Patents by Inventor Akio Hidaka

Akio Hidaka 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: 20170092420
    Abstract: A contactless connector apparatus is provided with a first coil closely opposed to a second coil so as to be electromagnetically coupled thereto. The first coil includes: an inner transmitter coil wound around an axis passing through its center; and an outer transmitter coil wound around the axis and outside the inner coil. One end of the outer transmitter coil is connected to one end of the inner transmitter coil such that, when a current flows through the transmitter coils, a direction of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the inner transmitter coil is opposite to that of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the outer transmitter coil. A self-inductance of the outer transmitter coil is larger than that of the inner transmitter coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi ASANUMA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Tsutomu SAKATA, Akio HIDAKA, Toshiaki KIKUI
  • Publication number: 20170018953
    Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes a wireless power charging coil; first and second wireless communication coils, which are respectively electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic sheet. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic sheet. The first and second wireless communication coils are adjacent to and outside of the wireless power charging coil. At least a portion of the first wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic sheet. At least a portion of the second wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Tabata, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9548621
    Abstract: A contactless connector apparatus is provided with a first coil closely opposed to a second coil so as to be electromagnetically coupled thereto. The first coil includes: an inner transmitter coil wound around an axis passing through its center; and an outer transmitter coil wound around the axis and outside the inner coil. One end of the outer transmitter coil is connected to one end of the inner transmitter coil such that, when a current flows through the transmitter coils, a direction of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the inner transmitter coil is opposite to that of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the outer transmitter coil. A self-inductance of the outer transmitter coil is larger than that of the inner transmitter coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Asanuma, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Sakata, Akio Hidaka, Toshiaki Kikui
  • Publication number: 20160172896
    Abstract: This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse, Munenori Fujimura, Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Patent number: 9306411
    Abstract: This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse, Munenori Fujimura, Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Publication number: 20150326055
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal comprising a connecting hole for connecting the inside and the outside of a housing, a camera unit that is mounted to a circuit substrate, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module that is accommodated in the housing. The camera unit comprises a camera module that is capable of capturing images through the connecting hole. The secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged at a position so as to not overlap with the camera unit in a plan view that follows the thickness direction of the housing, and is arranged within a length that follows the thickness direction (direction indicated by the arrow) of the housing at the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20150326056
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit substrate, a secondary-side non-contact charging module, and a heat dissipating sheet. The circuit substrate comprises a substrate, an electronic component that is mounted to the substrate, and a shield case that covers the electronic component. The heat dissipation sheet is in contact with the shield case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20150326057
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a battery pack, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module. In a plan view along the thickness direction of the housing, the battery pack is arranged in a first area, and the secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged in a second area that is adjacent to the first area. The secondary-side non-contact charging module overlaps with the intersection of a center line for the second area, said center line following the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other, and a center line for the width direction of the housing, said center line being orthogonal to the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 8963490
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that prevents the magnet from negatively influencing particularly the inside portion of a coil and improves power transmission efficiency, even when a magnet is used for alignment. This non-contact charging module is a reception-side non-contact charging module, to which power is transmitted from a transmission-side non-contact charging module which is equipped with magnet, by electromagnetic induction, in which the non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion around which spiral electric lines are wound, and a magnetic sheet disposed to face the surface of coil of the planar coil portion so that it faces the magnet of the transmission-side contact module, in which the inner diameter of the planar coil portion is larger than the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka, Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8928278
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that uses a magnet included in a counterpart-side non-contact charging module or does not use the magnet when aligning with the counterpart-side non-contact charging module is performed. An L value of a coil that is provided in the non-contact charging module is not changed. This non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion where electrical lines are wound and a magnetic sheet that places a coil surface of the planar coil portion and faces the coil surface of the planar coil portion, and in the magnetic sheet, a hole portion is provided at the position corresponding to a hollow portion of the planar coil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20140375262
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless charging module which is made to be compact by a wireless charging coil and a NFC antenna being implemented as a single module, and is capable of carrying out communication and power transmission in the same direction while preventing mutual interference. This wireless charging module is provided with a charging coil (30) having wound conducting wire, and a NFC coil (40) arranged around the charging coil (30), and the axis of the charging coil (30) and the axis of the NFC coil (40) intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Tabata, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20140306656
