Patents by Inventor Kouji Soekawa

Kouji Soekawa 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: 9276322
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna device that includes a substrate, a slot provided in the substrate so that the slot includes a cut opening that is close to an edge of the substrate and the slot includes a crooked portion, a conductor section configured to include a slit in an area of the substrate, the area being sandwiched by the slot in the crooked portion, and an antenna that is placed close to the conductor section and is side by side with a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasumitsu Ban, Takashi Yamagajo, Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 9124352
    Abstract: A data communication terminal apparatus is disclosed that includes a printed circuit board, a ground plane formed in the printed circuit board, a connector disposed on an end portion of the printed circuit board, and an antenna configured to have a feeding portion at one end and another end, the other end being connected to the ground plane via a capacitor between the feeding portion and the connector, the antenna forming a loop with the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 9124007
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus including: a first and second antenna elements which transmit or receive radio signal; a ground pattern; and a wiring pattern which is provided on a line segment connecting the first and second antenna elements, and directly connected to the ground pattern, wherein a circumventing path is formed by the wiring pattern and a part of the ground pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagajo, Yasumitsu Ban, Shinsuke Shimahashi, Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 9054426
    Abstract: There is provided a radio apparatus which includes an antenna device and a housing to which the antenna device is attached. The antenna device includes a substrate includes an electrically conductive layer with a slit. The slit is formed at an end of the electrically conductive layer so that the slit includes an opening end. The antenna element is electrically coupled with the electrically conductive layer across the opening end via a matching circuit, and receives an electric power through one end of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 8843185
    Abstract: A slide-type wireless terminal apparatus includes a first casing and a second casing slidable relative to the first casing. The wireless terminal apparatus includes a first circuit board which is provided in the first casing, an antenna which is provided in the first casing, a second circuit board which is provided in the second casing, a sliding member which is disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, the sliding member including a portion which faces the antenna, the sliding member having electrical conductivity and being electrically connected to the first circuit board, and a guide member which is provided in the second casing, the guide member being for guiding the sliding member such that the sliding member slides relative to the guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Kanazawa, Zhao Liu, Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 8692724
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a wiring group to couple wiring on a first board to wiring on a second board; antenna wiring including one end coupled to a feeding unit on the first board and the other end coupled to one end of a capacitor, the other end of the capacitor being coupled to a ground conductor of the second board; and ground conductor wiring for an antenna, disposed between the antenna wiring and the wiring group, including one end coupled to a ground conductor of the first board and the other end coupled to the ground conductor of the second board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Kouji Soekawa
  • Publication number: 20140094230
    Abstract: There is provided a portable communication apparatus which includes a main antenna including a first element and a second element to be capable of being resonant at a first and a third frequencies, respectively, the third frequency being one between the first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency, a switch provided between the main antenna and a high-frequency circuit, a capacitor disposed in parallel to the switch, the capacitor being connected between the main antenna and the high-frequency circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the switch to turn on and off such that when the switch is in an ON state, the first element is resonant at the first frequency, while when the switch is in an OFF state, the main antenna is coupled to the high-frequency circuit via the capacitor, and the second element is resonant at the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouji SOEKAWA, Shinya TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 8686915
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a board made of dielectric material, having first and second power feed parts; a first antenna element connected to the first power feed part, using a first wavelength; a second antenna element connected to the second power feed part, using a second wavelength; a ground formed on the board, having a first side and a second side respectively having different lengths and extending in different directions, the length of the first side, compared with the length of second side, which is approximate to a ¼ length of the first wavelength and a ¼ length of the second wavelength; and a parasitic element connected to the ground, which is not parallel to the first side of the ground, a length of the parasitic element is approximate to ¼ length of the second wavelength and an interval of the parasitic element and the second power feed part is less than equals the ¼ length of the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Kanazawa, Kouji Soekawa
  • Publication number: 20130244596
    Abstract: A data communication terminal apparatus is disclosed that includes a printed circuit board, a ground plane formed in the printed circuit board, a connector disposed on an end portion of the printed circuit board, and an antenna configured to have a feeding portion at one end and another end, the other end being connected to the ground plane via a capacitor between the feeding portion and the connector, the antenna forming a loop with the ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130063313
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna device that includes a substrate, a slot provided in the substrate so that the slot includes a cut opening that is close to an edge of the substrate and the slot includes a crooked portion, a conductor section configured to include a slit in an area of the substrate, the area being sandwiched by the slot in the crooked portion, and an antenna that is placed close to the conductor section and is side by side with a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasumitsu BAN, Takashi YAMAGAJO, Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130021210
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus performs a communication using high-frequency wave having a wavelength of ?. The apparatus includes a circuit board including a feeder point and a ground, an antenna element connected to the feeder point, and a wiring element including a first end portion and a second end portion different from the first end portion, the first end portion being connected to one of the feeder point and the antenna element, the second end portion being connected to the ground, wherein the antenna element has a length of ?/4, and the wiring element has a length of 3?/4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120287010
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a wiring group to couple wiring on a first board to wiring on a second board; antenna wiring including one end coupled to a feeding unit on the first board and the other end coupled to one end of a capacitor, the other end of the capacitor being coupled to a ground conductor of the second board; and ground conductor wiring for an antenna, disposed between the antenna wiring and the wiring group, including one end coupled to a ground conductor of the first board and the other end coupled to the ground conductor of the second board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120119963
    Abstract: There is provided a radio apparatus which includes an antenna device and a housing to which the antenna device is attached. The antenna device includes a substrate includes an electrically conductive layer with a slit. The slit is formed at an end of the electrically conductive layer so that the slit includes an opening end. The antenna element is electrically coupled with the electrically conductive layer across the opening end via a matching circuit, and receives an electric power through one end of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120115336
    Abstract: A slide-type wireless terminal apparatus includes a first casing and a second casing slidable relative to the first casing. The wireless terminal apparatus includes a first circuit board which is provided in the first casing, an antenna which is provided in the first casing, a second circuit board which is provided in the second casing, a sliding member which is disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, the sliding member including a portion which faces the antenna, the sliding member having electrical conductivity and being electrically connected to the first circuit board, and a guide member which is provided in the second casing, the guide member being for guiding the sliding member such that the sliding member slides relative to the guiding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru Kanazawa, Zhao Liu, Kouji Soekawa
  • Publication number: 20120050129
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a board made of dielectric material, having first and second power feed parts; a first antenna element connected to the first power feed part, using a first wavelength; a second antenna element connected to the second power feed part, using a second wavelength; a ground formed on the board, having a first side and a second side respectively having different lengths and extending in different directions, the length of the first side, compared with the length of second side, which is approximate to a ¼ length of the first wavelength and a ¼ length of the second wavelength; and a parasitic element connected to the ground, which is not parallel to the first side of the ground, a length of the parasitic element is approximate to ¼ length of the second wavelength and an interval of the parasitic element and the second power feed part is less than equals the ¼ length of the second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru Kanazawa, Kouji Soekawa
  • Publication number: 20110140973
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus including: a first and second antenna elements which transmit or receive radio signal; a ground pattern; and a wiring pattern which is provided on a line segment connecting the first and second antenna elements, and directly connected to the ground pattern, wherein a circumventing path is formed by the wiring pattern and a part of the ground pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagajo, Yasumitsu Ban, Shinsuke Shimahashi, Kouji Soekawa
  • Patent number: 7940219
    Abstract: An antenna adaptable to a plurality of frequencies is comprised of a first element that is connected to a feeding point (feeding portion) for operation and a second element that is connected to a grounding point (grounding portion) in proximity to the first element to be operated by coupling feeding with the first element and is configured to be operated at either or both of a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kouji Soekawa, Masaru Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20100295740
    Abstract: An antenna device for use in a wireless communication device includes: a linear antenna element; a feeding portion including first and second feed terminals arranged apart face-to-face; a linear branch element which branches off from the linear antenna element at an intermediate position of the linear antenna element; and a ground conductor connected to an end of the linear branch element. The first feed terminal is connected to an end of the linear antenna element, and the second feed terminal is connected to a power supply unit. Alternatively, the antenna device may be provided with a capacitor which connects an end of the linear antenna element and a connection line connected to the power supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji SOEKAWA
  • Patent number: 7830315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance and realizes downsizing and multifrequency resonance. The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance or a radio communicating apparatus (e.g., portable phone) including the antenna apparatus; toward a feed element connected to and supplied with electricity from a feeding unit of a circuit substrate (printed circuit substrate), a non-feed element is disposed with over the circuit substrate or outside the circuit substrate; and the feed side or the open side of the feed element is electromagnetically coupled to the non-feed element to enable resonance in the frequency band of the non-feed element in addition to resonance in the frequency band of the feed element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yuuichi Sugiyama, Kouji Soekawa
  • Publication number: 20080150810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance and realizes downsizing and multifrequency resonance. The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus capable of multifrequency resonance or a radio communicating apparatus (e.g., portable phone) including the antenna apparatus; toward a feed element connected to and supplied with electricity from a feeding unit of a circuit substrate (printed circuit substrate), a non-feed element is disposed with over the circuit substrate or outside the circuit substrate; and the feed side or the open side of the feed element is electromagnetically coupled to the non-feed element to enable resonance in the frequency band of the non-feed element in addition to resonance in the frequency band of the feed element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuuichi SUGIYAMA, Kouji SOEKAWA