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).
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Publication number: 20230378660Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kouichirou TAKAHASHI, Kiyoshi NOBUOKA, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Toshiki SAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230318192Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20230238681Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicants: AGC Inc., SoftBank Corp.Inventors: Yusuke KATO, Hideaki SHOJI, Shoichi TAKEUCHI, Toshiki SAYAMA, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Kazuma TOMIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230019268Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Hideaki SHOJI, Yusuke KATO, Shoichi TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 11522294Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryota Okuda, Takeshi Motegi, Osamu Kagaya
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Publication number: 20220344832Abstract: An antenna device includes a flexible substrate, an antenna element provided on a front surface or a rear surface of the flexible substrate, a feeding line provided on the front surface or the rear surface of the flexible substrate to feed power to the antenna element, a dielectric in a plate shape stacked on a rear side of the flexible substrate, the dielectric having flexibility and being bendable, and a reflector plate provided on a rear side of the dielectric.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Takeshi MOTEGI, Akira KUMAGAI, Yasuo MORIMOTO, Osamu KAGAYA, Keisuke ARAI
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Patent number: 11444372Abstract: An antenna includes a first feeding portion, a second feeding portion, and a loop element including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the first feeding portion, and the second end being connected to the second feeding portion, wherein the loop element has a first element portion and a second element portion, which appear to face each other in a vertical direction in an elevation view as seen in a direction parallel with a horizontal plane, and wherein a first gap is provided in a middle of the first element portion, and a second gap is provided in a middle of the second element portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: AGC INC.Inventor: Toshiki Sayama
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Publication number: 20220102864Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yasuo MORIMOTO, Takeshi MOTEGI, Toshiki SAYAMA, Motoshi ONO, Osamu KAGAYA
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Publication number: 20220059948Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Ryota OKUDA, Minami HAGIWARA, Yusuke SATO, Takeshi MOTEGI
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Publication number: 20210376462Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qiang CHEN, Hiroyasu SATO, Osamu KAGAYA, Toshiki SAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210210857Abstract: 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 Ag 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: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki SAYAMA, Ryota OKUDA, Takeshi MOTEGI, Osamu KAGAYA
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Patent number: 11024940Abstract: A vehicle antenna arranged on a window glass for vehicle includes an element portion having a shape of a crank and being formed by a first element, a second element and a third element; and a feeding portion configured to feed power to the element portion. The first element has a first upper end portion and a first lower end portion, and extends in an up-down direction of the window glass. The second element has a second upper end portion and a second lower end portion, and extends in the up-down direction of the window glass. The third element extends between the first lower end portion and the second upper end portion. A first distance between the first lower end portion and the window glass is different from a second distance between the second upper end portion and the window glass.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: AGC INC.Inventor: Toshiki Sayama
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Patent number: 10931017Abstract: An antenna includes a ground plane; a first resonator connected to a feeding point with reference to the ground plane; and a second resonator that is fed power by the first resonator according to an electromagnetic field coupling with no contact. The second resonator includes a first conductor part, and a second conductor part capacitively-coupled to the first conductor part through a gap. A dielectric loss tangent of a substrate part, on which the second resonator is formed, is greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.01.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Ryuta Sonoda, Toshiki Sayama, Koji Ikawa
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Publication number: 20210021051Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qiang CHEN, Osamu KAGAYA, Toshiki SAYAMA, Takeshi MOTEGI
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Publication number: 20200220254Abstract: An antenna includes a first feeding portion, a second feeding portion, and a loop element including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the first feeding portion, and the second end being connected to the second feeding portion, wherein the loop element has a first element portion and a second element portion, which appear to face each other in a vertical direction in an elevation view as seen in a direction parallel with a horizontal plane, and wherein a first gap is provided in a middle of the first element portion, and a second gap is provided in a middle of the second element portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventor: Toshiki SAYAMA
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Publication number: 20200036078Abstract: A vehicle antenna arranged on a window glass for vehicle includes an element portion having a shape of a crank and being formed by a first element, a second element and a third element; and a feeding portion configured to feed power to the element portion. The first element has a first upper end portion and a first lower end portion, and extends in an up-down direction of the window glass. The second element has a second upper end portion and a second lower end portion, and extends in the up-down direction of the window glass. The third element extends between the first lower end portion and the second upper end portion. A first distance between the first lower end portion and the window glass is different from a second distance between the second upper end portion and the window glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventor: Toshiki SAYAMA
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Patent number: 10312589Abstract: An antenna directivity control system includes an antenna including a plurality of antenna elements, feeding points for the plurality of antenna elements being mutually different; and a controller for controlling weight for each of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements includes a feed element connected to the feed point, and a radiating element that functions, upon power being fed by establishing electromagnetic field coupling with the feed element, as a radiating conductor, and wherein the controller controls a directivity of the antenna by adjusting an amplitude of a signal at each of the feeding points.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryuta Sonoda, Koji Ikawa
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Patent number: 10283869Abstract: A MIMO antenna is provided that includes a ground plane, and a plurality of dipole antenna elements that are arranged in the vicinity of the ground plane. Each of the plurality of dipole antenna elements includes a radiating element including a conductor portion extending along an outer edge portion of the ground plane, and a feeding portion that feeds the radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Ryuta Sonoda, Koji Ikawa, Toshiki Sayama
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Patent number: 10270161Abstract: An antenna device includes a feeding element connected to a feed point, and a radiating element disposed at a distance from the feeding element. The feeding element is coupled with the radiating element by electromagnetic field coupling to feed the radiating element so that the radiating element functions as a radiating conductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Ryuta Sonoda, Koji Ikawa, Toshiki Sayama
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Patent number: 10249936Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground plane; a first resonator extending in a direction at a distance from the ground plane and connected to a feeding point; and a second resonator arranged at a distance from the first resonator. The ground plane includes an edge portion formed along the second resonator, with a resonance current being formed on the first resonator and the ground plane. The second resonator is configured to function as a radiation conductor by resonance of the first resonator. A tip portion of the first resonator is located near a metallic part. The second resonator has a plurality of electrical lengths of differing resonance frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryuta Sonoda, Koji Ikawa