Patents by Inventor Masafumi Horiuchi

Masafumi Horiuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240002101
    Abstract: A container for an alcoholic beverage, the container being formed of a laminated body provided with a substrate layer containing paper, a barrier layer, and a sealant film in this order from the outside, and having a resin layer containing zinc oxide particles provided further to the inside than the barrier layer. Also an alcoholic beverage-containing container comprising the container for an alcoholic beverage, and an alcoholic beverage that is accommodated in the container for an alcoholic beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke YAMAGUCHI, Masafumi HORIUCHI, Makoto TOKUNAGA, Haruno MURAYAMA, Masatoshi YAGI
  • Publication number: 20230250318
    Abstract: A laminated film includes, in the following order, a predetermined layer, an adhesive layer containing an adhesive component and polyvalent metal particles or polyvalent metal compound particles mixed with the adhesive component, and a sealant layer laminated, in which a ratio of a maximum diameter of aggregates formed of the polyvalent metal particles or the polyvalent metal compound particles to a minimum diameter of the aggregates is 14.0 times or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke SHIMIZU, Masafumi HORIUCHI, Satoru OKUYAMA, Machiko MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230202153
    Abstract: A multilayer film including a first outer layer containing 70 to 30% by mass of a propylene homopolymer (A) and 30 to 70% by mass of a propylene/ethylene random copolymer (B) having an ethylene content of 5% by mass or less, an inner layer containing a propylene/ethylene block copolymer (C) and an ethylene/propylene copolymer elastomer (D), and a second outer layer containing 70 to 30% by mass of the propylene homopolymer (A) and 30 to 70% by mass of the propylene/ethylene random copolymer (B) having an ethylene content of 5% by mass or less, in that order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HAMADA, Motokuni TAKENOUCHI, Tomoko OOKI, Tsuguki NISHIHARA, Masafumi HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10707546
    Abstract: A dielectric filter unit includes three or more dielectric blocks including a first dielectric block and a second dielectric block and arranged in a predetermined direction, and a transmission line. The three or more dielectric blocks include at least one dielectric block between the first dielectric block and the second dielectric block. Each of the three or more dielectric blocks is electromagnetically coupled to one or two adjacent dielectric blocks included in the three or more dielectric blocks. The transmission line is electromagnetically coupled to the first dielectric block and the second dielectric block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Horiuchi, Akio Yamamoto, Hiromichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10693205
    Abstract: A resonator includes a shield conductor, a columnar body, and a first dielectric body. The shield conductor includes a first conductor located on a negative z-direction side and a second conductor located on a positive z-direction side, and has a cavity therein. The columnar body has a columnar shape, and is placed inside the cavity, an end in the negative z-direction thereof being joined to the first conductor, an interval being provided between an end in the positive z-direction of the columnar body and the shield conductor. The first dielectric body is placed inside the cavity, an end in the positive z-direction thereof being joined to the second conductor, an interval being provided between an end in the negative z-direction of the first dielectric body and the shield conductor, the first dielectric body surrounding the columnar body so as to be apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masafumi Horiuchi, Katsuro Nakamata
  • Publication number: 20180331405
    Abstract: A dielectric filter unit includes three or more dielectric blocks including a first dielectric block and a second dielectric block and arranged in a predetermined direction, and a transmission line. The three or more dielectric blocks include at least one dielectric block between the first dielectric block and the second dielectric block. Each of the three or more dielectric blocks is electromagnetically coupled to one or two adjacent dielectric blocks included in the three or more dielectric blocks. The transmission line is electromagnetically coupled to the first dielectric block and the second dielectric block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi HORIUCHI, Akio YAMAMOTO, Hiromichi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170309982
    Abstract: A resonator includes a shield conductor, a columnar body, and a first dielectric body. The shield conductor includes a first conductor located on a negative z-direction side and a second conductor located on a positive z-direction side, and has a cavity therein. The columnar body has a columnar shape, and is placed inside the cavity, an end in the negative z-direction thereof being joined to the first conductor, an interval being provided between an end in the positive z-direction of the columnar body and the shield conductor. The first dielectric body is placed inside the cavity, an end in the positive z-direction thereof being joined to the second conductor, an interval being provided between an end in the negative z-direction of the first dielectric body and the shield conductor, the first dielectric body surrounding the columnar body so as to be apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi YOSHIKAWA, Masafumi HORIUCHI, Katsuro NAKAMATA
  • Patent number: 9666922
