Patents by Inventor Takanori Hirobe
Takanori Hirobe 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: 20170229910Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board, a battery pack included in the housing, and a non-contact charging module included in the housing. The non-contact charging module includes a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged. The magnetic sheet has four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, and at most three pairs of adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners. At least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
-
Patent number: 9667086Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a battery pack, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module. In a plan view along the thickness direction of the housing, the battery pack is arranged in a first area, and the secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged in a second area that is adjacent to the first area. The secondary-side non-contact charging module overlaps with the intersection of a center line for the second area, said center line following the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other, and a center line for the width direction of the housing, said center line being orthogonal to the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
-
Patent number: 9634515Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged peripheral to the wireless power charging coil. A center of the wireless power charging coil is offset from a center of the wireless communication coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
-
Patent number: 9607757Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged peripheral to the wireless power charging coil on the surface of the magnetic body.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
-
Publication number: 20160352138Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged adjacent to and outside of the wireless power charging coil. At least a portion of the wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
-
Patent number: 9444150Abstract: A first connection circuit (108) is adjusted to cancel out mutual coupling impedance occurring between a first antenna element (106) in a first frequency band and a second antenna element (107) in a second frequency band, and reduces a degradation occurring due to the coupling between the antenna elements. A second frequency band cutoff circuit (111) for the second frequency band is provided between the first antenna element (106) and the first feeding portion (104).Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Satou
-
Publication number: 20160218549Abstract: In a coil unit, a first magnetic body 11, a first coil 12 for non-contact power transmission, a second magnetic body 21, a substrate 30, and a second coil 22 for non-contact wireless communication are laminated in this order in the thickness direction of the coils. The first coil 12 and the second coil 22 at least partially overlap each other. A region in which the first coil and the second coil do not overlap each other is provided on the inner circumferential side of the first coil. The second coil 22 overlaps the outer circumference of the first coil 12. A resonance frequency of the first coil 12 is lower than a resonance frequency of the second coil 22. The permeability of the first magnetic body 11 is greater than the permeability of the second magnetic body 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
-
Publication number: 20160203905Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Uejima
-
Patent number: 9325197Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Uejima
-
Publication number: 20150326055Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal comprising a connecting hole for connecting the inside and the outside of a housing, a camera unit that is mounted to a circuit substrate, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module that is accommodated in the housing. The camera unit comprises a camera module that is capable of capturing images through the connecting hole. The secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged at a position so as to not overlap with the camera unit in a plan view that follows the thickness direction of the housing, and is arranged within a length that follows the thickness direction (direction indicated by the arrow) of the housing at the camera unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
-
Publication number: 20150326056Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
-
Publication number: 20150326057Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a battery pack, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module. In a plan view along the thickness direction of the housing, the battery pack is arranged in a first area, and the secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged in a second area that is adjacent to the first area. The secondary-side non-contact charging module overlaps with the intersection of a center line for the second area, said center line following the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other, and a center line for the width direction of the housing, said center line being orthogonal to the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other in the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
-
Patent number: 9105975Abstract: A second slit 117 and a fourth slit 119 provided in a first antenna element 150 and a first slit 116 and a third slit 118 provided in a second antenna element 151 are adjusted such that the mutual coupling between the first antenna element 150 and the second antenna element 151 in the desired frequency band is canceled, and reduces degradation in coupling between antenna elements without connecting the antenna elements through components and the like. With such a configuration, it is possible to achieve high-efficiency loosely coupled MIMO array antennas operating in the same frequency band in a portable wireless terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Satou, Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Tomoaki Nishikido
-
Patent number: 9001000Abstract: A first antenna element is embodied in a blanched structure, and a second antenna element is embodied in a blanched structure. A low coupling circuit for increasing susceptance with an increase in frequency is interposed between the first antenna element and the second antenna element. The first antenna element and the second antenna element exhibit resonance of a Y12 component of an admittance matrix between first and second frequencies and between second and third frequencies. The first branch element and the third branch element assume a value of nearly a quarter of a resonant electrical length of the Y12 component of the admittance matrix between the first and second frequencies. The second branch element and the fourth branch element assume a value of nearly a quarter of the resonant electrical length of the Y12 component of the admittance matrix between the second and third frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Satou, Yoshio Koyanagi, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima
-
Publication number: 20140306653Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori HIROBE, Yoshio KOYANAGI, Hiroyuki UEJIMA
-
Publication number: 20140184465Abstract: A first antenna element 102, a second antenna element 103, and a MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) switch 104 are provided, and a feeding point 110 is provided at one end of the first antenna element 102. The other end 113 of the first antenna element 102 is connected to a first terminal 106 of the MEMS switch 104, and one end 114 of the second antenna element 103 is connected to a second terminal 107 of the MEMS switch 104. The one end of the first antenna element 102 is grounded to a ground pattern 101 via an inductor 115, and a ground terminal 105 of the MEMS switch 104 is connected to the other end 113 of the first antenna element 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi, Suguru Kojima, Takanori Hirobe, Kouta Aoki, Masao Ootani
-
Publication number: 20140168019Abstract: A non-contact wireless communication coil includes a first coil, a second coil, a first magnetic body, and a second magnetic body. The first magnetic body, the first coil, the second magnetic body, and the second coil are laminated in this order in a thickness direction of the coils. The first coil and the second coil at least partially overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
-
Publication number: 20140015729Abstract: A first antenna element 102, a second antenna element 103, and a MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) switch 104 are provided, and a feeding point 110 is provided at one end of the first antenna element 102. The other end 113 of the first antenna element 102 is connected to a first terminal 106 of the MEMS switch 104, and one end 114 of the second antenna element 103 is connected to a second terminal 107 of the MEMS switch 104. The one end of the first antenna element 102 is grounded to a ground pattern 101 via an inductor 115, and a ground terminal 105 of the MEMS switch 104 is connected to the other end 113 of the first antenna element 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi, Suguru Kojima, Takanori Hirobe, Kouta Aoki, Masao OotaniI
-
Publication number: 20130328742Abstract: A first connection circuit (108) is adjusted to cancel out mutual coupling impedance occurring between a first antenna element (106) in a first frequency band and a second antenna element (107) in a second frequency band, and reduces a degradation occurring due to the coupling between the antenna elements. A second frequency band cutoff circuit (111) for the second frequency band is provided between the first antenna element (106) and the first feeding portion (104).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Satou
-
Publication number: 20130162497Abstract: A first antenna element is embodied in a blanched structure, and a second antenna element is embodied in a blanched structure. A low coupling circuit for increasing susceptance with an increase in frequency is interposed between the first antenna element and the second antenna element. The first antenna element and the second antenna element exhibit resonance of a Y12 component of an admittance matrix between first and second frequencies and between second and third frequencies. The first branch element and the third branch element assume a value of nearly a quarter of a resonant electrical length of the Y12 component of the admittance matrix between the first and second frequencies. The second branch element and the fourth branch element assume a value of nearly a quarter of the resonant electrical length of the Y12 component of the admittance matrix between the second and third frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Satou, Yoshio Koyanagi, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima