Patents by Inventor Koji Nageno
Koji Nageno 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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Publication number: 20130294630Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUO, Takashi OHTA, Koji NAGENO, Tomohiro ITO
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Publication number: 20130294635Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: TOMOHIRO MATSUO, TAKASHI OHTA, KOJI NAGENO, TOMOHIRO ITO
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Publication number: 20130272561Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUO, Takashi OHTA, Koji NAGENO, Tomohiro ITO
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Publication number: 20130251186Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Matsuo, Takashi Ohta, Koji Nageno, Tomohiro Ito
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Publication number: 20130251184Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Matsuo, Takashi Ohta, Koji Nageno, Tomohiro Ito
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Publication number: 20130251185Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Matsuo, Takashi Ohta, Koji Nageno, Tomohiro Ito
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Patent number: 8532324Abstract: A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit, and a protruding portion, provided at a specified area of one surface of the housing, that outputs playback sound generated from the speaker unit. When being worn on the head, the one surface of the housing comes in to contact with an outward facing surface of an auricle surrounding a cavity of a concha, and the protruding portion is inserted in to the cavity of the concha.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuusuke Oosato, Koji Nageno
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Patent number: 8526659Abstract: An earphone includes an earphone casing inside which a sound path that guides sound to a sound discharging hole is formed, and an acoustic transducer disposed inside the earphone casing. The acoustic transducer includes an accommodation casing having accommodated therein a yoke on which paired magnets disposed so as to face each other are mounted, a coil to which a driving current is supplied, an armature provided with a vibrating part vibrating when the driving current is supplied to the coil, the vibrating part being disposed between the paired magnets, and a diaphragm coupled to the vibrating part of the armature, a sound output hole is formed on a surface that faces a vibration surface of the diaphragm in the accommodation casing, and the acoustic transducer has the sound output hole disposed in the earphone casing so that the sound output hole is acoustically coupled to the sound path.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Koji Nageno, Takahiro Suzuki, Takeshi Hara
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Publication number: 20130058508Abstract: Provided is a driver unit including an acoustic conversion unit; and a housing body in which the acoustic conversion unit is housed, and in which an opening is formed. The acoustic conversion unit includes a pair of magnets arranged to face each other, a coil to which an input signal is supplied, an armature at which a vibrating part passing through the coil and arranged between the pair of magnets is formed, and a vibrating plate connected to the armature. A size of the opening is larger than 40 ?m and smaller than 100 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuusuke Oosato, Koji Nageno, Takahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120269376Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Tomohiro Matsuo, Takashi Ohta, Koji Nageno, Tomohiro Ito
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Patent number: 8208672Abstract: A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit and that has a generally flat surface that comes into contact with an outward facing surface of an auricle of an ear and a neckband that is connected to the housing. The neckband has a ring form with a partially cut-out section and the inner side of at least one end of the neckband is connected to the housing. The neckband and the generally flat surface of the housing are generally coplanar, and have an elastic force in a direction that causes the neckband and the generally flat surface of the housing to return to the coplanar arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Koji Nageno, Yuusuke Oosato
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Patent number: 8208676Abstract: There is provided an earpiece comprising: a main unit having a cylindrical shape having made therein a through hole that can allow sound to be transmitted therethrough; a cap portion that has a film-like shape which is formed to extend from all around a front-end surface, in a direction of making the through hole, of the main unit toward a rear-end surface side, and which covers at least a portion of the main unit on the front-end surface side, and in which space between the main unit and the cap portion expands as it goes toward the rear-end surface side; and at least one cutting portion formed in the cap portion so that the cap portion can deform in a direction of the main unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsunori Murozaki, Koji Nageno, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20120087533Abstract: An earphone includes an earphone casing inside which a sound path that guides sound to a sound discharging hole is formed, and an acoustic transducer disposed inside the earphone casing. The acoustic transducer includes an accommodation casing having accommodated therein a yoke on which paired magnets disposed so as to face each other are mounted, a coil to which a driving current is supplied, an armature provided with a vibrating part vibrating when the driving current is supplied to the coil, the vibrating part being disposed between the paired magnets, and a diaphragm coupled to the vibrating part of the armature, a sound output hole is formed on a surface that faces a vibration surface of the diaphragm in the accommodation casing, and the acoustic transducer has the sound output hole disposed in the earphone casing so that the sound output hole is acoustically coupled to the sound path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Koji Nageno, Takahiro Suzuki, Takeshi Hara
