Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Tabata

Kenichiro Tabata 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: 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: 20130342162
    Abstract: A contactless charging module, a contactless charging device, and a method of manufacturing the contactless charging module, wherein a magnetic sheet can be prevented from being damaged and giving an adverse effect on power transmission characteristic, by adopting a flexible magnetic sheet having slits, and wherein power transmission efficiency of the contactless charging module can be prevented from decreasing significantly. The contactless charging module is provided with: a planar coil unit; a magnetic sheet upon which the planar coil unit is to be mounted; a recess section or a slit that is formed on the magnetic sheet, and that is for housing therein a portion of a conductor wire of the planar coil unit; and a plurality of flexible slits that are for giving flexibility to the magnetic sheet. At least one of the plurality of flexible slits is formed such that a virtual extension line of the flexible slit will be arranged within the width of the recess section or the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Publication number: 20130300360
    Abstract: A non-contact charging module with which reduction in thickness can be achieved while reliable insulation is maintained between conducting wire and magnetic sheet. This non-contact charging module comprises: a planar coil section (2) constituted by coiling a conducting wire; a conductive magnetic sheet (3) having the planar coil section (2) arranged thereon, with an insulating sheet (4) therebetween; and a recess (33) or slit (34) provided in the conductive magnetic sheet (3) and extending to an edge of the conductive magnetic sheet (3) from the starting point of the winding of the planar coil section (2). The conducting wire of the planar coil section (2) is stored in the recess (33) or slit (34) by the insulating sheet (4) being pushed into the recess (33) or slit (34). The conducting wire of the planar coil section (2) is insulated from the conductive magnetic sheet (3) by the insulating sheet (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kobayashi, Tokuji Nishino, Kenichiro Tabata
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120187903
    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: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka, Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120187904
    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: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino, Akio Hidaka