Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Ando

Yoshiaki Ando 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: 11911805
    Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a fitting portion (44) fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) of a connection component (32) into which a compact dual core optical connector is fitted on one end side and a cleaning medium (45) projecting from the fitting portion (44). The fitting portion (44) is formed to have a shape by which the fitting portion (44) is fitted in the first or second hole (36, 37) in each of the first and second postures as postures shifted through 180° with respect to as the center the middle (P2) of a virtual straight line connecting the centers of the two ferrules when viewed from an axial direction of the compact dual core optical connector. The fitting portion (44) contacts one ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the first posture. The fitting portion (44) contacts the other ferrule in a state in which the fitting portion (44) is set in the second posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Etsu Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Haga, Kazutoshi Ando, Yohei Omodaka
  • Publication number: 20240063775
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11750174
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11649918
    Abstract: There is provided a flow pipe including: a pipe body including a side wall having an opening portion; and a heat insulator arranged at an inner peripheral side of the pipe body and having a flow path through which a fluid flows. The heat insulator has an outer peripheral surface facing with the side wall, and the outer peripheral surface has a flow path structure configured to form a flow path that guides a water droplet generated between the heat insulator and the pipe body to the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ryugo, Toshiyuki Saito, Motoo Nakai, Yoshiaki Ando
  • Patent number: 11258429
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices are disclosed. An acoustic wave device can include a first filter and a second filter coupled to a common node. The second filter includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of the second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The acoustic wave device can further include a loop circuit coupled to the first filter, in which the loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. In certain embodiments, the first filter is a receive filter and the second filter is a transmit filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220034443
    Abstract: There is provided a flow pipe including: a pipe body including a side wall having an opening portion; and a heat insulator arranged at an inner peripheral side of the pipe body and having a flow path through which a fluid flows. The heat insulator has an outer peripheral surface facing with the side wall, and the outer peripheral surface has a flow path structure configured to form a flow path that guides a water droplet generated between the heat insulator and the pipe body to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi RYUGO, Toshiyuki SAITO, Motoo NAKAI, Yoshiaki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220006444
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11101787
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11075616
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a transmit filter that includes bulk acoustic wave resonators and a series surface acoustic wave resonator that is coupled between the bulk acoustic wave resonators and a transmit output node. The acoustic wave device can also include a loop circuit that is coupled to the transmit filter. The loop circuit can generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10873311
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator that prevents a radio frequency (RF) signal from being coupled to a cap substrate. An electronic device includes a first substrate (device substrate) of piezoelectric material having a top surface on which an electronic circuit including a film bulk acoustic resonator is formed, a second substrate (cap substrate) of low-resistivity material, a bottom surface of which is disposed opposing the top surface of the first substrate, and a side wall disposed between the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate. The side wall defines a cavity together with the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate, the cavity internally including the electronic circuit. A thin film of high-resistivity material is formed on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the second substrate to prevent an RF signal emitted from the electronic circuit from being coupled to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10778183
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide electronic elements and filter devices configured to prevent deterioration of the propagation characteristics caused by input and output signals being electromagnetically coupled to an electric conductor side wall. In one example an electronic filter includes an element substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, and piezoelectric body. A circuit including a plurality of SAW resonators is formed on the top surface of the element substrate. The electronic filter further includes a sealing substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a side wall including an electric conductor and formed to define a cavity between the top surface of the element substrate and the bottom surface of the sealing substrate, the side wall enclosing a periphery of the circuit and being connected to a ground potential of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10502276
    Abstract: A rotor cover is provided that includes different portions and is configured to meet requirements of each portion. The rotor cover includes a positioning portion that is positioned relative to a bicycle frame or a disc brake rotor and a cover portion that is coupled to the positioning portion to cover the disc brake rotor. The cover portion and the positioning portion include different materials with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi Watarai, Takashi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ando, Takafumi Nishino, Osamu Kariyama, Nobuyoshi Fujii, Masahiro Nakakura
  • Patent number: 10476482
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide improvement in the attenuation level near the passband within the stopband of the bandpass-type filter using a ladder-type circuit formed by a BAW resonator. In one example the filter includes a ladder-type circuit formed by a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator, and a loop circuit connected between two distinct points on a signal path extending from an input to an output of the ladder-type circuit for phase-cancellation of signals at the two distinct points. The two distinct points may be the input and the output of the ladder-type circuit. The loop circuit may include a SAW resonator or a BAW resonator. The BAW resonator may be a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) or solidly mounted resonator (SMR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Niwa, Yoshiaki Ando, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190319606
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a transmit filter that includes bulk acoustic wave resonators and a series surface acoustic wave resonator that is coupled between the bulk acoustic wave resonators and a transmit output node. The acoustic wave device can also include a loop circuit that is coupled to the transmit filter. The loop circuit can generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190319772
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190319605
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices are disclosed. An acoustic wave device can include a first filter and a second filter coupled to a common node. The second filter includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of the second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The acoustic wave device can further include a loop circuit coupled to the first filter, in which the loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. In certain embodiments, the first filter is a receive filter and the second filter is a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10155564
    Abstract: A bicycle bottom bracket assembly having a rotational central axis includes a support member, a bearing unit and a radially inward force reducing structure. The support member includes a hanger mounting portion and a bearing mounting portion. The bearing mounting portion is configured to be at least partly positioned within a hanger part of a bicycle frame. The bearing unit includes an outer race, an inner race and at least one roller element disposed between the outer and inner races in a radial direction with respect to the rotational central axis. The outer race is fixed to the bearing mounting portion of the support member. The radially inward force reducing structure reduces a radially inward force being transmitted to the bearing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Shiraishi, Takashi Furuya, Etsuyoshi Watarai, Yoshiaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20180234076
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator that prevents a radio frequency (RF) signal from being coupled to a cap substrate. An electronic device includes a first substrate (device substrate) of piezoelectric material having a top surface on which an electronic circuit including a film bulk acoustic resonator is formed, a second substrate (cap substrate) of low-resistivity material, a bottom surface of which is disposed opposing the top surface of the first substrate, and a side wall disposed between the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate. The side wall defines a cavity together with the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate, the cavity internally including the electronic circuit. A thin film of high-resistivity material is formed on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the second substrate to prevent an RF signal emitted from the electronic circuit from being coupled to the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180152191
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide improvement in the attenuation level near the passband within the stopband of the bandpass-type filter using a ladder-type circuit formed by a BAW resonator. In one example the filter includes a ladder-type circuit formed by a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator, and a loop circuit connected between two distinct points on a signal path extending from an input to an output of the ladder-type circuit for phase-cancellation of signals at the two distinct points. The two distinct points may be the input and the output of the ladder-type circuit. The loop circuit may include a SAW resonator or a BAW resonator. The BAW resonator may be a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) or solidly mounted resonator (SMR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Niwa, Yoshiaki Ando, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180019727
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide electronic elements and filter devices configured to prevent deterioration of the propagation characteristics caused by input and output signals being electromagnetically coupled to an electric conductor side wall. In one example an electronic filter includes an element substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, and piezoelectric body. A circuit including a plurality of SAW resonators is formed on the top surface of the element substrate. The electronic filter further includes a sealing substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a side wall including an electric conductor and formed to define a cavity between the top surface of the element substrate and the bottom surface of the sealing substrate, the side wall enclosing a periphery of the circuit and being connected to a ground potential of the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura