Patents by Inventor Yoshio Koyanagi

Yoshio Koyanagi 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: 20180174747
    Abstract: An electronic device having a communication capability is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a generally rectangular shape in a plan view of the housing, and a non-contact charging module included in the housing. The non-contact charging module includes (i) a wireless charging coil having a substantially planar shape and formed of a wound electrical wire, and (ii) a magnetic sheet that overlaps with the wireless charging coil in the plan view of the housing. The electronic device further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna included in the housing and including an NFC coil formed of a wound electrical wire, and a guide having a generally rectangular outer shape in the plan view of the housing. The guide has a hole and the wireless charging coil is arranged in the hole of the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20180175479
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first plate conductor that is disposed approximately in parallel to the GND conductor plate, of which one end is connected to the GND conductor plate, and the other end that is opposed to the one end is opened, and a second plate conductor that has approximately the same shape as that of the first plate conductor, of which one end is grounded to the GND conductor plate, of which the other end that is opposed to the one end is opened, that is disposed at a position obtained by rotating the first plate conductor approximately 180 degrees about an intersection line passing through an approximately central point of the GND conductor plate as an axis on the same plane as the first plate conductor on the GND conductor plate, and that has a ground portion at which the grounding is performed and an open portion at which the opening is performed at positions obtained by rotating the ground portion and the open portion of the first plate conductor approximately 180 degrees about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Hasaba, Yuki Tanaka, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20180166918
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided, which includes a housing having a rectangular plan-view shape defined by two sides along a longitudinal direction and two sides along a lateral direction. The mobile terminal includes a camera included in the housing; a charging coil arranged in the housing; and a battery arranged in the housing. The camera, the charging coil, and the battery are arranged in this order along the longitudinal direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20180166919
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board, a battery pack included in the housing, and a non-contact charging module included in the housing. The non-contact charging module includes a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged. The magnetic sheet has four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, and at most three pairs of adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners. At least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20180109139
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided, which includes a housing having a rectangular plan-view shape defined by two sides along a longitudinal direction and two sides along a lateral direction. The mobile terminal includes a camera included in the housing; a charging coil arranged in the housing; and a battery arranged in the housing. The camera, the charging coil, and the battery are arranged in this order along the longitudinal direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9941048
    Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged adjacent to and outside of the wireless power charging coil. At least a portion of the wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20180054079
    Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Uejima
  • Patent number: 9899863
    Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Uejima
  • Publication number: 20170310148
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided, which includes a housing; a camera placed in the housing; a circuit board included in the housing; a charging coil arranged in the housing; a wireless communication coil electrically isolated from the charging coil; and a magnetic sheet including a front surface, on which the charging coil and the wireless communication coil are arranged, and a back surface. The charging coil includes a first winding portion, a first leg portion, and a second leg portion. The wireless communication coil includes a second winding portion. The first and second leg portions of the charging coil are arranged between the second winding portion of the wireless communication coil and the back surface of the magnetic sheet. A minimum distance between the first and second leg portions and the camera is less than a minimum distance between the first winding portion and the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20170310149
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided, which includes a housing having a rectangular plan-view shape defined by two sides along a longitudinal direction and two sides along a lateral direction. The mobile terminal includes a camera included in the housing; a charging coil arranged in the housing; and a battery arranged in the housing. The camera, the charging coil, and the battery are arranged in this order along the longitudinal direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9735606
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit substrate, a secondary-side non-contact charging module, and a heat dissipating sheet. The circuit substrate comprises a substrate, an electronic component that is mounted to the substrate, and a shield case that covers the electronic component. The heat dissipation sheet is in contact with the shield case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Publication number: 20170229910
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board, a battery pack included in the housing, and a non-contact charging module included in the housing. The non-contact charging module includes a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged. The magnetic sheet has four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, and at most three pairs of adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners. At least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9667086
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a battery pack, and a secondary-side non-contact charging module. In a plan view along the thickness direction of the housing, the battery pack is arranged in a first area, and the secondary-side non-contact charging module is arranged in a second area that is adjacent to the first area. The secondary-side non-contact charging module overlaps with the intersection of a center line for the second area, said center line following the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other, and a center line for the width direction of the housing, said center line being orthogonal to the direction in which the first area and the second area are adjacent to each other in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Koyanagi, Koichi Yamamoto, Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Kenichiro Tabata, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Akio Hidaka, Takumi Naruse
  • Patent number: 9642267
    Abstract: An antenna includes two elements having an antenna element which resonates by a frequency f1 and a ground wire element which resonates by a frequency f2 higher than the frequency f1. The antenna element is directed so that an antenna radiation part is located to be substantially parallel to a surface of a casing on which an operating part is provided. The ground wire element is directed so that a ground wire radiation part is located substantially vertically to the surface of the casing on which the operating part is provided. Further, a space between a feeding terminal connecting part of the antenna element and a ground terminal connecting part of the ground wire element is set to be equal to a space between a feeding terminal and a ground terminal and the feeding terminal connecting part is arranged to be parallel to the ground terminal connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ogawa, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kouta Aoki
  • Patent number: 9634515
    Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged peripheral to the wireless power charging coil. A center of the wireless power charging coil is offset from a center of the wireless communication coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 9607757
    Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged peripheral to the wireless power charging coil on the surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20160352138
    Abstract: A chargeable communication module is provided, which includes: a wireless power charging coil; a wireless communication coil being electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and a magnetic body. The wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic body. The wireless communication coil is arranged adjacent to and outside of the wireless power charging coil. At least a portion of the wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 9444150
    Abstract: A first connection circuit (108) is adjusted to cancel out mutual coupling impedance occurring between a first antenna element (106) in a first frequency band and a second antenna element (107) in a second frequency band, and reduces a degradation occurring due to the coupling between the antenna elements. A second frequency band cutoff circuit (111) for the second frequency band is provided between the first antenna element (106) and the first feeding portion (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Satou
  • Publication number: 20160218549
    Abstract: In a coil unit, a first magnetic body 11, a first coil 12 for non-contact power transmission, a second magnetic body 21, a substrate 30, and a second coil 22 for non-contact wireless communication are laminated in this order in the thickness direction of the coils. The first coil 12 and the second coil 22 at least partially overlap each other. A region in which the first coil and the second coil do not overlap each other is provided on the inner circumferential side of the first coil. The second coil 22 overlaps the outer circumference of the first coil 12. A resonance frequency of the first coil 12 is lower than a resonance frequency of the second coil 22. The permeability of the first magnetic body 11 is greater than the permeability of the second magnetic body 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Hiroyuki Uejima, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20160203905
    Abstract: A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Uejima