Patents by Inventor KAZUHIKO INOKUCHI

KAZUHIKO INOKUCHI 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).

  • Biological sound sensor and biological sound diagnostic device
    Patent number: 11786208
    Abstract: A biological sound sensor to be used in contact with a skin of a living body, and includes a casing that has an opening in a face on the side facing the skin of the living body, a double-sided adhesive membrane having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface closes the opening by adhering to the face of the casing and the first surface adheres to the skin when collecting a biological sound produced in the living body. A microphone is arranged in the casing and picks up the biological sound. The double-sided adhesive membrane has a one-material portion, made of the first adhesive material, through the double-sided adhesive membrane from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Horii, Keisuke Taira, Kazuhiko Inokuchi
  • BIOLOGICAL SOUND SENSOR AND BIOLOGICAL SOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200222004
    Abstract: A biological sound sensor to be used in contact with a skin of a living body, and includes a casing that has an opening in a face on the side facing the skin of the living body, a double-sided adhesive membrane having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface closes the opening by adhering to the face of the casing and the first surface adheres to the skin when collecting a biological sound produced in the living body. A microphone is arranged in the casing and picks up the biological sound. The double-sided adhesive membrane has a one-material portion, made of the first adhesive material, through the double-sided adhesive membrane from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki HORII, Keisuke TAIRA, Kazuhiko INOKUCHI
  • Biological sound sensor and biological sound diagnostic device
    Patent number: 10631786
    Abstract: A biological sound sensor to be used in contact with a skin of a living body, and includes a casing that has an opening in a face on the side facing the skin of the living body, a double-sided adhesive membrane, one surface of which closes the opening by adhering to the face of the casing and the other surface of which adheres to the skin when collecting a biological sound produced in the living body, and a microphone that is arranged in the casing and picks up the biological sound. The double-sided adhesive membrane includes a one-material portion made from a single type of material across the entire width in the thickness direction, the one-material portion being made from an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Horii, Keisuke Taira, Kazuhiko Inokuchi
  • BIOLOGICAL SOUND SENSOR AND BIOLOGICAL SOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150327810
    Abstract: A biological sound sensor to be used in contact with a skin of a living body, and includes a casing that has an opening in a face on the side facing the skin of the living body, a double-sided adhesive membrane, one surface of which closes the opening by adhering to the face of the casing and the other surface of which adheres to the skin when collecting a biological sound produced in the living body, and a microphone that is arranged in the casing and picks up the biological sound. The double-sided adhesive membrane includes a one-material portion made from a single type of material across the entire width in the thickness direction, the one-material portion being made from an adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: NORIAKI HORII, KEISUKE TAIRA, KAZUHIKO INOKUCHI