Patents by Inventor Manabu Sawa

Manabu Sawa 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: 11843261
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna including element antennas to radiate a radio wave and element modules each provided for a predetermine number of element antennas and including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal radiated as the radio wave and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal; and an REV method phase controller to change the phase of the transmission signal by a phase shift amount obtained by adding an operation phase shift amount for executing the REV method and a direction change phase shift amount for changing a transmission direction, for an operating phase shifter being part of the phase shifters, such that operation of changing the phase shift amount of the operating phase shifters is repeated while changing the operating phase shifters in a state in which at least some element antennas radiate the radio wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Sawa, Yukihiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20230147179
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna including element antennas to radiate a radio wave and element modules each provided for a predetermine number of element antennas and including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal radiated as the radio wave and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal; and an REV method phase controller to change the phase of the transmission signal by a phase shift amount obtained by adding an operation phase shift amount for executing the REV method and a direction change phase shift amount for changing a transmission direction, for an operating phase shifter being part of the phase shifters, such that operation of changing the phase shift amount of the operating phase shifters is repeated while changing the operating phase shifters in a state in which at least some element antennas radiate the radio wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu SAWA, Yukihiro HOMMA
  • Patent number: 10962579
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna; a radiation direction determiner; an orientation direction changer; and a transmission signal generator. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate radio waves; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal from the power transmission antenna. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV (rotating element electric field vector) method using an aerial moving body hovering over the power transmission antenna and mounting a measurement antenna to receive a radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure received radio wave data including an amplitude of the radio wave received by the measurement antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Homma, Maho Sato, Manabu Sawa
  • Publication number: 20200355734
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna a radiation direction determiner; an orientation direction changer; and a transmission signal generator. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate radio waves; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal from the power transmission antenna. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV (rotating element electric field vector) method using an aerial moving body hovering over the power transmission antenna and mounting a measurement antenna to receive a radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure received radio wave data including an amplitude of the radio wave received by the measurement antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOMMA, Maho SATO, Manabu SAWA
  • Patent number: 10782333
    Abstract: A radio wave measurement system includes: an aerial moving body to move or to hover above a measurement target antenna for radiating a radio wave in a sky direction; and a position measurer to measure a time added position of the aerial moving body. The aerial moving body includes a measurement antenna to receive the radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure time-added received radio wave data. The aerial moving body further includes a beam shape data generator to generate radiated radio wave data including the received radio wave data and the radio wave source relative position data representing measurement point data that is a position of the aerial moving body at a point of time when the received radio wave data is measured as a relative position with respect to the measurement target antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Homma, Maho Sato, Manabu Sawa
  • Publication number: 20200174052
    Abstract: A radio wave measurement system includes: an aerial moving body to move or to hover above a measurement target antenna for radiating a radio wave in a sky direction; and a position measurer to measure a time added position of the aerial moving body. The aerial moving body includes a measurement antenna to receive the radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure time-added received radio wave data. The aerial moving body further includes a beam shape data generator to generate radiated radio wave data including the received radio wave data and the radio wave source relative position data representing measurement point data that is a position of the aerial moving body at a point of time when the received radio wave data is measured as a relative position with respect to the measurement target antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOMMA, Maho SATO, Manabu SAWA
  • Patent number: 9072195
    Abstract: A simple configuration for cooling comprises a front-back air supply and exhaust system. A first circuit board is located in front of a relay circuit board. A cooling unit and a second circuit board are placed behind the relay circuit board in a chassis. A first air passage allows intake air through an intake hole in a front side of the first circuit board unit to pass through the first circuit board and then through an opening in the relay circuit board to the cooling unit. A second air passage allows intake air through an intake hole in a front face of the chassis to pass through a lateral side of the first circuit board and then through a vent hole in a partition provided at the lateral side of the first circuit board. The second circuit board is placed in the second air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Alaxala Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Shuuji Kameno, Tooru Sasaki, Manabu Sawa, Satoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 8953337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device including plural circuit board units that can be removed from the electronic device. The electronic device is designed to increase a data transfer rate between the circuit board units by using a circuit board for interconnect for electrically coupling the circuit board units placed in the electronic device, and using a cable for electrically or optically coupling the circuit board units placed in the electric device, or both of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alaxala Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Inoue, Takashi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Junji Baba, Manabu Sawa, Kazuo Sugai
  • Publication number: 20130329364
    Abstract: A simple configuration for cooling comprises a front-back air supply and exhaust system. A first circuit board is located in front of a relay circuit board. A cooling unit and a second circuit board are placed behind the relay circuit board in a chassis. A first air passage allows intake air through an intake hole in a front side of the first circuit board unit to pass through the first circuit board and then through an opening in the relay circuit board to the cooling unit. A second air passage allows intake air through an intake hole in a front face of the chassis to pass through a lateral side of the first circuit board and then through a vent hole in a partition provided at the lateral side of the first circuit board. The second circuit board is placed in the second air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ALAXALA NETWORKS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuuji KAMENO, Tooru SASAKI, Manabu SAWA, Satoshi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20110170270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device including plural circuit board units that can be removed from the electronic device. The electronic device is designed to increase a data transfer rate between the circuit board units by using a circuit board for interconnect for electrically coupling the circuit board units placed in the electronic device, and using a cable for electrically or optically coupling the circuit board units placed in the electric device, or both of the cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: MASAAKI Inoue, Takashi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Junji Baba, Manabu Sawa, Kazuo Sugai