Patents by Inventor Ichiro KUWAYAMA
Ichiro KUWAYAMA 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).
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Publication number: 20240138055Abstract: A high frequency circuit includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer stacked on the first insulating layer directly or with one or more intermediate layers interposed therebetween; a first ground disposed on a first surface that does not face the second insulating layer among the first surface and a second surface forming two surfaces of the first insulating layer; a first line having a first end portion to which a first alternating-current signal is to be supplied and a second line having a second end portion to which a second alternating-current signal is to be supplied that are disposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer; a second ground disposed on a third surface that does not face the first insulating layer among the third surface and a fourth surface forming two surfaces of the second insulating layer; and a first shield via.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shun IGARASHI, Hiroshi UEDA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Ichiro KUWAYAMA
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Patent number: 11916296Abstract: An antenna device, for a mobile body, of this disclosure includes an antenna configured to be installed in the mobile body, and a reflector having a reflection surface configured to change a beam direction of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yutaro Miki, Suguru Yamagishi, Takanori Fukunaga, Ichiro Kuwayama, Toyohisa Takano, Hiroki Hirai, Norichika Oomi, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11878640Abstract: A wiring module includes: a sheet which is a member extending planarly and including an easy-fracture part sectioning the sheet into a plurality of areas and capable of dividing the sheet into the areas; and a transmission member including one of or both a power line supplying an electrical power to at least one apparatus provided in one or more of the plurality of areas and a signal line enabling communication with the apparatus, wherein, in a case where the transmission member is disposed over at least two areas, a part of a middle portion of the transmission member in relation to an end portion connected to the apparatus is fixed to a first area in the two areas, and the transmission member is laid without being fixed to a second area in the two areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Norichika Oomi, Daisuke Miyawaki, Shinichi Ishiko, Yuji Takenaka, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano, Yutaro Miki, Takanori Fukunaga
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Publication number: 20230417905Abstract: A radar antenna of the disclosure is a radar antenna unit including a receiving antenna configured to receive a reflected wave of a radar wave. The receiving antenna includes a plurality of receiving antenna elements arranged at an interval so as to form a row along a first direction. The plurality of receiving antenna elements include a first end antenna element positioned at a first end of the row, a second end antenna element positioned at a second end of the row, and a plurality of intermediate antenna elements positioned between the first end antenna element and the second end antenna element. Of a plurality of the intervals between the plurality of receiving antenna elements, at least one interval differs from other interval. The plurality of receiving antenna elements are disposed such that PL+PR?PAVG×2 holds. PAVG is from 0.8 ?0 to 1.2 ?0. PL is a first end interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro MIKI, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Takanori FUKUNAGA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Hideaki SHIRANAGA, Nobuo HIGASHIDA, Eiji MOCHIDA, Shohei OGAWA, Yusuke YAHATA
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Publication number: 20230369770Abstract: An antenna device includes: a conductive ground conductor plate; a plate-shaped radiating element disposed without being in contact with the ground conductor plate; a feeding line including a conductor and a shield member that surrounds the conductor, the shield member being connected to the ground conductor plate; and a conductive feeding element that includes a facing plate portion that faces the radiating element with an air layer provided therebetween, and is connected to the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Shuhei TERADA, Norichika OOMI, Kosuke SONE, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Ai TAKEHISA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Yutaro MIKI
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Publication number: 20230231317Abstract: This array antenna is an array antenna to be used for beam forming and includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a ground; a dielectric provided between the plurality of antenna elements and the ground, the dielectric having an electrical length, from the plurality of antenna elements to the ground, of not less than 0.03; and a shield structure provided at least between the plurality of antenna elements and configured to shield a radio wave radiated from each antenna element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro MIKI, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Kosuke SONE
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Publication number: 20230216218Abstract: An onboard antenna module includes: a plate-shaped member that is fixed to a body of a vehicle and at least a portion of which is plate-shaped; and a plurality of antennas that are provided on the plate-shaped member, wherein a plurality of antennas included in the plurality of antennas provided on the plate-shaped member constitute a first diversity antenna configured to receive RF (Radio Frequency) signals in a first frequency band, and at least two antennas included in the plurality of antennas that constitute the first diversity antenna are respectively provided in two regions that are not adjacent to each other when a flat surface of the plate-shaped member is divided into quadrants around a center point of the flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Yuji TAKENAKA, Shuhei TERADA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Yutaro MIKI
