Patents by Inventor Fumitaka Terashima

Fumitaka Terashima 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: 10622699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular antenna apparatus including: a dielectric substrate; an antenna provided to the dielectric substrate; and a connector electrically connected to a feeding cable of a receiving apparatus, in which the antenna includes an antenna conductor provided to the dielectric substrate, and a feeding electrode electrically connected to the antenna conductor and provided on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the connector includes a connector main body supporting the feeding cable, and a terminal electrode provided to the connector main body and electrically connected to the feeding cable, and the feeding electrode and the terminal electrode are joined via an insulating adhesive, thereby being capacitively coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakano, Shoichi Takeuchi, Fumitaka Terashima
  • Patent number: 10374283
    Abstract: A coil for an antenna includes a ferrite core; and a winding conductor configured to have a conducting wire wound around the ferrite core as a core bar. The winding conductor includes an inner winding positioned inside when viewed from a plane perpendicular to the core bar, and an outer winding positioned outside of the inner winding. A length of the outer winding when viewed from a plane parallel to the core bar is different from a length of the inner winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventor: Fumitaka Terashima
  • Patent number: 10326221
    Abstract: An electric connection structure (1) is provided with: a glass plate (10); a power supply part (15) formed in the glass plate (10); a terminal (20) having a base part (21) opposing the glass plate (10); and a spring member (35) formed from a conductor and disposed between the power supply part (15) and the base part (21). The power supply part (15) and the base part (21) make contact with the spring member (35), whereby the power supply part (15) and the base part (21) are electrically connected via the spring member (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Hidehiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190061482
    Abstract: A resin body attachable to a peripheral region of a glass plate includes an information device attachment portion. The resin body may be attachable along a side of the glass plate. The information device attachment portion may include an insertion part through which an information device can be inserted, a fixing part where the information device can be fixed, and a transmission part through which signals from or to the information device can be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Nobuoka, Kazuhiro Nakano, Ryota Nakamura, Yuji Masaki, Fumitaka Terashima, Osamu Kagaya, Masaru Shiina, Kotara Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20190061641
    Abstract: A laminated plate with a bracket includes a laminated plate and a bracket. The laminated plate includes a first plate and a second plate which is laminated to the first plate via an intermediate film. An end of the second plate lies within a plane of the first plate in plan view. The bracket includes an engagement part. The engagement part engages with the end of the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Fumitaka Terashima, Ryota Nakamura, Yuji Masaki, Kazuhiro Nakano, Osamu Kagaya, Masaru Shina, Kotaro Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10181636
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna system including a glass antenna that is disposed in window glass that is installed in a window opening that is formed in a metal body of a vehicle, wherein the glass antenna is to receive a radio wave in a MF band or in a LF band; an in-vehicle antenna that is disposed at an inner side of the vehicle compared to the metal body of the vehicle, wherein the in-vehicle antenna is positioned in a vicinity of the glass antenna; and a canceler to cancel a noise signal of the in-vehicle antenna in a received signal of the glass antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Funatsu, Fumitaka Terashima
  • Publication number: 20180254570
    Abstract: An electric connection structure (1) is provided with: a glass plate (10); a power supply part (15) formed in the glass plate (10); a terminal (20) having a base part (21) opposing the glass plate (10); and a spring member (35) formed from a conductor and disposed between the power supply part (15) and the base part (21). The power supply part (15) and the base part (21) make contact with the spring member (35), whereby the power supply part (15) and the base part (21) are electrically connected via the spring member (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumitaka TERASHIMA, Hidehiko WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9882589
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a first antenna to receive a broadcast wave in a predetermined frequency band; a second antenna to receive noise from a noise source; and a canceler to cancel a noise signal received by the second antenna from a received signal received by the first antenna, wherein a radio wave of the broadcast wave in the predetermined frequency band equally reaches the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein reception gain for the predetermined frequency band received by the second antenna is lower than reception gain for the predetermined frequency band received by the first antenna, and wherein an output of the noise received by the first antenna is adjusted to be equal to an output of the noise received by the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi Funatsu, Fumitaka Terashima
  • Publication number: 20170093016
    Abstract: A coil for an antenna includes a ferrite core; and a winding conductor configured to have a conducting wire wound around the ferrite core as a core bar. The winding conductor includes an inner winding positioned inside when viewed from a plane perpendicular to the core bar, and an outer winding positioned outside of the inner winding. A length of the outer winding when viewed from a plane parallel to the core bar is different from a length of the inner winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Fumitaka TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170077595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular antenna apparatus including: a dielectric substrate; an antenna provided to the dielectric substrate; and a connector electrically connected to a feeding cable of a receiving apparatus, in which the antenna includes an antenna conductor provided to the dielectric substrate, and a feeding electrode electrically connected to the antenna conductor and provided on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the connector includes a connector main body supporting the feeding cable, and a terminal electrode provided to the connector main body and electrically connected to the feeding cable, and the feeding electrode and the terminal electrode are joined via an insulating adhesive, thereby being capacitively coupled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAKANO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Fumitaka TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9520665
