Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kashino

Yuichi Kashino 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: 20240079160
    Abstract: A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a first tape wrapping body in which a first adhesive tape is wrapped around a first electric wire portion of a first wrapping section directed to one side from a base point in an axial direction of the electric wire; and a second tape wrapping body in which a second adhesive tape is wrapped around a second electric wire portion of a second wrapping section directed to another side from the base point in the axial direction of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoya HARA, Tatsuya ISHIKAWA, Yuichi KASHINO, Yasuaki MURAO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11699853
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration, said antenna device supporting a plurality of frequency bands. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: at least one first radiation element that has a resonant frequency in a first frequency band; at least one second radiation element; and a connection line for connecting the first radiation element and the second radiation element. The line length formed of the first radiation element, the connection line, and the second radiation element is set to a length so as to have a resonant frequency in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uno, Tomoaki Nishikido, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yuichi Kashino
  • Patent number: 11695207
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration and in which it is possible to control the directivity in various directions. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: an array antenna that includes at least one antenna element disposed on a first surface of a substrate and that forms beams in respective directions having a plurality of angles including a first angle relative to the first surface of the substrate; and a side wall that is provided on at least a partial periphery of the at least one antenna element and that refracts, in a direction along the substrate, a first beam in the direction having the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kashino, Hiroyuki Uno, Tomoaki Nishikido
  • Publication number: 20220352630
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration, said antenna device supporting a plurality of frequency bands. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: at least one first radiation element that has a resonant frequency in a first frequency band; at least one second radiation element; and a connection line for connecting the first radiation element and the second radiation element. The line length formed of the first radiation element, the connection line, and the second radiation element is set to a length so as to have a resonant frequency in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki UNO, Tomoaki NISHIKIDO, Hiroyuki UEJIMA, Yuichi KASHINO
  • Patent number: 11424537
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration, said antenna device supporting a plurality of frequency bands. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: at least one first radiation element that is provided on one surface of a substrate and that has a resonant frequency in a first frequency band; at least one second radiation element provided on the one surface of the substrate; a connection line for connecting the first radiation element and the second radiation element on the one surface of the substrate; a conductor that is provided at a position facing the first radiation element in the interior of the substrate and that has a slot; and a power supply line for supplying power to the first radiation element via the slot. The connection line is connected to the center portion, of the first radiation element, in a direction along the direction of polarization of radio waves radiated due to resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uno, Tomoaki Nishikido, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yuichi Kashino
  • Patent number: 10985471
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a housing that includes an aperture in a front direction as a transmitting direction of an electromagnetic wave; a circuit board disposed in the housing such that a board surface extends along the front direction; an antenna unit that includes antenna elements being arrayed along a direction intersecting the front direction in a region on a side in the front direction of the circuit board, and that transmits the electromagnetic wave to the outside of the housing through the aperture and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a dielectric lens that is disposed in the aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed and that has a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Tomohiro Yui, Ken Takahashi, Yuichi Kashino, Kouji Suzuki, Noriaki Saito, Shigeki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210075105
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration and in which it is possible to control the directivity in various directions. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: an array antenna that includes at least one antenna element disposed on a first surface of a substrate and that forms beams in respective directions having a plurality of angles including a first angle relative to the first surface of the substrate; and a side wall that is provided on at least a partial periphery of the at least one antenna element and that refracts, in a direction along the substrate, a first beam in the direction having the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichi KASHINO, Hiroyuki UNO, Tomoaki NISHIKIDO
  • Publication number: 20210036423
