Patents by Inventor Tomio AMBE

Tomio AMBE 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).

  • Publication number: 20230292458
    Abstract: A temperature adjusting structure for an electronic equipment provided inside a vehicle includes a first region. The first region is connected, through an air supply port, to at least one of a different region from the first region that is to have cooler air or warmer air than the first region, and a duct of an air conditioner of a vehicle. Air which is to flow into the air supply port is to flow into a region where the electronic equipment is present in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Takeshi HIROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20230106963
    Abstract: An attachment portion facilitates attachment to an attachment object such as a vehicle. The attachment portion includes a first fastening portion, a second fastening portion to be screwed with the first fastening portion, a detent portion (a connection portion, a holder) provided between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and a deformable member (a claw washer) provided between the first fastening portion and the detent portion. The detent portion suppresses that at least one of the first fastening portion and the deformable member rotate(s) when the second fastening portion rotates. After the first fastening portion and the deformable member are inserted into an attachment hole into which the attachment portion is to be inserted, of the attachment object, the deformable member sandwiches the attachment object with the second fastening portion by rotating the second fastening portion so as to be screwed with the first fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Ryota TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20230078552
    Abstract: Electronic equipment, or the like, capable of achieving stable connection are provided. First electronic equipment 10 is electronic equipment of a device for vehicle 1. The first electronic equipment 10 includes a first connector 21 for electrically connecting second electronic equipment 50 of the device for vehicle, a first substrate 17 on which the first connector 21 is mounted, and a base 19. The first substrate 17 is fixed to the base 19 in a state where a positional relationship between the first substrate 17 or the first connector 21 and the base 19 varies according to a positional relationship between the first connector 21 and the first substrate 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Ryota TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20220340089
    Abstract: Provided is a device or the like for vehicle that can easily attach two electronic devices to the vehicle. A device for vehicle 1 includes a first electronic device (antenna unit) 10, a second electronic device (signal processing unit) 50 electrically connected to the first electronic device 10, and a mounting unit 30 interposed between the first electronic device 10 and the second electronic device 50. The first electronic device 10 is attached to a vehicle in a positional relationship in which the first electronic device 10 and the mounting unit 30 sandwich at least part of the vehicle roof 90. The second electronic device 50 is attached to the mounting unit 30 in a positional relationship in which the second electronic device 50 and the vehicle roof 90 sandwich at least part of the mounting unit 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota TAMAI, Tomio AMBE
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 20200350688
    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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Atsushi EIKA
  • Publication number: 20200350663
    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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio AMBE, Hirotoshi MIZUNO