Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Okamoto

Yukihiro Okamoto 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: 11894852
    Abstract: Provided is a thermostatic type crystal oscillator with short operation stabilization time and low power consumption. A thermostatic type crystal oscillator according to the present invention includes a crystal resonator including an IT-cut crystal blank, a vibration control circuit configured to control a vibration frequency of the crystal resonator, a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the crystal resonator within a set temperature range by repeating heating and cooling to the crystal resonator, a heat conducting plate configured to function as a heat absorbing plate and a heat dissipating plate for the temperature regulator, a temperature control circuit configured to control a temperature of the temperature regulator, and a housing that accommodates the crystal resonator. The housing defines a resonator accommodating space in which the crystal resonator is accommodated inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MAXIS-01 CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Takahashi, Ryo Kobayashi, Yukihiro Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230188141
    Abstract: Provided is a thermostatic type crystal oscillator with short operation stabilization time and low power consumption. A thermostatic type crystal oscillator according to the present invention includes a crystal resonator including an IT-cut crystal blank, a vibration control circuit configured to control a vibration frequency of the crystal resonator, a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the crystal resonator within a set temperature range by repeating heating and cooling to the crystal resonator, a heat conducting plate configured to function as a heat absorbing plate and a heat dissipating plate for the temperature regulator, a temperature control circuit configured to control a temperature of the temperature regulator, and a housing that accommodates the crystal resonator. The housing defines a resonator accommodating space in which the crystal resonator is accommodated inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAHASHI, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Yukihiro OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230130678
    Abstract: The present invention is able to reduce a CI value without requiring precise processing of a crystal blank. An electrode structure of a crystal unit (1) according to the present invention includes driven electrodes (21, 22) arranged at least at a center on main surfaces (11, 12) of a crystal blank (10). The driven electrodes (21, 22) have a structure in which vibration energy of thickness shear vibration of the crystal blank (10) is concentrated in a central region of the crystal blank (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAHASHI, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Yukihiro OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 4894577
    Abstract: At least one pair of exciting electrodes are formed opposite to each other on two major surfaces of a piezoelectric plate. Electrodes and that portion of the piezoelectric plate which is held between at least the exciting electrodes, form a resonance region where thickness-shear vibrations of plural modes are excited. A waveguide path having a cut-off frequency higher than the frequency of at least one desired vibration excited in the resonance region, but lower than the frequencies of the thickness-shear vibrations, whose damping is desired, and excited in the resonance region, is formed and extends in a direction substantially the same as the propagating direction of the thickness-shear vibration whose damping is desired, and has a width 0.5 times or more the width of the resonance region. A vibration absorbent is arranged in the waveguide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Okamoto, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Toshiki Suganuma