Patents by Inventor Kenya Nagano
Kenya 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).
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Patent number: 8922441Abstract: In order to solve a problem that, if a reinforcing plate of a housing is used as an antenna in a receiver, a desired antenna gain is less likely to be obtained and therefore an antenna gain is degraded, a receiver for receiving information transmitted by a radio wave includes an output portion configured to output information which is receivable by a viewer or another receiver; a stand portion contacting the output portion and configured to hold the output portion on an installation surface at an angle suitable for receiving the information or viewing an image; a reinforcing portion contacting the output portion and the stand portion at points other than a contact point between the output portion and the stand portion and configured to reinforce the output portion and the stand portion so that the angle is maintained; and an antenna portion arranged in a space ensured by at least the reinforcing portion and configured to receive the radio wave.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Suzuki, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20130090152Abstract: To provide a portable wireless device in which the portability is excellent, a decrease in a size or a closed call is enabled, and a bandwidth can be increased with a reduction in an SAR value, There is employed a structure which includes a housing forming an outer packaging of the portable telephone, a circuit board provided in the housing, an antenna element provided close to one of short sides of the circuit board, and a metal plate connected to at least one of long sides of the circuit board and the antenna element side along a side wall of the housing, and in which a side of the metal plate that is not connected to the circuit board is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukari Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Uejima, Hiroyuki Shioya, Mitsuru Saitou, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20130040712Abstract: A wireless terminal includes a first hinge and a second hinge, each of which connects the first housing and the second housing rotatably connected to the first housing. A metal plate is arranged within the first housing, and a circuit board that is arranged within the second housing. The first hinge and the second hinge are arranged with a given gap therebetween. The first hinge is electrically connected to a first radio unit arranged on the circuit board. The second hinge is electrically connected to a second radio unit which is arranged on the circuit board and which is different from the first radio unit. A gap between the first hinge and the metal plate is smaller than a gap between the second hinge and the metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Kenya Nagano
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Patent number: 8339321Abstract: A small antenna system which is incorporated in a portable radio apparatus and can ensure high antenna performance in a wide frequency band without impairing the design property or the operability and a portable radio apparatus are provided. An antenna device includes an antenna A1 having a resonance characteristic in a first frequency; an antenna A2 having a resonance characteristic in a second frequency and being spaced from the antenna A1 at a predetermined distance; a circuit board P provided in a mobile telephone 10, a wireless section 16 provided on the circuit board P for supplying or receiving high-frequency power; and a high-frequency switch 13 provided on the circuit board P for selecting connection of an output terminal or an input terminal of the wireless section 16 and a feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 so that the feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 can be switched and connecting to the wireless section 16.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenya Nagano, Yoshio Koyanagi
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Publication number: 20120182190Abstract: The mobile radio apparatus of the invention includes conductive housings 101 and 102, a circuit board 103 arranged between the conductive housings 101 and 102, a radio circuit 104 arranged on the circuit board 103, a resin 105 such as waterproof rubber packing arranged at a boundary between the conductive housings 101 and 102, a flexible board 106 arranged along a part of the resin 105, a conductor pattern 107 formed on the flexible board 106, a notch 108 formed in the conductive housings 101 and 102 of the periphery of the conductor pattern 107, a liquid crystal screen 109 arranged on the conductive housing 101, operation keys 110, an earpiece 111, and a mouthpiece 112.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsunori Yui, Kenya Nagano, Yoshio Koyanagi, Noriyoshi Satou
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Patent number: 8207898Abstract: An antenna unit and a communication apparatus are provided, which are operable with respect to wireless systems having three, or more frequencies by employing 2 sets of antenna elements, and which can realize such an antenna structure having a high freedom degree, while the antenna structure can be applied to frequency arrangements as to the plurality of wireless systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20120127043Abstract: A portable radio having a housing 10 made up of a combination of a first case 11 and a second case 12 includes: an annular resilient member 13 sandwiched between the first case 11 and the second case 12; a flexible printed board 14 that is formed integrally with the annular resilient member 13 and that is provided in at least an area surrounded by the annular resilient member 13; an antenna section 15 that is provided on the flexible printed board 14 while being folded along a plurality of inner wall surfaces which are oriented in mutually different orientations and which belong to at least one of the first case 11 and the second case 12; and a circuit board 17 placed within an area surrounded by the annular resilient member 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Daigo Imano, Kenya Nagano, Yoshio Koyanagi, Noriyoshi Sato
