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).

  • Patent number: 8060167
    Abstract: An upper case (1) is connected to a lower case (2) in a hinge portion (3) so as to freely rotate. A plate shaped conductor (4) and a plate shaped conductor (5) are disposed along the surface of the case in the upper case (1). A ground plate (6) is formed in a ground pattern of a circuit board disposed in the lower case (2). The plate shaped conductor (4) and the plate shaped conductor (5) are selected by a high frequency switch (14) and connected to one end of a feeding portion (15). The other end of the feeding portion (15) is connected to the ground plate (6) to form a dipole antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Saitou, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenichi Yamada, Masashi Koshi, Yukari Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20110206165
    Abstract: A mobile wireless apparatus wherein matching circuits can be independently designed, while the increase in the circuit scale can be suppressed and the cost can be reduced. In this apparatus, a filter (102) suppresses a frequency band (f2-f3) of signals received by an antenna element (101). A filter (105) suppresses a frequency band (f1) of the signals received by the antenna element (101). A wireless unit (104) acquires data that is obtained by demodulating the signals obtained by suppressing the frequency band (f2-f3) and superimposing the demodulated signals on the signals of the frequency band (f1). A wireless unit (107) acquires data that is obtained by demodulating the signals obtained by suppressing the frequency band (f1) and superimposing the demodulated signals on the signals of the frequency band (f2-f3). A matching circuit (103), which is connected between the filter (102) and the wireless unit (104), matches the impedances of the filter (102) and wireless unit (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Satou, Yoshio Koyanagi, Yoshihiro Kanasaki, Kouta Aoki
  • Publication number: 20110128191
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna element capable of implementing miniaturization, acquisition of a high gain, and broadening of a band and coping with multiple bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Hironori Kikuchi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenichi Sato, Hiroaki Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20110117976
    Abstract: There are provided an antenna element and a portable radio that enable miniaturization, acquisition of a high gain, and broadening of a band and that copies compatible with multiple bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Hironori Kikuchi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenichi Sato, Hiroaki Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20110102285
    Abstract: There is provided a foldable portable radio that can exhibit high phone call performance despite its low profile and small size. An antenna element 14 to be placed in the vicinity of a first hinge element 13A is connected to a power feed unit. The first hinge element 13A has a hinge fixing unit 131 and a hinge rotating unit 132. The hinge fixing unit 131 is connected to a second radio circuit 17B of a lower circuit board 12A by way of a second matching circuit 16B. The hinge rotating unit 132 is placed while spaced apart from a ground pattern on an upper circuit board 11A by a predetermined interval and connected to an end of the ground pattern of the upper circuit board that is close to the first hinge element 13A. The antenna element 14 and the first hinge element 13A configure a first dipole antenna. The ground pattern of the upper circuit board 11A and a ground pattern of the lower circuit board 12A configure a second dipole antenna that takes the hinge element 13A as a power feed system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Hiroyuki Uno, Masashi Koshi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
  • Publication number: 20110063175
    Abstract: There is provided a foldable portable radio capable of exhibiting high communication performance despite its slimness and compact housings. The portable radio has an upper housing 11 in which an upper circuit board 11A is placed; a lower housing 12A in which a lower circuit board 12 is placed; a conductive hinge 13A that joins the upper housing 11 to the lower housing 12 so as to be rotatable around one axis; an antenna element 14 placed in vicinity of the hinge 13A parallel to an axial direction of the hinge 13A; and a feed section 15 connected to a radio circuit 17 on the lower circuit board 12A. The antenna element 14 is electrically connected to the feed section 15, and the hinge 13A is connected as a ground, whereby the hinge 13A and the antenna element 14 operate as a dipole antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uno, Masashi Koshi, Tomoaki Nishikido, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenya Nagano
  • Publication number: 20110057857
    Abstract: A small antenna system which is incorporated in a portable radio apparatus and can ensure high antenna performance in a wide frequency band without impairing the design property or the operability and a portable radio apparatus are provided. An antenna device includes an antenna A1 having a resonance characteristic in a first frequency; an antenna A2 having a resonance characteristic in a second frequency and being spaced from the antenna A1 at a predetermined distance; a circuit board P provided in a mobile telephone 10, a wireless section 16 provided on the circuit board P for supplying or receiving high-frequency power; and a high-frequency switch 13 provided on the circuit board P for selecting connection of an output terminal or an input terminal of the wireless section 16 and a feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 so that the feeding point of the antenna A1 or the antenna A2 can be switched and connecting to the wireless section 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Nagano, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20110012797
