Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Omori

Yoshiharu Omori 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: 11153943
    Abstract: A rotating antenna (105a) includes: a ceiling surface (109) and a side-wall surface (110) that constitute a waveguide structure (108); and a horn (113) that radiates a microwave into a heating chamber. The rotating antenna (105a) further includes a flange (112) that is formed on a periphery of the side-wall surface (110) so as to face a bottom surface (111), which is an inner wall surface of the heating chamber, and so as to surround the side-wall surface (110). The flange (112) has choke sections (117) that reduce a leakage of the microwave. This configuration can generate a relatively low impedance region so as to surround the side-wall surface (110), thereby enhancing a leakage reducing performance of the rotating antenna (105a) and increasing directivity of the microwave radiated from the rotating antenna (105a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Sadahira, Koji Yoshino, Masayuki Kubo, Yoshiharu Omori
  • Patent number: 10362641
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a waveguide having an E-bend structure with multiple openings disposed on a lateral face of a heating chamber that allow the waveguide to communicate with the heating chamber. The waveguide has a first section for propagating a microwave from a magnetron toward the heating chamber, and a second section having a wide plane that abuts an outer wall of the heating chamber. The openings include at least one circularly-polarized-wave opening for generating a circularly polarized wave. A cross section of the first section orthogonally intersects a tube axis of the first section projects virtually along the tube axis of first section and onto a lateral face of the heating chamber, and the circularly-polarized-wave opening is configured such that its center is located outside the resultant projected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Koji Yoshino, Masaharu Tsujimoto, Takahide Yamaguchi, Junji Hirata, Takayuki Akashi, Masafumi Sadahira, Masayuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 10356855
    Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus includes: a heating chamber which houses a heating object; a microwave generating unit which generates a microwave; a transmitting unit which transmits the microwave generated by the microwave generating unit; a waveguide-structure antenna which radiates to the heating chamber the microwave transmitted from the transmitting unit; and a rotation driving unit which drives the waveguide-structure antenna to rotate, wherein the waveguide-structure antenna has a microwave sucking-out opening in a wall surface forming a waveguide structure of the waveguide-structure antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kubo, Koji Yoshino, Masafumi Sadahira, Daisuke Hosokawa, Yoshiharu Omori, Keijirou Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 10305441
    Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes first to fourth insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction and first to third coils provided on the first to fourth insulator layers independently of one another. The first coil includes a first coil conductor provided on the first insulator layer and a second coil conductor provided on the fourth insulator layer and connected to the first coil conductor. The second coil is provided on the second insulator layer. The third coil is provided on the third insulator layer. The first coil conductor overlaps the second coil viewing from above. At least a part of the second coil overlaps at least a part of the third coil viewing from above. The second coil conductor overlaps the third coil viewing from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Kenichi Matsushima, Masakatsu Nawate, Ryohei Harada, Kenji Ueno
  • Patent number: 10147534
    Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is formed in a plurality of insulating layers and includes a spiral first coil conductor and a spiral second coil conductor. The second coil is formed in the plurality of insulating layers and includes a spiral third coil conductor and a spiral fourth coil conductor. The first and third coil conductors are magnetically coupled to form a first common mode filter unit, and the second and fourth coil conductors are magnetically coupled to form a second common mode filter unit. As viewed from above, a first direction in which currents flow through the first and third coil conductors in the first common mode filter unit is opposite to a second direction in which currents flow through the second and fourth coil conductors in the second common mode filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Takeshi Ichihara, Kenji Ueno
  • Patent number: 10135107
    Abstract: A directional coupler according to the invention includes an opening in a wall surface of a waveguide, and a coupling line on an outer side of the waveguide. The opening is configured to not cross a tube axis of the waveguide in plan view, and to emit a circularly polarized wave. The coupling line includes first and second transmission lines and output parts disposed at both ends, the first and second transmission lines extending across the opening to cross the tube axis in plan view and being opposed to each other across the center of the opening. The first and second transmission lines are interconnected at a position displaced from an area vertically above the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yoshino, Tomotaka Nobue, Kenji Yasui, Yoshiharu Omori, Masafumi Sadahira, Masayuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 10096417
