Wireless apparatus, wireless abnormality notification system using same, and wireless remote control system

• US 9,722,292 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kohrogi, Takeshi, Yokota, Hiroshi, Matsumoto, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): McCormack, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/634,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20130009773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,351 Days
• Field of Search: 340539
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/007 specially adapted for indoor communication
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/30 with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence

Abstract

A wireless apparatus includes an antenna, a circuit board configured to form a wireless communication circuit that is connected to the antenna, and a housing configured to accommodate the circuit board and formed by resin molding. A linear conductor extends from a ground of the circuit board.

Claims

1. A wireless apparatus comprising:

an antenna;

a circuit board comprising a wireless communication circuit that is connected to the antenna; and

a resin molded housing that accommodates the circuit board,

wherein a linear conductor extends from a ground of the circuit board,

the entire antenna is accommodated inside the housing and is disposed between the circuit board and an attachment surface of the housing,

the conductor is disposed on a same plane as the circuit board or is disposed opposite to the antenna with the circuit board between the antenna and the conductor,

the antenna extends, from a connection to the circuit board, along an inner side of a wall of the housing in a first direction,

the conductor extends, from the ground, along the inner side of the wall of the housing in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, and

the antenna extends substantially perpendicular to the circuit board and is bent by approximately 90 degrees to extend parallel to the circuit board, and a distance between the circuit board and a portion of the antenna which extends parallel to the circuit board is based on a frequency of a carrier that is used in wireless communication,

wherein a sensor, a speaker, and a battery adapted to supply power to the wireless communication circuit of the circuit board are provided in the housing,

the sensor, the speaker, and the battery do not overlap one another when seen from the attachment surface, and

the antenna is bent not to interfere with the sensor and the battery.

2. The wireless apparatus of claim 1, wherein a total electrical length, which is a sum of an overall equivalent electrical length of a wiring pattern and electrical and electronic circuits on the circuit board, except for the antenna, and an electrical length of the conductor, is ¼

of a wavelength of the carrier that is used in the wireless communication.

3. The wireless apparatus of claim 1, wherein ribs adapted to reinforce the housing are provided on the inner side of the wall of the housing, the ribs having depressions that receive the conductor.

4. The wireless apparatus of claim 1, wherein a surface of the conductor is provided with an insulating coating.

5. The wireless apparatus of claim 1, wherein a front end of the conductor that is not directly connected to the ground is directly connected to a negative electrode of the battery.

6. A wireless abnormality notification system comprising a plurality of fire alarms each including the wireless apparatus set forth in claim 1 and a sound notifier configured to issue a sound of an alarm, wherein one of the plurality of fire alarms that senses a fire wirelessly communicates with other fire alarms of the plurality of fire alarms and provides notification of the fire to the other fire alarms, so that the sound notifier of at least one of the plurality of fire alarms issues a sound to provide a notification of the fire.

7. A wireless remote control system comprising:

the wireless apparatus set forth in claim 1, a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from the wireless apparatus, and an equipment, wherein the receiver controls an operation of the equipment.

8. The wireless apparatus of claim 2, wherein a length of the conductor is determined such that the total electrical length is ¼

of the wavelength of the carrier.

9. The wireless apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first portion of the antenna extends along the inner side of the wall of the housing, a second portion of the antenna extends between the speaker and the battery and a third portion of the antenna extends between the speaker and the sensor.