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).
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Patent number: 12261371Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada
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Patent number: 12228872Abstract: An image forming device, includes: a transfer unit that transfers a toner image onto a recording medium being conveyed; a main heating unit that is disposed at a downstream side of the transfer unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, heats the recording medium in contact with the recording medium, and fixes the toner image to the recording medium; a reversing unit that reverses front and back of the recording medium having the toner image fixed on a first surface of the recording medium by the main heating unit, and sends the recording medium to the transfer unit; a preheating unit that is arranged between the transfer unit and the main heating unit in the conveyance direction of the recording medium and heats the recording medium in a non-contact state, the preheating unit being configured to heat the recording medium so that, when the recording medium that is sent to the transfer unit by the reversing unit and on which the toner image is transferred to a second surface is heated, a temperatuType: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yoshiki Shimodaira, Takayuki Yamashita, Masato Yamashita, Tokuya Sakamoto, Kosuke Yamada, Tetsuro Kodera
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Publication number: 20250055197Abstract: A transmission line includes a ground electrode, a first line, and a second line, and transfers a radio frequency signal. The first line is disposed to face the ground electrode and constitutes a microstrip line together with the ground electrode. The second line faces the first line and is disposed along the first line. The second line constitutes a resonator for the first line. The first line is disposed between the second line and the ground electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiki YAMADA
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Publication number: 20250046989Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate including a plurality of dielectric layers that are laminated, and a radiation element, a ground electrode, and peripheral electrodes that are formed in or on the dielectric substrate. The radiation element radiates radio waves in a first polarization direction. The ground electrode is placed so as to face the radiation element. The peripheral electrodes are formed in a plurality of layers between the radiation element and the ground electrode and are electrically connected to the ground electrode. The peripheral electrodes are placed at positions that are symmetrical with respect to at least either of a first direction parallel to the first polarization direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA
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Patent number: 12202318Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle, a heating unit and a control unit. The refrigeration cycle includes an air-conditioning evaporator, a chilling evaporator, an air-conditioning side flow path, a detour flow path and an air-conditioning flow rate adjustment unit. The control unit includes a determination unit that determines whether a condensation condition is satisfied when a refrigerant is flowing through the chilling evaporator via the detour flow path in a state where an inflow of a refrigerant into the air-conditioning evaporator is prohibited. When the determination unit determines that the condensation condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the air-conditioning flow rate adjustment unit to allow an inflow of a refrigerant into the air-conditioning evaporator as a condensation suppression operation for suppressing condensation of a refrigerant in the air-conditioning evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji Miura, Yoshiki Katoh, Masamichi Makihara, Atsushi Yamada, Kenta Kayano, Hiroaki Kawano, Tooru Okamura, Naoya Makimoto
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Publication number: 20250015500Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode in the dielectric substrate, planar radiating elements, and a peripheral electrode. One radiating element faces the ground electrode. Another radiating element is between the one radiating element and the ground electrode. The peripheral electrode is in a layer of the dielectric substrate between the ground electrode and the other radiating element and electrically connects to the ground electrode. The other radiating element emits a radio wave in a frequency band lower than a frequency band of a radio wave emitted by the one radiating element. The peripheral electrode includes multiple planar electrodes stacked in a first direction in which the one radiating element faces the ground electrode. One planar electrode is in a layer between another planar electrode and the ground electrode. The size of the other planar electrode is less than the size of the one planar electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Ryo KOMURA
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Patent number: 12145978Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a recombinant antibody efficiently and at low cost. Disclosed is a method of producing an antibody or a fragment thereof, comprising allowing a cell to produce the antibody or the fragment, wherein the cell contains a larger number of copies of an exogenous DNA encoding the light chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody than the number of copies contained in the cell of an exogenous DNA encoding the heavy chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody. The present invention also provides a recombinant vector comprising one copy of a DNA encoding the heavy chain or a fragment thereof of an antibody and two or more copies of a DNA encoding the light chain or a fragment thereof of the antibody; and a transformant.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Tatsuya Kiyasu, Kazuyuki Tabata, Akihiro Kuzumaki, Mai Yamashiro
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Patent number: 12142827Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate including a plurality of dielectric layers that are laminated, and a radiation element, a ground electrode, and peripheral electrodes that are formed in or on the dielectric substrate. The radiation element radiates radio waves in a first polarization direction. The ground electrode is placed so as to face the radiation element. The peripheral electrodes are formed in a plurality of layers between the radiation element and the ground electrode and are electrically connected to the ground electrode. The peripheral electrodes are placed at positions that are symmetrical with respect to at least either of a first direction parallel to the first polarization direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
