Patents by Inventor Toshiki SAYAMA

Toshiki SAYAMA 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: 20240347894
    Abstract: An EBG structure-attached glass plate includes a vehicle roof glass for attachment to a metal frame of a vehicle body, an EBG structure that is disposed on a first main face of the roof glass, that has a predetermined conductor pattern periodically disposed thereon, and that is formed in a frame shape, and a radio wave transmitting and receiving region surrounded by the EBG structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke KATO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Hideaki SHOJI, Toshiki SAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240347895
    Abstract: A window glass for a vehicle including a glass plate, a light shielding layer on the glass plate and a planar antenna including a planar conductor with a hollowed-out portion with at least one hole, wherein, when a region including the light shielding layer is assumed as a light shielding region; and a region including no light shielding layer is assumed as a transmission region, the planar antenna is arranged to lie across a boundary between the light shielding region and the transmission region, and has a first conductor part overlapping the light shielding region and a second conductor part overlapping the transmission region, and, wherein, when an area of overlap of the planar antenna with the light shielding region is assumed as a first overlap area; an area of overlap of the planar antenna with the transmission region is assumed as a second overlap area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Kiyoshi NOBUOKA, Masahiro HACHIRO, Hideaki SHOJI, Toshiki SAYAMA, Yusuke KATO
  • Publication number: 20240347899
    Abstract: An antenna device comprises a dielectric substrate, an antenna including a radiation plate and a ground conductor plate, a connector, and cover member. A position of a feeding point on the radiation plate is different to a position of a centroid of the radiation plate in front view of the antenna, and the antenna and the cover member cover a periphery of the connector when the antenna, the connector, and the cover member are viewed along a direction orthogonal to a first straight line connecting the centroid to the feeding point and orthogonal to a thickness direction of the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO
  • Publication number: 20240332811
    Abstract: An antenna device with an attachment member includes an antenna including a radiation plate provided with radiation face that radiates vertically polarized waves, a housing portion that houses the antenna, an attachment member that attaches the housing portion to a vehicle, and a metal fixing portion that is formed in an elongated shape to one end of the attachment member, that abuts a back face of the housing portion facing toward an opposite side to the radiation face, and that fixes the housing portion. Viewed from a thickness direction of the radiation plate, the fixing portion is disposed between a first region formed to the back face on one side in the extension direction of a first straight line, and a second region formed to the back face on another side in the extension direction of the first straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO
  • Patent number: 12107340
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a base material; a directivity control array and a wiring disposed on the base material, the directivity control array having a plurality of unit elements disposed in a certain two-dimensional pattern, and the wiring connected to a DC power supply to apply a DC voltage to desired unit elements; the wireless communication device further comprising a controller to control the DC voltage to be applied to the desired unit elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Hiroyasu Sato, Osamu Kagaya, Toshiki Sayama
  • Publication number: 20240322435
    Abstract: An antenna includes a radiation plate 56 equipped with a radiation surface that radiates radio waves and a feed point that is a location supplied with power from a transmission line. When looking at the radiation plate along a horizontal direction, the feed point is provided at a position separated from a centroid of the radiation plate by a distance A. When looking along a thickness direction of the radiation plate, locations between an end portion of the transmission line connected to the feed point and an intersection portion intersecting with a peripheral edge portion of the conductor plate, overlap in the thickness direction of the radiation plate with a specified area between a third straight line and a fourth straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki Shoji, Yusuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20240275020
    Abstract: A planar antenna comprising a slot formed in a flat conductor, wherein the slot includes a first slot extending in a first direction between a first feeding point and a second feeding point, a second slot extending in a second direction different from the first direction from an end portion of the first slot, a third slot extending in a fourth direction opposite to the second direction from an end portion of the first slot in a third direction opposite to the first direction, reaching an open end in the fourth direction, and a J-shaped slot extending from an end portion of the second slot in the second direction to an open end open in the first direction, and wherein a slot width at an open end of the J-shaped slot is wider than a slot width at the end portion of the second slot in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Yusuke Kato, Toshiki Sayama, Hideaki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20240258681