    Abstract: There are provided a dielectric filter with excellent electrical characteristics, a duplexer, and a communication device using the dielectric filter. A dielectric filter includes a dielectric block provided with first through holes; inner conductors disposed on inner surfaces of the first through holes; second through holes; a terminal electrode connected to an inner conductor located at on end; a terminal electrode connected to an inner conductor located at the other end; and an outer conductor surrounding the dielectric block, being connected to a reference potential, wherein the first through holes are located on a second main surface side, and the second through holes are located on a first main surface side with respect to the first through holes. A duplexer and a communication device use this dielectric filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masafumi Horiuchi, Katsuro Nakamata
  • Publication number: 20150372364
    Abstract: There are provided a dielectric filter with excellent electrical characteristics, a duplexer, and a communication device using the dielectric filter. A dielectric filter includes a dielectric block provided with first through holes; inner conductors disposed on inner surfaces of the first through holes; second through holes; a terminal electrode connected to an inner conductor located at on end; a terminal electrode connected to an inner conductor located at the other end; and an outer conductor surrounding the dielectric block, being connected to a reference potential, wherein the first through holes are located on a second main surface side, and the second through holes are located on a first main surface side with respect to the first through holes. A duplexer and a communication device use this dielectric filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi YOSHIKAWA, Masafumi HORIUCHI, Katsuro NAKAMATA
  • Patent number: 9153852
    Abstract: A coaxial resonator includes a first outer conductor connected to a reference potential; a dielectric block which is provided with a through hole formed so as to pass therethrough from a first side surface to a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and is so disposed that a first main surface abuts on the first outer conductor; an inner conductor disposed in an inside of the through hole; and a second outer conductor which is shaped like a rectangular box having its one face which is opened toward the first outer conductor, the second outer conductor having an inside dimension such that the dielectric block can be housed therein so as to be spaced from its second main surface, third side surface, and fourth side surface, and being connected to the reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Katsuro Nakamata, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8970326
    Abstract: A coaxial resonator includes a dielectric block; a first inner conductor disposed in an inner surface of a first through hole which extends from a first main surface of the dielectric block to an opposite second main surface thereof, the first inner conductor being connected to a reference potential at one side thereof; and an outer conductor disposed over side surfaces of the dielectric block, the outer conductor surrounding the first inner conductor, the outer conductor being connected to the reference potential. There is a low-dielectric-constant portion in a location between the first inner conductor and the outer conductor. The low-dielectric-constant portion surrounds a periphery of the first inner conductor and is lower in dielectric constant than the dielectric block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Horiuchi, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Katsuro Nakamata, Soutarou Kukita
  • Patent number: 8878634
    Abstract: [Object] An object is to provide a bandpass filter that can be used for a wide frequency band and has a large degree of freedom in designing a passband, and a wireless communication module and a wireless communication device that use the bandpass filter. [Solution] A bandpass filter includes first to third resonance electrodes 31a, 31b, and 31c sequentially arranged side-by-side such that they are electromagnetically coupled to each other, the first to third resonance electrodes 31a, 31b, and 31c being grounded at one end and constituting first to third resonators, respectively; a first input/output coupling electrode 40a facing the first resonance electrode 31a and electromagnetically coupled thereto; a second input/output coupling electrode 40b facing the second resonance electrode 31b and electromagnetically coupled thereto; and a resonator coupling electrode 43 configured to provide electromagnetic coupling between the first resonance electrode 31a and the third resonance electrode 31c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8648674
    Abstract: A filter circuit having two pass bands includes first and second bandpass filters which are connected in parallel with each other. Each of the bandpass filters includes at least a resonator group composed of a plurality of resonators arranged in orderly sequence so as to be coupled to each other to form a pass band, an input terminal coupled to a resonator on an input stage, and an output terminal coupled to a resonator on an output stage. The resonator group is composed of at least one of one or more quarter-wavelength resonators and one or more half-wavelength resonators. The resonator group of at least one of the first bandpass filter and the second bandpass filter includes both one or more quarter-wavelength resonators and one or more half-wavelength resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20130196608
    Abstract: A coaxial resonator includes a first outer conductor connected to a reference potential; a dielectric block which is provided with a through hole formed so as to pass therethrough from a first side surface to a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and is so disposed that a first main surface abuts on the first outer conductor; an inner conductor disposed in an inside of the through hole; and a second outer conductor which is shaped like a rectangular box having its one face which is opened toward the first outer conductor, the second outer conductor having an inside dimension such that the dielectric block can be housed therein so as to be spaced from its second main surface, third side surface, and fourth side surface, and being connected to the reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Katsuro Nakamata, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20120212387