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Publication number: 20240361292Abstract: A volatile component released from an epicarp of a banana or an avocado is collected. By using a detector, a detection result of the volatile component is obtained. The detector is configured to output the detection result in accordance with an amount of one or more marker components selected from the group consisting of specific compounds. Based on the detection result, the ripeness of the banana or the avocado is assessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Yosuke HANAI
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Publication number: 20240313426Abstract: An antenna module includes substrates with different normal directions from each other, a radiating element disposed on the substrate, a radiating element disposed on the substrate, a hybrid coupler, and an RFIC. The hybrid coupler includes input terminals (IN1, IN2), and output terminals (OUT1, OUT2). The RFIC is connected to the input terminals (IN1, IN2) and supplies a radio-frequency signal to the radiating elements. The radiating elements are capable of radiating a radio wave in a first frequency band. The radiating element is connected to the output terminal (OUT1), and the radiating element is connected to the output terminal (OUT2). A phase difference between radio-frequency signals to be supplied to the input terminals (IN1, IN2) is adjusted to fall within a range of greater than ?90° and less than 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Yuri YAMAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240313423Abstract: An antenna module includes a first substrate, a power supply circuit, and an external connection terminal. Transmission lines that transmit a control signal, an intermediate frequency signal, and a Local signal and filter circuits are provided between the power supply circuit and the external connection terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Yoshiki YAMADA, Hirotsugu MORI
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Patent number: 12057617Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Hirotsugu Mori, Yoshiki Yamada, Kaoru Sudo, Hiroshi Izumitani
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Patent number: 12034232Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a radiation electrode, a ground electrode, and a current-interrupting element. The radiation electrode is disposed in a layer of the dielectric substrate, and the ground electrode is disposed in another layer of the dielectric substrate. The current-interrupting element is electrically connected to the ground electrode. The current-interrupting element is configured to interrupt a current flowing through the ground electrode. The current-interrupting element has a first edge portion electrically connected to the ground electrode and a second edge portion left open and includes a planar electrode parallel to the ground electrode. The dimension of the current-interrupting element in the direction from the first edge portion to the second edge portion is about ?/4, where ? is the wavelength of a radio-frequency signal radiated from the radiation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Komura, Yoshiki Yamada
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Publication number: 20240204424Abstract: An antenna module including dielectric electrodes whose normal directions are different from each other, emitting elements and a ground electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate, and emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate. The emitting element is capable of emitting radio waves of a first frequency band. The emitting element is disposed adjacent to the emitting element and is capable of emitting radio waves of a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. On the dielectric substrate, the emitting element is disposed at a position that is closer to the dielectric substrate than the emitting element is. The distance from the center of the emitting element to an end surface of the ground electrode that is closer to the dielectric substrate is shorter than the distance from the center of the emitting element to an end surface of the ground electrode that is farther from the dielectric substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA
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Patent number: 12009608Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Michiharu Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240186723Abstract: An antenna module includes dielectric substrates whose normal directions are different from each other, emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate, and emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate. The emitting element and the emitting element are capable of emitting radio waves of a first frequency band. The emitting element and the emitting element are capable of emitting radio waves of a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. The emitting element is disposed adjacent to the emitting element in a case where the dielectric substrate is viewed in a plan view from the normal direction. On the dielectric substrate, the emitting element is disposed at a position that is farther from the dielectric substrate than the emitting element is.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA
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Patent number: 12003015Abstract: An antenna module including a dielectric substrate formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers, a radiating element formed on or in the dielectric substrate, a ground electrode facing the radiating element, and peripheral electrodes that are formed in a plurality of layers between the radiating element and the ground electrode at an outer periphery of the dielectric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuri Yamakawa, Shigeru Tago, Yoshiki Yamada
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Patent number: 11929555Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
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Patent number: 11909119Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
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Publication number: 20240047881Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi SUGAHARA, Yoshiki YAMADA, Hirotsugu MORI