Patents by Inventor Shinichi Takaba

Shinichi Takaba 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: 9984832
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a hollow tubular member that is elastic and insulative; and a first electrode wire and a second electrode wire held in the tubular member while being separated from each other. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire contact with each other by elastic deformation when receiving an external pressure to the tubular member. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire extend parallel to a central axis of the tubular member. A shape of a gap between the first electrode wire and the second electrode wire in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the tubular member is non-linear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Kenji Hirose, Koichi Kato, Takashi Fujieda, Keisuke Sugita, Kazuhide Oda, Toshihiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20170040126
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a hollow tubular member that is elastic and insulative; and a first electrode wire and a second electrode wire held in the tubular member while being separated from each other. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire contact with each other by elastic deformation when receiving an external pressure to the tubular member. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire extend parallel to a central axis of the tubular member. A shape of a gap between the first electrode wire and the second electrode wire in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the tubular member is non-linear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKABA, Kenji HIROSE, Koichi KATO, Takashi FUJIEDA, Keisuke SUGITA, Kazuhide ODA, Toshihiro NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9202644
    Abstract: A cord switch including a cord switch main body including a hollow tubular member having elasticity and electrical insulating property and a plurality of electrode wires provided to face each other with an interval at an inner surface of the tubular member and spaced from each other by the elasticity of the tubular member, and a mounting member having an elastic modulus greater than an elastic modulus of the tubular member and being provided along the cord switch main body. The cord switch also includes a strip-shaped impact absorption member having an elastic modulus lower than the elastic modulus of the tubular member, which is interposed between the cord switch main body and the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoyama, Akira Yamaura, Shinichi Takaba, Takashi Onimoto
  • Publication number: 20140318934
    Abstract: A cord switch including a cord switch main body including a hollow tubular member having elasticity and electrical insulating property and a plurality of electrode wires provided to face each other with an interval at an inner surface of the tubular member and spaced from each other by the elasticity of the tubular member, and a mounting member having an elastic modulus greater than an elastic modulus of the tubular member and being provided along the cord switch main body. The cord switch also includes a strip-shaped impact absorption member having an elastic modulus lower than the elastic modulus of the tubular member, which is interposed between the cord switch main body and the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoyama, Akira Yamaura, Shinichi Takaba, Takashi Onimoto
  • Patent number: 8026858
    Abstract: An antenna element 1 is installed at a glass part 5 of a vehicle 4. The antennal element 1 has a ground part 3 and a radiating element 2. A metallic part side ground part 3b of the ground part 3 is overlapped with a metallic part 6 of the vehicle 4, while a glass part side ground part 3a of the ground part 3 and the radiating element 2 are not overlapped with the metallic part 6. The ground part 3 is installed such that a ratio of the area of the glass part side ground part 3a to be overlapped with the glass part 5 to the area of the metallic part side ground part 3b to be overlapped with the metallic part 6 is from 1:5 to 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Hitoshi Horita, Yuichi Anzai, Masayoshi Kaneyasu
  • Publication number: 20080246671
    Abstract: An antenna element 1 is installed at a glass part 5 of a vehicle 4. The antennal element 1 has a ground part 3 and a radiating element 2. A metallic part side ground part 3b of the ground part 3 is overlapped with a metallic part 6 of the vehicle 4, while a glass part side ground part 3a of the ground part 3 and the radiating element 2 are not overlapped with the metallic part 6. The ground part 3 is installed such that a ratio of the area of the glass part side ground part 3a to be overlapped with the glass part 5 to the area of the metallic part side ground part 3b to be overlapped with the metallic part 6 is from 1:5 to 1:10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKABA, Hitoshi HORITA, Yuichi ANZAI, Masayoshi KANEYASU
  • Patent number: 7358907
    Abstract: A small-sized antenna is adapted to be mounted on a circuit substrate. The antenna has an antenna body and a resin-molded body that has a first resin-molded body and a second resin-molded body. The antenna body is sandwiched by the first and second resin-molded bodies. The first resin-molded body engages to the second resin-molded body, and the first resin-molded body is mounted on the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Makoto Usui
  • Publication number: 20060097928
    Abstract: A small-sized antenna is adapted to be mounted on a circuit substrate. The antenna has an antenna body and a resin-molded body that has a first resin-molded body and a second resin-molded body. The antenna body is sandwiched by the first and second resin-molded bodies. The first resin-molded body engages to the second resin-molded body, and the first resin-molded body is mounted on the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Makoto Usui
  • Patent number: 6965350
    Abstract: A flat-plate multiplex antenna that is small in size, wide in band and possible to operate at least two frequency bands and a portable terminal using it are provided. A flat-plate multiplex antenna having at least two resonant frequencies, comprising a radiating conductor provided with a U shaped slit and open slit opening either end of said U shaped slit, and a feeder line which supplies power to said radiating conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichi Takaba, Morihiko Ikegaya, Shinichiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6963310
