Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ohara

Masahiro Ohara 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: 20070091003
    Abstract: An antenna made by winding a coil on the periphery of a rod-like core made of a magnetic material is housed inside a pillar having a relatively small width and disposed in a manner such that its axis line is nearly orthogonal to the vertical axis line of the pillar. With this arrangement, a predetermined communication range is secured as the electromagnetic waves radiated from the antenna are barely absorbed by the vehicle body and radiated to inside the cabin as well as to the outside. Accordingly, an inexpensive antenna device and a communications system using it are provided which enable communication with a portable device inside and outside a vehicle cabin using a single antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohara
  • Publication number: 20070080882
    Abstract: An antenna device has a core made of a magnetic material, a coil formed by winding a conducting wire on a predetermined range including the core and the outer region of the core, and a sub-core that adjusts the resonance frequency by moving in the inner peripheral region of the coil and in the direction orthogonal to the winding direction of the coil. A communication system of the present invention is a combination of an external communication device, the antenna device, and an internal communication device that is connected to the antenna device and is disposed in a cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohara
  • Publication number: 20070068799
    Abstract: A three-dimensional electrode with higher strength and higher toughness is provided. The three-dimensional electrode is fabricated by bending a plurality of snicks which are formed in a plate-like electrode substrate toward the same direction. The stabilization of the positional relation among the elements generated by the three-dimensional electrode neither mechanically damages the membrane nor causes the insufficient current supply. The three-dimensional electrode is preferably used for brine electrolysis and white liquor electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Shinomiya, Masahiro Ohara, Keiji One, Tsuneo Tokumori
  • Publication number: 20060081312
    Abstract: The present invention provides high burring, high strength steel sheet excellent in softening resistance of the weld heat affected zone and a method of production of the same, that is, high burring, high strength steel sheet excellent in softening resistance of the weld heat affected zone containing, by wt %, C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 2%, Mn: 0.05 to 3%, P?0.1%, S?0.03%, Al: 0.005 to 1%, N: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and Ti: 0.05 to 0.5% and further containing C, S, N, Ti, Cr, and Mo in ranges satisfying 0%<C?(12/48Ti?12/14N?12/32S)?0.05%, Mo+Cr?0.2%, Cr?0.5%, and Mo?0.5%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the microstructure comprises ferrite or ferrite and bainite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yokoi, Teruki Hayashida, Masahiro Ohara, Kouchi Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 7023395
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first core made of magnetic material, a coil including a conductive wire wound around a predetermined region of the first core, and a second core made of magnetic material. The second core is operable to move an inside of the coil. The antenna has a resonant frequency adjustable over a wide rage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Shinji Kamaeguchi, Toru Arakawa
  • Patent number: 6965352
    Abstract: An antenna device for installation on vehicles, which antenna device including a core made of a magnetic material, a holding portion provided by a dielectric film sheet wound around the core, a coil formed with a linear conductor wound around the holding portion, a case made of a dielectric resin material for housing the core, the holding portion and the coil, and a flexible dielectric resin filling the space within the case excluding the core, the holding portion and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Akio Miyajima, Tsutomu Maeda, Takefumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 6930641
    Abstract: An inverted-F type antenna and a wireless device using the same. The antenna element comprises a grounding conductor plate and a conductor at least a part of which is generally spiral in shape and is disposed above the grounding conductor plate apart from the grounding conductor plate. A stub connects one end of the antenna element with the grounding conductor plate. A feeding point locates on the antenna element at a predetermined distance from one end of the antenna element and a feeder line electrically connects the feeding point with an external circuit. The antenna element is secured on the grounding conductor plate with a support member made of a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Naoyuki Takagi, Susumu Inatsugu
  • Publication number: 20050030243
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first core made of magnetic material, a coil including a conductive wire wound around a predetermined region of the first core, and a second core made of magnetic material. The second coil is operable to move at an inside of the coil. The antenna has a resonant frequency adjustable in a wide rage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Shinji Kamaeguchi, Toru Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20040201536
    Abstract: An antenna device for installation on vehicles, which antenna device including a core made of a magnetic material, a holding portion provided by a dielectric film sheet wound around the core, a coil formed with a linear conductor wound around the holding portion, a case made of a dielectric resin material for housing the core, the holding portion and the coil, and a flexible dielectric resin filling the space within the case excluding the core, the holding portion and the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Akio Miyajima, Tsutomu Maeda, Takefumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20040064551
    Abstract: A control system includes a first network including a controller 1, a second network including one ore more controlled devices 3 to 6, and a translator 2 correlated with the first network and with the second network. The controlled device 3 comprises a controlled device information management unit 23 which manages controlled device information related to the controlled device 3; and a controlled device information communication unit 24 which sends controlled device information with appropriate timing. The translator 3 comprises a controlled device information proxy creating means which creates controlled device information proxies 35 based on controlled device information acquired from controlled devices 3; and an information managing means for registering and managing controlled device information and controlled device information proxies 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Miki Amano, Suguru Toyokawa, Takashi Murai, Manabu Kusaka, Masahiro Ohara, Reiko Aoyama
  • Patent number: 6661391