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact charging module for which miniaturization is achieved by making a non-contact charging coil, an NFC antenna, and a magnetic sheet into one module, and which enables transmission and power propagation in the same direction. This device of the present invention is provided with a charging coil comprising a wound lead wire, an NFC coil disposed so as to surround the charging coil, and a magnetic sheet that holds the charging coil and the NFC coil from the same direction. The number of turns of the charging coil is greater than that of the NFC coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20140197694
    Abstract: A contactless connector apparatus is provided with a first coil closely opposed to a second coil so as to be electromagnetically coupled thereto. The first coil includes: an inner transmitter coil wound around an axis passing through its center; and an outer transmitter coil wound around the axis and outside the inner coil. One end of the outer transmitter coil is connected to one end of the inner transmitter coil such that, when a current flows through the transmitter coils, a direction of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the inner transmitter coil is opposite to that of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the outer transmitter coil. A self-inductance of the outer transmitter coil is larger than that of the inner transmitter coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Asanuma, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Sakata, Akio Hidaka, Toshiaki Kikui
  • Publication number: 20140091758
    Abstract: This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse, Munenori Fujimura, Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Publication number: 20140070766
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that prevents the magnet from negatively influencing particularly the inside portion of a coil and improves power transmission efficiency, even when a magnet is used for alignment. This non-contact charging module is a reception-side non-contact charging module, to which power is transmitted from a transmission-side non-contact charging module which is equipped with magnet, by electromagnetic induction, in which the non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion around which spiral electric lines are wound, and a magnetic sheet disposed to face the surface of coil of the planar coil portion so that it faces the magnet of the transmission-side contact module, in which the inner diameter of the planar coil portion is larger than the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka, Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140062393
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that uses a magnet included in a counterpart-side non-contact charging module or does not use the magnet when aligning with the counterpart-side non-contact charging module is performed. An L value of a coil that is provided in the non-contact charging module is not changed. This non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion where electrical lines are wound and a magnetic sheet that places a coil surface of the planar coil portion and faces the coil surface of the planar coil portion, and in the magnetic sheet, a hole portion is provided at the position corresponding to a hollow portion of the planar coil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20130293191
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact charging module wherein adverse effects from magnets have been prevented even where magnets are used for positioning, power transmission efficiency has been improved, and the entire module has been made thin due to a state of improved power transmission efficiency. The non-contact charging module comprises a planar coil portion (2) of spirally wound conductive wiring, and a magnetic sheet (3) that is provided so as to oppose a surface of a coil (21) on the planar coil portion (2), and is characterized in that the magnetic sheet is layered with a first layer, and a second layer that has a lower magnetic permeability and a higher saturation magnetic flux density than the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Patent number: 8552684
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that prevents the magnet from negatively influencing particularly the inside portion of a coil and improves power transmission efficiency, even when a magnet is used for alignment. This non-contact charging module is a reception-side non-contact charging module, to which power is transmitted from a transmission-side non-contact charging module which is equipped with magnet, by electromagnetic induction, in which the non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion around which spiral electric lines are wound, and a magnetic sheet disposed to face the surface of coil of the planar coil portion so that it faces the magnet of the transmission-side contact module, in which the inner diameter of the planar coil portion is larger than the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka, Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8547058
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a non-contact charging module that uses a magnet included in a counterpart-side non-contact charging module or does not use the magnet when aligning with the counterpart-side non-contact charging module is performed. An L value of a coil that is provided in the non-contact charging module is not changed. This non-contact charging module includes a planar coil portion where electrical lines are wound and a magnetic sheet that places a coil surface of the planar coil portion and faces the coil surface of the planar coil portion, and in the magnetic sheet, a hole portion is provided at the position corresponding to a hollow portion of the planar coil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20130181668
    Abstract: Provided are a non-contact charging module and a non-contact charging instrument such that the non-contact module can be made thin in a state where a sufficient cross-sectional area of a planar coil portion has been ensured and power transmission efficiency has been enhanced. The non-contact module comprises the planar coil portion (2) on which a plurality of conducting wires have been spirally wound, and a magnetic sheet provided so as to oppose a surface of a coil (21) of the planar coil portion (2), the plurality of conducting wires are respectively connected together at both ends, and the planar coil portion (2) has a part wound overlapped in multiple layers and another part wound in a single layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Akio Hidaka, Tokuji Nishino