Patents by Inventor Osamu Amano

Osamu Amano 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: 11018404
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structural body is formed into a shape including: A circuit structural body, including: a multilayer board, which includes a plurality of layers of a first to N-th tri-plate structural bodies each including a first to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) planar conductors; an interlayers connection conductor, which is configured to connect the first to N-th planar conductors to each other; and a side-surface ground conductor, which is formed on a side surface of the multilayer board, and is approximately parallel to and near the interlayers connection conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NEC SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Amano
  • Publication number: 20200112076
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structural body is formed into a shape including: A circuit structural body, including: a multilayer board, which includes a plurality of layers of a first to N-th tri-plate structural bodies each including a first to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) planar conductors; an interlayers connection conductor, which is configured to connect the first to N-th planar conductors to each other; and a side-surface ground conductor, which is formed on a side surface of the multilayer board, and is approximately parallel to and near the interlayers connection conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Space Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu AMANO
  • Patent number: 9214740
    Abstract: A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: NEC Space Technologies, Ltd., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 9048534
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a wide-band feeder circuit a lower conductive plate provided substantially in parallel to an upper conductive plate, a short-circuit portion provided in a concave manner at a central portion of the lower conductive plate, and a countersunk portion provided in a convex manner at a central portion of a short-circuit plate forming a bottom of the short-circuit portion. It is also possible to obtain an antenna including such a wide-band feeder circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: NEC TOSHIBA SPACE SYSTEMS, LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Shuichi Koreeda, Yukio Kamata, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20120162039
    Abstract: A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEC TOSHIBA SPACE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20110241955
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna capable of establishing electrical conductivity between a flange-like short-circuit section of a power supply section and a thin metal plate even in a harsh temperature environment in a space environment. Under a state in which an apical portion of a power supply section is inserted from an outer side of a face plate into a hole for the power supply section of a thin metal plate, a dielectric plate, and a metal plate, a plurality of screws are inserted from the outer side of a flange-like short-circuit section through a plurality of insertion holes of the flange-like short-circuit section, the thin metal plate, and the dielectric plate, and the plurality of screws are threadingly inserted into a plurality of tapped holes of the metal plate so that electrical conductivity between the flange-like short-circuit section and the thin metal plate is established through direct contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: NEC TOSHIBA SPACE SYSTEMS, LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Shuichi Koreeda, Yukio Kamata, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20110006970
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a wide-band feeder circuit a lower conductive plate provided substantially in parallel to an upper conductive plate, a short-circuit portion provided in a concave manner at a central portion of the lower conductive plate, and a countersunk portion provided in a convex manner at a central portion of a short-circuit plate forming a bottom of the short-circuit portion. It is also possible to obtain an antenna including such a wide-band feeder circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: NEC TOSHIBA SPACE SYSTEMS, LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Shuichi Koreeda, Yukio Kamata, Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 7172741
    Abstract: It is an object to increase a reprocessing speed of spent nuclear fuel and to obtain uranium having a high purity and a plutonium mixture reusable as it is at a low cost through a simple procedure. The spent nuclear fuel 1 is subjected to fluorination using fluorine 2 in a fluorination step 3, and as a result, uranium, a mixture of uranium and plutonium and a fission product are separated and recovered independently of one another. The plutonium fluoride volatilized in the fluorination is recovered along with a fixing agent and then passed through an oxidative conversion step 8, thereby recovering a mixture of uranium and plutonium oxides 9. Since the uranium can be recovered in a high purity, it is managed very easily when reused or saved. Further, since the uranium and plutonium are recovered as a mixture thereof, fuel reproduction cost is decreased and prevention of proliferation is strengthened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio Kawamura, Kuniyoshi Hoshino, Masakatsu Aoi, Akira Sasahira, Osamu Amano, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6833821
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 3-dimensional wave-guiding structure for horn or tube-type waveguides. The wave-guiding structure comprises a fiber-reinforced composite material and a conductive nonwoven fabric shaped together with the composite material. The present invention also provides a 3-dimensional wave-guiding structure comprising a conductive nonwoven fabric 30 and a fiber-reinforced triaxial woven fabric 20 which are laminated alternately or in an arbitrary order. The conductive nonwoven fabric having flexibility can be readily shaped together with the composite material composed of a triaxial woven fabric or the like in conformity with the 3-dimensional shape of various horn or tube-like waveguides such as a waveguide diplexer, waveguide circulator, hybrid waveguide and waveguide directional coupler to provide a lightweight wave-guiding structure capable of achieving both excellent mechanical and electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignees: Sakase Adtech Co., NEC Toshiba Space Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Akihito Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040183738
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 3-dimensional wave-guiding structure for horn or tube-type waveguides. The wave-guiding structure comprises a fiber-reinforced composite material and a conductive nonwoven fabric shaped together with the composite material. The present invention also provides a 3-dimensional wave-guiding structure comprising a conductive nonwoven fabric 30 and a fiber-reinforced triaxial woven fabric 20 which are laminated alternately or in an arbitrary order. The conductive nonwoven fabric having flexibility can be readily shaped together with the composite material composed of a triaxial woven fabric or the like in conformity with the 3-dimensional shape of various horn or tube-type waveguides such as a waveguide diplexer, waveguide circulator, hybrid waveguide and waveguide directional coupler to provide a lightweight wave-guiding structure capable of achieving both excellent mechanical and electrical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Akihito Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040170550
    Abstract: It is an object to increase a reprocessing speed of spent nuclear fuel and to obtain uranium having a high purity and a plutonium mixture reusable as it is at a low cost through a simple procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Fumio Kawamura, Kuniyoshi Hoshino, Masakatsu Aoi, Akira Sasahira, Osamu Amano, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4624976
    Abstract: A composition for modeling material comprising a synthetic resin, a wooden powder and an oil formulated and kneaded. The synthetic resin is a rubber-reinforced styrene resin. The oil is a hydrocarbon oil having a specified viscosity, and restriction of the content of an aromatic ring-forming carbon. The composition is formed into flat board, round rod, etc. and used as modeling material for shaping patterns or models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignees: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Ube Cycon, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Atsushi Kaiya, Takao Tanaka, Hitoshi Akimura, Katsuhiro Tsujihata, Kouji Hirata