Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Tokura

Kunihiko Tokura 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).

  • Publication number: 20210409869
    Abstract: A speaker edge includes a urethane foam that is hot press molded and an elastomer sheet that is in close contact with a surface of the urethane foam, in which the urethane foam and the elastomer sheet are resins of the same type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO TOKURA, YUICHI OKA
  • Patent number: 8300875
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7980355
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm used for a loudspeaker, having an injection-molded edge molded using a thermoplastic elastomer, in which the edge is formed using a workable polyolefinic elastomer, as a material, containing a soft segment having rubber particles of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in diameter uniformly dispersed therein, and a hard segment composed of an olefinic resin, and the edge is formed into a shape allowing the resin to be aligned as being not causative of anisotropy in the physical characteristics of the edge, as a result of thin-wall molding by the injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Toru Takebe
  • Patent number: 7726441
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic vibratory plate having at least first to third laminated bodies layered. In the acoustic vibratory plate, the first and third laminated bodies are formed of a polymer material, and the second laminated body is formed of a polymer material different from the polymer material forming the first and third laminated bodies in dynamic internal loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uryu, Yoshio Ohashi, Kunihiko Tokura
  • Patent number: 7708111
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm which includes a diaphragm base material composed of a paper article comprised of fine mica flakes, pulp fibers, and polyvinyl alcohol fibers and formed to be a multi-cellular structure; and a sheet material combined with the paper article or the diaphragm base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7576154
    Abstract: A material for acoustic apparatus housing, which is advantageous not only in that it prevents the resin from suffering corrosion and is unlikely to impose a burden on the environment, but also in that it has excellent performance as an acoustic apparatus housing. A material for acoustic apparatus housing, characterized in that it comprises a biodegradable polymer compound, an inorganic material, and a hydrolysis inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamada, Yuko Fujihira, Hiroyuki Mori, Tsutomu Noguchi, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Patent number: 7546897
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm made of a resin containing a thermoplastic polymeric material is provided. The speaker diaphragm includes a changed portion formed on the diaphragm that is molded using the resin. The changed portion is formed by partially changing physical properties of the thermoplastic polymeric material for dispersing local vibrations based on a characteristic of local vibrations measured in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Patent number: 7527124
    Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyamide fibers cut to a length of 0.5 to 5 mm are dispersedly contained in an injection-moldable thermoplastic resin, and the resin is molded by ultrahigh-speed thin-wall injection molding so as to produce a loudspeaker diaphragm in which the wholly aromatic polyamide fibers are dispersed in a direction perpendicular to the resin flow direction, whereby the loudspeaker diaphragm is improved in internal loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Toru Takebe, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami
  • Patent number: 7510627
    Abstract: An acoustic paper diaphragm excellent in moisture resistance and acoustic characteristics and not impairing the biodegradability is provided. An acoustic paper diaphragm is formed of paper in which polylactide resin emulsion that is a biodegradable polymeric material is internally added as a sizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura
  • Patent number: 7468141
    Abstract: In order to transcribe a pattern without seams of a photomask onto the whole or part of a die having a three-dimensional shape, a general-purpose polyester film coated with a photosensitive material is used as a photomask and, after forming a pattern, the photomask is struck through vacuum molding or the like to a die molded into the same shape as that of a die to be exposed and developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Publication number: 20080199028
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7332215
    Abstract: A resin-molded component such as a loudspeaker diaphragm, in which rigidity is enhanced while light weight and high specific modulus of elasticity are maintained, is formed by applying carbon dioxide gas with a predetermined pressure to a thermoplastic resin in which crystallization is facilitated in the resin flowing direction to fill a mold. After the resin is filled, injection molding is performed by somewhat moving the mold to form five layers of: oriented minute-foaming layers, having approximately cylindrical foams, the length of which is twice the diameter thereof in the resin flowing direction in the mold, an unfoamed core layer positioned between both the foaming layers, and unfoamed skin layers formed on the front and rear surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Publication number: 20070132131
    Abstract: A resin-molded component such as a loudspeaker diaphragm, in which rigidity is enhanced while light weight and high specific modulus of elasticity are maintained, is formed by applying carbon dioxide gas with a predetermined pressure to a thermoplastic resin in which crystallization is facilitated in the resin flowing direction to fill a mold. After the resin is filled, injection molding is performed by somewhat moving the mold to form five layers of: oriented minute-foaming layers, having approximately cylindrical foams, the length of which is twice the diameter thereof in the resin flowing direction in the mold, an unfoamed core layer positioned between both the foaming layers, and unfoamed skin layers formed on the front and rear surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Publication number: 20070133838
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm used for a loudspeaker, having an injection-molded edge molded using a thermoplastic elastomer, in which the edge is formed using a workable polyolefinic elastomer, as a material, containing a soft segment having rubber particles of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in diameter uniformly dispersed therein, and a hard segment composed of an olefinic resin, and the edge is formed into a shape allowing the resin to be aligned as being not causative of anisotropy in the physical characteristics of the edge, as a result of thin-wall molding by the injection molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Toru Takebe
  • Publication number: 20070034443
    Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyamide fibers cut to a length of 0.5 to 5 mm are dispersedly contained in an injection-moldable thermoplastic resin, and the resin is molded by ultrahigh-speed thin-wall injection molding so as to produce a loudspeaker diaphragm in which the wholly aromatic polyamide fibers are dispersed in a direction perpendicular to the resin flow direction, whereby the loudspeaker diaphragm is improved in internal loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Toru Takebe, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami
  • Publication number: 20070017736
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm made of a resin containing a thermoplastic polymeric material is provided. The speaker diaphragm includes a changed portion formed on the diaphragm that is molded using the resin. The changed portion is formed by partially changing physical properties of the thermoplastic polymeric material for dispersing local vibrations based on a characteristic of local vibrations measured in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Publication number: 20070017737
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm which includes a diaphragm base material composed of a paper article comprised of fine mica flakes, pulp fibers, and polyvinyl alcohol fibers and formed to be a multi-cellular structure; and a sheet material combined with the paper article or the diaphragm base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20060222202
    Abstract: There is provided an acoustic vibratory plate having at least first to third laminated bodies layered. In the acoustic vibratory plate, the first and third laminated bodies are formed of a polymer material, and the second laminated body is formed of a polymer material different from the polymer material forming the first and third laminated bodies in dynamic internal loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uryu, Yoshio Ohashi, Kunihiko Tokura
  • Publication number: 20060124383
    Abstract: A material for acoustic apparatus housing, which is advantageous not only in that it prevents the resin from suffering corrosion and is unlikely to impose a burden on the environment, but also in that it has excellent performance as an acoustic apparatus housing. A material for acoustic apparatus housing, characterized in that it comprises a biodegradable polymer compound, an inorganic material, and a hydrolysis inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yamada, Yuko Fujihira, Hiroyuki Mori, Tsutomu Noguchi, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
  • Publication number: 20050244535
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to simply transcribe a pattern without seams of a photomask onto the whole or part of a die having a three-dimensional shape, a general-purpose polyester film coated with a photosensitive material is used as a photomask 2 and, after forming a pattern, the photomask 2 is stuck through vacuum molding or the like to a die 1? molded into the same shape as that of a die 1 to be exposed and developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Urvu