Patents by Inventor Toshikatsu Kuwahata

Toshikatsu Kuwahata 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: 7677355
    Abstract: On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Imamura, Takeshi Hirano, Tomoaki Ogata, Toshikatsu Kuwahata
  • Publication number: 20090090453
    Abstract: On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Imamura, Takeshi Hirano, Tomoaki Ogata, Toshikatsu Kuwahata
  • Patent number: 7467686
    Abstract: On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Imamura, Takeshi Hirano, Tomoaki Ogata, Toshikatsu Kuwahata
  • Publication number: 20040168851
    Abstract: On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Imamura, Takeshi Hirano, Tomoaki Ogata, Toshikatsu Kuwahata
  • Patent number: 4559584
    Abstract: A lighting device incorporates therein a loudspeaker including a diaphragm detachably fastened at an outer peripheral edge thereof to a cup-shaped frame. The diaphragm is made of a light-transmissive material. The lighting device has a light source such as a circular fluorescent lamp disposed in a space defined between the frame and the diaphragm. Light emitted from the circular fluorescent lamp passes through the light-transmissive diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kuwahata, Fumio Kawabata, Genzo Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 4471084
    Abstract: A diaphragm for a loudspeaker is described, which essentially consists of a polyolefin resin such as propylene homopolymer or copolymer with an ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer or a 4-methylheptene-1 resin and short fibers of potassium titanate. The titanate fibers have an average fiber length of 10 to 30 microns and an average diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kuwahata, Nobuo Fuke, Toshihiro Fukuhara, Yoshiaki Suzuki