Patents by Inventor Kazuya HOJO

Kazuya HOJO 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: 10243256
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by an antenna device including: a circuit board; a circuit pattern formed by a conductor on a surface of the circuit board; and a minute loop antenna mounted on the circuit board and formed in a loop shape by a conductor having two end portions, wherein the circuit pattern includes at least a feeder circuit configured to supply power to the minute loop antenna, and a ground, and the minute loop antenna is mounted on the circuit board such that: the conductor having the two end portions is connected at one end thereof to the feeder circuit and connected at another end thereof to the ground; a loop surface of the conductor having the two end portions is perpendicular to a plane on which the circuit pattern is formed; and a normal line passing through the loop surface does not pass through the circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Makimura, Kengo Nishimoto, Toru Fukasawa, Kazunori Takahashi, Kazuya Hojo
  • Publication number: 20160336642
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by an antenna device including: a circuit board; a circuit pattern formed by a conductor on a surface of the circuit board; and a minute loop antenna mounted on the circuit board and formed in a loop shape by a conductor having two end portions, wherein the circuit pattern includes at least a feeder circuit configured to supply power to the minute loop antenna, and a ground, and the minute loop antenna is mounted on the circuit board such that: the conductor having the two end portions is connected at one end thereof to the feeder circuit and connected at another end thereof to the ground; a loop surface of the conductor having the two end portions is perpendicular to a plane on which the circuit pattern is formed; and a normal line passing through the loop surface does not pass through the circuit pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Toru FUKASAWA, Kazunori TAKAHASHI, Kazuya HOJO