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Publication number: 20120032860Abstract: In order to solve a problem that, if a reinforcing plate of a housing is used as an antenna in a receiver, a desired antenna gain is less likely to be obtained and therefore an antenna gain is degraded, a receiver for receiving information transmitted by a radio wave includes an output portion configured to output information which is receivable by a viewer or another receiver; a stand portion contacting the output portion and configured to hold the output portion on an installation surface at an angle suitable for receiving the information or viewing an image; a reinforcing portion contacting the output portion and the stand portion at points other than a contact point between the output portion and the stand portion and configured to reinforce the output portion and the stand portion so that the angle is maintained; and an antenna portion arranged in a space ensured by at least the reinforcing portion and configured to receive the radio wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Kazuaki Suzuki, Kenya Nagano
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Patent number: 8046038Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a portable wireless apparatus capable of maintaining high quality of a communication in various using configurations obtained by a two-axis hinge mechanism. A portable wireless apparatus (100) having a two-axis hinge portion includes a first antenna (102) which is suitable for a talking state and a second antenna (104) which is suitable for a waiting state. The first antenna (102) or the second antenna (104) is selected based on a result of opening/closing detection decided from an angle ? of a first axis (106) and the result of opening/closing detection decided from an angle ? of a second axis (107). Consequently, it is possible to select either of the antennas which is not influenced by hands or fingers of a user.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenya Nagano, Tadashi Ooga, Yasunari Tanaka, Yutaka Saitou, Tomoaki Nishikido
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Publication number: 20110169712Abstract: When three or more antennas and a plurality of wireless circuits using wireless frequency bands near to each other are installed on a cabinet whose size is limited, degradation of characteristic caused by electromagnetic coupling between antennas is suppressed. When a first antenna 21 and a second antenna 22 are connected to a first wireless circuit 31, a third antenna 23 is connected to a second wireless circuit 32, and an operation frequency band of the second wireless circuit 32 is near in a higher band than an operation frequency band of the first wireless circuit 31, a feeding point 23a of the third antenna is placed at a position nearer to a feeding point 21a of the first antenna than the feeding point 22a of the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Sumi, Kenya Nagano, Haruhiko Kakitsu, Yukari Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Uejima, Hideki Hayama
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Publication number: 20110102285Abstract: There is provided a foldable portable radio that can exhibit high phone call performance despite its low profile and small size. An antenna element 14 to be placed in the vicinity of a first hinge element 13A is connected to a power feed unit. The first hinge element 13A has a hinge fixing unit 131 and a hinge rotating unit 132. The hinge fixing unit 131 is connected to a second radio circuit 17B of a lower circuit board 12A by way of a second matching circuit 16B. The hinge rotating unit 132 is placed while spaced apart from a ground pattern on an upper circuit board 11A by a predetermined interval and connected to an end of the ground pattern of the upper circuit board that is close to the first hinge element 13A. The antenna element 14 and the first hinge element 13A configure a first dipole antenna. The ground pattern of the upper circuit board 11A and a ground pattern of the lower circuit board 12A configure a second dipole antenna that takes the hinge element 13A as a power feed system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Hiroyuki Uno, Masashi Koshi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20110063175Abstract: There is provided a foldable portable radio capable of exhibiting high communication performance despite its slimness and compact housings. The portable radio has an upper housing 11 in which an upper circuit board 11A is placed; a lower housing 12A in which a lower circuit board 12 is placed; a conductive hinge 13A that joins the upper housing 11 to the lower housing 12 so as to be rotatable around one axis; an antenna element 14 placed in vicinity of the hinge 13A parallel to an axial direction of the hinge 13A; and a feed section 15 connected to a radio circuit 17 on the lower circuit board 12A. The antenna element 14 is electrically connected to the feed section 15, and the hinge 13A is connected as a ground, whereby the hinge 13A and the antenna element 14 operate as a dipole antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Uno, Masashi Koshi, Tomoaki Nishikido, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20110057857Abstract: A small antenna system which is incorporated in a portable radio apparatus and can ensure high antenna performance in a wide frequency band without impairing the design property or the operability and a portable radio apparatus are provided. An antenna device includes an antenna A1 having a resonance characteristic in a first frequency; an antenna A2 having a resonance characteristic in a second frequency and being spaced from the antenna A1 at a predetermined distance; a circuit board P provided in a mobile telephone 10, a wireless section 16 provided on the circuit board P for supplying or receiving high-frequency power; and a high-frequency switch 13 provided on the circuit board P for selecting connection of an output terminal or an input terminal of the wireless section 16 and a feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 so that the feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 can be switched and connecting to the wireless section 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenya Nagano, Yoshio Koyanagi
