Patents by Inventor Ippei Kiyama
Ippei Kiyama 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).
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Publication number: 20240397253Abstract: A loudspeaker device includes: a loudspeaker unit; a cabinet that includes an opening and covers the rear side of the loudspeaker unit; a bass reflex port in a tubular shape that communicates the interior with the exterior of the cabinet, and includes one end disposed in the opening of the cabinet and the other end disposed inside the cabinet; and a diffuser in the shape of a mountain that includes a side surface in a substantially tapered shape, a top facing the one end of the bass reflex port, and a base edge located on the side of the side surface opposite to the top in the inclination direction of the side surface. The side surface of the diffuser includes a plurality of grooves spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the diffuser and each extending helically in a direction from the top to the base edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Masashi NISHIDA, Kazuki HONDA, Ippei KIYAMA
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Patent number: 12015895Abstract: A speaker includes: a diaphragm having a dome shape; a tubular member having the diaphragm disposed inside, and having an inner diameter increasing toward a front; and a phase plug. The phase plug includes: a front surface, a rear surface facing a central portion on a front surface of the diaphragm at a constant interval in parallel, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. A front surface of the phase plug is larger than a rear surface of the phase plug as viewed in a front-rear direction of a speaker. At least a part of a side surface of the phase plug has an inclined surface extending outward while extending forward, faces an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member and a front surface of the diaphragm, and directs a sound wave generated from the diaphragm toward an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Masashi Nishida, Junichi Ikeda, Ippei Kiyama
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Publication number: 20230142560Abstract: A speaker includes: a diaphragm having a dome shape; a tubular member having the diaphragm disposed inside, and having an inner diameter increasing toward a front; and a phase plug. The phase plug includes: a front surface, a rear surface facing a central portion on a front surface of the diaphragm at a constant interval in parallel, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. A front surface of the phase plug is larger than a rear surface of the phase plug as viewed in a front-rear direction of a speaker. At least a part of a side surface of the phase plug has an inclined surface extending outward while extending forward, faces an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member and a front surface of the diaphragm, and directs a sound wave generated from the diaphragm toward an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Masashi NISHIDA, Junichi IKEDA, Ippei KIYAMA
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Patent number: 10491984Abstract: Provided is a loudspeaker device that can improve sound quality. The loudspeaker device includes: a loudspeaker housing; a first loudspeaker unit provided in a first wall of the loudspeaker housing; and an acoustic tube communicating an inside and an outside of the loudspeaker housing to each other. The acoustic tube has a predetermined length, and is accommodated in the loudspeaker housing and is helically shaped.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Honda, Takafumi Yuasa, Akihisa Kawamura, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Shuji Saiki, Satoshi Takayama, Suemei Fukuhara, Isao Kuramitsu, Ippei Kiyama
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Patent number: 10469925Abstract: A speaker device includes: a loudspeaker including a diaphragm and a field portion disposed rearwardly of the diaphragm; and a cabinet accommodating the field portion. The loudspeaker also includes a mounting member with which the loudspeaker is mounted to the cabinet, and a mounting plane of the mounting member includes a center of gravity of the loudspeaker.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Suemei Fukuhara, Kazuki Honda, Takafumi Yuasa, Churo Sato, Ippei Kiyama, Satoshi Takayama
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Publication number: 20190045285Abstract: A speaker device includes: a loudspeaker including a diaphragm and a field portion disposed rearwardly of the diaphragm; and a cabinet accommodating the field portion. The loudspeaker also includes a mounting member with which the loudspeaker is mounted to the cabinet, and a mounting plane of the mounting member includes a center of gravity of the loudspeaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: SUEMEI FUKUHARA, KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, CHURO SATO, IPPEI KIYAMA, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20180249243Abstract: A loudspeaker device includes: a plurality of loudspeaker units; and a plurality of horns provided in the plurality of loudspeaker units, respectively, the plurality of horns each restricting spread of sound output from a corresponding one of the loudspeaker units to a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, AKIHISA KAWAMURA, TOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA, SHUJI SAIKI, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA, SUEMEI FUKUHARA, ISAO KURAMITSU, IPPEI KIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180242061Abstract: A loudspeaker device includes: a loudspeaker housing; a first loudspeaker unit provided in a first wall of the loudspeaker housing; and an acoustic tube communicating an inside and an outside of the loudspeaker housing to each other. The acoustic tube has a predetermined length, and is accommodated in the loudspeaker housing while spirally bent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, AKIHISA KAWAMURA, TOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA, SHUJI SAIKI, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA, SUEMEI FUKUHARA, ISAO KURAMITSU, IPPEI KIYAMA
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Publication number: 20140215515Abstract: An information exchange system is provided in which users passing each other can realistically exchange opinions on a television program. Hence, the information exchange system includes a television receiver and a portable information terminal which performs short-range communication with the television receiver and another portable information tenuinal, where the television receiver acquires, from a broadcast wave, program information including an identifier and a program name of a specified program, and transmits the program information to the portable information terminal within a range of the short-range communication, and the portable information terminal acquires the program information from the television receiver, associates a comment with the acquired program information to receive an input of the comment and exchanges the comment with another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko Toyonaga, Takaya Nonomura, Ippei Kiyama