Patents by Inventor Shinichi Nakano
Shinichi Nakano 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).
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Publication number: 20180123223Abstract: An antenna device includes a casing including a metal casing portion and a feed coil. The metal casing portion includes a main surface, a side surface connected to the main surfaces, and a notch portion located in the side surface. The feed coil is disposed inside the casing to be coupled with the metal casing portion by a magnetic field, and includes a winding central portion forming a coil opening portion. The feed coil is disposed near the notch portion, with the coil opening portion directed to a region including the notch portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Masahiro OZAWA, Nobuhito TSUBAKI
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Publication number: 20180108976Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Kuniaki YOSUI, Noboru KATO
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Patent number: 9947991Abstract: A radio communication device includes a body structural material such as a metal casing, a planar coil antenna which is disposed inside the body structural material so as to face the body structural material and includes a coil pattern and a coil opening, and a first slit pattern which is provided in the body structural material, intersects the coil pattern at at least two locations on the coil pattern in a plan view, and is not connected to an edge portion of the body structural material. Thus, mechanical strength is ensured, and predetermined communication performance is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Murayama, Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 9947995Abstract: An antenna device includes a conductor surface in which an opening having an open edge portion in communication with the outside is provided, a feed element including a first coil connected to the feed element and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, a first mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion and connected to a first end of the second coil, and a second mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion in a state isolated from the first mounting portion and connected to a second end of the second coil. The first mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other, and the second mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other. A loop is defined around the opening through the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion, and the second coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato
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Patent number: 9882267Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato
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Patent number: 9876275Abstract: An antenna device includes a casing including a metal casing portion and a feed coil. The metal casing portion includes a main surface, a side surface connected to the main surfaces, and a notch portion located in the side surface. The feed coil is disposed inside the casing to be coupled with the metal casing portion by a magnetic field, and includes a winding central portion forming a coil opening portion. The feed coil is disposed near the notch portion, with the coil opening portion directed to a region including the notch portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Masahiro Ozawa, Nobuhito Tsubaki
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Patent number: 9847579Abstract: An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato
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Patent number: 9847578Abstract: An antenna device includes a feed coil connected to a feed circuit, and a coil antenna disposed near the feed coil. A ferrite sheet, in which a magnetic loss term in a usable frequency band is relatively large, is provided between the feed coil and the coil antenna. The feed coil and the coil antenna are magnetically coupled to each other via the ferrite sheet. With this configuration, signal transmission efficiency between the feed coil and the coil antenna is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Noboru Kato, Kuniaki Yosui
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Publication number: 20170352957Abstract: An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Kuniaki YOSUI, Noboru KATO
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Patent number: 9819778Abstract: A power supply coil is disposed on a rear surface of a display via a shield plate. When a current flows in the power supply coil, a magnetic flux emitted from the power supply coil traverses an opening of the shield plate. As a result, the power supply coil and the shield plate are electromagnetically coupled and the shield plate defines and functions as an antenna. Accordingly, a communication terminal communicates favorably with a smartcard, which is a device positioned on a front surface side of the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Teppei Miura, Noboru Kato
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Publication number: 20170309067Abstract: A parts processing assistance system includes a three dimensional measurement unit for acquiring a three dimensional measured data about a part, a display unit for displaying the part based on the three dimensional measured data, and a virtual assembly unit for virtually assembling the part displayed by the display unit on the display unit. According to this system, assembly error can be confirmed before an actual assembly work of parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro NAKAMURA, Shinichi NAKANO, Shigekazu SHIKODA, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Shingo YONEMOTO
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Patent number: 9799946Abstract: An RFID antenna is arranged in the vicinity of a metal portion of and on an outer surface side of a casing of a communication terminal device. The RFID antenna includes a magnetic core, and a coil conductor that is wound around the magnetic core. The coil conductor includes a first conductor portion positioned on a first main surface side of the magnetic core and a second conductor portion positioned on the second main surface side of the magnetic core and arranged at a different position than the first conductor portion when viewed in plan from the direction of the first and second main surfaces, and the coil conductor is arranged such that the first main surface side of the magnetic core is on the metal portion side and such that the first conductor portion of the coil conductor faces a leading end portion of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Hiroyuki Kubo, Kuniaki Yosui
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Patent number: 9780450Abstract: An antenna device includes a feeder coil connected to a feeder circuit, a first conductor surface including a first slit that extends in a direction toward an outer edge and a second conductor surface including a second slit that extends in a direction toward an outer edge. The feeder coil is arranged at a position that is superposed with the first slit when viewed in plan, the feeder coil and the first conductor surface are magnetically coupled with each other, the first conductor surface and the second conductor surface are magnetically coupled with each other and the first slit and the second slit are arranged at positions so as to be partially superposed with each other when viewed in plan. At least a portion of the first slit is superposed with a portion of the second conductor surface other than the second slit when viewed in plan, and at least portion of the second slit is superposed with a portion of the first conductor surface other than the first slit when viewed in plan.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 9768511Abstract: An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato
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Patent number: 9748634Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato
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Publication number: 20170194711Abstract: An antenna device includes a planar coil, a planar conductor, a first power feed terminal, and a second power feed terminal. The planar conductor includes a cutout opposed to the planar coil that overlaps with a coil aperture. The planar coil includes a first conductor pattern portion and a second conductor pattern portion. The first power feed terminal is connected to a first end of the first conductor pattern portion and the second power feed terminal is connected to a first end of the second conductor pattern portion on a side adjacent to or in a vicinity of the first end of the first conductor pattern portion. Second ends of the first conductor pattern portion and the second conductor pattern portion are connected to the planar conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventor: Shinichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20170133743Abstract: In an interface unit, a shield layer includes an aperture through which magnetic flux generated by a power feeding coil of an antenna passes. Since the antenna is smaller than the shield layer, the aperture is much smaller than the shield layer. Thus, noise constituted by electromagnetic waves that travel from inside to outside of a computer via an aperture provided in an upper surface cover is blocked. During communication, the antenna and the shield layer are electromagnetically coupled to each other, and the shield layer defines and functions as an antenna. This allows proper communication with a communication target.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Noboru KATO, Shinichi NAKANO
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Patent number: 9590700Abstract: In an interface unit, a shield layer includes an aperture through which magnetic flux generated by a power feeding coil of an antenna passes. Since the antenna is smaller than the shield layer, the aperture is much smaller than the shield layer. Thus, noise constituted by electromagnetic waves that travel from inside to outside of a computer via an aperture provided in an upper surface cover is blocked. During communication, the antenna and the shield layer are electromagnetically coupled to each other, and the shield layer defines and functions as an antenna. This allows proper communication with a communication target.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Kato, Shinichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20170033435Abstract: An antenna device includes a planar conductor on a side of a display device that is opposite to a display surface side of the display device and a power feeding coil including a spiral-shaped coil conductor with a coil aperture at a center thereof. The planar conductor includes a cutout portion. The coil aperture of the power feeding coil is superposed with the cutout portion of the planar conductor in plan view. A magnetic sheet that is superposed with the coil conductor in plan view is arranged between the display device and the planar conductor and between the display device and the power feeding coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventor: Shinichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20170012350Abstract: An antenna device includes a conductor surface in which an opening having an open edge portion in communication with the outside is provided, a feed element including a first coil connected to the feed element and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, a first mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion and connected to a first end of the second coil, and a second mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion in a state isolated from the first mounting portion and connected to a second end of the second coil. The first mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other, and the second mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other. A loop is defined around the opening through the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion, and the second coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Kuniaki YOSUI, Noboru KATO