    Abstract: An electrically connecting structure includes a glass plate, a feeding part formed on the glass plate, a terminal having a base part opposing the glass plate, an adhesive adhering the glass plate and the terminal, and a conductive rubber arranged between the feeding part and the base part. The adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive that once softens when heated and thereafter cures, and is arranged to surround a periphery of the conductive rubber. The feeding part and the base part have electrical continuity via the conductive rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Takeuchi, Fumitaka Terashima, Naohito Toriumi, Eiji Saita
  • Publication number: 20160269059
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a first antenna to receive a broadcast wave in a predetermined frequency band; a second antenna to receive noise from a noise source; and a canceler to cancel a noise signal received by the second antenna from a received signal received by the first antenna, wherein a radio wave of the broadcast wave in the predetermined frequency band equally reaches the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein reception gain for the predetermined frequency band received by the second antenna is lower than reception gain for the predetermined frequency band received by the first antenna, and wherein an output of the noise received by the first antenna is adjusted to be equal to an output of the noise received by the second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshifumi FUNATSU, Fumitaka TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160099494
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna system including a glass antenna that is disposed in window glass that is installed in a window opening that is formed in a metal body of a vehicle, wherein the glass antenna is to receive a radio wave in a MF band or in a LF band; an in-vehicle antenna that is disposed at an inner side of the vehicle compared to the metal body of the vehicle, wherein the in-vehicle antenna is positioned in a vicinity of the glass antenna; and a canceler to cancel a noise signal of the in-vehicle antenna in a received signal of the glass antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshifumi FUNATSU, Fumitaka TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150155646
    Abstract: An electrically connecting structure includes a glass plate, a feeding part formed on the glass plate, a terminal having a base part opposing the glass plate, an adhesive adhering the glass plate and the terminal, and a conductive rubber arranged between the feeding part and the base part. The adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive that once softens when heated and thereafter cures, and is arranged to surround a periphery of the conductive rubber. The feeding part and the base part have electrical continuity via the conductive rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Fumitaka TERASHIMA, Naohito TORIUMI, Eiji SAITA
  • Patent number: 6243043
    Abstract: A first resonance is generated by the inductance of a first coil connected between a first antenna conductor in a window glass sheet and a receiver and the impedance of the antenna conductor, and a second resonance is generated by the inductance of a second coil connected between a second antenna conductor 3b and an automobile body as the earth. The antenna conductor and the antenna conductor are in a capacitive coupling relation, whereby signals in different broadcast band: a low frequency band and a high frequency band, are well received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Kohji Tabata, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6201505
    Abstract: A glass antenna device capable of receiving well both AM and FM broadcast signals wherein a series resonance is generated by a coil 31 disposed between a defogger 90 and a receiver 7, a parallel resonance is generated by a coil 32 disposed between the defogger 90 and the automobile body as the earth and a high frequency choking coil 52 for blocking FM signals is connected between an antenna conductor 3 and the defogger 90 to prevent the FM signals exited in the antenna conductor 3 from leaking to the automobile body as the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Nobuyasu Ikutame
  • Patent number: 6072435
    Abstract: A first resonance is generated by the inductance of a first coil connected between a first antenna conductor in a window glass sheet and a receiver and the impedance of the antenna conductor, and a second resonance is generated by the inductance of a second coil connected between a second antenna conductor and an automobile body as the earth. The antenna conductor and the antenna conductor are in a capacitive coupling relation, whereby signals in different broadcast band: a low frequency band and a high frequency band, are well received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Kohji Tabata, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5675347
    Abstract: A high frequency wave glass antenna for automobile in which a line shape or a strip shape antenna conductor is provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile in an approximately circular, an approximately elliptic or an approximately polygonal form having an opening portion, a first end of two ends on both sides in the vicinity of the opening portion of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end thereof is connected to a grounding conductor, and which provides the electricity feeding portion and the grounding conductor that are proximate to each other, or the grounding conductor having a predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Toshihiko Saitou, Kiyoshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 5568156
    Abstract: A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile in which a line shape or a strip shape antenna conductor is provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile in an approximately circular, an approximately elliptic or an approximately polygonal form having an opening portion, a first end of two ends on both sides in the vicinity of the opening portion of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end thereof is connected to a grounding conductor, and which provides the electricity feeding portion and the grounding conductor that are proximate to each other, or the grounding conductor having a predetermined area. An insular conductor is provided in a range wherein the insular conductor is capacitively coupled with a portion or a total of a preamplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Terashima, Toshihiko Saitou, Kiyoshi Shibata