    Abstract: A coaxial resonator includes a dielectric block; a first inner conductor disposed in an inner surface of a first through hole which extends from a first main surface of the dielectric block to an opposite second main surface thereof, the first inner conductor being connected to a reference potential at one side thereof; and an outer conductor disposed over side surfaces of the dielectric block, the outer conductor surrounding the first inner conductor, the outer conductor being connected to the reference potential. There is a low-dielectric-constant portion in a location between the first inner conductor and the outer conductor. The low-dielectric-constant portion surrounds a periphery of the first inner conductor and is lower in dielectric constant than the dielectric block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Horiuchi, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Katsuro Nakamata, Soutarou Kukita
  • Publication number: 20110304410
    Abstract: A filter circuit having two pass bands includes first and second bandpass filters which are connected in parallel with each other. Each of the bandpass filters includes at least a resonator group composed of a plurality of resonators arranged in orderly sequence so as to be coupled to each other to form a pass band, an input terminal coupled to a resonator on an input stage, and an output terminal coupled to a resonator on an output stage. The resonator group is composed of at least one of one or more quarter-wavelength resonators and one or more half-wavelength resonators. The resonator group of at least one of the first bandpass filter and the second bandpass filter includes both one or more quarter-wavelength resonators and one or more half-wavelength resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20110237216
    Abstract: [Object] An object is to provide a bandpass filter that can be used for a wide frequency band and has a large degree of freedom in designing a passband, and a wireless communication module and a wireless communication device that use the bandpass filter. [Solution] A bandpass filter includes first to third resonance electrodes 31a, 31b, and 31c sequentially arranged side-by-side such that they are electromagnetically coupled to each other, the first to third resonance electrodes 31a, 31b, and 31c being grounded at one end and constituting first to third resonators, respectively; a first input/output coupling electrode 40a facing the first resonance electrode 31a and electromagnetically coupled thereto; a second input/output coupling electrode 40b facing the second resonance electrode 31b and electromagnetically coupled thereto; and a resonator coupling electrode 43 configured to provide electromagnetic coupling between the first resonance electrode 31a and the third resonance electrode 31c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masafumi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 7596357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-frequency switching circuit comprising: two or more high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2 provided correspondingly to a plurality of communication systems having mutually different frequency bands; and a control circuit DEC1 adapted to control the switching of the two or more high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2, in which a common antenna terminal ANT3 and common terminals ANT1 and ANT2 of the respective high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2 are connected via a matching circuit MAT1 having a filtering function capable of allowing passage of direct current. When one path of the high-frequency switch SW1 is turned on, the other paths of the high-frequency switch SW1 and all paths of the high-frequency switch SW2 can be turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuro Nakamata, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Masafumi Horiuchi, Shinji Isoyama, Tooru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7149496
    Abstract: A high-frequency module comprises: a diplexer connected to an antenna terminal for branching a plurality of transmission/reception systems different in pass band from one another; switch circuits for switching the transmission/reception systems to transmission systems and reception systems; power amplifiers for amplifying transmission signals in the pass bands of the transmission systems; and matching circuits for matching the impedances of the power amplifiers to one another. The power amplifiers and the switch circuits are respectively formed by high-frequency semiconductor integrated circuit elements, and these high-frequency semiconductor integrated circuit elements are mounted on the surface of the multi-layer substrate. The high-frequency module is reduced both in size and loss and increased in isolation in its entirety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Horiuchi, Katsuro Nakamata, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Yasuhiko Fukuoka, Satoru Iwasaki, Kenta Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20050197095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-frequency switching circuit comprising: two or more high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2 provided correspondingly to a plurality of communication systems having mutually different frequency bands; and a control circuit DEC1 adapted to control the switching of the two or more high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2, in which a common antenna terminal ANT3 and common terminals ANT1 and ANT2 of the respective high-frequency switches SW1 and SW2 are connected via a matching circuit MAT1 having a filtering function capable of allowing passage of direct current. When one path of the high-frequency switch SW1 is turned on, the other paths of the high-frequency switch SW1 and all paths of the high-frequency switch SW2 can be turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Katsuro Nakamata, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Masafumi Horiuchi, Shinji Isoyama, Tooru Takahashi