Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Toba

Tatsuo Toba 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: 11031694
    Abstract: In an antenna, the outer conductor is formed of a first linear conductor, the first linear conductor having a length corresponding to one wavelength of a right-handed circularly polarized wave and circularly extended from a first feed point to a second feed point. The inner conductor is disposed inside the outer conductor and formed of a second linear conductor, the second linear conductor being different from the first linear conductor and having a length determined based on one wavelength of a left-handed circularly polarized wave. The inner conductor has a starting point of the second linear conductor connected to the first feed point and has an end point of the second linear conductor kept free from connection at a location inside the outer conductor, and causes current to flow in a direction opposite to the current flow in the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita Itou, Kunihiko Yamada, Yoshikazu Nagashima, Kenji Matsushita, Tatsuo Toba
  • Publication number: 20200168994
    Abstract: In an antenna, the outer conductor is formed of a first linear conductor, the first linear conductor having a length corresponding to one wavelength of a right-handed circularly polarized wave and circularly extended from a first feed point to a second feed point. The inner conductor is disposed inside the outer conductor and formed of a second linear conductor, the second linear conductor being different from the first linear conductor and having a length determined based on one wavelength of a left-handed circularly polarized wave. The inner conductor has a starting point of the second linear conductor connected to the first feed point and has an end point of the second linear conductor kept free from connection at a location inside the outer conductor, and causes current to flow in a direction opposite to the current flow in the outer conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eita ITOU, Kunihiko YAMADA, Yoshikazu NAGASHIMA, Kenji MATSUSHITA, Tatsuo TOBA
  • Patent number: 10396464
    Abstract: An electric transmission communication unit and an electric reception communication unit are arranged on a base material, and include a flat plate-like first electrode that transmits electric power in a non-contact manner, a flat plate-like second electrode that is arranged side by side with the first electrode on the base material and transmits electric power in a non-contact manner, and a slot antenna that transmits or receives radio waves via a slit formed on the first electrode. For a power transmitting communication device, the first electrode and the second electrode of the electric transmission communication unit are arranged being opposed to the first electrode and the second electrode of the electric reception communication unit so that power transmission can be performed, and the slot antenna of the electric transmission communication unit is arranged being opposed to the slot antenna of the electric reception communication unit in a communicable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Matsushita, Tatsuo Toba, Shingo Tanaka, Yoichi Ido
  • Patent number: 10027171
    Abstract: A coupling electrode of a communication coupler intersects with an orthogonal plane that is orthogonal to a coil axial line direction of a power transmission coil. That is, the coupling electrode of the communication coupler is not in parallel with the orthogonal plane orthogonal to the coil axial line direction of the power transmission coil. For example, the coupling electrode of the communication coupler is perpendicular to the orthogonal plane being orthogonal to the coil axial line direction, and includes the coil axial line direction in a plane of the coupling electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Toba, Yuta Nakagawa, Yoichi Ido, Shingo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10020681
    Abstract: A coupling electrode of a communication coupler is installed at an opening of a substrate and is, viewed from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a coil axial direction of a power transmission coil, positioned to the substrate side in the coil axial direction than a coil end portion of the power transmission coil opposite side to the substrate. For example, an end portion of the coupling electrode on a communication side in the coil axial direction positions, viewed from the orthogonal direction, at the same position as a surface of the substrate opposite to the power transmission coil, in the coil axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Toba, Kyoko Furuhashi, Kenji Matsushita, Yuta Nakagawa, Shingo Tanaka, Yoichi Ido, Noritaka Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20170054326
    Abstract: A coupling electrode of a communication coupler is installed at an opening of a substrate and is, viewed from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a coil axial direction of a power transmission coil, positioned to the substrate side in the coil axial direction than a coil end portion of the power transmission coil opposite side to the substrate. For example, an end portion of the coupling electrode on a communication side in the coil axial direction positions, viewed from the orthogonal direction, at the same position as a surface of the substrate opposite to the power transmission coil, in the coil axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuo Toba, Kyoko Furuhashi, Kenji Matsushita, Yuta Nakagawa, Shingo Tanaka, Yoichi Ido, Noritaka Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20170054219
    Abstract: An electric transmission communication unit and an electric reception communication unit are arranged on a base material, and include a flat plate-like first electrode that transmits electric power in a non-contact manner, a flat plate-like second electrode that is arranged side by side with the first electrode on the base material and transmits electric power in a non-contact manner, and a slot antenna that transmits or receives radio waves via a slit formed on the first electrode. For a power transmitting communication device, the first electrode and the second electrode of the electric transmission communication unit are arranged being opposed to the first electrode and the second electrode of the electric reception communication unit so that power transmission can be performed, and the slot antenna of the electric transmission communication unit is arranged being opposed to the slot antenna of the electric reception communication unit in a communicable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji Matsushita, Tatsuo Toba, Shingo Tanaka, Yoichi Ido
  • Publication number: 20170054327
    Abstract: A coupling electrode of a communication coupler intersects with an orthogonal plane that is orthogonal to a coil axial line direction of a power transmission coil. That is, the coupling electrode of the communication coupler is not in parallel with the orthogonal plane orthogonal to the coil axial line direction of the power transmission coil. For example, the coupling electrode of the communication coupler is perpendicular to the orthogonal plane being orthogonal to the coil axial line direction, and includes the coil axial line direction in a plane of the coupling electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuo Toba, Yuta Nakagawa, Yoichi Ido, Shingo Tanaka