Patents by Inventor Kunihiro Watanabe

Kunihiro Watanabe 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: 6342858
    Abstract: A portable terminal device including a main body including a data entry keyboard; a cover openably and closably attached to the main body and establishing a connecting portion between the main body and the cover; a display disposed on the inner side of the cover; a chip antenna disposed on the cover at a place other than the display and opposed to the connecting portion; the chip antenna including a ceramic base body, a conductor disposed at least either inside the base body or on a surface thereof, and a feeding terminal disposed on a surface of the base body and connected to one end of the conductor. The above portable terminal device has the directivity of an antenna in a desired direction without increasing the size and weight of the portable terminal device and without having a bulky and/or separate and/or protruding antenna device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujiro Dakeya, Harufumi Mandai, Kunihiro Watanabe, Teruhisa Tsuru
  • Patent number: 6271803
    Abstract: A chip antenna comprising a basic body made of a ceramic material; a first conductor and a second conductor respectively disposed at least either inside or on the surface of the basic body so as to be close to each other; a feeding terminal for applying a voltage to the first conductor disposed on the surface of the basic body and connected to the first conductor; and a grounding terminal disposed on the surface of the basic body and connected to the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Watanabe, Teruhisa Tsuru, Seiji Kanba, Tsuyoshi Suesada, Yujiro Dakeya