Patents by Inventor Soichiro Etani

Soichiro Etani 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: 11264722
    Abstract: An antenna is provided, including: a first substrate, having has a first and a second surfaces parallel to each other and having a dielectric; a second substrate, having a third and a fourth surfaces parallel to each other, the third surface being disposed to face and abut the second surface, having a dielectric; a first radiation conductor, formed on the first surface; a second radiation conductor, formed on the third surface; and a power supply, supplying power to the first and second radiation conductors. A position of the power supply is disposed from centers of the first and second radiation conductors by distance d. A distance between a position where a reflection loss with respect to the second high-frequency signal becomes the smallest and the centers is d0, d/d0 is equal to or larger than 4/3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soichiro Etani
  • Publication number: 20210044025
    Abstract: An antenna is provided, including: a first substrate, having has a first and a second surfaces parallel to each other and having a dielectric; a second substrate, having a third and a fourth surfaces parallel to each other, the third surface being disposed to face and abut the second surface, having a dielectric; a first radiation conductor, formed on the first surface; a second radiation conductor, formed on the third surface; and a power supply, supplying power to the first and second radiation conductors. A position of the power supply is disposed from centers of the first and second radiation conductors by distance d. A distance between a position where a reflection loss with respect to the second high-frequency signal becomes the smallest and the centers is d0, d/d0 is equal to or larger than 4/3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soichiro ETANI
  • Patent number: 10514469
    Abstract: An attitude angle may be calculated with high precision. In a traveling state calculating device, receiving parts may output data for calculation using positioning signals received by antennas, respectively. A phase difference calculating part may calculate a single phase difference for every base line based on the data for calculation outputted by the receivers. An attitude angle calculating part may calculate an attitude angle using the data for calculation and the single phase difference. A calculating condition determining part may determine a contribution of the data for calculation to the calculation of the attitude angle, corresponding to the component of the attitude angle, based on a spatial relationship between the base line and the positioning satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Toda, Akihiro Hino, Hiraku Nakamura, Takeshi Nagano, Soichiro Etani, Masashi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20170363749
    Abstract: An attitude angle may be calculated with high precision. In a traveling state calculating device, receiving parts may output data for calculation using positioning signals received by antennas, respectively. A phase difference calculating part may calculate a single phase difference for every base line based on the data for calculation outputted by the receivers. An attitude angle calculating part may calculate an attitude angle using the data for calculation and the single phase difference. A calculating condition determining part may determine a contribution of the data for calculation to the calculation of the attitude angle, corresponding to the component of the attitude angle, based on a spatial relationship between the base line and the positioning satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Naomi Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Toda, Akihiro Hino, Hiraku Nakamura, Takeshi Nagano, Soichiro Etani, Masashi Sugimoto