Patents by Inventor Akira Arai

Akira Arai 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: 7481295
    Abstract: A speaker system, includes a speaker enclosure that has a surface, a speaker that is mounted in the speaker enclosure, a vibration portion that has one end fixed on the surface of the speaker enclosure so as to be allowed to vibrate elastically, an opening portion that is provided in the surface where the vibration portion is provided, and disposed in a position corresponding to a vibration region of the vibration portion and a sealing member that covers a gap formed between the vibration portion and a rim portion of the opening portion while enabling vibration of the vibration portion so as to keep the speaker enclosure airtight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
  • Publication number: 20070291965
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a loudspeaker enclosure having an inside space, a loudspeaker provided on the loudspeaker enclosure, a first diaphragm which has one of ends fixed to a surface of the loudspeaker enclosure and the other end, a second diaphragm which has one of ends fixed to the surface of the loudspeaker enclosure and the other end, a coupling portion having an elasticity, and coupling the other end of the first diaphragm to the other end of the second diaphragm, an opening structure provided in the surface of the loudspeaker enclosure, and a sealing member provided to a portion among the first and second diaphragms, the coupling portion and an edge part of the opening structure, and closing the inside space to hold an airtightness of the loudspeaker enclosure in a state that the first and second diaphragms can be vibrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
  • Patent number: 7211361
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a development unit using a developer support having a conductive surface layer, and a control unit for causing an idle operation of the developer support to be performed at a predetermined timing in a non-print state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Arai
  • Publication number: 20070092091
    Abstract: A speaker driving apparatus includes a speaker enclosure whose inside is tightly closed, at least two speakers that are provided to the speaker enclosure so as to have a common rear space, and a signal supplying unit that supplies a stereo left channel signal to the speaker in a first group and supplies a stereo right channel signal to the speaker in a second group. The at least two speakers being divided into two groups as the first group and the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
  • Publication number: 20070000720
    Abstract: A speaker system, includes a speaker enclosure that has a surface, a speaker that is mounted in the speaker enclosure, a vibration portion that has one end fixed on the surface of the speaker enclosure so as to be allowed to vibrate elastically, an opening portion that is provided in the surface where the vibration portion is provided, and disposed in a position corresponding to a vibration region of the vibration portion and a sealing member that covers a gap formed between the vibration portion and a rim portion of the opening portion while enabling vibration of the vibration portion so as to keep the speaker enclosure airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Noro, Akira Arai
  • Patent number: 7149440
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a development unit using a developer support having a conductive surface layer, and a control unit for causing an idle operation of the developer support to be performed at a predetermined timing in a non-print state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Arai
  • Patent number: 7138070
    Abstract: A magnetic material manufacturing method, a ribbon-shaped magnetic material manufactured by the method, a powdered magnetic material formed from the ribbon-shaped magnetic material and a bonded magnet manufactured using the powdered magnet material are disclosed. The method and the magnetic materials can provide magnets having excellent magnetic properties and reliability. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5 having a circumferential surface 53 on which dimple correcting means is provided. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 3 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5 in an inert gas atmosphere (ambient gas) such as helium gas, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20060182453
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a development unit using a developer support having a conductive surface layer, and a control unit for causing an idle operation of the developer support to be performed at a predetermined timing in a non-print state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Akira Arai
  • Patent number: 7087185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic powder which can provide a magnet having a high magnetic flux density and excellent magnetizability and reliability especially excellent heat resisting property (heat stability). The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1-yCoy)100-x-z-wBzAlw (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element, x is 8.1–9.4 at %, y is 0–0.30, z is 4.6–6.8 at %, and w is 0.02–1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 7025897
    Abstract: A magnetic material manufacturing method, a ribbon-shaped magnetic material manufactured by the method, a powdered magnetic material formed from the ribbon-shaped magnetic material and a bonded magnet manufactured using the powdered magnet material are disclosed. The method and the magnetic materials can provide magnets having excellent magnetic properties and reliability. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5 having a circumferential surface 53 on which dimple correcting means is provided. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 3 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5 in an inert gas atmosphere (ambient gas) such as helium gas, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6979374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic powder which can provide magnets having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability especially excellent heat stability. The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1-aCoa)100-x-y-zByMz (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element excepting Dy, M is at least one kind of element selected from Ti, Cr, Nb, Mo, Hf, W, Mn, Zr and Dy, x is 7.1-9.9 at %, y is 4.6-8.0 at %, z is 0.1-3.0 at %, and a is 0-0.30, and the magnetic powder being constituted from a composite structure having a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase, wherein when the magnetic powder is mixed with a binding resin and then the mixture is subjected to compaction molding to form a bonded magnet having a density ?[Mg/m3], the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max[kJ/m3] of the bonded magnet at a room temperature satisfies the relationship represented by the formula (BH)max/?2[×10?9 Jm3/g2] 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6951625
