Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Imano

Yoshiaki Imano 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: 8917216
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a feeding line having a first conductor and a second conductor and an antenna element having a conductive flat plate in which a slit is formed. The conductive flat plate has first and second sides opposite to each other and a third side. The antenna element is divided into an antenna pattern portion and a ground pattern portion via the slit. The slit is configured with a first slit portion apart from a center line towards the first side, a second slit portion apart from the center line towards the second side, a third slit portion coupling the first slit portion with the second slip portion, and a cutting portion coupling the third slit portion with the third side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Miyoshi, Akihiro Oshima, Yoshiaki Imano
  • Publication number: 20130169496
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a feeding line having a first conductor and a second conductor and an antenna element having a conductive flat plate in which a slit is formed. The conductive flat plate has first and second sides opposite to each other and a third side. The antenna element is divided into an antenna pattern portion and a ground pattern portion via the slit. The slit is configured with a first slit portion apart from a center line towards the first side, a second slit portion apart from the center line towards the second side, a third slit portion coupling the first slit portion with the second slip portion, and a cutting portion coupling the third slit portion with the third side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MIYOSHI, Akihiro OSHIMA, Yoshiaki IMANO
  • Patent number: 7528793
    Abstract: A GPS receiving antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The top cover and the bottom plate are provided with engagement parts and claw parts, respectively, and the top cover and the bottom plate are joined with each other as the packing member is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito, Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: 7339538
    Abstract: An antenna unit according to the present invention comprises an antenna case composed of a top cover and a bottom plate that are joined together. An antenna module is disposed in the top cover. A packing member is disposed at a joining portion between the top cover and the bottom plate to thereby ensure sealing of the antenna module. The packing member has a plurality of anti-slip projecting portions, while the bottom plate has a plurality of through holes receiving the plurality of projecting portions so as to pass therethrough. A diameter of the through hole is made greater than that of the projecting portion to thereby provide a clearance between the through hole and the projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito
  • Patent number: 7327328
    Abstract: Mounted on a back surface (21b) of a circuit board (21), a shield cover (24) has a substantially rectangular ceiling portion (241) with four corners which are chamfered, four side wall portions (242-245), and four corner portions (457). The shield cover (24) is mounted on the back surface (21b) of the circuit board by soldering at the four corner portions (247). There is no gap between the four side wall portions (242-245) and the four corner portions (247). The shield cover (24) is formed by bending working of a metal plate (40) and has extension portions (248) at both ends of the four corner portions (247) so as to interpose with the side wall portions (242-245).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Kazunari Saito, Yoshiaki Imano
  • Patent number: 7312754
    Abstract: In a planar antenna including a board having an upper surface on which a planar antenna element pattern is formed, a probe for feeding to the planar antenna element pattern by electromagnetic coupling, a ground plate, and a base having a groove for disposing the probe therein, the planar antenna has a fastening member for fastening the board to the ground plate with the base sandwiched therebetween. The fastening member has a case, disposed on the upper surface of the board, having four bosses which extend downwards and which have four screw holes and four screws threaded to the four screw holes from the ground plate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Noro, Kanenari Kusanagi, Yoshiaki Imano
  • Patent number: 7187333
    Abstract: An antenna device that can surely prevent water from coming into the part where the transmission table is introduced and allows the number of parts to be reduced so that the cost can be reduced. The antenna device includes an antenna module that receives radio waves transmitted from a satellite, a cover member having a sufficient internal space to store the antenna module and its bottom opened, and a bottom plate to close the open bottom of the cover member. The transmission cable is connected to the antenna module. The transmission cable is inserted from the hole provided at the cover member and sealed by a seal material including silicon resin in the hole. The bottom plate is made of a metal plate and a magnet plate and the magnet plate has projections to position the magnet. After the bottom plate is attached, a composite resin material is filled and the cover member has its bottom side sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Akemi Kato, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20060279468