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle antenna system that is able to efficiently receive circularly polarized signals from the zenith direction. A vehicle antenna system (100) is provided with window glass (30) for a vehicle (20) and an antenna element (40) that is able to receive signals of a predetermined frequency band. The antenna element (40) is provided on a first principal plane of a dielectric substrate (43), and includes a radiating conductor (41) that is able to receive circularly polarized signals of a first frequency, and a grounding conductor (44) positioned opposite the radiating conductor (41) via the dielectric substrate (43). The normal direction of the first principal plane is less than or equal to 45° relative to the vertical direction, and the radiating conductor (41) is positioned away from the inner surface of the window glass (30) via the dielectric layer (60) in the direction of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Takeuchi, Hideaki Shoji, Toshiki Sayama, Yusuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20240235014
    Abstract: A vehicle antenna includes: a vehicle window glass an electronic device provided in a vicinity of a vehicle width direction central portion at or near upper portion of the vehicle window glass; and an antenna attached to the upper portion of the vehicle window glass such that a normal to a radiation surface passes through a principal surface. A vehicle width direction central position of the antenna is separated from a reference position that is a vehicle width direction center of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHOJI, Kiyoshi NOBUOKA, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Toshiki SAYAMA, Yusuke KATO
  • Publication number: 20240222881
    Abstract: A planar antenna includes a dielectric layer including a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite from the first surface, an antenna conductor provided on the first surface, a ground conductor provided on the first surface or the second surface, or provided on both of the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission line including a signal line that is connected to the antenna conductor or provided in proximity to the antenna conductor, wherein a dielectric portion of the dielectric layer that is in contact with the signal line has a loss tangent of 0.007 or less at 28 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Ryota OKUDA, Minami HAGIWARA, Yusuke SATO, Takeshi MOTEGI
  • Publication number: 20240166029
    Abstract: A window glass apparatus for a vehicle including a first bus bar provided in or on the glass plate and including an upper portion extending in a direction along an upper edge of the glass plate; a second bus bar provided in or on the glass plate and including a lower portion extending in a direction along a lower edge of the glass plate; and an antenna disposed in a space near the upper portion and configured to transmit and receive a radio wave having a certain frequency; wherein the glass plate has a heating area extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, and a non-heating area extending above the upper portion; wherein the heating area is an area where a conductive member is disposed, the conductive member being configured to flow a direct current in an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHOJI, Shoichi Takeuchi, Toshiki Sayama, Yusuke Kato, Satoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20240145924
    Abstract: An antenna and an antenna apparatus for vehicle that can achieve reduction in size are provided. The antenna includes a dielectric body, a radiation conductor disposed on a first principal surface side of the dielectric body, and a ground conductor disposed on a second principal surface side of the dielectric body. The ground conductor is a planar conductor disposed within a rectangular region having a length LG1 in a first direction and a length LG2 in a second direction. When the ground conductor is divided into a first region and a second region, the ground conductor includes a slit that starts extending toward the inside of the ground conductor starting from an outer edge of the ground conductor in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kato, Shoichi Takeuchi, Hideaki Shoji, Toshiki Sayama
  • Patent number: 11967768
    Abstract: A slot array antenna includes a dielectric layer, a power feeding unit, a first coplanar waveguide formed in a conductor layer provided on one surface of the dielectric layer, and a second coplanar waveguide formed in the conductor layer, wherein each of the first coplanar waveguide and the second coplanar waveguide includes a first end part connected to a point to which the power feeding unit is connected or situated in proximity and at least one second end part connected to at least one slot formed in the conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Osamu Kagaya, Toshiki Sayama, Takeshi Motegi
  • Patent number: 11967769
    Abstract: A planar antenna includes a dielectric layer including a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite from the first surface, an antenna conductor provided on the first surface, a ground conductor provided on the first surface or the second surface, or provided on both of the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission line including a signal line that is connected to the antenna conductor or provided in proximity to the antenna conductor, wherein a dielectric portion of the dielectric layer that is in contact with the signal line has a loss tangent of 0.007 or less at 28 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryota Okuda, Minami Hagiwara, Yusuke Sato, Takeshi Motegi
