Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Yamada

Yoshiki Yamada 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: 11934119
    Abstract: A transportation device includes a first transporter, a second transporter movable between a contact position and a separate position toward and away from the first transporter to hold a to-be-transported object between the second transporter and the first transporter in the contact position, and a transportation unit that transports the to-be-transported object to a nip area where the first transporter and the second transporter hold the to-be-transported object therebetween while the second transporter is located in the separate position. The second transporter moves from the separate position to the contact position to hold the to-be-transported object transported to the nip area by the transportation unit between the second transporter and the first transporter to transport the to-be-transported object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Yamashita, Yoshiki Shimodaira, Kosuke Yamada, Tetsuro Kodera, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11929555
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging a plurality of radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and ten columns. The plurality of radiation elements include radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The plurality of radiation elements are included in a first element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in one end portion side and a second element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in the other end portion side. A first center element disposed at a center of the first element group is an element of a type obtained by rotating a second center element disposed at a center of the second element group by 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Patent number: 11921445
    Abstract: A transport device includes: a first transport body; a second transport body that is movable between a contact position and a separate position with respect to the first transport body and that nips a transported material with the first transport body at the contact position; and a transport section that includes a holder to hold a leading end portion of the transported material and that transports the transported material toward a nip region where the first transport body and the second transport body nip the transported material in a state in which the second transport body is located at the separate position. After holding of the leading end portion by the holder for the transported material transported by the transport section has been released, the second transport body nips the transported material with the first transport body and transports the transported material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Yamashita, Yoshiki Shimodaira, Kosuke Yamada, Tetsuro Kodera, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11909119
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and four columns. The radiation elements include three sets of radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The radiation elements are arranged such that adjacent elements are of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20240047881
    Abstract: An antenna module includes first and second dielectric substrates having different normal directions, and first and second radiating elements. The first radiating elements are disposed in the X-axis direction at the first dielectric substrate. The second radiating elements are disposed in the X-axis direction at the second dielectric substrate. The first radiating elements disposed in the X-axis direction are more than the second radiating elements disposed in the X-axis direction. The measurement perpendicular to the X-axis direction of the second dielectric substrate is shorter than the measurement perpendicular to the X-axis direction of the first dielectric substrate. The distance from a second radiating element closest to an end portion in the X-axis direction of the second dielectric substrate to the end portion is longer than the distance from a first radiating element closest to an end portion in the X-axis direction of the first dielectric substrate to the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi SUGAHARA, Yoshiki YAMADA, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Patent number: 11888245
    Abstract: A flexible substrate includes a dielectric having flexibility, a first line, a second line, and ground electrode. The dielectric has a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The first line, the ground electrode, and the second line are laminated in this order in layers from the first surface to the second surface. When the flexible substrate is seen through from the thickness direction of the flexible substrate, the first line has a line-symmetrical portion that is line-symmetrical with respect to the second line with a virtual intermediate line (LM) serving as a symmetric line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisei Takayama, Hirotsugu Mori, Yoshiki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230411866
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a radiating element, a ground electrode, and a peripheral electrode. The ground electrode opposes the radiating element. The peripheral electrode is on a layer between the radiating element and the ground electrode and electrically connected to the ground electrode. The radiating element radiates a radio wave in a first polarization direction. A dimension of the ground electrode in the first polarization direction is shorter than a dimension of the ground electrode in a specific direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. When the dielectric substrate is seen in plan view in a layered direction, at least a portion of the peripheral electrode is disposed between an end portion of the ground electrode and an end portion of the radiating element in the first polarization direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Ryo KOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230411870
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, radiating circuits disposed on the dielectric substrate, a ground electrode, and a dielectric layer. In a plan view in a direction of a normal line of the dielectric substrate, the radiating circuit is disposed adjacent to the radiating circuit. The ground electrode is disposed to face the radiating circuit and the radiating circuit. The dielectric layer is disposed to cover the radiating circuit. The radiating circuit is capable of emitting an electric wave in a frequency band higher than that for the radiating circuit. A dielectric constant of the dielectric layer is higher than a dielectric constant of the dielectric substrate. A distance between the radiating circuit and the ground electrode is shorter than a distance between the radiating circuit and the ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru SUDO, Kengo ONAKA, Natsumi MINAMITANI, Yoshiki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11837801
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a radiation electrode in which a radio frequency signal is supplied to a first feed point and a second feed point. The antenna module further includes a feed wire configured to supply a radio frequency signal to the first feed point of the radiation electrode and a feed wire branching from the feed wire and configured to supply a radio frequency signal to the second feed point. The feed wire includes two paths connected in parallel between the first feed point and the second feed point and having the same length. The paths are disposed so as to be mutually line-symmetric in plan view of the antenna module with respect to a straight line connecting the first feed point to the second feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Komura, Yoshiki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11721903