    Abstract: In a common mode noise filter, first coil (12) includes first coil conductor (16) and second coil conductor (17) with spiral shapes. Second coil (13) includes third coil conductor (18) and fourth coil conductor (19) with spiral shapes. First coil conductor (16), third coil conductor (18), second coil conductor (17), and fourth coil conductor (19) are placed in this order from above. First metal layer (14) configured to be connected to a ground is provided above first coil conductor (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Kenichi Matsushima, Ryohei Harada, Kenji Ueno, Atsushi Shinkai, Nariaki Ishida, Takeshi Ichihara
  • Patent number: 10045403
    Abstract: A microwave heating device of the present invention comprises a heating chamber housing an object to be heated, a microwave generation portion generating a microwave, a waveguide portion propagating the microwave, and a plurality of microwave radiating portions radiating the microwave in the heating chamber, wherein the microwave radiating portions are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of electric field and to a direction of propagation within the waveguide portion, and centers of the microwave radiating portions are arranged at positions corresponding to approximate node positions of the electric field within the waveguide portion. The microwave heating device is enabled to make uniform heat distribution in the object to be heated, without using a driving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hosokawa, Koji Yoshino, Makoto Nishimura, Masafumi Sadahira, Tomoya Fujinami, Tomotaka Nobue, Yoshiharu Omori
  • Patent number: 10014106
    Abstract: A coil for a non-contact power transmission system according to the present disclosure is used in a non-contact power transmission system to transmit electric power via a non-contact method. The coil includes a first coil in which a wire is wound around at a center of a core; and a second coil placed at an end of the core, and wound with the wire. Winding axes of the first and second coils are oriented in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fujita, Hideki Sadakata, Yoshiharu Omori, Hiroaki Kurihara, Daisuke Bessyo
  • Publication number: 20180041185
    Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes first to fourth insulator layers stacked in a stacking direction and first to third coils provided on the first to fourth insulator layers independently of one another. The first coil includes a first coil conductor provided on the first insulator layer and a second coil conductor provided on the fourth insulator layer and connected to the first coil conductor. The second coil is provided on the second insulator layer. The third coil is provided on the third insulator layer. The first coil conductor overlaps the second coil viewing from above. At least a part of the second coil overlaps at least a part of the third coil viewing from above. The second coil conductor overlaps the third coil viewing from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: YOSHIHARU OMORI, KENICHI MATSUSHIMA, MASAKATSU NAWATE, RYOHEI HARADA, KENJI UENO
  • Patent number: 9876481
    Abstract: A microwave processing device includes: a periodic structure body which forms a surface-wave transmission line to transmit surface waves of microwaves; an oscillator which generates microwave power; and a transmitting part which transmits the microwave power generated by the oscillator to the periodic structure body, wherein a matching part is provided at a connecting portion between the periodic structure body and the transmitting part, and an impedance of the matching part is set to a value between an impedance of the periodic structure body and an impedance of the transmitting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Omori, Tomotaka Nobue, Hiroshi Kawai, Koji Yoshino, Keijirou Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 9862283
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-contact charging apparatus including a power transmitting coil and a power receiving coil which face each other. At least one of the power transmitting coil or the power receiving coil includes a magnetic body and a coil wound around the magnetic body. The magnetic body has, on both end portions, exposed regions in which the wound coil is absent. One of the exposed regions that is on a face facing the power transmitting coil or the power receiving coil is larger than another one of the exposed regions that is on a face not facing the power transmitting coil or the power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Sadakata, Atsushi Fujita, Yoshiharu Omori, Daisuke Bessyo
  • Patent number: 9831712
    Abstract: A non-contact charger aims to control transmitted power efficiently. The non-contact charger includes a transmitting coil, an inverter circuit, a receiving coil, and a transmitted power control circuit. The inverter circuit outputs the transmitted power to the transmitting coil. The receiving coil receives power as received power from the transmitting coil. The transmitted power control circuit drives the inverter circuit at a frequency higher than maximum received power frequencies at which the received power has one or two maximum values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Sadakata, Atsushi Fujita, Yoshiharu Omori, Daisuke Bessyo
  • Publication number: 20170316870
    Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes: a laminated body; and a first and second coil conductors that are formed inside the laminated body and face each other in a first direction, wherein the first coil conductor has a first surface facing the second coil conductor; the second coil conductor has a second surface facing the first surface; a distance between ends of the first and second surfaces in the first direction is longer than a distance between centers of the first and second surfaces in the first direction; the first and second surfaces have corners each formed into an arcuate shape in a cross section; and a relationship between a height h in the first direction and a width w in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is h?w in a cross section of each of the first and second coil conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takuji KAWASHIMA, Yoshiharu OMORI, Hideki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170316869
    Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is formed in a plurality of insulating layers and includes a spiral first coil conductor and a spiral second coil conductor. The second coil is formed in the plurality of insulating layers and includes a spiral third coil conductor and a spiral fourth coil conductor. The first and third coil conductors are magnetically coupled to form a first common mode filter unit, and the second and fourth coil conductors are magnetically coupled to form a second common mode filter unit. As viewed from above, a first direction in which currents flow through the first and third coil conductors in the first common mode filter unit is opposite to a second direction in which currents flow through the second and fourth coil conductors in the second common mode filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiharu OMORI, Takeshi ICHIHARA, Kenji UENO
  • Publication number: 20170294257
    Abstract: In a common mode noise filter, first coil (12) includes first coil conductor (16) and second coil conductor (17) with spiral shapes. Second coil (13) includes third coil conductor (18) and fourth coil conductor (19) with spiral shapes. First coil conductor (16), third coil conductor (18), second coil conductor (17), and fourth coil conductor (19) are placed in this order from above. First metal layer (14) configured to be connected to a ground is provided above first coil conductor (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: YOSHIHARU OMORI, KENICHI MATSUSHIMA, RYOHEI HARADA, KENJI UENO, ATSUSHI SHINKAI, NARIAKI ISHIDA, TAKESHI ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170171922
    Abstract: A rotating antenna (105a) includes: a ceiling surface (109) and a side-wall surface (110) that constitute a waveguide structure (108); and a horn (113) that radiates a microwave into a heating chamber. The rotating antenna (105a) further includes a flange (112) that is formed on a periphery of the side-wall surface (110) so as to face a bottom surface (111), which is an inner wall surface of the heating chamber, and so as to surround the side-wall surface (110). The flange (112) has choke sections (117) that reduce a leakage of the microwave. This configuration can generate a relatively low impedance region so as to surround the side-wall surface (110), thereby enhancing a leakage reducing performance of the rotating antenna (105a) and increasing directivity of the microwave radiated from the rotating antenna (105a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: MASAFUMI SADAHIRA, KOJI YOSHINO, MASAYUKI KUBO, YOSHIHARU OMORI
  • Patent number: 9609698
    Abstract: A microwave heating device mountable to an electric device, includes: a commercial power supply; an AC/DC converter which outputs a plurality of DC voltages according to power supplied from the commercial power supply; a controller which receives power from the AC/DC converter and totally controls the electric device; a microwave processing device using a compound semiconductor which receives a plurality of outputs of the AC/DC converter and outputs a microwave; and a plurality of loads connected between, of the DC voltages output from the AC/DC converter, a predetermined Vd voltage and ground through a plurality of contacts. The loads form a group of electric components in the electric device. The controller controls power supply to the loads, and controls on/off of the contacts to drive the loads by the Vd voltage regardless of the voltage of the commercial power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Tomotaka Nobue, Yoshiharu Omori, Toshiyuki Okajima
  • Patent number: 9585203
    Abstract: In a microwave heating device of the present invention, a heating-chamber input portion is adapted to direct, to a heating chamber, microwaves having propagated through a waveguide tube and having passed through the positions where microwave radiating portions are formed, thereby realizing a state where progressive waves are dominant among the microwaves propagating through the waveguide tube, so that the microwave radiating portions are caused to radiate, to the inside of the heating chamber, microwaves based on the progressive waves propagating through the waveguide tube. This enables uniformly heating an object to be heated, without using a rotational mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Sadahira, Daisuke Hosokawa, Koji Yoshino, Tomotaka Nobue, Yoshiharu Omori
  • Publication number: 20170034876
    Abstract: Microwave treatment apparatus (10) includes heating chamber (11) that accommodates object (7) to be heated, oscillation source (7) for oscillating microwave, and base (4) on which object (7) is placed in heating chamber (11), waveguide (6) for guiding the microwave below base (4), and cyclically structured unit (2) disposed in association with waveguide (6) for propagating the microwave in a surface-wave mode. Cyclically structured unit (2) has first region (2a) and second region (2b), and these two regions have impedances different from each other. The structure discussed above allows maintaining desirable characteristics of a surface waveguide proper to the waveguide that includes the cyclically structured unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: YOSHIHARU OMORI, KOJI YOSHINO, HIROYUKI UNO, HIROYUKI UEJIMA