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Publication number: 20100240423Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable wireless unit capable of suppressing a deterioration of antenna performance, which is caused by electromagnetic mutual effects occurred between two antenna elements, and capable of achieving an improving effect of a high diversity gain, and also capable of realizing a designing characteristic and an operative characteristic in a compatible manner. While an upper case (1) and a lower case (2) are coupled to each other by a hinge portion (3), a circuit board (8) is arranged on the lower case (2), and also, a power feeding element (7) and another power feeding element (20) are arranged in such a separation manner that an interval between these power feeding terminals (7) and (20) is longer than, or equal to “?/20” on the circuit board (8). Also, while a whip antenna (9) is provided on the lower case (2), this whip antenna (9) is connected via the power feeding terminal (7) to the circuit board (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Takagi, Tsukasa Takahashi, Yutaka Satoh, Kenya Nagano
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Patent number: 7787922Abstract: To provide a cell phone equipped with a broadcast receiver that delivers a high receiving sensitivity and antenna performance in various usage states. A loop element 12 as an antenna for receiving television broadcast is arranged in a range (c) of an upper end portion of an upper housing 1. An end part of an upper circuit board 6 is matched with a portion shown by (a) so that a conductor other than the antenna element does not exist in the range (c). A monopole element 19 for cell phone communication is arranged at a lower end portion of a lower housing 2.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yukari Yamazaki, Masashi Koshi, Haruhiko Kakitsu, Atsuhiko Hashigaya, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yutaka Saito, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20100053020Abstract: An antenna unit and a communication apparatus are provided, which are operable with respect to wireless systems having three, or more frequencies by employing 2 sets of antenna elements, and which can realize such an antenna structure having a high freedom degree, while the antenna structure can be applied to frequency arrangements as to the plurality of wireless systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
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Patent number: 7671818Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a connection cable that serves as an external antenna for a radio apparatus, and whose antenna performance is not deteriorated in the use state by an adverse affect attributable to the near proximity of a human body.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenya Nagano, Shingo Sumi, Yutaka Saito, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kazuya Tani
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Publication number: 20090131129Abstract: To provide a cell phone equipped with a broadcast receiver that delivers a high receiving sensitivity and antenna performance in various usage states. A loop element 12 as an antenna for receiving television broadcast is arranged in a range (c) of an upper end portion of an upper housing 1. An end part of an upper circuit board is matched with a portion shown by (a) so that a conductor other than the antenna element does not exist in the range (c). A monopole element 19 for cell phone communication is arranged at a lower end portion of a lower housing 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2005Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukari Yamazaki, Masashi Koshi, Haruhiko Kakitsu, Atsuhiko Hashigaya, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Yutaka Saito, Kenya Nagano
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Patent number: 7532168Abstract: A conductive metal frame attached to an upper case is electrically connected to hinge metal member. The hinge metal member is connected to a hinge metal member by a rotary shaft in a rotatable manner. The hinge metal member, a further hinge metal member, and the rotary shaft are made of conductive metal so that electric continuity is obtained at contact points thereamong. The further hinge metal member is connected to a matching circuit on a circuit board via a feedpoint terminal. A conductor element is connected to a ground pattern of the circuit board at a position close to a point at which the matching circuit is grounded. The structure as described above provides a folding portable wireless unit that can secure a high antenna performance in a calling state and a waiting state.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Seiichi Nakanishi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kouta Aoki, Nozomi Koh, Yutaka Saito, Kenya Nagano
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Publication number: 20090052720Abstract: An earphone connection cable and a portable device for suppressing sound signal superposing between an R earphone and an L earphone or between an earphone and a microphone are provided. A connection cable includes an R earphone 116a and an L earphone 116b at tips and contains an antenna element 115, a ground potential line 114, an R sound signal line 108a, an L sound signal line 108b, an inductance 111, and a second inductance group, and the ground potential line of the R earphone 116a and the L earphone 116b is connected to the antenna element 115, thereby suppressing sound signal superposing between the R earphone and the L earphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Nishi, Kenya Nagano, Masanori Oshimi, Masahiro Iwakami, Yousuke Matuda