    Abstract: An antenna element 5 includes a substantially rectangular first conductor plate 51 that is arranged at a predetermined space S from a lower circuit board (a ground plate) 21 and in the vicinity of a hinge 4; a substantially rectangular second conductor plate 52 that shares one widthwise side of the first conductor plate 51 and that is placed while bent at an angle of about 90° with respect to the first conductor plate; and a substantially rectangular third conductor plate 53 that shares another widthwise side of the second conductor plate 52 opposing the one side of the second conductor plate 52 shared by the first conductor plate 51 and that is arranged at an angle of about 90° so as to oppose the first conductor plate 51. The rectangular parallelepiped antenna element 5 is formed by folding a rectangular, board-shaped monopole element into two faces or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Tani, Tomoaki Nishikido, Hironori Kikuchi, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kenichi Sato, Hiroaki Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20110006963
    Abstract: An antenna element includes: a first conductive plate which is approximately rectangular; a second conductive plate which shares one side of the first conductive plate in the width direction, which is placed substantially perpendicularly to the first conductive plate, and which is approximately rectangular; a third conductive plate which shares another side of the second conductive plate in the width direction, the other side being opposed to the one side shared with the first conductive plate, which is placed perpendicularly to be opposed to the first conductive plate, and which is approximately rectangular; a fourth conductive plate which shares one sides of the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third conductive plate; a sixth conductive plate which extends from one side of the fourth conductive plate that does not share one sides of the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third conductive plate, and which is placed substantially perpendicularly to the fou
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Tani, Yoshio Koyanagi, Toshiteru Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110010781
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunodeficient mouse (NOG mouse) suitable for engraftment, differentiation and proliferation of heterologous cells, and a method of producing such a mouse. This mouse is obtained by backcrossing a C.B-17-scid mouse with an NOD/Shi mouse, and further backcrossing an interleukin 2-receptor ?-chain gene-knockout mouse with the thus backcrossed mouse. It is usable for producing a human antibody and establishing a stem cell assay system, a tumor model and a virus-infection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Mamoru Ito, Kimio Kobayashi, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Koichiro Tsuji, Sonoko Habu, Yoshio Koyanagi, Naoki Yamamoto, Kazuo Sugamura, Kiyoshi Ando, Tatsuji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20100321269
    Abstract: A behind-the-ear wireless device includes a main body casing including a wireless circuit housed therein and an audio transmission unit having a function of transmitting sound to an ear. The main body casing and the audio transmission unit are integrally connected to each other, whereby the wireless device can be fitted to the ear. An antenna element having a length of about half wave length is disposed in a hollow of the sound tube. A parasitic element having a length of about a half wave length is disposed in the main body casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyouko Ishibana, Naoki Matsubara, Tomoaki Nishikido, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 7843394
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna can be realized by using a common antenna element with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Egawa, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Haruki
  • Patent number: 7839340
    Abstract: A collapsable portable wireless unit (100) comprises an upper case (101) and a lower case (102) coupled through a hinge member (103) to open/close freely. A planar conductor (105) is arranged on the upper case (101). First and second power supply sections (111, 112, 103) are arranged on the planar conductor (105) at a specified interval. A harmonic signal distributor (120) is arranged on a circuit board (110) provided in the lower case (102) and distributes a harmonic signal to the first and second power supply sections (111, 112, 103). A phase shifter (121) sets the exciting phase of the harmonic signal in the second power supply sections (112, 103) at a value different from that of the exciting phase of the harmonic signal in the first power supply sections (111, 103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukari Yamazaki, Yutaka Saito, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Katayama, Tomoaki Nishikido
  • Publication number: 20100277395
    Abstract: An antenna device and a communication device capable of changing over polarization characteristics of an antenna to improve transmission capacity in various kinds of polarization environments and used configuration by preventing reduction of the communication capacity for a reception signal degrading or varying depending on momentarily changing polarization conditions between a base station and a terminal. The antenna device (110) includes a plurality of first antenna elements (111,112) for a first polarizing direction, a second antenna element (121) provided in the direction orthogonal to the first polarizing direction, a plurality of switches (131,132) for switching connection between the plurality of first antenna elements (111,112) and the second antenna element (121), and power supply parts (141,142) respectively provided on the plurality of first antenna elements (111,112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Satoh, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 7821463
