Patents Assigned to Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
  • Patent number: 9755180
    Abstract: A light emitting device (10) includes a substrate (100), an organic EL element (102), a buffer film (210), and a sealing film (220). The organic EL element (102) is formed over the substrate (100). The sealing film (220) is located over the substrate (100) and over the organic EL element (102), and seals the organic EL element (102). In addition, the buffer film (210) is located between the organic EL element (102) and the sealing film (220), and comes into close contact with the sealing film (220). The sealing film (220) includes at least one layer formed of, for example, an oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Nakajima, Koji Fujita, Miho Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9729972
    Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part. An inner diameter of the attachment part is less than an inner diameter of the outer peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro Niidera
  • Patent number: 9722213
    Abstract: When a coating film 4 is formed on a substrate 1, on which elements 3 are formed, by an ALD film forming method or the like, the coating film 4 is partially removed in a simple step. A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes a step of coating the substrate 1 partially with a partially coating member 2, a step of forming the elements 3 on the substrate 1, a step of forming the coating film 4 on the substrate 1 to cover the elements 3 and the partially coating member 2, and a step of forming a crack 4A in the coating film 4 on the partially coating member 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Sugahara, Hidetaka Ohazama, Shinsuke Tanaka, Hiromu Nara, Hiroki Tan
  • Patent number: 9705105
    Abstract: An electrical component (40) and a substrate (100) constitute at least a portion of an electrical device. At least one surface of the substrate (100) is formed of an insulator. A conductor (20) is formed on the one surface. The conductor (20) is covered with a sealing film (210). The sealing film (210) is a film having insulation properties. An opening (212) is formed in the sealing film (210). The opening (212) is located on a portion of the conductor (20) when seen in a plan view. The conductor (20) is connected to the electrical component (40) with an anisotropic conductive film (30) interposed therebetween. The anisotropic conductive film (30) overlaps the opening (212), and contains a plurality of metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetaka Ohazama
  • Publication number: 20170162181
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine including a speaker unit; a housing; and a rotating device. The rotating device rotates the speaker unit with respect to the housing, wherein the speaker unit is provided with an opening portion and a member which is supported by the housing and extends substantially in parallel to a rotational axis of the speaker unit is adapted to passing through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki WATANABE, Nobuyuki SATO, Takeru MIKI, Toshiya KOSAKA, Eitaro UNNO, Takahiro KUDO, Yoshihiko TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170150250
    Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
  • Patent number: 9635463
    Abstract: Provided are a vibrating body for speaker device which prevents interlayer from peeling in advance and includes a large effective vibration area, and a speaker device including this vibrating body for speaker device. The vibrating body for speaker device includes a first interlaced fiber member, and a second interlaced fiber member which overlaps with the first interlaced fiber member, and one of the first interlaced fiber member and the second interlaced fiber member includes polyvinyl alcohol fibers containing boron, and an outer circumferential portion of the first interlaced fiber member is larger than an outer circumferential portion of the second interlaced fiber member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, MOGAMI DENKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuharu Kawata, Haruki Hoshikawa, Yoshihiro Sato, Takanobu Saito
  • Patent number: 9615166
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine that is provided with a speaker and that enables a direction of the speaker to be appropriately and arbitrarily changed. The electronic machine includes a speaker unit, housings, and a rotating device. The speaker unit is supported by the housing. The rotating device includes a first rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about a direction intersecting with an axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis, and a second rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about the axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Takeru Miki, Toshiya Kosaka, Eitaro Unno, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshihiko Takeda
  • Patent number: 9602900
    Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
  • Publication number: 20170048620
    Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro NIIDERA
  • Patent number: 9528695
    Abstract: An illuminated makeup mirror set includes: a mirror unit; a surface light source with adjustable color that is used to illuminate a makeup subject; a setting unit for setting illumination conditions with the surface light source according to an input operation; an adjustment unit for adjusting color and brightness of the surface light source according to the illumination conditions set by the setting unit; a speaker; and a playback unit that stores a plurality of musical pieces as data, plays a musical piece selected from the plurality of musical pieces according to the illumination conditions and time of illumination with the surface light source, and causes the speaker to output the selected musical piece as a reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Adachi, Kazunaga Ida, Taku Ito, Harumi Nakamura, Meiji Kitamura, Takeshi Nakamura, Yosuke Sato, Takuo Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9521490
