IP Library Granted Patent US 8,988,207
Granted Patent B2
US 8,988,207 · App. 13/884,364 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Information acquiring device

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Patent No.
US 8,988,207
App. No.
13/884,364
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic components, conductors, and the like that the form a detecting-and-transceiving circuit are positioned in a space inside a casing other than a space E that is enclosed by an imaginary surface that forms a predetermined angle θ with respect to a coil axis x toward the outside from a position on the edge of an aperture surface of the end part of a coil-shaped antenna 450 in the direction of the coil axis x. The angle θ is, e.g., 5° or more and is preferably 90°. Minute electronic components and conductors may be positioned within the space E if doing so does not dramatically change the magnetic current of the antenna 450.

Claims (28)

1. An information-acquiring device comprising:

a casing permeable to radio waves;

a transmitter stored inside the casing, the transmitter including:

an electronic circuit having a sensor configured to detect predetermined physical information, and

a transmitting circuit configured to transmit the physical information detected by the sensor,

a coil-shaped antenna configured to radiate a signal containing the physical information as a radio wave having a predetermined frequency, the antenna being connected to the transmitting circuit, and

a main body of the electronic circuit being positioned in a space other than a space present in the direction of a coil axis of the antenna,

the main body of the electronic circuit is positioned in a space other than a space enclosed by an imaginary surface that forms a predetermined angle of 5° or more with respect to the coil axis toward the outside from a position on an edge of an aperture surface of an end part of the antenna in the direction of the coil axis.

2. The information-acquiring device according to claim 1 , wherein

the space enclosed by the imaginary surface results when the imaginary surface forms a 90° angle toward the outside with respect to the coil axis.

3. The information-acquiring device according to claim 2 , wherein

the electronic circuit and the antenna are provided on the same circuit substrate.

4. The information-acquiring device according to claim 3 , wherein

the sensor has a sensor configured to detect surrounding air pressure.

5. The information-acquiring device according to claim 3 , wherein

the antenna has a printed wiring formed on the circuit substrate as an element.

6. The information-acquiring device according to claim 2 , wherein

the sensor has a sensor configured to detect surrounding air pressure.

7. The information-acquiring device according to claim 2 , wherein

the antenna has a printed wiring formed on the circuit substrate as an element.

8. The information-acquiring device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic circuit and the antenna are provided on the same circuit substrate.

9. The information-acquiring device according to claim 8 , wherein

the antenna has a printed wiring formed on the circuit substrate as an element.

10. The information-acquiring device according to claim 8 , wherein

the sensor has a sensor configured to detect surrounding air pressure.

11. The information-acquiring device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor has a sensor configured to detect surrounding air pressure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2013
From: NAKATANI, KOJI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030383/0390 →