Patents by Inventor Koji Sano

Koji Sano 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: 7630508
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer has a magnetic circuit, a frame, a diaphragm, a voice coil, a terminal, and a stopper. The frame is joined to a magnetic circuit. The diaphragm is joined to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is joined to the diaphragm and is partially provided at a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is composed of a metal plate having spring property and conductivity, is partially fixed to the frame, and is electrically connected to the voice coil. The stopper is provided at an outer periphery of the metal plate of the terminal and extends from a main section of the terminal to the frame. The stopper restricts a bending range of the metal plate constituting the terminal to a level equal to or lower than a reversibility limit value of a metal material constituting the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Tomoyasu Takase, Takanori Fukuyama, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20090220119
    Abstract: A net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to a protector of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Takase, Masanori Nakano, Masahide Sumiyama, Hiroshi Yano, Kazutaka Kubo, Koji Sano, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Toshiyuki Koike, Masashi Kawabe, Takeshi Shimokawatoko
  • Publication number: 20090217509
    Abstract: An edge (29) for supporting a diaphragm assembly (100) with respect to a frame (26) is bonded to the frame (26) along the outer periphery thereof and joined to a diaphragm (27) in a position more peripherally inward than a voice coil (28) along the inner periphery thereof. The edge (29) partly overlaps diaphragm (27). This structure allows downsizing of the speaker, without reducing the sizes of a permanent magnet (21) and the edge (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Takanori FUKUYAMA, Tomoyasu Takase, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Masanori Nakano, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Patent number: 7583812
    Abstract: In an electro-acoustic converter, a frame is bonded to the magnetic circuit, and the diaphragm is bonded to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is attached to the diaphragm and a part thereof is located in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is made of a sheet metal having spring property and electrical conductivity, and a part thereof is fixed to the frame. The terminal has a bent portion and a contact portion, and is electrically connected to the voice coil. The stopper is provided around a portion of the terminal at one side nearer to the frame than the bent portion, and protrudes from a surface of the frame where the contact portion of the terminal protrudes. The stopper restricts bending of the terminal to an extent within a threshold value of reversibility of a material the sheet metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20090169048
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer has a magnetic circuit, a frame, a diaphragm, a voice coil, a terminal, and a stopper. The frame is joined to a magnetic circuit. The diaphragm is joined to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is joined to the diaphragm and is partially provided at a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is composed of a metal plate having spring property and conductivity, is partially fixed to the frame, and is electrically connected to the voice coil. The stopper is provided at an outer periphery of the metal plate of the terminal and extends from a main section of the terminal to the frame. The stopper restricts a bending range of the metal plate constituting the terminal to a level equal to or lower than a reversibility limit value of metal material constituting the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Tomoyasu Takase, Takanori Fukuyama, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Patent number: 7548632
    Abstract: An edge (29) for supporting a diaphragm assembly (100) with respect to a frame (26) is bonded to the frame (26) along the outer periphery thereof and joined to a diaphragm (27) in a position more peripherally inward than a voice coil (28) along the inner periphery thereof. The edge (29) partly overlaps diaphragm (27). This structure allows downsizing of the speaker, without reducing the sizes of a permanent magnet (21) and the edge (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Tomoyasu Takase, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Masanori Nakano, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Patent number: 7548627
    Abstract: A net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to a protector of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Takase, Masanori Nakano, Masahide Sumiyama, Hiroshi Yano, Kazutaka Kubo, Koji Sano, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Toshiyuki Koike, Masashi Kawabe, Takeshi Shimokawatoko
  • Patent number: 7497003
    Abstract: The speaker design support apparatus can reduce time for designing the speaker instead of many design trials, and comprises the input means that a user inputs necessary data for voice coil and for magnetic circuit and for diaphragm, and the calculation means for calculate the speaker characteristic based on the inputted data from the input means, and the display for displaying the calculated results by the calculation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Tomoko Handa
  • Publication number: 20080265637
    Abstract: A vehicle seat of the invention includes: a rectangular-shaped seat back frame (5) having a pair of side frames (6); a plurality of seat springs (34A, 34B) disposed between the side frames; a single plate-shaped flexible cushion plate (31) attached to the seat springs; a seat cushion (9) provided on the front side of the cushion plate; link mechanisms (15, 35) provided near the side frames; and a headrest (4) coupled to the link mechanisms (15). Both ends of the seat spring (34B) are coupled to the link mechanisms. When the seat spring (34B) is moved rearward, the headrest is moved forward. Both sides of each of the remaining seat springs (34A) are mounted to the side frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Kenichi Niitsuma, Hirooki Negishi, Jinichi Tanabe, Koji Uno, Tatsuya Terauchi, Tomoki Matsumoto, Koji Sano
