Patents by Inventor Munenori Fujimura

Munenori Fujimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20150326056
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit substrate, a secondary-side non-contact charging module, and a heat dissipating sheet. The circuit substrate comprises a substrate, an electronic component that is mounted to the substrate, and a shield case that covers the electronic component. The heat dissipation sheet is in contact with the shield case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9153855
    Abstract: An antenna has a base substrate, a coil formed from a conductor wound around the base substrate, and a plurality of terminals connected to the conductor. Uncovered base substrate portions where the conductor is absent are formed on the base substrate except the start and end of turns of the coil. The terminals are provided on respective sides of the coil parallel to a coil axis and on the uncovered base substrate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Kouichi Nakamura, Munenori Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20140375262
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless charging module which is made to be compact by a wireless charging coil and a NFC antenna being implemented as a single module, and is capable of carrying out communication and power transmission in the same direction while preventing mutual interference. This wireless charging module is provided with a charging coil (30) having wound conducting wire, and a NFC coil (40) arranged around the charging coil (30), and the axis of the charging coil (30) and the axis of the NFC coil (40) intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Tabata, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20140306656
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact charging module for which miniaturization is achieved by making a non-contact charging coil, an NFC antenna, and a magnetic sheet into one module, and which enables transmission and power propagation in the same direction. This device of the present invention is provided with a charging coil comprising a wound lead wire, an NFC coil disposed so as to surround the charging coil, and a magnetic sheet that holds the charging coil and the NFC coil from the same direction. The number of turns of the charging coil is greater than that of the NFC coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20140091758
    Abstract: This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse, Munenori Fujimura, Kenichiro Tabata, Tokuji Nishino
  • Patent number: 8310837
    Abstract: A circuit module is mounted with an IC that modulates and demodulates a multicarrier signal. The circuit module has a laminated board, which is provided internally with a plurality of conductive layers laminated having insulating layers in between, and an IC, which is provided with a plurality of ground terminals to be grounded. Of the plurality of conductive layers, a conductive layer provided proximate to the IC configures a ground layer electrically connected to the plurality of ground terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawano, Munenori Fujimura, Takumi Naruse, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110050535
    Abstract: An antenna has a base substrate 3, a coil 30 formed from a conductor 4 wound around the base substrate 3, and a plurality of terminals 5 connected to the conductor 4. Uncovered base substrate portions 31 where the conductor is absent are formed on the base substrate 3 except the start and end of turns of the coil 30. The terminals 5 are provided on respective sides of the coil 30 parallel to a coil axis and on the uncovered base substrate portions 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichiro YAMAGUCHI, Kouichi NAKAMURA, Munenori FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080123302
    Abstract: A circuit module is mounted with an IC that modulates and demodulates a multicarrier signal. The circuit module has a laminated board, which is provided internally with a plurality of conductive layers laminated having insulating layers in between, and an IC, which is provided with a plurality of ground terminals to be grounded. Of the plurality of conductive layers, a conductive layer provided proximate to the IC configures a ground layer electrically connected to the plurality of ground terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWANO, Munenori FUJIMURA, Takumi NARUSE, Shuichiro YAMAGUCHI, Yoshinori HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7242363
    Abstract: An antenna element, an antenna module, and an electronic equipment using these, are small-sized, high in transmitting and receiving performance, and capable of transmitting and receiving electric waves at a plurality of frequencies. The antenna element includes two antennas having at least a feeder portion and an open portion, and current is fed to each feeder portion. The antenna module includes at least an antenna and a mounting body in which the antenna is mounted, and current is fed to each feeder portion. The electronic equipment includes at least the antenna element or antenna module, a signal modulator, a signal demodulator, a controller, a man-machine interface, and a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Eguchi
  • Patent number: 7199759
    Abstract: The invention is to provide such an antenna module making broadband of transmitting and receiving frequencies, while realizing miniaturization. The invention has a structure comprising a mounting body; a chip antenna having a substrate mounted on the mounting body and a substrate and a couple of terminal parts provided on the substrate; an feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; a open portion to which the other of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; and a capacitive conductor provided in opposition to the substrate, thereby to make use of a bottom area hidden when mounting the chip antenna so as to increase capacitive components for realizing broadband of the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Keisuke Maruyama, Yoshitaka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 7170453
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas having different resonance frequencies and a feeding section for supplying common power to feeding terminals of the plurality of antennas. Open terminals of the plurality of antennas are separate. As at least one of the plurality of antennas is implemented as a helical antenna having a helical conductor section trimmed, the transmission-reception band can be put into a wide band. Further, an antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a connection conductor provided between the antennas for connecting the antennas in series, a feeding section provided in one of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected in the plurality of antennas connected in series, and an additional conductor provided in the other terminal section to which the connection conductor is not connected, wherein the additional conductor is an open end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Keisuke Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7042418
    Abstract: A chip antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of helical conductors provided on the substrate, and a pair of terminals provided on the substrate. One of the plurality of helical conductors is connected electrically to one of the terminals, and another one of the helical conductors is connected electrically to the other terminal. Thus, the antenna is of a small size, yet is a single unit which alone is capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves of a plurality of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi
