Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Shinkawa

Tomohiro Shinkawa 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: 7893879
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a circuit board that has a main surface and a rear surface opposite to each other; an antenna element that is formed of a metal plate and is arranged at a predetermined distance from the main surface of the circuit board; a plurality of legs that extend from the antenna element toward the circuit board; a ground conductor that is formed on the main surface or the rear surface of the circuit board; a feeding pin that supplies power from the circuit board to the antenna element; and a plurality of comb-shaped capacitor patterns that are formed on one of or both the main surface and the rear surface of the circuit board and are electrically connected between the plurality of legs and the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Noro, Akira Yoneya, Isao Fukae, Tomohiro Shinkawa, Kazunari Saito, Akira Miyoshi, Satoshi Kohno
  • Publication number: 20100149055
    Abstract: In an automobile rear windowpane antenna apparatus including a defogger disposed on a rear windowpane plate at a lower portion thereof an antenna pattern is disposed above the defogger on the rear windowpane plate at an upper portion thereof and is disposed so as to extend between near a right end edge of a window frame and near a left end edge thereof. A feeding point is disposed inside the antenna pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro SHINKAWA, Takao Kato, Nobuo Tamura, Wassom Pierre
  • Publication number: 20090207086
    Abstract: In an antenna apparatus, a radiation element includes a perturbation element. A first power feeding line has a first end connected to the radiation element and is configured to feed power to the radiation element. A second power feeding line has a first end configured to feed power to the radiation element through electromagnetic coupling. The radiation element, the first power feeding line and the second power feeding line are arranged on a same plane to constitute a balance type antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinkawa, Masaaki Miyata, Hisamatsu Nakano
  • Patent number: 7501989
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a feed element, a passive element provided so as to be distanced from the feed element, a cable connected to the feed element, a main circuit board to which the feed element and the passive element are mounted, an antenna holder having a holder main surface on which the main circuit board with the feed element and the passive element is held, a first feed element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the feed element and a first passive element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the passive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Fujimoto, Eiji Koide, Hideaki Takahashi, Kazunari Saito, Tomohiro Shinkawa, Toshihiko Inaba
  • Publication number: 20080074327
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a circuit board that has a main surface and a rear surface opposite to each other; an antenna element that is formed of a metal plate and is arranged at a predetermined distance from the main surface of the circuit board; a plurality of legs that extend from the antenna element toward the circuit board; a ground conductor that is formed on the main surface or the rear surface of the circuit board; a feeding pin that supplies power from the circuit board to the antenna element; and a plurality of comb-shaped capacitor patterns that are formed on one of or both the main surface and the rear surface of the circuit board and are electrically connected between the plurality of legs and the ground conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi Noro, Akira Yoneya, Isao Fukae, Tomohiro Shinkawa, Kazunari Saito, Akira Miyoshi, Satoshi Kohno
  • Publication number: 20070216597
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a feed element, a passive element provided so as to be distanced from the feed element, a cable connected to the feed element, a main circuit board to which the feed element and the passive element are mounted, an antenna holder having a holder main surface on which the main circuit board with the feed element and the passive element is held, a first feed element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the feed element and a first passive element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the passive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Fujimoto, Eiji Koide, Hideaki Takahashi, Kazunari Saito, Tomohiro Shinkawa, Toshihiko Inaba
  • Patent number: D531995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinkawa, Toshihiko Inaba, Junichi Noro, Toshiaki Aizawa
  • Patent number: D533546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Iizuka, Tomohiro Shinkawa
  • Patent number: D580416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinkawa, Kazunari Saito, Junichi Noro
  • Patent number: D606052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Junichi Noro, Tomohiro Shinkawa
  • Patent number: D615966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinkawa, Takao Kato, Nobuo Tamura, Wassom Pierre