Patents by Inventor Masahiro Oohara

Masahiro Oohara 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: 6388625
    Abstract: An antenna device used in mobile communication apparatus such as cellular phones, and which achieves good transmission and reception of information in more than one frequency band. Easy and wide ranging adjustment of the impedance properties of the antenna as well as their productive mass production is allowed. The antenna device includes a) a spiral-shaped first antenna element (1) of which one end is open and the other end is electrically connected to a high frequency circuit inside a communication terminal; and b) a second antenna element (2) having both ends being open, and which is insulated from and disposed on either outer or inner surface of the first antenna element (1). The impedance properties of an antenna can be adjusted by changing the disposing position of the second antenna element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Fukushima, Naoki Yuda, Masahiro Oohara