Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Onohara

Hirofumi Onohara 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).

  • ELECTRONIC VALVE, SPHYGMOMANOMETER, AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200352454
    Abstract: An electronic valve with: a yoke including an end plate portion and a side plate portion; a pole piece; a solenoid coil; and a diaphragm made of a plate-shaped magnetic material. The pole piece has an opening at one end portion and a first fluid inlet/outlet communicating with the opening at the other end portion. A biasing unit biases the diaphragm in a direction away from one end portion of the pole piece in a manner of moving the diaphragm translationally in one direction. In a non-operating time, the electronic valve comes into an open state where the opening is open. In an operating time, the diaphragm approaches the one end portion of the pole piece against the biasing force of the biasing unit by a magnetic force generated by the solenoid coil, and the electronic valve can come into a closed state where the opening is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko SANO, Takanori NISHIOKA, Hirofumi ONOHARA, Gaku KUBOTA
  • Vehicle speaker
    Patent number: 8155344
    Abstract: A vehicle speaker including a panel, a giant magnetostrictive vibrator, and a vibration transmission pad. The panel is used as a diaphragm for producing high-frequency sound and forms part of a vehicle. The giant magnetostrictive vibrator is used as a vibration exciter for the panel and includes a vibration output shaft that vibrates in accordance with a signal for producing high-frequency sound. The vibration transmission pad is fixed to the panel and connected to the vibration output shaft in a manner enabling vibration transmission. The vibration transmission pad vibrates the panel when the vibration output shaft vibrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Frey Co., Ltd., Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Iimori, Yoshiharu Kumura, Motoaki Suzukawa, Yasuo Higashidate, Hirofumi Onohara
  • Super magnetostriction speaker
    Patent number: 8126169
    Abstract: A supermagnetostriction speaker featuring good acoustic characteristics when used being placed on a horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Foster Electric Company
    Inventor: Hirofumi Onohara
  • VEHICLE SPEAKER
    Publication number: 20090169031
    Abstract: A vehicle speaker including a panel, a giant magnetostrictive vibrator, and a vibration transmission pad. The panel is used as a diaphragm for producing high-frequency sound and forms part of a vehicle. The giant magnetostrictive vibrator is used as a vibration exciter for the panel and includes a vibration output shaft that vibrates in accordance with a signal for producing high-frequency sound. The vibration transmission pad is fixed to the panel and connected to the vibration output shaft in a manner enabling vibration transmission. The vibration transmission pad vibrates the panel when the vibration output shaft vibrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Yasushi Iimori, Yoshiharu Kumura, Motoaki Suzukawa, Yasuo Higashidate, Hirofumi Onohara
  • Super Magnetostriction Speaker
    Publication number: 20080205674
    Abstract: A supermagnetostriction speaker featuring good acoustic characteristics when used being placed on a horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Hirofumi Onohara