    Abstract: An antenna is capable of transmitting/receiving waves in multi-ranged frequency bands, and providing high antenna gain, reliability and productivity. A radio communication apparatus uses the antenna. A feed portion is electrically connected with an antenna element portion at one end, and with radio-frequency circuitry of the apparatus at another end. A dielectric material core rod mechanically supports the antenna element portion. A dielectric material radome partially covers the antenna element and feed portion. The antenna element portion is formed from an approximately helical-shaped portion and an approximately meander-shaped portion, both of which are made from a thin-belt-shaped conductive plate and concentrically arranged on the core rod. Properly adjusting of the approximately helical-shaped and the approximately meander-shaped portions can provide impedance characteristics optimal for multi-ranged frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Toyoshi Fukumura
  • Publication number: 20030169209
    Abstract: An inverted-F type antenna and a wireless device using the same. The antenna element comprises a grounding conductor plate and a conductor at least a part of which is generally spiral in shape and is disposed above the grounding conductor plate apart from the grounding conductor plate. A stub connects one end of the antenna element with the grounding conductor plate. A feeding point locates on the antenna element at a predetermined distance from one end of the antenna element and a feeder line electrically connects the feeding point with an external circuit. The antenna element is secured on the grounding conductor plate with a support member made of a dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Naoyuki Takagi, Susumu Inatsugu
  • Publication number: 20020149537
    Abstract: An antenna capable of transmitting/receiving waves in multi-ranged frequency bands providing high antenna gain, reliability and productivity, and a radio communication apparatus using the same. The feed portion is electrically connected with the antenna element portion at its one end, and with the radio-frequency circuit of the apparatus at the other end. The dielectric material-made core rod mechanically supports the antenna element portion. The dielectric material-made radome partially covers the antenna element and feed portions. The antenna element portion is formed of an approximately helical-shaped portion and an approximately meander-shaped portion, both of which are made of a thin-belt-shaped conductive plate and concentrically formed on the core rod. Properly adjusting of the helical-shaped and the meander-shaped portions can provide impedance characteristics optimal for multi-ranged frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Toyoshi Fukumura
  • Patent number: 6369777
    Abstract: Relating to an antenna device used in wireless unit for mobile communication or the like, it is an object to present an antenna device hardly causing uneven pitch or deformation of antenna elements, high in gain and reliability, excellent in productivity, and having two or more impedance characteristics, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohara, Koji Sako, Shinzo Koumoto, Yusuke Ishito, Yasunori Kishimoto, Norihisa Nishida, Hiroaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 6348896
    Abstract: Insulating-resin-made attachment part 13A is equipped with connection terminal 10 electrically connected to antenna element 3, and connection terminal 10 is directly connected to a prescribed circuit of a radio machine. As a mounting means to the radio machine, snap part 9 having a metal part projecting out of the sidewall of attachment part 13A is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Takagi, Masahiro Ohara
  • Publication number: 20010004248
    Abstract: Insulating-resin-made attachment part 13A is equipped with connection terminal 10 electrically connected to antenna element 3, and connection terminal 10 is directly connected to a prescribed circuit of a radio machine. As a mounting means to the radio machine, snap part 9 having a metal part projecting out of the sidewall of attachment part 13A is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Naoyuki Takagi, Masahiro Ohara
  • Patent number: 6132591
    Abstract: In removal of sulfate groups and chlorate groups from brine used for electrolysis, concentrated brine used in an electrolysis process or dilute brine whose concentration is decreased by electrolysis is fed to an anode chamber divided by a cation exchange membrane in a brine treating electrolyzer, where the concentrated or dilute brine is electrolyzed to recover chloride ions therein. The concentrated brine is electrolyzed at a rate of decomposition of salt higher than that in the ion exchange membrane electrolysis process of brine. Thereafter, the concentrated or dilute brine is discharged out of the electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terumi Matsuoka, Masahiro Ohara, Takamichi Kishi
  • Patent number: 6068177
    Abstract: A continuous hot rolling method including the steps of: cutting the tail portion of a preceding material in a steel product and the front portion of a succeeding material in the steel product to form butt faces; previously determining the thickness of scale created on the butt faces to determine the proportion of the weight of the scale; calculating the amount of oxygen dissolved in a weld molten zone, determining a deoxidation capacity of a deoxidizer for deoxidizing the above amount of oxygen; allowing the butt faces to abut against each other to form a butt area; applying a laser beam to the butt area to form a weld molten zone; incorporating the deoxidizer having the above deoxidation capacity into the weld molten zone; and hot rolling the molten joined steel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Matsuo, Katsuhiro Maeda, Seiji Arizumi, Katsuhiro Minamida, Masahiro Ohara, Takaaki Nakamura, Hiroki Kato, Shigeru Nishibayashi, Masakazu Abe
  • Patent number: 5994665
    Abstract: Sheet bars are effectively joined while they are traveling and subjected to continuous hot rolling without causing defects in quality and without requiring large expensive apparatus such as a swing roller etc.The present invention is to provide a continuous hot rolling method and apparatus in which the tail of a preceding sheet bar is butted to the top of a succeeding sheet bar between the rough and finishing mills on a continuous hot rolling line, and the butted portion is welded from the upper surface of the sheet bars by means of laser beam or plasma arc while the sheet bars are traveling.According to the present invention, it is possible to join sheet bars from the upper surface in a short period of time without stopping the sheet bars and without causing splashes and burrs, before the sheet bars are subjected to continuous finish rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Nishibayashi, Masahiro Ohara, Katsuhiro Minamida, Tadatsugu Yoshida, Rokuro Kohno, Atsushi Sugihashi
  • Patent number: 5950808
    Abstract: All of a transparent electrode layer 2, a light-emitting layer 3, a dielectric layer 4, a back-surface electrode 5, collecting electrodes 5a, 5b, and an insulating coat layer 6 are laminated with predetermined patterns by screen printing on a insulating transparent film 1. Conductive paste used for forming transparent electrode layer 2 comprises conductive powder of indium oxide which contains needle-like powder (A) and fine-grain powder (B) at a blending ratio of (A):(B)=100:0 to 20:80. A binder resin (D), being a photo-hardening or thermal-hardening resin, is mixed with the conductive powder (C) at a blending ratio of (C):(D)=45:55 to 95:5, thereby obtaining an excellent EL lighting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Tanabe, Masahiro Ohara, Masaru Kuwahara