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile telephone assuring a high reception sensitivity over a wide band without deteriorating the design of the mobile telephone. In the mobile telephone, a helical antenna (4) operating as an antenna for television reception is formed by winding a conductive element along the external surface of the case several times at the upper end of the upper case (1). The helical antenna (4) is impedance-matched by a matching circuit (5) in a range of the order from 470 MHz to 700 MHz which is the television broadcast frequency. The matching circuit (5) is connected to a broadcast reception circuit (6). The broadcast reception circuit (6) operates as a reception circuit for receiving the television broadcast wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Yutaka Saito, Yukari Yamazaki, Yoshio Koyanagi, Kiyoshi Egawa
  • Patent number: 7777688
    Abstract: A polarization switching antenna device capable of switching a polarization without increase of an antenna installing space and also handling a variety of frequency bands is provided. A connection state of one end of a loop antenna element arranged on a side surface of a case is switched. Thus, the polarization characteristic is switched by switching selectively whether the antenna element should constitute a loop antenna or a linear antenna. Matching circuits suitable for respective characteristics are provided. The loop antenna can be fed in terms of a balanced feeding. A balanced feeding and an unbalanced feeding can be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Tani, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Haruki
  • Publication number: 20100171676
    Abstract: It is made possible to realize both miniaturization and a wider band in an antenna element. An antenna element includes a first conductor wire part 11A; a second conductor wire part 11B crossing the first conductor wire part 11A and connected; a third conductor wire part 11C crossing the second conductor wire part 11B and connected, and parallel to the first conductor wire part 11A; a fourth conductor wire part 11D crossing the third conductor wire part 11C and connected; and a first conductor flat plate 12 connected to one or two of the first conductor wire part 11A, the second conductor wire part 11B, the third conductor wire part 11C, and the fourth wire part 11D and disposed in the area surrounded by any three of the first conductor wire part 11A, the second conductor wire part 11B, the third conductor wire part 11C, and the fourth wire part 11D. An end part of the first conductor flat plate 12 is parallel with the first conductor 11A not connected to the first conductor flat plate 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Tani, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20100111143
    Abstract: A portable wireless unit capable of ensuring high speed, large capacity communication by lowering the correlation coefficient between antennas under various use states of a user. An antenna element (1) is arranged outside from the upper end of a case (4) on the side opposite to the display section (23) of the case, an antenna element (2) is arranged in parallel with and on the same side of the antenna element (1) while spaced apart in the width direction, and an antenna element (3) is arranged in parallel with the antenna element (1) from the display section (23) side spaced apart from the antenna element (1) in the thickness direction. The antenna element (1) is connected with a transmitter/receiver (14), and any one of the antenna element (2) or (3) is selected by controlling a high frequency switch (11) by angle information from a gravity sensor (22) and connected with the transmitter/receiver (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nishikido, Yutaka Saito, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20100097285
    Abstract: A folding dipole antenna having remarkably multi-band characteristics as compared with prior art. Element width at the short portions (12d, 11d) of any one of an upper element (12) or a lower element (11) is set wider than that of the other element, and the element width at the long part of the upper element (12) or the lower element (11) on the feed side is set wider than that of the element on the non-feed side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiteru Hayashi, Yoshio Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20100069017
    Abstract: A housing antenna 20 includes a first conductor section 7, a ground conductor section 9, and a first power supply section 2. The first conductor section 7 is a ground plane of an upper housing of a flip-type telephone. The ground conductor section 9 is a ground plane of a lower housing of the flip-type telephone. A ¼ wavelength one-end-short-circuited patch antenna 30 includes the first conductor section 7, a second conductor section 8, a short-circuit conductor section 10, and a second power supply section 3. The first power supply section 2 is a power supply section of the housing antenna 20. The second power supply section 3 is a power supply section of the ¼ wavelength one-end-short-circuited patch antenna 30. The first and the second power supply sections 2 and 3 are connected to a wireless communication circuit 4, thereby enabling wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Iwai, Tsutomu Sakata, Yoshio Koyanagi, Toshiteru Hayashi