masaomi Nakahata, Jun Morimoto, Satoru Honda, Yoshikazu Hata, Koichi Sato, Akihiro Tsujimura, Makoto Tabata, Minoru Sakurai, Shoji Kato
  • Publication number: 20110254745
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a case made of a first dielectric material; a cover made of a second dielectric material which covers an outer surface of the case; a wireless communication circuit which is housed in the case; an antenna element made of a conductive material and provided on the outer surface of the case between the case and the cover, the antenna element being electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit by a connection member that penetrates the case; and an adhesive layer which is disposed between the antenna element and the case to adhere the antenna element onto the case, the adhesive layer being made of a third dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro TSUJIMURA, Takashi Amano
  • Patent number: 7982675
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a case that includes a dielectric member made of a first dielectric material, the dielectric member being coated with a coating layer made of a second dielectric material; a wireless communication circuit that is housed in the case; an antenna element that is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, the antenna element being made of a conductive material and provided on a surface of the dielectric member; and an adhesive layer that is disposed between the antenna element and the dielectric member to adhere the antenna element onto the dielectric member, the adhesive layer being made of a third dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsujimura, Takashi Amano
  • Publication number: 20110065387
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a coupler for first wireless communication and a loop antenna for second wireless communication. The coupler is electrically asymmetrical, and arranged in such a manner that a feed point substantially coincides with a center position of the second wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kouji Hayashi, Akihiro Tsujimura, Hiroshi Shimasaki