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a multilayer substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposing to each other, a patch antenna formed on a side of the first main surface of the multilayer substrate and configured with a radiation electrode and a ground electrode, an RFIC formed on a side of the second main surface of the multilayer substrate, a first filter, and a second filter different from the first filter, wherein the patch antenna has a first feed point and a second feed point provided at different positions in the radiation electrode, the first feed point is electrically connected to the RFIC via the first filter, the second feed point is electrically connected to the RFIC via the second filter, and the first filter and the second filter are formed in the multilayer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada, Keiichi Hirose, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Publication number: 20230198152
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate and a radiation element disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes a flat portion (131) and a flat portion (130) having mutually different normal directions, and a bent portion connecting the flat portion (131) and the flat portion (130) to each other. The flat portion (131) has a protruding portion partially protruding in a direction toward the flat portion (130) along the flat portion (131) from a boundary portion between the bent portion and the flat portion (131). The flat portion (131) and the bent portion are connected to each other at a position where the protruding portion is not provided in the flat portion (131). At least a part of the radiation element is disposed on the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Michiharu YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230145095
    Abstract: The antenna module includes a first substrate and a second substrate on each of which a radiating element is arranged, a third substrate, and a switch circuit. An RFIC for supplying a radio frequency signal to the first substrate and the second substrate is arranged on the third substrate. The switch circuit is configured to change over a connection between the RFIC and the radiating element on the first substrate and a connection between the RFIC and the radiating element on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Hirotsugu MORI, Yoshiki YAMADA, Kaoru SUDO, Hiroshi IZUMITANI, Hideki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230140655
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a connection member connected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an FEM disposed on the connection member. A radiating element is disposed on the first substrate. An RFIC for supplying a radio frequency signal to the radiating element is disposed on the second substrate. The connection member transmits radio frequency signals between the RFIC and the radiating element. The FEM amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted between the RFIC and the radiating element. The FEM is disposed at a position between a connecting point with the first substrate and a connecting point with the second substrate on the connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Hirotsugu MORI, Yoshiki YAMADA, Kaoru SUDO, Hiroshi IZUMITANI
  • Publication number: 20230139670
    Abstract: An antenna module includes feed elements each having a flat plate shape and a ground electrode arranged opposite the feed elements. The feed element radiates a radio wave of a first frequency band. The feed element radiates a radio wave of a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band. In a plan view of the feed element, the distance from the center of the feed element to an end portion of the ground electrode in a first direction is shorter than or equal to ½ of a free space wavelength of a radio wave radiated from the feed element. A feed point of the feed element is arranged at a location shifted in a second direction from the center of the feed element, and the second direction is different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru SUDO, Kengo ONAKA, Yoshiki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11611147
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate and a radiation element disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes a flat portion (131) and a flat portion (130) having mutually different normal directions, and a bent portion connecting the flat portion (131) and the flat portion (130) to each other. The flat portion (131) has a protruding portion partially protruding in a direction toward the flat portion (130) along the flat portion (131) from a boundary portion between the bent portion and the flat portion (131). The flat portion (131) and the bent portion are connected to each other at a position where the protruding portion is not provided in the flat portion (131). At least a part of the radiation element is disposed on the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Michiharu Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11581635
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first antenna element disposed at a first dielectric substrate, a second antenna element disposed at a second dielectric substrate, a joint connecting the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, and a power supply line. The second dielectric substrate is different from the first dielectric substrate with respect to the normal direction. The power supply line extends from the first dielectric substrate via the joint to the second antenna element and is configured to communicate a radio-frequency signal to the second antenna element. At least a part of the power supply line at the joint is formed in a direction crossing the polarization plane of radio waves radiated by the first antenna element and the second antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11495884
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, an emitting electrode, a power feed circuit that feeds power to the emitting electrode, and a filter circuit formed on a path connecting the emitting electrode to the power feed circuit, the filter circuit is constituted by two or more circuits that are cascade connected, each of the two or more circuits is either a HPF or a LPF, and the antenna device does not have a resonant frequency of the emitting electrode and has two or more resonant frequencies different from the resonant frequency of the emitting electrode, each of which is formed by the emitting electrode and a corresponding one of the two or more circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11411315
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a plurality of antenna devices. Each of the plurality of antenna devices includes a dielectric substrate on which an antenna element is placed and a feed line that transmits a radio frequency signal from a RFIC to the antenna element. The feed line is divided within the dielectric substrate and transmits a radio frequency signal to a feed point (122A-1) and a feed point (122A-2) of the antenna element, a phase of the radio frequency signal to the feed point (122A-1) and a phase of the radio frequency signal to the feed point (122A-2) being substantially opposite to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11411314
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate having a multilayer structure, an antenna element and a ground electrode that are arranged at the dielectric substrate, and a matching circuit that is formed in a region between the antenna element and the ground electrode. A radio frequency signal is supplied via the matching circuit to the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisei Takayama, Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20220231427
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and four columns. The radiation elements include three sets of radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The radiation elements are arranged such that adjacent elements are of different types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA