Patents by Inventor Akito Oba

Akito Oba 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: 8039725
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument that emits sounds in both upward and downward directions from speakers solely for upward sound emission and from speakers solely for downward sound emission to realize acoustics similar to that of acoustic piano, and constitutes rear parts of resonance chambers in a speaker box by a common partition plate to prevent the speaker box from becoming complicated in construction. Woofers directed downward are disposed at a lower part of the speaker box, and squawker directed upward are disposed at an upper part of the speaker box. The internal space of the speaker box is partitioned by one horizontal partition plate into an upper space where resonance chambers for the squawkers are defined by vertical partition plates and a lower space where resonance chambers for the woofers are defined by vertical partition plates. Rear parts of the resonance chambers are constituted by the horizontal partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Takashi Fujita, Hideki Ishihara, Akiko Shinjo, Akito Oba
  • Publication number: 20100192756
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument that emits sounds in both upward and downward directions from speakers solely for upward sound emission and from speakers solely for downward sound emission to realize acoustics similar to that of acoustic piano, and constitutes rear parts of resonance chambers in a speaker box by a common partition plate to prevent the speaker box from becoming complicated in construction. Woofers directed downward are disposed at a lower part of the speaker box, and squawker directed upward are disposed at an upper part of the speaker box. The internal space of the speaker box is partitioned by one horizontal partition plate into an upper space where resonance chambers for the squawkers are defined by vertical partition plates and a lower space where resonance chambers for the woofers are defined by vertical partition plates. Rear parts of the resonance chambers are constituted by the horizontal partition plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KATO, Takashi FUJITA, Hideki ISHIHARA, Akiko SHINJO, Akito OBA