  • Patent number: 7428946
    Abstract: A suspension with a plurality of roll sections each of which has a semi-cylindrical shape from a cross-section view. The roll sections are disposed side by side based on a straight line connecting two points on an inner periphery or an outer periphery. The roll sections form a closed loop in a manner that a roll section of the roll sections being disposed first adjoins a roll section of the roll sections being disposed last. Adjacent roll sections are coupled with each other through a boundary section forming a continuous three dimensional curved surface. A linearity of compliance improves, and generation of distortion or rolling is restricted using the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Tatsuya Omori
  • Patent number: 7384288
    Abstract: To provide a connector that enables change in the arrangement of signal connections ‘S’ and grounding connections ‘G’, merely by putting short-circuit pins in the housing of the connector, but without needing any change made in the circuit pattern on printed circuit boards that are stacked one on another to be electrically connected one to another. The connector has a housing (2) and a number of vertical holes (7) pierced in and extending between a top and a bottom of the housing so as to penetrate it, the holes being for insertion of terminal pins (57). A front and rear walls (3, 4) of the housing respectively have horizontal slots (8a, 8b) arranged to form an upper row and a lower row to receive contacts (20, 21, 22), with each slot extending to intersect the corresponding vertical hole (7) at a right angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Ryo Moriwake, Toshiaki Matsuno
  • Patent number: 7362877
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer wherein a stopper of a terminal is composed of an elastic body having an impulsive-force resistance and an excellent resilience. The stopper is mounted on the yoke or lower plate of magnetic circuit, which is made of a metallic material having an impulsive-force resistance. In this way, the stopper can restrict the terminal within the reversibility limit value of the spring force of the metallic material, and hence can enhance the reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Kazutaka Kubo, Kazuya Yamasaki, Hiroshi Yano, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20080026608
    Abstract: To provide a connector that enables change in the arrangement of signal connections ‘S’ and grounding connections ‘G’, merely by putting short-circuit pins in the housing of the connector, but without needing any change made in the circuit pattern on printed circuit boards that are stacked one on another to be electrically connected one to another. The connector has a housing (2) and a number of vertical holes (7) pierced in and extending between a top and a bottom of the housing so as to penetrate it, the holes being for insertion of terminal pins (57). A front and rear walls (3, 4) of the housing respectively have horizontal slots (8a, 8b) arranged to form an upper row and a lower row to receive contacts (20, 21, 22), with each slot extending to intersect the corresponding vertical hole (7) at a right angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Koji Sano, Ryo Moriwake, Toshiaki Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20070269076
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer has a magnetic circuit, a frame combined with the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm combined with a periphery of the frame, a voice coil, a terminal, and a holder covering the frame. The voice coil is combined with the diaphragm and a part of the voice coil is arranged in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal, made of a metal plate having spring property and electric conductivity, electrically connects an outside circuit and the voice coil utilizing spring pressure generated when the metal plate is bent. The holder forms a stopper for restricting a bend of the metal plate forming the terminal to within a reversible limit of a metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Takanori Fukuyama, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20070202742
    Abstract: In an electro-acoustic converter, a frame is bonded to the magnetic circuit, and the diaphragm is bonded to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is attached to the diaphragm and a part thereof is located in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is made of a sheet metal having spring property and electrical conductivity, and a part thereof is fixed to the frame. The terminal has a bent portion and a contact portion, and is electrically connected to the voice coil. The stopper is provided around a portion of the terminal at one side nearer to the frame than the bent portion, and protrudes from a surface of the frame where the contact portion of the terminal protrudes. The stopper restricts bending of the terminal to an extent within a threshold value of reversibility of a material the sheet metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Koji Sano, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Patent number: D565548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Yoshinaga, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano, Takehiko Tanabu
  • Patent number: D565551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Yoshinaga, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano
  • Patent number: D565552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Yoshinaga, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano
  • Patent number: D571358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Yoshinaga, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Koji Sano, Takehiko Tanabu
  • Patent number: D577712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Itoh, Koji Sano, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazuki Honda