  • Patent number: 11894625
    Abstract: An antenna includes an antenna conductor to be provided on an exterior side of a chassis and a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first insulating portion that is a portion of a sheet-shaped dielectric where the sheet-shaped dielectric is folded, a grounding conductor provided between the first insulating portion and the chassis, a second insulating portion that is a portion of the sheet-shaped dielectric where the sheet-shaped dielectric is not folded, and a signal line configured to feed power to the antenna conductor. A thickness of the first insulating portion is greater than a thickness of the second insulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Morimoto, Takeshi Motegi, Toshiki Sayama, Motoshi Ono, Osamu Kagaya
  • Publication number: 20230378660
    Abstract: An antenna system for vehicle includes a vehicle and a MIMO antenna that is mounted on the vehicle and that transmits and receives radio waves of a predetermined frequency. The MIMO antenna includes antennas including a first antenna that mainly transmits and receives a first polarized wave and a second antenna that mainly transmits and receives a second polarized wave orthogonal to the first polarized wave, and the antennas are dispersedly arranged on the vehicle. One of the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged based on at least one of (1) a configuration in which one is arranged in a central region and another one is arranged in a first peripheral region or a second peripheral region and (2) a configuration in which one is arranged in a first region and another one is arranged in a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichirou TAKAHASHI, Kiyoshi NOBUOKA, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Toshiki SAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230318192
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first conductor plate and a second conductor plate, the second conductor plate being disposed in the first conductor plate so as to be apart from the first conductor plate with a distance between both plates; wherein the first conductor plate includes a first U-shaped portion, the first U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a first side portion, a second side portion opposed to the first side portion, and a first front portion connected between the first side portion and the second side portion; wherein the second conductor plate includes a second U-shaped portion, the second U-shaped portion being formed in a U-shape so as to include a third side portion, a fourth side portion opposed to the third side portion, and a second front portion connected between the third side portion and the fourth side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230238681
    Abstract: A vehicle antenna system having high transmission and reception efficiency is provided. A vehicle antenna system includes an antenna that is attached to a vehicle and is capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves of a predetermined frequency band. The antenna is attached to the vehicle in such a way that an elevation angle of the antenna with respect to a horizontal plane becomes large in a predetermined angle range in accordance with the height of a communication frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: AGC Inc., SoftBank Corp.
    Inventors: Yusuke KATO, Hideaki SHOJI, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Toshiki SAYAMA, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Kazuma TOMIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230019268
    Abstract: An antenna system for vehicles includes a first antenna attached in a vicinity of a windshield of a vehicle; and a second antenna attached in a vicinity of a rear glass of the vehicle, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave in a predetermined frequency band F, and wherein defining a region A and a region B with respect to a vehicle center axis extending in a traveling direction of the vehicle, so as to bisect a vehicle width of the vehicle from a viewpoint in a direction normal to a horizontal plane, the first antenna is arranged in the region A, and the second antenna is arranged in the region B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11522294
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a glass plate having a thickness of 1.1 mm or more and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.005 or more at 28 GHz, and an antenna located away from one of surfaces of the glass plate, wherein a ratio of electric power radiated from the antenna to electric power input into the antenna is defined as a radiation efficiency, and when an effective wavelength of an electromagnetic wave at a predetermined frequency is 10 GHz or more is denoted as ?g and the radiation efficiency as ?0 [dB] when the glass plate and the antenna are in contact, and is denoted as ??g/2 [dB] when a distance between the one of the surfaces and the antenna is ?g/2, the glass plate and the antenna are arranged to obtain the radiation efficiency of ?A [dB] that satisfies ?A??0+(??g/2??0)×0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryota Okuda, Takeshi Motegi, Osamu Kagaya