    Abstract: Mounted on a back surface (21b) of a circuit board (21), a shield cover (24) has a substantially rectangular ceiling portion (241) with four corners which are chamfered, four side wall portions (242-245), and four corner portions (457). The shield cover (24) is mounted on the back surface (21b) of the circuit board by soldering at the four corner portions (247). There is no gap between the four side wall portions (242-245) and the four corner portions (247). The shield cover (24) is formed by bending working of a metal plate (40) and has extension portions (248) at both ends of the four corner portions (247) so as to interpose with the side wall portions (242-245).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Kazunari Saito, Yoshiaki Imano
  • Patent number: 7129906
    Abstract: An antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The antenna case has a notch positioned at the joining part through which a signal line is externally extended, and the packing member integrally forms a base part that covers the entire surface of the antenna module and a gasket part that covers the outer periphery of the signal line connected to the antenna module in the position of the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Akemi Kato, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20060238429
    Abstract: A GPS receiving antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The top cover and the bottom plate are provided with engagement parts and claw parts, respectively, and the top cover and the bottom plate are joined with each other as the packing member is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20060197710
    Abstract: An antenna unit according to the present invention comprises an antenna case composed of a top cover and a bottom plate that are joined together. An antenna module is disposed in the top cover. A packing member is disposed at a joining portion between the top cover and the bottom plate to thereby ensure sealing of the antenna module. The packing member has a plurality of anti-slip projecting portions, while the bottom plate has a plurality of through holes receiving the plurality of projecting portions so as to pass therethrough. A diameter of the through hole is made greater than that of the projecting portion to thereby provide a clearance between the through hole and the projecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito
  • Publication number: 20060187122
    Abstract: In a planar antenna including a board having an upper surface on which a planar antenna element pattern is formed, a probe for feeding to the planar antenna element pattern by electromagnetic coupling, a ground plate, and a base having a groove for disposing the probe therein, the planar antenna has a fastening member for fastening the board to the ground plate with the base sandwiched therebetween. The fastening member has a case, disposed on the upper surface of the board, having four bosses which extend downwards and which have four screw holes and four screws threaded to the four screw holes from the ground plate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Noro, Kanenari Kusanagi, Yoshiaki Imano
  • Patent number: 7068238
    Abstract: A GPS receiving antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The top cover and the bottom plate are provided with engagement parts and claw parts, respectively, and the top cover and the bottom plate are joined with each other as the packing member is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20050068247
    Abstract: A GPS receiving antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The top cover and the bottom plate are provided with engagement parts and claw parts, respectively, and the top cover and the bottom plate are joined with each other as the packing member is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Kazunari Saito, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20050068248
    Abstract: An antenna device that can surely prevent water from coming into the part where the transmission table is introduced and allows the number of parts to be reduced so that the cost can be reduced. The antenna device includes an antenna module that receives radio waves transmitted from a satellite, a cover member having a sufficient internal space to store the antenna module and its bottom opened, and a bottom plate to close the open bottom of the cover member. The transmission cable is connected to the antenna module. The transmission cable is inserted from the hole provided at the cover member and sealed by a seal material including silicon resin in the hole. The bottom plate is made or a metal plate and a magnet plate and the magnet plate has projections to position the magnet. After the bottom plate is attached, a composite resin material is filled and the cover member has its bottom side sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Akemi Kato, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20050068246
    Abstract: An antenna device that can suitably be provided on the exterior of a vehicle is provided with low cost. An antenna case includes a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other. The top cover stores an antenna module that receives a signal and a packing member provided at the joining part between the top cover and the bottom plate to keep the antenna case tightly sealed. The antenna case has a notch positioned at the joining part through which a signal line is externally extended, and the packing member integrally forms a base part that covers the entire surface of the antenna module and a gasket part that covers the outer periphery of the signal line connected to the antenna module in the position of the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Yoneya, Yoshiaki Imano, Akemi Kato, Tsutomu Ito
  • Patent number: D579446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Imano, Kanenari Kusanagi, Akira Miyoshi