  • Publication number: 20050231429
    Abstract: The invention is to provide such an antenna module making broadband of transmitting and receiving frequencies, while realizing miniaturization. The invention has a structure comprising a mounting body; a chip antenna having a substrate mounted on the mounting body and a substrate and a couple of terminal parts provided on the substrate; an feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; a open portion to which the other of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; and a capacitive conductor provided in opposition to the substrate, thereby to make use of a bottom area hidden when mounting the chip antenna so as to increase capacitive components for realizing broadband of the antenna module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Keisuke Maruyama, Yoshitaka Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20050057430
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas having different resonance frequencies and a feeding section for supplying common power to feeding terminals of the plurality of antennas. Open terminals of the plurality of antennas are separate. As at least one of the plurality of antennas is implemented as a helical antenna having a helical conductor section trimmed, the transmission-reception band can be put into a wide band. Further, an antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a connection conductor being provided between the antennas for connecting the antennas in series, a feeding section being provided in one of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected in the plurality of antennas connected in series, and an additional conductor being provided in the other of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected, wherein the additional conductor is an open end part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Keisuke Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6850751
    Abstract: A non-reciprocal circuit device has a length, a width, and a thickness denoted respectively by L1, L2, and L3, and the overall dimensions of 2.5 mm<L1<7.0 mm, 2.5 mm<L2<7.0 mm, and 1.0 mm<L3<3.5 mm. When a projected area of the substrate of the device is orthogonally projected on a plane parallel to a base surface of the substrate is denoted by S1, the substrate holds a proportional relation to S1/(L1×L2)=0.1 to 0.78. When a thickness of the magnet of the device is denoted by L4, the magnet holds a proportional relation of L4/L3=0.2 to 0.5. When a projected area of the magnet orthogonally formed on a plane parallel to a surface of the magnet is denoted by S2, they have a proportional relation of S1/S2=0.15 to 0.83.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Shiiba, Munenori Fujimura, Hitoshi Uchi, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Takayuki Takeuchi, Yasuhiko Horio, Hiroshi Kawano, Hiromi Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20040201531
    Abstract: The invention provides an antenna element, antenna module, and electronic equipment using these, which are small-sized, high in transmitting and receiving performance, and capable of transmitting and receiving electric waves at a plurality of frequencies. Such antenna element comprises two antennas having at least a feeder portion and an open portion, and current is fed to each feeder portion. The antenna module comprises at least an antenna and a mounting body in which the antenna is mounted, and current is fed to each feeder portion. The electronic equipment comprises at least the antenna element or antenna module, a signal modulator, a signal demodulator, a controller, a man-machine interface, and a casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Eguchi
  • Patent number: 6765453
    Abstract: A compact non-reciprocal circuit device capable of handling a high power without impairment of the characteristics. The non-reciprocal circuit device contains a magnetic substrate that exhibits anisotropic behavior by application of a direct-current magnetic field. On the surface of the substrate, strip-lines are disposed at an angle, being insulated with each other. One end of each strip-line is grounded, and the other end of each is connected through a capacitor to a ground. Of the ends connecting the capacitors, one end connects to a termination resistor; the remaining ends connect each to an input terminal and an output terminal. The non-reciprocal circuit device exhibits non-reciprocal characteristics between the input and output terminals. The case of the device contains an insulating thermal conductor that serves as a heat-radiator for the termination resistor and the strip-lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Hiromi Tokunaga, Munenori Fujimura, Hitoshi Uchi, Hiroshi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20040108967
    Abstract: A chip antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of helical conductors provided on the substrate, and a pair of terminals provided on the substrate. One of the plurality of helical conductors is connected electrically to one of the terminals, and another one of the helical conductors is connected electrically to the other terminal. Thus, the antenna is of a small size, yet is a single unit which alone is capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves of a plurality of frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi
  • Publication number: 20020185659
    Abstract: A compact non-reciprocal circuit device capable of handling a high power without impairment of the characteristics. The non-reciprocal circuit device contains a magnetic substrate that exhibits anisotropic behavior by application of a direct-current magnetic field. On the surface of the substrate, strip-lines are disposed at an angle, being insulated with each other. One end of each strip-line is grounded, and the other end of each is connected through a capacitor to a ground. Of the ends connecting the capacitors, one end connects to a termination resistor; the remaining ends connect each to an input terminal and an output terminal. The non-reciprocal circuit device exhibits non-reciprocal characteristics between the input and output terminals. The case of the device contains an insulating thermal conductor that serves as a heat-radiator for the termination resistor and the strip-lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Hiromi Tokunaga, Munenori Fujimura, Hitoshi Uchi, Hiroshi Kawano
  • Patent number: 5703546
    Abstract: A strip dual mode loop resonator includes a loop-shaped strip line having a pair of straight strip lines arranged in parallel, an electric length of the loop-shaped strip line being equivalent to a wavelength of a microwave circulated in the loop-shaped strip line in two different directions according to a characteristic impedance of the loop-shaped strip line, and the straight strip lines being coupled to each other in electromagnetic coupling to change the characteristic impedance of the loop-shaped strip line. The microwave is transferred from an input strip line to the loop-shaped strip line through electromagnetic field induced by the microwave. Thereafter, the microwave is reflected in the straight strip lines of the loop-shaped strip line to produce reflected microwaves circulated in opposite directions. Thereafter, the reflected waves are resonated and filtered in dual mode in the loop-shaped strip line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takahashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Mitsuo Makimoto, Munenori Fujimura