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration, said antenna device supporting a plurality of frequency bands. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: at least one first radiation element that is provided on one surface of a substrate and that has a resonant frequency in a first frequency band; at least one second radiation element provided on the one surface of the substrate; a connection line for connecting the first radiation element and the second radiation element on the one surface of the substrate; a conductor that is provided at a position facing the first radiation element in the interior of the substrate and that has a slot; and a power supply line for supplying power to the first radiation element via the slot. The connection line is connected to the center portion, of the first radiation element, in a direction along the direction of polarization of radio waves radiated due to resonance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki UNO, Tomoaki NISHIKIDO, Hiroyuki UEJIMA, Yuichi KASHINO
  • Patent number: 10804615
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a case having an opening at the front in a forward direction, which is a transmission direction of electromagnetic waves; a circuit board placed in the case, the circuit board having first and second circuit board parts, one component side of the first circuit board part facing in the forward direction, the component sides of the second circuit board part extending along the forward direction; a transmission antenna and reception antenna composed of a plurality of antenna elements placed into an array in a direction crossing the forward direction in an area, facing in the forward direction, on the circuit board; and a dielectric lens having a semi-cylindrical or parabolic cylindrical shape in the forward direction, the dielectric lens being placed in the opening in the case so as to extend along a direction in which the plurality of antenna elements are placed into an array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Tomohiro Yui, Ken Takahashi, Yuichi Kashino, Kouji Suzuki, Noriaki Saito, Shigeki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10790582
    Abstract: An antenna device that has a housing formed with a window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, the antenna device having a length in a direction of transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave that is greater than a height thereof, comprises: a circuit board that is provided inside the housing; a reflection plate that is provided inside the housing and faces a board surface of the circuit board; a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the reflection plate; and a receiving antenna that is provided inside the housing and receives the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Ken Takahashi, Tomohiro Yui, Noriaki Saito, Kouji Suzuki, Yuichi Kashino
  • Publication number: 20190386395
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a first antenna that is provided on a board and forms a main lobe in a first direction along a plane of the board; a second antenna that is provided on the board and forms a main lobe in a second direction along the plane of the board, the second direction forming an angle of greater than 90 degrees and equal to or less than 180 degrees with respect to the first direction; a first reflecting mirror that changes a traveling direction of radio waves radiated in the first direction from the first antenna into a third direction; and a second reflecting mirror that changes a traveling direction of radio waves entering from a fourth direction into the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: YUICHI KASHINO, JUNJI SATO
  • Patent number: 10446919
    Abstract: An antenna device comprising: one or more substrates; a first radiating element disposed on a first region of a surface of the one or more substrates that face a cover covering the antenna device; a second radiating element disposed on a second region of the surface of the one or more substrates that face the cover; a first reflecting plate that reflects an electromagnetic wave from the first radiating element; and a second reflecting plate that reflects an electromagnetic wave from the second radiating element, wherein the first reflecting plate and the second reflecting plate take different positions in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the one or more substrates that face the cover, and the first region and the second region are regions that do not overlap each other on the surface of the one or more substrates that face the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Yuichi Kashino, Ken Takahashi, Yuto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10396452
    Abstract: A dielectric substrate for transmitting a signal with a frequency f0 includes a dielectric and a copper film pattern arranged on a first surface of the dielectric. The copper film pattern has a first dimension L in a direction parallel to a propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave that has the frequency f0 and that propagates on the first surface, and the first dimension L is given by: L = 1 ? r - 1 ? k ? ? ? 0 where ?r represents a relative permittivity of the dielectric, k represents a constant in a range of 0.15 to 0.70, and ?0 represents a free space wavelength of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Takahashi, Yuichi Kashino, Ryosuke Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20190165484
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a housing that includes an aperture in a front direction as a transmitting direction of an electromagnetic wave; a circuit board disposed in the housing such that a board surface extends along the front direction; an antenna unit that includes antenna elements being arrayed along a direction intersecting the front direction in a region on a side in the front direction of the circuit board, and that transmits the electromagnetic wave to the outside of the housing through the aperture and receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a dielectric lens that is disposed in the aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed and that has a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, TOMOHIRO YUI, KEN TAKAHASHI, YUICHI KASHINO, KOUJI SUZUKI, NORIAKI SAITO, SHIGEKI NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190165460
