Patents Assigned to Yokowo Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20240106144Abstract: A connection device (10) includes a flexible substrate (200), a coaxial connector (300) overlapping with the flexible substrate (200), and a jig (400) fixing the flexible substrate (200) and the coaxial connector (300).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro NAKAMURA, Yasushi SHIRAKATA, Shoichi KOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240097349Abstract: An antenna device includes: a pair of first elements that are arranged on a first plane; and a pair of second elements that are arranged on a second plane parallel to the first plane such that a polarized wave direction of the pair of second elements is orthogonal to that of the pair of first elements. Each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes a portion that acts as a self-similarity antenna or an antenna that acts based on similar operating principle to the self-similarity antenna. In one embodiment, each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes two arms that extend in a direction away from each other from a proximal end portion to which a feed point is connectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SAMPO, Takayuki SONE
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Publication number: 20240097317Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
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Patent number: 11936101Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuya Fujimaki
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Publication number: 20240047897Abstract: An antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), an antenna base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), a first antenna element (108) that is accommodated in the accommodation space and that at least transmits or receives a circularly polarized wave; a second antenna element (110) that is arranged close to the first antenna element (108) and that at least transmits or receives a linearly polarized wave; and at least one parasitic element (111), (112a), (112b), or (112c) serving as a reflector or a waveguide for the second antenna element (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Bunpei HARA, Seiya HIROKI
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Publication number: 20240047880Abstract: A patch antenna includes: a radiation element; and n (where n is a natural number of 2 or greater) metal bodies that are positioned above the radiation element, wherein an area of at least one of the n metal bodies is different from an area of any other metal body of the n metal bodies. Further, in the patch antenna, the n is 2 or 3, at least two of the n metal bodies are a first metal body and a second metal body, respectively, the first metal body is provided at a distance equal to or smaller than one-tenth of a wavelength in a desired frequency band, from the radiation element in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the radiation element, and the second metal body is arranged at position closest to the first metal body in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface of radiation element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroto IEDA, Kazuhiro KOWAITA
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Publication number: 20240047879Abstract: A patch antenna includes: a dielectric member; a radiating element provided at the dielectric member; and at least one parasitic element provided in a surrounding region of the dielectric member and the radiating element, the at least one parasitic element being grounded. Further, the at least one parasitic element includes a plurality of parasitic elements, the plurality of parasitic elements are provided in the surrounding region of the radiating element, and the plurality of parasitic elements are each provided at a position away from an outer edge of the radiating element by a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi NOZAKI, Hirotoshi MIZUNO
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Patent number: 11894624Abstract: A slotted patch antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a radiation electrode which is provided on a major surface of the dielectric substrate, and a ground conductor which is disposed on a surface that is opposite to the major surface. The radiation electrode is formed with a slots having at least one of a meandering portion, a curve portion, or a folded portion. An external shape of the radiation electrode is a square, and totally two pairs of slots are formed inside the square, each of the slots being along respective sides of the square. Each of the slots is arranged so as to be line-symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry that is parallel with one of the sides of the square and passes through a center of the square, and to be point-symmetrical with respect to the center of the square.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Sampo
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Patent number: 11888241Abstract: An antenna device includes a patch antenna serving as a first antenna; and a second antenna including capacitance loading elements, the capacitance loading elements being located above the patch antenna and also arranged separately in a predetermined direction. Also, an antenna device includes a patch antenna serving as a first antenna; and a second antenna including capacitance loading elements, the capacitance loading elements being located above the patch antenna, and a slit-like cutout part in a predetermined direction being formed in at least one of side edges of the capacitance loading elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takayuki Sone
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Publication number: 20240030624Abstract: [OBJECT] To implement an antenna device capable of supporting radio waves in a wide frequency band. [SOLUTION] An antenna device includes: a first element; a second element capacitively coupled to the first element; and a base portion coupled to the first element and the second element, wherein the first element supports, with the second element, radio waves at least in a first frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuya MATSUNAGA
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Patent number: 11881615Abstract: An antenna device for a vehicle, the antenna device includes; an antenna; a camera; and a case that accommodates the antenna and the camera, wherein the antenna includes a capacitance loading element disposed at a position separate from the camera, and when the capacitance loading element is divided into a short-distance-side portion and a long-distance-side portion based on a distance from the camera, a length of a first portion of the short-distance-side portion is shorter than a length of a second portion of the short-distance-side portion in a height direction, in which the first portion overlaps the camera in top view and/or side view while the second portion does not overlap the camera in top view and/or side view.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Komori, Yuzou Harada
