Patents Assigned to Yokowo Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11404767
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a signal processing section having a first processing unit for calculating position information of a vehicle to which a first antenna element is attached, a second processing unit for performing mobile communication, a third processing unit for receiving information from outside of the vehicle and transmitting information that pertains to the vehicle, and a fourth processing unit for receiving a digital broadcast; an antenna element section having the first antenna element to a fourth antenna element; and a transceiver unit connected to a gateway ECU of the vehicle through an onboard LAN. The first antenna element to the fourth antenna element are covered with an antenna case. The first to fourth processing units are accommodated in a housing arranged at a position closer to the antenna element section than the gateway ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio Ambe, Hirotoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11404768
    Abstract: An antenna device 1 is an antenna device 1 to be mounted on a vehicle including an inner panel 17 that is provided with a mounting hole, and a roof 16 in which a region facing the inner panel 17 on an upper side of the inner panel 17 is upraised to an upper side. The antenna device 1 includes a base 12 and a fixing portion (13, 14, and 15) that fixes the base 12 to the inner panel 17. At least a part of the antenna device 1 is contained in a space 16b formed between a region 16a of the roof 16 that is upraised and the inner panel 17, and there are a plurality of portions in which the base 12 and the inner panel 17 are fixed by the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Asuma, Masashi Noda, Noriyoshi Nakada
  • Patent number: 11404792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small low-profile antenna device for a vehicle, the antenna device being able to achieve bandwidth widening and increase gain in a horizontal direction by being fixed to a predetermined part of the vehicle. The antenna device for a vehicle includes a metal surface and a slot 110 is formed in the metal surface with a slit 111 provided at a part of edges of the slot 110. The slot faces a direction parallel to the ground with a first power feed unit G1 being provided on inner edges of the slot. A slot 120, in which the slit 111 is provided, operates as a slot antenna adapted to transmit or receive signals in four or more frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11394108
    Abstract: The antenna device includes: a broadband antenna based on a bow-tie antenna including a first plate-like metal and a second plate-like metal which extend in opposite directions to each other with respect to a feeding point; and a patch antenna provided on a second portion which is bent substantially at a right angle from a first portion of the first plate-like metal which lies near the feeding point. The second portion performs as a ground plate of the patch antenna. A portion including the patch antenna is accommodated in a radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Yokowo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Sone
  • Publication number: 20220214376
    Abstract: A contact probe capable of being used for an inspection of a semiconductor package in which a recess is formed in a terminal portion includes a plunger including a distal end portion that comes into contact with the terminal portion. The distal end portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the terminal portion and a shoulder portion having a protruding height toward the terminal portion lower than that of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi SATO
  • Patent number: 11374328
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device for a vehicle capable of firmly fixing a capacitance loading element. An antenna device 1 for a vehicle includes: an antenna case 5; a capacitance loading element 20 housed in an internal space of the antenna case 5; a capacitance loading element holder 10 including an upper holder 11 and a lower holder 12 and configured to sandwich and hold the capacitance loading element 20 between the upper holder 11 and the lower holder 12; and a metal base 50 configured to hold the lower holder 12. The capacitance loading element 20 includes two elements and a connecting portion that connects the two elements, the connecting portion is provided at a position lower than upper edges of the two elements, the upper holder 11 holds the two elements, and the upper holder 11 and the lower holder 12 sandwich and hold the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Takano, Yoshinori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220177966
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for detecting or quantitatively determining short-chain nucleic acids by simple double-strand formation with high specificity. The present invention relates to a polynucleobase probe including, in a sequence complementary to a target sequence having at least one sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 10, a sequence in which at least one of bases in a portion complementary to any one sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 10 in the target sequence becomes abasic and/or is substituted; a method for designing the same; and a method for utilizing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yui NIIJIMA, Shintaro TAKASE, Hisashi SUZUKI, Hisafumi IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11355844
    Abstract: An antenna device configured to be attached to a vehicle includes: an antenna of a resonance type; and a matching circuit connected to the antenna, wherein the matching circuit includes a first matching circuit connected to a feeding portion of the antenna and a second matching circuit connected to a subsequent stage of the first matching circuit, wherein the first matching circuit reduces an impedance in a frequency band that is away to a higher-frequency range or a lower-frequency range from a resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is lower than before connection of the first matching circuit, and the second matching circuit increases an impedance in a vicinity of the resonance point of the antenna such that the impedance is higher than before connection of the second matching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 11342680
    Abstract: A novel small-sized low profile antenna device that replaces a monopole antenna is provided. The antenna device is attached to a vehicle, the vehicle has an attachment surface, and the antenna device includes plural metal surfaces provided on a plane generally orthogonal to the attachment surface, the plural metal surfaces being formed at different angles from each other. A section of the antenna device opposed to the attachment surface is open, and each of the metal surfaces is formed with at least either one of a slot antenna and a slit antenna for a vertically polarized wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio Ambe, Atsushi Eika
  • Patent number: 11327258