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic powder which can provide magnet having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability especially excellent heat stability. The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1-aCoa)100-x-y-z-wByMz (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element excepting Dy, M is at least one kind of element selected from Ti, Cr, Nb, V, Mo, Hf, W, Mn, Zr and Dy, x is 7.1-9.9at%, y is 4.6-8.0at%, z is 0.1-3.0at%, and a is 0-0.30), and the magnetic powder being constituted from a composite structure having a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase, wherein when the magnetic powder is mixed with a binding resin and then the mixture is subjected to injection molding or extrusion molding to form a bonded magnet having a density ?[Mg/m3], the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max[kJ/m3] of the bonded magnet at a room temperature satisfies the relationship represented by the formula (BH)max/?2[x10-9J·m3/g2] ? 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6942930
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling roll which can provide bonded a magnet having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5 having a circumferential surface 53 in which gas expelling grooves 54 are formed. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 6 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified. In this process, gas is likely to enter between a puddle 7 of the molten alloy 6 and the circumferential surface 53, but such gas is expelled by means of the gas expelling grooves 54.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6916385
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a magnetic material which can provide a bonded magnet having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5 having a circumferential surface 53 in which gas expelling grooves 54 are formed. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 6 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified. In this process, gas is likely to enter between a puddle 7 of the molten alloy 6 and the circumferential surface 53, but such gas is expelled by means of the gas expelling grooves 54.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6896745
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic powder which can provide magnets having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability especially excellent heat stability. The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1?aCoa)100?x?y?zByMz (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element excepting Dy, M is at least one kind of element selected from Ti, Cr, Nb, V, Mo, Hf, W, Mn, Zr and Dy, x is 7.1-9.9 at %, y is 4.6-8.0 at %, z is 0.1-3.0 at %, and a is 0-0.30), and the magnetic powder being constituted from a composite structure having a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase, wherein when the magnetic powder is mixed with a binding resin and then the mixture is subjected to injection molding or extrusion molding to form a bonded magnet having a density ?[Mg/m3], the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max[kJ/m3] of the bonded magnet at a room temperature satisfies the relationship represented by the formula (BH)max/?2[×10?9J·m3/g2]?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6892792
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling roll which can provide bonded a magnet having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5 having a circumferential surface 53 in which gas expelling grooves 54 are formed. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 6 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified. In this process, gas is likely to enter between a puddle 7 of the molten alloy 6 and the circumferential surface 53, but such gas is expelled by means of the gas expelling grooves 54.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20050095015
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a development unit using a developer support having a conductive surface layer, and a control unit for causing an idle operation of the developer support to be performed at a predetermined timing in a non-print state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Akira Arai
  • Patent number: 6872326
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing magnetic powder is disclosed. This method can provide magnetic powder from which a bonded magnet having excellent magnetic properties and reliability can be manufactured. A melt spinning apparatus 1 is provided with a tube 2 having a nozzle 3 at the bottom thereof, a coil 4 for heating the tube and a cooling roll 5. The cooling roll 5 is constructed from a roll base 51 and a circumferential surface 53 in which gas flow passages 54 for expelling gas are formed. A melt spun ribbon 8 is formed by injecting the molten alloy 6 from the nozzle 3 so as to be collided with the circumferential surface 53 of the cooling roll 5, so that the molten alloy 6 is cooled and then solidified. In this process, gas is likely to enter between a puddle 7 of the molten alloy 6 and the circumferential surface 53, but such gas is expelled by means of the gas flow passages 54. The magnetic powder is obtained by milling thus formed melt spun ribbon 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6855265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic powder which can provide a bonded magnet having excellent magnetic properties and having excellent reliability especially excellent heat stability. The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1-yCoy)100-x-z-wBzAlw (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element, x is 7.1-9.9 at %, y is 0-0.30, z is 4.6-6.9 at %, and w is 0.02-1.5 at %), the magnetic powder being constituted from a composite structure having a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase, wherein the magnetic powder has magnetic properties in which, when the magnetic powder is formed into an isotropic bonded magnet having a density ?[Mg/m3] by mixing with a binding resin and then molding it, the maximum magnetic energy product (BH)max[kJ/m3] of the bonded magnet at the room temperature satisfies the relationship represented by the formula (BH)max/?2[×10?9 J·m3/g2]?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6852246
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is magnetic powder which can provide a magnet having a high magnetic flux density and excellent magnetizability and reliability especially excellent heat resistance property (heat stability). The magnetic powder is composed of an alloy composition represented by Rx(Fe1-yCoy)100-x-z-wBzSiw (where R is at least one kind of rare-earth element, x is 8.1-9.4 at %, y is 0-0.30, z is 4.6-6.8 at %, and w is 0.2-3.0 at %), the magnetic powder being constituted from a composite structure having a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase, wherein the magnetic powder has characteristics in which, when the magnetic powder is formed into an isotropic bonded magnet by mixing with a binding resin and then molding it, the irreversible susceptibility (?irr which is measured by using an intersection of a demagnetization curve in the J-H diagram representing the magnetic characteristics at the room temperature and a straight line which passes the origin in the J-H diagram and has a gradient ×J/H of ?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arai, Hiroshi Kato