    Abstract: A mobile phone antenna has: a first conductive radiation element that is formed in a sheet metal conductor and resonates at a predetermined resonance frequency; a second conductive radiation element that is formed in the sheet metal conductor and resonates at the predetermined resonance frequency; and a ground that is connected through a conductive ground connector with the second conductive radiation element. The ground is placed such that the ground is not opposed to the first and second conductive radiation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horita, Takahiro Sugiyama, Shin Kataoka, Shinichi Takaba
  • Patent number: 6956531
    Abstract: A built-in antenna having: a support body that has a top surface shape having a flat plane that has three neighboring sides with two corners defined therebetween and inclined planes that extend downward from the respective three sides and has other planes between the inclined planes; and a metal conductor that is mounted on the support body, the metal conductor having a shape corresponding to the top surface shape of the support body, the shape being formed by bending a metal plate. The metal conductor has a first slit located corresponding to a middle side of the three sides and a second slit located extending downward from one of the two corners, the second slit being communicated with the first slit and having an opened end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichi Takaba, Morihiko Ikegaya, Shinichiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6894651
    Abstract: A built-in antenna for being installed in a housing of insulating material has a metal plate that has a radiating portion and a feeder terminal. The radiating portion has a plurality of penetrating holes to be fitted to a plurality of protrusions provided on the housing side, and a plate spring that is formed extending from an edge of each of the plurality of penetrating holes to the center of the each of the plurality of penetrating holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yokochi, Shinichi Takaba, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20050001772
    Abstract: A built-in antenna having: a support body that has a top surface shape having a flat plane that has three neighboring sides with two corners defined therebetween and inclined planes that extend downward from the respective three sides and has other planes between the inclined planes; and a metal conductor that is mounted on the support body, the metal conductor having a shape corresponding to the top surface shape of the support body, the shape being formed by bending a metal plate. The metal conductor has a first slit located corresponding to a middle side of the three sides and a second slit located extending downward from one of the two corners, the second slit being communicated with the first slit and having an opened end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichi Takaba, Morihiko Ikegaya, Shinichiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6789308
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flat antenna is composed of the steps of entirely applying Ni plating to the front and back surfaces of a long metal sheet, bonding masking tapes to the front surface of the metal sheet where the Ni plating has been applied except two stripe regions, applying Au plating to the two stripe regions by dipping the metal sheet into an Au plating solution, making a plurality of conductive flat sheets by punching the metal sheet to a plurality of regions along the lengthwise direction thereof after exfoliating the masking tapes, and bending the portions of each conductive flat sheet acting as a power feed terminal and a ground terminal. The metal sheet can be simply masked by bonding a plurality of the masking tapes thereto linearly except the regions where the plating is to be applied, thereby the productivity of the flat antenna can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichiro Suzuki, Morihiko Ikegaya
  • Publication number: 20040164909
    Abstract: A built-in antenna for being installed in a housing of insulating material has a metal plate that has a radiating portion and a feeder terminal. The radiating portion has a plurality of penetrating holes to be fitted to a plurality of protrusions provided on the housing side, and a plate spring that is formed extending from an edge of each of the plurality of penetrating holes to the center of the each of the plurality of penetrating holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yokochi, Shinichi Takaba, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20040130493
    Abstract: A mobile phone antenna has: a first conductive radiation element that is formed in a sheet metal conductor and resonates at a predetermined resonance frequency; a second conductive radiation element that is formed in the sheet metal conductor and resonates at the predetermined resonance frequency; and a ground that is connected through a conductive ground connector with the second conductive radiation element. The ground is placed such that the ground is not opposed to the first and second conductive radiation elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horita, Takahiro Sugiyama, Shin Kataoka, Shinichi Takaba
  • Publication number: 20030135982
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flat antenna is composed of the steps of entirely applying Ni plating to the front and back surfaces of a long metal sheet, bonding masking tapes to the front surface of the metal sheet where the Ni plating has been applied except two stripe regions, applying Au plating to the two stripe regions by dipping the metal sheet into an Au plating solution, making a plurality of conductive flat sheets by punching the metal sheet to a plurality of regions along the lengthwise direction thereof after exfoliating the masking tapes, and bending the portions of each conductive flat sheet acting as a power feed terminal and a ground terminal. The metal sheet can be simply masked by bonding a plurality of the masking tapes thereto linearly except the regions where the plating is to be applied, thereby the productivity of the flat antenna can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takaba, Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichiro Suzuki, Morihiko Ikegaya
  • Publication number: 20030122722
    Abstract: A flat-plate multiplex antenna that is small in size, wide in band and possible to operate at least two frequency bands and a portable terminal using it are provided. A flat-plate multiplex antenna having at least two resonant frequencies, comprising a radiating conductor provided with a U shaped slit and open slit opening either end of said U shaped slit, and a feeder line which supplies power to said radiating conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Shinichi Takaba, Morihiko Ikegaya, Shinichiro Suzuki