    Abstract: A diaphragm can be obtained which exhibits large internal loss and Young's modulus and which can be produced efficiently. A speaker diaphragm 1 comprises at least one layer 1A formed by molding a component member configured by a fiber and a tangled fiber body of a synthetic fiber. The synthetic fiber is a polyvinyl alcohol fiber having boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, Mogami Denki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuharu Kawata, Yoshihiro Sato, Hideki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9517740
    Abstract: A loudspeaker device is installed in a space between a bumper reinforcement for reinforcing a bumper of a vehicle and a bumper absorber attached to a front side of the bumper reinforcement. An approach notification sound output from a front side of the loudspeaker device is radiated outside through a first opening provided on a driver's seat side of the bumper absorber. An approach notification sound output from a rear side of the loudspeaker device passes through a sound path between the bumper reinforcement and the bumper absorber and is then radiated outside through a second opening provided on a passenger seat side of the bumper absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okuyama, Yutaka Moriyama, Tomokazu Nitta
  • Publication number: 20160360305
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a voice coil; a pair of lead wires configured to be pulled out of the voice coil; a vibrating body connecting to the voice coil; and a magnetic circuit including a yoke. The yoke includes a frame that supports the vibrating body, the pair of lead wires is configured to pass through a space that is located between the frame and the vibrating body, the pair of lead wires is configured to pass above a cutout of the yoke and bend towards and through the space, and the pair of lead wires is configured to be substantially symmetrical with respect to the center of the voice coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9510099
    Abstract: Provided is a speaker device with which high strength can be obtained for the connection between an outer peripheral region of an edge and an attachment part of a frame, even while reducing a size of the speaker device without sacrificing a breadth of a diaphragm and the edge. This speaker device (10, 20, 30) includes: a diaphragm (11, 21) that radiates sound; an edge (12, 22, 32) arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm (11, 21); a frame (13, 33) arranged in an outer periphery of the edge (12, 22, 32) and including an annular attachment part (13a, 33a) connected to an outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) of the edge (12, 22, 32); and an annular connecting member (17) arranged between the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a) and adhered to the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro Niidera
  • Patent number: 9451344
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a voice coil, a lead wire configured to be pulled out of the voice coil, a vibrating body connecting to the voice coil, a magnetic circuit comprising a yoke, and a frame that supports the vibrating body. The yoke includes a bottom portion including a plurality of corners and a side portion extending toward the vibrating body from one side of the bottom portion. The lead wire is configured to pass through a space that is outside of and next to the side portion of the yoke and between the frame and the vibrating body. The lead wire is configured to pass above a cutout of the yoke and bend toward and through the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160241941
    Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
  • Patent number: 9420662
    Abstract: A light-emitting device (10) includes a first light-emitting region (100) and a second light-emitting region (200). The first light-emitting region (100) emits a light ray having a first color by making a first light-emitting layer group including at least two or more kinds of light-emitting layers emit light. In addition, the second light-emitting region (200) emits alight ray having the first color (for example, daylight color, natural white color, white color, warm white color, or incandescent color) by making a second light-emitting layer group including at least two or more kinds of light-emitting layers emit light. In addition, at least one kind of light-emitting layer included in the second light-emitting layer group emits a light ray having a different spectrum peak from all of the light-emitting layers included in the first light-emitting layer group. Therefore, the color-rendering properties of light emitted from the light-emitting device (10) are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Seki, Shigehiro Umetsu, Hiroki Tan, Katsuhiro Kanauchi
  • Patent number: 9419059
    Abstract: A first luminous body is formed on a substrate and is linear. A second luminous body is also formed on the substrate and is linear. The second luminous body extends in parallel with the first luminous body. A first anode and a first cathode are formed on the substrate, and supply electric power to the first luminous body. A second anode and a second cathode are also formed on the substrate, and supply electric power to the second luminous body. The first anode and the first cathode extend in parallel with each other, and the second anode and the second cathode extend in parallel with each other. In a range overlapping with the first luminous body when seen in a plan view, the first anode is not connected to the second anode, and the first cathode is not connected to the second cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Seki, Masaki Murakata, Katsuhiro Kanauchi
  • Patent number: 9351058
    Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya