Patents by Inventor Kazuma Fujioka

Kazuma Fujioka 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: 20230319482
    Abstract: A loudspeaker including a magnetic circuit including a magnetic gap, a voice coil body inserted in the magnetic gap, a diaphragm attached to the voice coil body, transmission members arranged on a lateral side of the extend magnetic circuit along the magnetic circuit with a predetermined gap to transmit an electric signal to be input to the voice coil body, and a housing made of a resin and integrated with the magnetic circuit and the transmission members. The transmission members include externally exposed portions and internally exposed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma FUJIOKA, Kengo TAKEDA, Tetsushi ITANO
  • Patent number: 11153689
    Abstract: A loudspeaker including a magnetic circuit; a voice coil body; a diaphragm attached to the voice coil body; a housing which accommodates the magnetic circuit and the voice coil body and to which an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm and the magnetic circuit are attached; two connection terminals disposed exposed inside and outside the housing; and signal wires which extend from the voice coil body and are connected to the connection terminals. Each signal wire is outwardly curved to be away from a virtual straight line connecting the proximal end of the signal wire and the connection portion. The distal end of the signal wire projects from the connection portion toward the voice coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Miyamoto, Kengo Takeda, Kazuma Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20200245072
    Abstract: A loudspeaker including a magnetic circuit; a voice coil body; a diaphragm attached to the voice coil body; a housing which accommodates the magnetic circuit and the voice coil body and to which an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm and the magnetic circuit are attached; two connection terminals disposed exposed inside and outside the housing; and signal wires which extend from the voice coil body and are connected to the connection terminals. Each signal wire is outwardly curved to be away from a virtual straight line connecting the proximal end of the signal wire and the connection portion. The distal end of the signal wire projects from the connection portion toward the voice coil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji MIYAMOTO, Kengo TAKEDA, Kazuma FUJIOKA
  • Patent number: 10085079
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a diaphragm, a frame, an attachment unit, and a fixing member. The frame has a front surface, a mounting surface disposed on a side opposite to the front surface, and a wall surface disposed in a standing manner from the mounting surface. And the frame holds an outer peripheral edge of the diaphragm. The attachment unit includes: a base portion having a top surface facing the mounting surface, a bottom surface on a side opposite to the top surface, a first side surface facing the wall surface, and a second side surface disposed on a side opposite to the first side surface; a first base rib projecting toward the wall surface from the first side surface; a second base rib projecting from the second side surface and extending to the top surface; and a locking portion disposed on a side near the bottom surface of the base portion. The fixing member penetrates the frame from the front surface to the mounting surface and is fixed to the base portion by screwing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Kazuma Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20170303024
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a diaphragm, a frame, an attachment unit, and a fixing member. The frame has a front surface, a mounting surface disposed on a side opposite to the front surface, and a wall surface disposed in a standing manner from the mounting surface. And the frame holds an outer peripheral edge of the diaphragm. The attachment unit includes: a base portion having a top surface facing the mounting surface, a bottom surface on a side opposite to the top surface, a first side surface facing the wall surface, and a second side surface disposed on a side opposite to the first side surface; a first base rib projecting toward the wall surface from the first side surface; a second base rib projecting from the second side surface and extending to the top surface; and a locking portion disposed on a side near the bottom surface of the base portion. The fixing member penetrates the frame from the front surface to the mounting surface and is fixed to the base portion by screwing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi SATO, Kazuma FUJIOKA
  • Publication number: 20110116664
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive actuator includes a magnetostrictive element extending along a central axis, a movable section displaced in response to a change of a shape of the magnetostrictive element, a voice coil wound about the magnetostrictive element, a magnet surrounding the magnetostrictive element and the voice coil, a lower yoke having an upper surface coupled to a lower surface of the magnet and a lower surface of the magnetostrictive element, an upper yoke having a lower surface of the upper yoke being coupled to an upper surface of the magnet and an inside surface of the upper yoke facing the outside surface of the movable section across a clearance, and an elastic member disposed in the clearance. The elastic member joined to an outside surface of the movable section and the inside surface of the upper yoke. This magnetostrictive actuator has a low-profile structure, suppresses undesired vibration, and exhibits preferable linearity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Fujioka, Takahumi Yuasa, Teruo Doi