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Publication number: 20240021997Abstract: An antenna comprising: a first element including a plurality of parallel resonators configured to resonate in a first frequency band, and at least one first connecting portion configured to connect the parallel resonators immediately adjacent to each other in the plurality of the parallel resonators; and a second element configured to be connected to the first element, wherein the first element and the second element operate with radio waves in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki SONE, Bunpei HARA
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Publication number: 20240022021Abstract: A plug of a connector includes a terminal portion to be inserted into and removed from an insertion portion of a receptacle. The terminal portion includes a contact, and a holder portion that holds the contact. The holder portion includes a flange portion having a distal end portion protruding toward an insertion direction of the insertion and removal direction from a distal end of the contact in the insertion direction and protruding in a predetermined orthogonal direction orthogonal to the insertion and removal direction. The flange portion is configured to position the terminal portion inserted into the insertion portion in the orthogonal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20240014557Abstract: An antenna device according to one or more embodiments may include a base elongated in a longitudinal direction and a first antenna element disposed above the base, wherein the first antenna element is offset with respect to a center of the base in a lateral direction. The antenna device may include a board, wherein a feeding point at which the first antenna element is electrically connected to the board is offset with respect to the center of the base in the lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO
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Publication number: 20240014561Abstract: An antenna device comprising: a case; a base forming an accommodation space with the case; and a first antenna and a second antenna, the first and second antennas being accommodated in the accommodation space, wherein the first antenna operates with radio waves in a first frequency band, the second antenna including a first element including a plurality of parallel resonators configured to resonate in the first frequency band, and first connecting portions each configured to connect parallel resonators immediately adjacent to each other in the plurality of the parallel resonators, and a second element configured to be connected to the first element, and the second antenna operates with radio waves in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki SONE, Bunpei HARA
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Publication number: 20240006746Abstract: An antenna device which includes a plurality of antennas in a common case and is capable of achieving downsizing while suppressing a decrease of an antenna gain, is provided. An antenna device includes a TEL antenna and a capacity loaded element in a common case. The capacity loaded element is located above the TEL antenna. A length of the capacity loaded element is a positive integer multiple of one-half a wavelength of a PCS band. The TEL antenna is arranged so as to avoid a voltage maximum point of a standing wave, of the PCS band, generated in the capacity loaded element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO
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Patent number: 11862859Abstract: An antenna device includes: a pair of first elements that are arranged on a first plane; and a pair of second elements that are arranged on a second plane parallel to the first plane such that a polarized wave direction of the pair of second elements is orthogonal to that of the pair of first elements. Each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes a portion that acts as a self-similarity antenna or an antenna that acts based on similar operating principle to the self-similarity antenna. In one embodiment, each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes two arms that extend in a direction away from each other from a proximal end portion to which a feed point is connectable.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Sampo, Takayuki Sone
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Patent number: 11855340Abstract: An antenna device which includes a plurality of antennas in a common case and is capable of achieving downsizing while suppressing a decrease of an antenna gain, is provided. An antenna device includes a TEL antenna and a capacity loaded element in a common case. The capacity loaded element is located above the TEL antenna. A length of the capacity loaded element is a positive integer multiple of one-half a wavelength of a PCS band. The TEL antenna is arranged so as to avoid a voltage maximum point of a standing wave, of the PCS band, generated in the capacity loaded element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Yokowo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Motohisa Ono
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Patent number: 11855363Abstract: A first conductive plate (110) is located at a first surface (302) side of a substrate (300) away from the first surface (302) of the substrate (300). The first conductive plate (110) has an opening (112). A first conductive part (120) electrically connects the first conductive plate (110) and the substrate (300) to each other. A second conductive plate (210) is located at the first surface (302) side of the substrate (300) away from the first surface (302) of the substrate (300). A second conductive part (220) electrically connects the second conductive plate (210) and the substrate (300) to each other. The second conductive plate (210) is located inside the opening (112) of the first conductive plate (110).Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Sampo
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Publication number: 20230411865Abstract: A patch antenna includes: a radiating element having a flat-plate shape; and a parasitic element provided at a position spaced away from the radiating element in planar view in which the radiating element is seen from a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the radiating element. A longitudinal direction of the parasitic element is oriented along a direction of a line segment connecting a center of the radiating element and a feeding point in the planar view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi SAMPO