Patents by Inventor Kouichi Funabasama

Kouichi Funabasama 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: 4536619
    Abstract: A ringing signal detection circuit for a subscriber's apparatus which is connected to a telephone office line together with an attached telephone set. An incoming signal on the telephone line is converted to a pulse signal with a repetition frequency twice the incoming signal by a full-wave rectifier and a differentiating circuit. The pulse signal is applied to a retriggerable mono-stable multivibrator through a photo-coupler and an inverter. The time period of a metastable state of the multivibrator by one trigger pulse is selected to be longer than the break period in the dial pulse signal but longer than a half cycle of the ringing signal. Therefore, the multivibrator is maintained at the high level for a longer time period at a time when the incoming signal is the ringing signal than the time when the incoming signal is the dial pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Nitsuko Limited
    Inventors: Fumikazu Hamatani, Kouichi Funabasama