ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,021, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle-mounted apparatus" was invented by Tsugio Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising: a main body portion; and an electronic key accommodating portion that accommodates an electronic key of a vehicle and is attachable to and detachable from the main body portion, wherein the electronic key accommodating portion includes a switching unit that switches detection states of a first detection unit and a second detection unit according to an attachment or detachment operation of the electronic key accommodating portion to or...