Patents by Inventor Shinji Kuraoka

Shinji Kuraoka 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: 11924599
    Abstract: A headset includes: a housing provided at one end portion of a headband; a boom main body attached to the housing; and an ear pad attached to the housing on a side opposite to the boom main body. The ear pad includes a cup portion configured to cover an entire auricle of a wearer when the entire auricle is inserted into an inner diameter portion of the cup portion. In the cup portion, a plurality of through holes allowing the inner diameter portion to be open to an outside are formed closer to the housing than a cup opening of the inner diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Reo Takiguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20220353596
    Abstract: A headset includes: a housing provided at one end portion of a headband; a boom main body attached to the housing; and an ear pad attached to the housing on a side opposite to the boom main body. The ear pad includes a cup portion configured to cover an entire auricle of a wearer when the entire auricle is inserted into an inner diameter portion of the cap portion. In the cup portion, a plurality of through holes allowing the inner diameter portion to be open to an outside are formed closer to the housing than a cup opening of the inner diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji KURAOKA, Reo TAKIGUCHI, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11060452
    Abstract: A turbocharger including a compressor housing, a flange, an air bypass valve and a seal. The compressor housing has an impeller housing, an upstream passage positioned upstream of the impeller housing and a downstream passage positioned downstream of the impeller housing. The flange is coupled to the compressor housing and has a bypass passage connected to the downstream passage of the compressor housing and the upstream passage of the compressor housing. A groove is formed at a surface of the flange opposing the compressor housing and the seal is fitted into the groove. Therefore, a tight seal of the flange and the compressor housing can be ensured by the seal. Further, the air bypass valve is coupled only to the flange. Therefore, a tight seal of the turbocharger can be ensured easier than in a case where the air bypass valve is coupled over the flange and the compressor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakagawa, Shinji Kuraoka
  • Publication number: 20200116083
    Abstract: A turbocharger including a compressor housing, a flange, an air bypass valve and a seal. The compressor housing has an impeller housing, an upstream passage positioned upstream of the impeller housing and a downstream passage positioned downstream of the impeller housing. The flange is coupled to the compressor housing and has a bypass passage connected to the downstream passage of the compressor housing and the upstream passage of the compressor housing. A groove is formed at a surface of the flange opposing the compressor housing and the seal is fitted into the groove. Therefore, a tight seal of the flange and the compressor housing can be ensured by the seal. Further, the air bypass valve is coupled only to the flange. Therefore, a tight seal of the turbocharger can be ensured easier than in a case where the air bypass valve is coupled over the flange and the compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NAKAGAWA, Shinji KURAOKA
  • Patent number: 10484778
    Abstract: A headset includes a housing provided at one end of a headband, an ear pad attached to the housing, a boom main body attached to the housing on a side opposite to the ear pad, an arm portion provided in the boom main body and protruding to a side opposite to one end of the headband with the housing interposed between the headband and the arm portion, a first microphone provided at a protruding tip of the arm portion, and a second microphone provided on the arm portion, and disposed on a substantially straight line passing through a mouth of a user and the first microphone and on a side opposite to the mouth of the user with the first microphone interposed between the mouth and the second microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Shinji Kuraoka, Ryota Fujii, Koji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190132667
    Abstract: A headset includes a housing provided at one end of a headband, an ear pad attached to the housing, a boom main body attached to the housing on a side opposite to the ear pad, an arm portion provided in the boom main body and protruding to a side opposite to one end of the headband with the housing interposed between the headband and the arm portion, a first microphone provided at a protruding tip of the arm portion, and a second microphone provided on the arm portion, and disposed on a substantially straight line passing through a mouth of a user and the first microphone and on a side opposite to the mouth of the user with the first microphone interposed between the mouth and the second microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Shinji KURAOKA, Ryota FUJII, Koji IKEDA
  • Patent number: 9097221
    Abstract: An intake apparatus includes an intake pipe, a resonator and a blowby gas recirculation pipe. The resonator includes a volume portion having a volume chamber therein and a connecting pipe connecting the volume portion and the intake pipe and having a connecting passage connecting the volume chambera and the intake passage. The blowby gas recirculation pipe includes an internal passage therein. The blowby gas recirculation pipe is connected to an axially midway portion of the connecting pipe, and an exit of the internal passage is connected to the connecting passage of the connecting pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Kuraoka
  • Publication number: 20140190439
    Abstract: An intake apparatus includes an intake pipe, a resonator and a blowby gas recirculation pipe. The resonator includes a volume portion having a volume chamber therein and a connecting pipe connecting the volume portion and the intake pipe and having a connecting passage connecting the volume chambera and the intake passage. The blowby gas recirculation pipe includes an internal passage therein. The blowby gas recirculation pipe is connected to an axially midway portion of the connecting pipe, and an exit of the internal passage is connected to the connecting passage of the connecting pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 7583227
    Abstract: An antenna substrate (13) and a waveguide substrate (11) are housed in a main unit case (3). The waveguide substrate (11) is fixed to an attachment part (9) in the main unit case (3). The antenna substrate (13) is disposed adjacent to the waveguide substrate (11) in a standing position on the attachment part (9). The waveguide substrate (11) has an insert (33) on an edge (31) thereof. The antenna substrate (13) has a slit (37) aligned with the edge (31) of the waveguide substrate (11). The insert (33) is inserted into the slit (37), thereby restricting the movement of the antenna substrate (13). The antenna substrate (13) and the waveguide substrate (11) can be coupled to each other without using a metal plate bracket and integrally assembled to the main unit case (3). Therefore, the antenna performance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Yasuhito Omori
  • Publication number: 20080084355
    Abstract: An antenna substrate (13) and a waveguide substrate (11) are housed in a main unit case (3). The waveguide substrate (11) is fixed to an attachment part (9) in the main unit case (3). The antenna substrate (13) is disposed adjacent to the waveguide substrate (11) in a standing position on the attachment part (9). The waveguide substrate (11) has an insert (33) on an edge (31) thereof. The antenna substrate (13) has a slit (37) aligned with the edge (31) of the waveguide substrate (11). The insert (33) is inserted into the slit (37), thereby restricting the movement of the antenna substrate (13). The antenna substrate (13) and the waveguide substrate (11) can be coupled to each other without using a metal plate bracket and integrally assembled to the main unit case (3). Therefore, the antenna performance is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Yasuhito Omori
  • Patent number: 7031475
    Abstract: An all-in-one headset worn on the user's head, comprises a head band, a first housing arranged at the head band, a communication unit having selectable at least two communication channels and selectable at least two communication modes, an operating panel mounted on the outside wall of the first housing for selecting one communication channel and one communication mode, an ear-speaker mounted on the inside wall of the first housing, a microphone, a second housing for housing the microphone, a boom member for supporting the second housing to the first housing, an indicating unit for indicating the indication indicative of the selected communication channel and the selected communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Takuya Yokoyama, Shinichi Ohgo
  • Publication number: 20050201569
    Abstract: An all-in-one headset worn on the user's head, comprises a head band, a first housing arranged at the head band, a communication unit having selectable at least two communication channels and selectable at least two communication modes, an operating panel mounted on the outside wall of the first housing for selecting one communication channel and one communication mode, an ear-speaker mounted on the inside wall of the first housing, a microphone, a second housing for housing the microphone, a boom member for supporting the second housing to the first housing, an indicating unit for indicating the indication indicative of the selected communication channel and the selected communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Takuya Yokoyama, Shinichi Ohgo
  • Patent number: D840374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehito Katori, Shinji Kuraoka