Patents by Inventor Toshio Tomonari

Toshio Tomonari 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: 10755848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu
  • Publication number: 20200185145
    Abstract: A device includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core, each of the first and second wires having 1st to Nth turns counting from the first end to the second end, the 1st to Nth turns including an i?1th turn, an ith turn, a jth turn, and a j+1th turn, where j is greater than i. The ith turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the second wire, the i?1th turn of the second wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the first wire, and the i?1th turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the i?1th turn of the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu, Yuma Komaya
  • Publication number: 20200135382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first coil pattern formed on the first surface of the substrate, and a second coil pattern formed on the second surface of the substrate. The first coil pattern includes first and second lines, and the second coil pattern includes third and fourth lines. The first line is greater in a number of turn than the second line, and the third line is greater in a number of turn than the fourth line. The first line is connected to the fourth line, and the third line is connected to the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Junpei HAYAMA, Noritaka CHIYO, Shigeru KANEKO, Tomohiro MORIKI, Takahiro OHISHI, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Patent number: 10629363
    Abstract: A coil device includes a winding core with a coil portion wound by a wire, first and second flanges with open magnetic circuit respectively formed on both sides of the winding core in an axial direction, and a first facing surface of the first flange and a second facing surface of the second flange facing each other in the axial direction on an outer circumference side of the coil portion. S1/S2 is 0.2 to 1.0, where S1 is a maximum lateral cross sectional area of the winding core as seen from the axial direction, and S2 is a projected overlapping area overlapped by the first facing surface and the second facing surface as seen from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syun Ashizawa, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Emi Ito
  • Patent number: 10600555
    Abstract: A device is provided that includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core so as to cross each other on the core to form a cross point. The a winding structure of an ith turn of the first and second wires counting from the cross point toward the first end, and a winding structure of an ith turn of the first and second wires counting from the cross point toward the second end, are substantially symmetrical about the cross point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu, Yuma Komaya
  • Publication number: 20200090857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio TOMONARI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Kazunori ARIMITSU
  • Publication number: 20200013545
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coil component in which leakage of magnetic flux from a magnetic gap is reduced. A coil component includes: a drum-shaped core 20 having a winding core part 30 with a gap G formed therein and first and second flange parts 31 and 32; a plate-like core 40 fixed to the first and second flange parts 31 and 32; and wires W1 to W3 wound around the winding core part 30 and each having one end connected to a terminal electrode provided on the first flange part 31 and the other end connected to a terminal electrode provided on the second flange part 32. According to the present invention, the gap G formed in the winding core part 30 functions as a magnetic gap, and magnetic flux leaking from the magnetic gap is shielded by the plate-like core 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi KOMACHI, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Patent number: 10522912
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device including a first metal layer having first and second areas, a coil pattern having first and second terminals, a first wiring pattern connected between the first area of the first metal layer and the first terminal of the coil pattern, and a second wiring pattern connected between the second area of the first metal layer and the second terminal of the coil pattern. The first metal layer, the first wiring pattern, and the second wiring pattern constitute at least a part of a loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Komachi, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou
  • Patent number: 10522283
    Abstract: A common mode filter includes a core, and first and second wires wound around the core. Each of the first and second wires includes at least i?1th turn, ith turn, and i+1th turn. The ith turn of the first wire intersects with the ith turn of the second wire without intersecting each of the i?1th and i+1th turns of the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu
  • Publication number: 20190326046
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a magnetic core having first and second through holes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a conductive plate including first and second body parts inserted respectively through the first and second through holes. The magnetic core includes a middle leg part positioned between the first and second through holes, a first outer leg part positioned on an opposite side to the middle leg part across the first through hole, and a second outer leg part positioned on an opposite side to the middle leg part across the second through hole. Area of each of the first and second outer leg parts defined by the first and second directions is larger than that of the middle leg part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syun Ashizawa, Toshio Tomonari, Masato Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10453600
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a differential mode filter including a core including a winding core part, a first wire wound around the winding core part in a first winding direction, and a second wire wound around the winding core part in a second winding direction opposite to the first winding direction. The winding core part includes first and second winding surfaces. A first crossing angle between the first and second wires that cross a plurality of times on the first winding surface is smaller than that a second crossing angle between the first and second wires that cross a plurality of times on the second winding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Toshio Tomonari, Emi Ito, Yuma Koyama
  • Patent number: 10396435
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a planar coil pattern having first, second, third and fourth sections, the first and second sections being opposite to each other, and the third and fourth sections being opposite to each other, and a metal layer having at least one aperture. A part of the first section and a part of the second section overlap the metal layer, and a remaining part of the first section and a remaining part of the second section overlap the aperture. A part or an entirety of both the third and fourth sections overlaps the metal layer or the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Komachi, Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou
  • Patent number: 10389328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a differential mode filter that includes first and second terminal electrodes provided on a first flange part of a core, and first and second wires wound around a winding core part of the core in an opposite direction to each other and connected respectively to the first and second terminal electrodes. The first and second wires cross each other on the winding core part to form a plurality of crossing portions that include first, second, and third crossing portions that are first, second, and third occurrences counting from the one end of the first and second wires, respectively. A first crossing angle between the first and second wires at the first crossing portion is larger than at least one of second and third crossing angles between the first and second wires at the second and third portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Toshio Tomonari, Emi Ito, Yuma Komaya
  • Patent number: 10388452
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a coil conductor part, and first and second high permeability parts provided respectively on both sides of the coil conductor part in a coil axis direction. The second high permeability part has a larger thickness in the coil axis direction than the first high permeability part. A low permeability part that segments at least a part of a magnetic path exists between the first and second high permeability parts in an outer diameter area of the coil conductor part when viewed in the coil axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Sachiko Takano, Shigeki Sato
  • Patent number: 10374276
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wire that includes: a core wire made of a conductor; an insulating film covering an outer periphery of the core wire; a catalyst adsorption film covering an outer periphery of the insulating film, the catalyst adsorption film including a catalyst serving as a reaction start point of electroless plating; and an outer periphery conductor covering an outer periphery of the catalyst adsorption film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Hirohumi Asou, Kosuke Kunitsuka
  • Patent number: 10374568
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes first and second terminal electrodes provided on the first flange part, third and fourth terminal electrodes provided on the second flange part, a first wire wound around the winding core part and having one end connected to the first terminal electrode and other end connected to the third terminal electrode, and a second wire wound around the winding core part and having one end connected to the second terminal electrode and other end connected to the fourth terminal electrode. The winding core part includes a first winding region, a second winding region, and a third winding region positioned between the first and second winding regions in the axial direction. The first and second wires are bifilar-wound in the first and second winding regions and layer-wound in the third winding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Toshio Tomonari, Emi Ito, Yuma Koyama
  • Publication number: 20190229697
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. A predetermined one turn of the first wire crosses a predetermined one turn of the second wire a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo ASAI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Daisuke URABE, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Emi ITO, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Publication number: 20190228895
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes: a winding core part including first and second winding areas and a third winding area positioned between the first and second winding areas; and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block wound in the first winding area and a second winding block wound in the second winding area. The first and second wires cross each other in the third winding area. Each of the first and second winding blocks has first and second winding layers. The difference in a number of turns between the first winding layer and the second winding layer is larger in the first winding block than in the second winding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Publication number: 20190228901
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo ASAI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Daisuke URABE, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Emi ITO, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Patent number: D871338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuma Komaya, Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu