Patents by Inventor Isamu Nagano

Isamu Nagano 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: 8062204
    Abstract: Problems to be solved: to provide a coil device and a magnetic field generating device with reduced energy loss that are suitable for use in the thermotherapy method. Means for solving the problem: a coil device according to the present invention can be used in a magnetic field generating device for the thermotherapy method in which a magnetic flux is irradiated to the patient to selectively heat a specific portion of the patient. Said coil device is a bread-shaped coil device having a current path extending in the shape of a spiral in a substantially same plane, said current path comprising a hollow cylindrical member (10) of a nonmagnetic material inside which a space is formed and a plurality of conductive wires (11, 12) covered with an insulation material on the peripheries thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kanazawa University
    Inventors: Isamu Nagano, Yoshio Ikehata
  • Patent number: 7833258
    Abstract: The thermal therapy device comprises an inverter circuit connected to the primary side of a transformer, a series resonance circuit connected to the secondary side of the transformer and including a magnetic field generation coil and a resonance controller, and a controller for determining the resonance frequency based on the secondary current. The controller has a measurement mode and an operation mode which are alternately repeated. During the measurement mode the resonance frequency of the series resonance circuit is measured, while during the operation mode a drive signal of said measured resonance frequency is supplied from the controller to the inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Kanazawa University Technology Licensing Organization Ltd., Komatu Power Tron Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Isamu Nagano, Kouichi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20080114429
    Abstract: Problems to be solved: to provide a coil device and a magnetic field generating device with reduced energy loss that are suitable for use in the thermotherapy method. Means for solving the problem: a coil device according to the present invention can be used in a magnetic field generating device for the thermotherapy method in which a magnetic flux is irradiated to the patient to selectively heat a specific portion of the patient. Said coil device is a bread-shaped coil device having a current path extending in the shape of a spiral in a substantially same plane, said current path comprising a hollow cylindrical member (10) of a nonmagnetic material inside which a space is formed and a plurality of conductive wires (11, 12) covered with an insulation material on the peripheries thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Isamu Nagano, Yoshio Ikehata
  • Publication number: 20070179576
    Abstract: There is provided a thermal therapy device that is capable of following changes in the resonance frequency even if the resonance frequency of the series resonance circuit on the secondary side changes significantly and generating a magnetic field of a required intensity for heating the affected portion. The thermal therapy device comprises an inverter circuit (2) connected to the primary side of a transformer (1), a series resonance circuit (5) connected to the secondary side of the transformer and including a magnetic field generation coil (3) and a resonance controller (4), and a controller (20) for determining the resonance frequency based on the secondary current. The therapy operation mode may be a measurement mode and an operation mode which are alternately repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicants: KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY LICENSING ORGANIZATION LTD, KOMATU POWER TRON CO., LTD
    Inventors: Isamu Nagano, Kouichi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 6765846
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for use in a wristwatch radio communication device equipped with, for example, a PHS is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a loop conductor and a feed. The loop conductor has a given length and connects electrically at one end to a ground plate installed in the wristwatch radio communication device. The feed is disposed between the other end of the loop conductor and the ground plate. This provides a higher horizontal pattern average gain both during conversation and waiting times of radio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Saitou, Isamu Nagano, Hiroshi Haruki
  • Publication number: 20010010662
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for use in a wristwatch radio communication device equipped with, for example, a PHS is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a loop conductor and a feed. The loop conductor has a given length and connects electrically at one end to a ground plate installed in the wristwatch radio communication device. The feed is disposed between the other end of the loop conductor and the ground plate. This provides a higher horizontal pattern average gain both during conversation and waiting times of radio communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Saitou, Isamu Nagano, Hiroshi Haruki