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Patent number: 11664602Abstract: A lens according to the disclosure includes a dielectric having a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface and that faces the first surface in a direction of a reference axis intersecting the first surface. The dielectric has an equivalent relative dielectric constant that decreases in a direction from the reference axis toward outer circumferences of the first surface and the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Suguru Yamagishi, Ichiro Kuwayama, Katsuyuki Imai
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Publication number: 20220181770Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; and a transmission member provided on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a frequency selective layer having a frequency selective function of shielding radio wave of a first frequency band and passing radio wave of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, the transmission member is electrically connected to a vehicle-side apparatus mounted to a side of the vehicle, and the transmission member is formed to extend to a position where the transmission member can perform a power supply to or communication with a roof-side apparatus mounted to the roof part in the functional sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20220176898Abstract: A wiring module includes: a sheet which is a member extending planarly and including an easy-fracture part sectioning the sheet into a plurality of areas and capable of dividing the sheet into the areas; and a transmission member including one of or both a power line supplying an electrical power to at least one apparatus provided in one or the plurality of areas and a signal line enabling communication with the apparatus, wherein in a case where the transmission member is disposed over at least two areas, a part of a middle portion of the transmission member in relation to an end portion connected to the apparatus is fixed to a first area in the two areas, and the transmission member is laid without being fixed to a second area in the two areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20220173524Abstract: An antenna device, for a mobile body, of this disclosure includes an antenna configured to be installed in the mobile body, and a reflector having a reflection surface configured to change a beam direction of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaro MIKI, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Takanori FUKUNAGA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Toyohisa TAKANO, Hiroki HIRAI, Norichika OOMI, Kosuke SONE, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220158335Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; and a transmission member provided on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, the transmission member is electrically connected to a vehicle-side apparatus mounted to a side of the vehicle, and the transmission member is formed to extend to a position where the transmission member can perform a power supply to or communication with a roof-side apparatus mounted to the roof part in the functional sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20220158336Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a roof panel forming a roof part of a vehicle and an interior member forming a ceiling shape of a vehicle interior to planarly extend over the roof panel and the interior member; an antenna provided on the functional sheet; and a transmission member formed on the functional sheet, wherein the functional sheet includes a layer having at least one of a heat insulation function, an acoustic insulation function, and a radio wave shielding function, and the transmission member electrically connects an in-vehicle apparatus mounted to the vehicle and the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke SONE, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Norichika OOMI, Daisuke MIYAWAKI, Shinichi ISHIKO, Yuji TAKENAKA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Suguru YAMAGISHI, Toyohisa TAKANO, Yutaro MIKI, Takanori FUKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20210194145Abstract: A lens according to the disclosure includes a dielectric having a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface and that faces the first surface in a direction of a reference axis intersecting the first surface. The dielectric has an equivalent relative dielectric constant that decreases in a direction from the reference axis toward outer circumferences of the first surface and the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Suguru YAMAGISHI, Ichiro KUWAYAMA, Katsuyuki IMAI
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Patent number: 10283849Abstract: An antenna device includes: an antenna unit; a radio unit processing a radio signal transmitted or received by the antenna unit; and a heat sink unit mounted on the radio unit and externally dissipating heat of the radio unit. The antenna unit is disposed on a side identical to the heat sink unit relative to the radio unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Hirata, Ichiro Kuwayama
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Publication number: 20180219277Abstract: An antenna device includes: an antenna unit; a radio unit processing a radio signal transmitted or received by the antenna unit; and a heat sink unit mounted on the radio unit and externally dissipating heat of the radio unit. The antenna unit is disposed on a side identical to the heat sink unit relative to the radio unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi HIRATA, Ichiro KUWAYAMA