    Abstract: An antenna device that includes a housing formed with an window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, comprises: a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the cover member; a receiving antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave; a circuit board that extends along a transmission direction of the electromagnetic wave and includes a board surface provided with the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna; and a dielectric lens covering the window surface that narrows a beam of the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitting antenna to transmit the beam outside the housing and collects the electromagnetic wave from outside the housing to transmit the electromagnetic wave to the receiving antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, TOMOHIRO YUI, KOUJI SUZUKI, NORIAKI SAITO, YUICHI KASHINO, KEN TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190165462
    Abstract: An antenna device that has a housing formed with a window surface and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member facing the window surface, the antenna device having a length in a direction of transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave that is greater than a height thereof, comprises: a circuit board that is provided inside the housing; a reflection plate that is provided inside the housing and faces a board surface of the circuit board; a transmitting antenna that is provided inside the housing and transmits the electromagnetic wave to a side of the reflection plate; and a receiving antenna that is provided inside the housing and receives the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, KEN TAKAHASHI, TOMOHIRO YUI, NORIAKI SAITO, KOUJI SUZUKI, YUICHI KASHINO
  • Publication number: 20190165482
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a case having an opening at the front in a forward direction, which is a transmission direction of electromagnetic waves; a circuit board placed in the case, the circuit board having first and second circuit board parts, one component side of the first circuit board part facing in the forward direction, the component sides of the second circuit board part extending along the forward direction; a transmission antenna and reception antenna composed of a plurality of antenna elements placed into an array in a direction crossing the forward direction in an area, facing in the forward direction, on the circuit board; and a dielectric lens having a semi-cylindrical or parabolic cylindrical shape in the forward direction, the dielectric lens being placed in the opening in the case so as to extend along a direction in which the plurality of antenna elements are placed into an array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, TOMOHIRO YUI, KEN TAKAHASHI, YUICHI KASHINO, KOUJI SUZUKI, NORIAKI SAITO, SHIGEKI NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190165461
    Abstract: An antenna device having a case in which an opening is formed transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through a cover member opposite to the opening. The antenna device includes a circuit board that has a first circuit board part having a component side opposite to the cover member and also has a second circuit board part extending in a direction perpendicular to the component side, the circuit board being disposed in the case. The antenna device also includes a transmission antenna that sends the electromagnetic wave toward the cover member, the transmission antenna being disposed on the component side, and a reception antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave, the reception antenna being disposed on the component side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, TOMOHIRO YUI, KEN TAKAHASHI, NORIAKI SAITO, KOUJI SUZUKI, YUICHI KASHINO
  • Publication number: 20190165483
    Abstract: A radar device includes: an antenna unit including antenna elements arrayed along a direction intersecting a front direction in a circuit board, transmitting an electromagnetic wave upward of a board surface of the circuit board, and receiving a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; a reflection unit supported above the board surface of the circuit board in a housing, reflecting the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the antenna unit to change a traveling direction of the electromagnetic wave to the front direction, and reflecting the reflected wave from the front direction to change a traveling direction of the reflected wave to a direction toward the antenna unit; and a dielectric lens disposed in an aperture of the housing to extend along a direction in which the antenna elements are arrayed, and having a semi-cylindrical shape or a parabolic-cylindrical shape projecting in the front direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI, TOMOHIRO YUI, KEN TAKAHASHI, YUICHI KASHINO, KOUJI SUZUKI, NORIAKI SAITO, SHIGEKI NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10141646
    Abstract: An array antenna device of this disclosure includes a substrate, a strip conductor with a linear-shape, which is provided on the substrate, and a power feeder that feeds power to the strip conductor, and a plurality of loop elements, a conductor plate, and a plurality of feeding elements. The plurality of loop elements are provided on a first surface of the substrate, and are located along the strip conductor with a specified spacing from each other. Each of the plurality of loop elements has a loop-shape with a notch. The plurality of feeding elements are connected to the strip conductor, and each has a shape extending along a portion of an outer edge of corresponding one of the plurality of loop elements. The conductor plate is provided on a second surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Yuichi Kashino, Junji Sato