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Publication number: 20110311089Abstract: An acoustic conversion device includes: a driving unit including a pair of magnets disposed so as to face each other, a yoke to which the pair of magnets are attached, a coil to which driving current is supplied, a vibrating portion which vibrates when driving current is supplied to the coil, and an armature disposed between the pair of magnets with the vibrating portion being passed through the coil; and a diaphragm unit including a diaphragm, and a beam portion for propagating the vibration of the vibrating portion to the diaphragm; with a coil attachment portion to which the coil is attached, located in a state in parallel with the vibrating portion, being provided to the armature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagumo, Koji Matsuda, Koji Nageno, Takeshi Hara, Takahiro Suzuki, Takayuki Ishii, Kenji Hiraiwa
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Publication number: 20110311088Abstract: An acoustic conversion device includes: a driving unit including magnets, a yoke, a coil, a vibrating portion, and an armature fixed to the yoke; a diaphragm unit including a holding frame fixed to the driving unit, with one face as a first-joint face jointed to the driving unit, and the other face as a second-joint face, a resin film adhered to the holding frame, a diaphragm held on the holding frame, and a beam portion propagating vibration from the vibrating portion to the diaphragm; and a storage unit including a case body for storing the driving unit and diaphragm unit; with the driving unit and diaphragm unit being stored in the case body, the case body being pressed against and deforming a sealing agent loaded in the second-joint face, from a side facing the second-joint face, thereby sealing each gap between the case body, cover body, and holding frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagumo, Koji Matsuda, Koji Nageno, Takeshi Hara, Takahiro Suzuki, Takayuki Ishii, Kenji Hiraiwa
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Publication number: 20110311090Abstract: An acoustic conversion device includes: a driving unit including a pair of magnets disposed so as to face each other, a yoke to which the pair of magnets are attached, a coil to which driving current is supplied, a vibrating portion which vibrates when driving current is supplied to the coil, and an armature disposed between the pair of magnets with the vibrating portion passed through the coil; and a diaphragm unit including a holding frame having an opening, a resin film adhered to the holding frame in a state covering the opening of the holding frame, a diaphragm held on the inner side of the holding frame in a state adhered to the resin film, and a beam portion of which the tip portion formed integrally with the diaphragm is combined with the vibrating portion of the armature, for propagating the vibration of the vibrating portion to the diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagumo, Koji Matsuda, Kenji Hiraiwa, Takayuki Ishii, Koji Nageno, Takeshi Hara, Takahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110311091Abstract: An acoustic conversion device includes: a driving unit including a pair of magnets, a yoke, a coil, a vibrating portion which vibrates when driving current is supplied to the coil, and an armature disposed between the pair of magnets with the vibrating portion being passed through the coil; and a diaphragm unit including a holding frame having an opening, a resin film adhered to the holding frame, a diaphragm held within the holding frame, and a beam portion for propagating the vibration of the vibrating portion to the diaphragm; with the beam portion being combined with one edge side of the diaphragm, a predetermined gap being formed between the other edge of the diaphragm, and the inner face of the holding frame, a reinforcing member being provided to the predetermined gap, and the diaphragm being combined with the holding frame by the resin film and the reinforcing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagumo, Koji Matsuda, Koji Nageno, Takeshi Hara, Takahiro Suzuki, Takayuki Ishii, Kenji Hiraiwa
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Patent number: 8009853Abstract: A headphone device includes: an approximately U-shaped band portion, the band portion being configured such that one and the other ends thereof are held on temples near upper ends of the left and right pinnas of a wearer and an intermediate portion thereof is positioned at the occiput of the wearer; left and right side connecting members connected to the band portion; left and right side housings connected to the band portion via the connecting members in a manner hanging from the band portion; and left and right side headphone drivers disposed in the left and right side housings, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Ito, Jo Wada, Koji Nageno
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Publication number: 20100135517Abstract: There is provided an earpiece comprising: a main unit having a cylindrical shape having made therein a through hole that can allow sound to be transmitted therethrough; a cap portion that has a film-like shape which is formed to extend from all around a front-end surface, in a direction of making the through hole, of the main unit toward a rear-end surface side, and which covers at least a portion of the main unit on the front-end surface side, and in which space between the main unit and the cap portion expands as it goes toward the rear-end surface side; and at least one cutting portion formed in the cap portion so that the cap portion can deform in a direction of the main unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsunori Murozaki, Koji Nageno, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20080273737Abstract: A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit, and a protruding portion, provided at a specified area of one surface of the housing, that outputs playback sound generated from the speaker unit. When being worn on the head, the one surface of the housing comes in to contact with an outward facing surface of an auricle surrounding a cavity of a concha, and the protruding portion is inserted in to the cavity of the concha.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuusuke Oosato, Koji Nageno