Patents by Inventor Akira Tamadera

Akira Tamadera 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: 10477295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a canal type earphone configured such that an outlet for a sound wave to be reproduced is inserted into an inlet of a user's ear canal. The earphone includes an electrodynamic speaker unit configured to electroacoustically convert an audio signal into a high-frequency sound wave containing a band component having a higher frequency than that of an audible band of a human being, thereby emitting the high-frequency sound wave; an electromagnetic speaker unit configured to electroacoustically convert the audio signal into a low-frequency sound wave containing more band components having a lower frequency than that of the high-frequency sound wave, thereby emitting the low-frequency sound wave; and a housing to the inside of which the electrodynamic speaker unit and the electromagnetic speaker unit are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Onkyo Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ouchi, Akira Tamadera, Masanori Ito, Naoki Imagawa
  • Patent number: 10419845
    Abstract: There are provided headphones and a speaker unit having proper acoustic properties and exhibiting excellent reproduced sound quality even in the case of providing air holes at a damping member. The headphones include a speaker unit having a diaphragm and a frame supporting an outer peripheral portion of the diaphragm, a housing configured to house the speaker unit, and a damping member made of a material exhibiting air permeability and attached to cover an opening of the frame through which a sound wave emitted from the diaphragm passes and/or an opening of the housing. The damping member has one or more air holes formed by removal of the material forming the damping member. A secondary damping member is attached to an annular edge portion defining each air hole, thereby reducing vibration of the edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ONKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Muramoto, Akira Tamadera, Takashi Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20190261078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a canal type earphone configured such that an outlet for a sound wave to be reproduced is inserted into an inlet of a user's ear canal. The earphone includes an electrodynamic speaker unit configured to electroacoustically convert an audio signal into a high-frequency sound wave containing a band component having a higher frequency than that of an audible band of a human being, thereby emitting the high-frequency sound wave; an electromagnetic speaker unit configured to electroacoustically convert the audio signal into a low-frequency sound wave containing more band components having a lower frequency than that of the high-frequency sound wave, thereby emitting the low-frequency sound wave; and a housing to the inside of which the electrodynamic speaker unit and the electromagnetic speaker unit are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi OUCHI, Akira TAMADERA, Masanori ITO, Naoki IMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180310093
    Abstract: There are provided headphones and a speaker unit having proper acoustic properties and exhibiting excellent reproduced sound quality even in the case of providing air holes at a damping member. The headphones include a speaker unit having a diaphragm and a frame supporting an outer peripheral portion of the diaphragm, a housing configured to house the speaker unit, and a damping member made of a material exhibiting air permeability and attached to cover an opening of the frame through which a sound wave emitted from the diaphragm passes and/or an opening of the housing. The damping member has one or more air holes formed by removal of the material forming the damping member. A secondary damping member is attached to an annular edge portion defining each air hole, thereby reducing vibration of the edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shun MURAMOTO, Akira TAMADERA, Takashi OUCHI
  • Patent number: 5878149
    Abstract: A loudspeaker has a yoke having a center hole, a cylindrical magnet mounted on the yoke, a cylindrical pole piece having an inner shoulder portion and mounted on the magnet. A diaphragm is provided above the pole piece, and a cylindrical throat is disposed in the magnet. The yoke has a screw thread formed on an inside wall of the center hole, and the pole piece has a screw thread formed on an inside wall of the shoulder portion. The throat has outer screw threads on an outside wall thereof at an upper portion and a low portion. The outer screw threads are engaged with the screw threads of the yoke and the pole piece. Thus, the magnet is secured to the yoke and the pole piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamada, Yasushi Tanaka, Akira Tamadera, Toru Iwazumi