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).

  • Publication number: 20230142560
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki HONDA, Masashi NISHIDA, Junichi IKEDA, Ippei KIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10491984
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10469925
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suemei Fukuhara, Kazuki Honda, Takafumi Yuasa, Churo Sato, Ippei Kiyama, Satoshi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20190045285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: SUEMEI FUKUHARA, KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, CHURO SATO, IPPEI KIYAMA, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180249243
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, AKIHISA KAWAMURA, TOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA, SHUJI SAIKI, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA, SUEMEI FUKUHARA, ISAO KURAMITSU, IPPEI KIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180242061
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUKI HONDA, TAKAFUMI YUASA, AKIHISA KAWAMURA, TOSHIYUKI MATSUMURA, SHUJI SAIKI, SATOSHI TAKAYAMA, SUEMEI FUKUHARA, ISAO KURAMITSU, IPPEI KIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140215515
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Toyonaga, Takaya Nonomura, Ippei Kiyama