    Abstract: This optical module comprises a stem; lead pins extending through the stem; glasses filled between the stem and the lead pins; elements (photodiode, amplifier) disposed on a first main surface of the stem, and connected to the lead pins; FPC in contact with a second main surface of the stem; a cap attachable to the stem; and an aligning-fixing parts (metal-made flange, Z-sleeve) that aligns an optical fiber stub with the cap and fix the optical fiber stub to the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kamitsuna, Akira Ohki
  • Publication number: 20220140556
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism is disposed inside an electrical member capable of securing waterproofness with a simple structure. The cable sealing mechanism of the electrical member includes a gasket having cable through-gasket-holes through which a cable passes, and being made of an elastic body, sockets (first socket, second socket) of an electronic component (light emitting element) that operate by supplying power via the cable, a cover that covers the electronic component, the sockets, and the gasket, and a bracket that sandwiches the electronic component, the sockets, and the gasket together with the cover. The gasket is disposed between the sockets and the bracket. By attaching the cover to the bracket, the gasket comes into close contact with an inner wall of the cover, the cable through-gasket-holes come into close contact with the covering portion of the cable, and a space between the cover and the gasket is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nozomu MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220131272
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki SONE
  • Patent number: 11316552
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch includes an input interface configured to receive a high-frequency signal; an output interface configured to output the high-frequency signal to outside; and a reactance switch inserted between the input interface and the output interface. The reactance switch includes a plurality of reactance circuits connected in a cascade arrangement between the input interface and the output interface. Each of the plurality of reactance circuits is configured to form a common passband for the high-frequency signal based on a reactance of a respective predetermined values, and at least one of the reactance circuits is a variable reactance circuit having a reactance which changes in response to a control signal input from the outside so that the passband of the variable reactance circuit changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Aoki, Akihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220123486
    Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of firmly maintaining a connection state. A connector 1 includes a first clamp portion 10 having a press receiving portion 11 and a second clamp portion 30 having a press portion 31a. At least one of the press receiving portion 11 and the press portion 31a includes metal. When the second clamp portion 30 is fixed to the first clamp portion 10 or a housing that holds the first clamp portion 10, a linear conductor inserted from one end portion side of the press receiving portion 11 is clamped between the press portion 31a and the press receiving portion 11, comes into contact with the press portion 31a and the press receiving portion 11, and is bent between the one end portion and the press portion 31a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumikazu KOBAYASHI, Nozomu MORITA
  • Patent number: 11300589
    Abstract: An inspection jig includes a flexible substrate, a block, a pressing member, and a first pin fixed to the pressing member. The block has a first positioning hole opened in a substantially center portion of an opposite surface of a main surface thereof. The first pin is inserted into the first positioning hole. A large diameter portion and a small diameter portion are provided in an inner peripheral side of the first positioning hole. A diameter of the large diameter portion is smaller than a diameter of the large diameter portion. The large diameter portion is formed so as not to contact the first pin when the block is not inclined. The block is configured to be inclined with the first pin as a fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Yokowo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220109232
    Abstract: In an antenna device for vehicle including a plurality of antennas, it is to be not increased the dimension of a portion disposed above a flat region of a roof is eliminated. An antenna device for vehicle 1 includes: a first antenna element 31 and a second antenna element 32. At least an upper portion of the first antenna element 31 is covered with a protruding region 71 of a resin roof. The second antenna element 32 is disposed below a flat region 72. The antenna device for vehicle 1 further includes a ground plate 22. The ground plate 22 is larger than the second antenna element 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Ryota TAMAI, Takeshi HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20220082588
    Abstract: A plunger includes a conductive base layer, and a platinum group layer which is provided on the outside of the base layer and which contains a platinum group element as a main component. The plunger has the base layer as its base material, and has the platinum group layer on the outside of the base layer at the tip part to come into contact with an inspection object. A contact probe includes the plunger, and a spring which abuts on the plunger at an end part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi SATO
  • Publication number: 20220082585
    Abstract: An inspection jig support tool includes a coupling axis portion having an axis-side fitting portion and being coupled with an inspection head body, an annular coil spring being arranged in an outer periphery of the axis-side fitting portion, and a base portion retaining the coupling axis portion such that the coupling axis portion is capable of being displaced in a radial direction of an axis and in an axial rotation direction. The base portion has a spring retaining portion retaining the annular coil spring while tolerating deformation of the annular coil spring in a radius enlarging direction and a hole-side fitting portion being fitted on the axis-side fitting portion with a gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chikara MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220077572
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a sleeve antenna. The sleeve antenna has an internal conductive member, an external conductive member, an insulating member, and a mountain-shaped conductive member that is electrically connected to the external conductive member. The mountain-shaped conductive member expands radially from an upper edge towards a lower edge. The internal conductive member protrudes higher than the external conductive member above the upper edge of the mountain-shaped conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko YAMASE, Satoshi IWASAKI, Kazuya MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220059923
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device for a vehicle including an antenna base including a bottom surface portion, a circuit board disposed above the bottom surface portion to face the bottom surface portion, and an antenna element disposed on an outer periphery, and forming a slot antenna with a side end of the antenna base being a facing side of a slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato TANAKA