Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Sakata
Kazumasa Sakata 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: 11962972Abstract: To enhance a sound image localization effect and to ensure a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity. Provided is a display in which an image is displayed in a display surface, a rear cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a first speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover, and a second speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover and positioned higher than the first speaker. The second speaker outputs audio according to operation of a piezoelectric element, and has a higher audio output band than the first speaker. This enables a user to feel as if the audio is being output from the display being viewed, which enhances the sound image localization effect and ensures a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Sakata, Tetsuya Shiroishi, Shigemi Oguchi, Kazumasa Okamoto, Ryosuke Nakajima
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Patent number: 9232629Abstract: Provided is a metal core board which has a preferable function for a vehicle-mountable junction box, specifically, is reduced in size or improved in mounting efficiency. A metal core board for a vehicle-mountable junction box, which is mountable on the vehicle-mountable junction box, wherein a core plate forming an intermediate layer of the metal core board has a plurality of slits and an island surrounded by separating connection parts present between the slits; and in the state where the island is held between insulating layers stacked on both of two surfaces of the core plate, through-bores 46 are formed at the separating connection parts to remove the separating connection parts and the island is made electrically independent from a remaining part of the core plate while being held between the insulating layers. Thus, a plurality of circuits can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Shinichi Jingama, Kengo Aburaya, Hideki Nakazato, Kazumasa Sakata, Shinya Saito
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Patent number: 8963679Abstract: It is an object to provide a configuration with an enhanced sensing accuracy, in which a shunt resistance main body and a terminal member are formed as separate pieces. A shunt resistor includes a resistance main body and a terminal member (21) that is electrically connected to the resistance main body. The terminal member (21) includes a resistance connection portion (23) to be in contact with the resistance main body, and a circuit connection portion (24) provided so as to extend from the resistance connection portion (23). The circuit connection portion (24) is divided into two parts by a slit (27) being formed therein. The slit (27) is formed up to a part of the resistance connection portion (23).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Kazuyuki Tanaka, Kengo Aburaya, Yuuichi Watanabe, Kazumasa Sakata
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Publication number: 20140015636Abstract: It is an object to provide a configuration with an enhanced sensing accuracy, in which a shunt resistance main body and a terminal member are formed as separate pieces. A shunt resistor includes a resistance main body and a terminal member (21) that is electrically connected to the resistance main body. The terminal member (21) includes a resistance connection portion (23) to be in contact with the resistance main body, and a circuit connection portion (24) provided so as to extend from the resistance connection portion (23). The circuit connection portion (24) is divided into two parts by a slit (27) being formed therein. The slit (27) is formed up to a part of the resistance connection portion (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTDInventors: Kazuyuki Tanaka, Kengo Aburaya, Yuuichi Watanabe, Kazumasa Sakata
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Publication number: 20120292094Abstract: Provided is a metal core board which has a preferable function for a vehicle-mountable junction box, specifically, is reduced in size or improved in mounting efficiency. A metal core board for a vehicle-mountable junction box, which is mountable on the vehicle-mountable junction box, wherein a core plate forming an intermediate layer of the metal core board has a plurality of slits and an island surrounded by separating connection parts present between the slits; and in the state where the island is held between insulating layers stacked on both of two surfaces of the core plate, through-bores 46 are formed at the separating connection parts to remove the separating connection parts and the island is made electrically independent from a remaining part of the core plate while being held between the insulating layers. Thus, a plurality of circuits can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Jinagama, Kengo Aburaya, Hideki Nakazato, Kazumasa Sakata, Shinya Saito
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Patent number: 6869305Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
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Patent number: 6722034Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
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Publication number: 20040063351Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka
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Patent number: 6626695Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal in which a flat cable comprising a flat conductor (1a) insulated with an insulation (1b) in the form of a tape and a terminal (5) having a cramp piece (5c) are connected by sticking the cramp piece (5c) through the flat cable at a place corresponding to an intended portion of the flat conductor, and bending the cramp piece that has been stuck through the flat cable, toward the flat conductor to clamp the flat cable. An end portion of the cramp piece (5c) is made to project from the flat cable by a length that is in the range of 50˜5% of the length of the cramp piece, and then the end portion of the cramp piece is bent.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Mitsuhiro Yamamura
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Publication number: 20030081394Abstract: An electronic-part mounting structure includes a wiring circuit comprised of wiring conductors covered with an insulation, an electronic part having connecting conductors, disposed on the wiring circuit so as to be aligned with the wiring conductors of the wiring circuit, and connecting members for connecting the wiring conductors with the connecting conductors. Each connecting member has crimp pieces thereof extending through the insulation and the wiring conductor of the wiring circuit to which distal ends of the crimp pieces are bent and cramped. The connecting conductor is held between the connecting member and the wiring circuit and electrically connected to the wiring conductor through the connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Kazumasa Sakata, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazuya Tamaki, Yoshimi Nakatani, Atsushi Fujisaki
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Publication number: 20030003795Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal in which a flat cable comprising a flat conductor (1a) insulated with an insulation (1b) in the form of a tape and a terminal (5) having a cramp piece (5c) are connected by sticking the cramp piece (5c) through the flat cable at a place corresponding to an intended portion of the flat conductor, and bending the cramp piece that has been stuck through the flat cable, toward the flat conductor to clamp the flat cable. An end portion of the cramp piece (5c) is made to project from the flat cable by a length that is in the range of 50˜5% of the length of the cramp piece, and then the end portion of the cramp piece is bent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Mitsuhiro Yamamura
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Publication number: 20020173196Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, with a gap left between a substrate of the connecting terminal and the flat cable, and leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable are bent inwardly, while maintaining a contact position of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor and the conductor unchanged. Also disclosed are an apparatus for embodying the connecting method and a method for determining a connecting state between the flat cable and the connecting terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Noritsugu Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakata, Kazunori Saka