Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Mimura

Kazuyoshi Mimura 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: 8428283
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 8343313
    Abstract: The production equipment of paper-made components for loudspeakers includes a mixing device, a fining device, a paper-making device, and a shape processing device. The mixing device mixes material of a paper-made component for a loudspeaker into liquid to generate mixed liquid. The fining device includes a pressure unit, an orifice, and an inner wall. The pressure unit applies pressure on the mixed liquid to cause the mixed liquid to pass through the orifice, and the mixed liquid collides against the inner wall to cause the fining device to generate fined material. The paper-making device paper-makes the fined material to generate a paper-made component. The shape processing device processes the shape of the paper-made component. This structure provides production equipment of the paper-made components for loudspeakers, which prepares material for paper-making in a short time and reduces producing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 8235168
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8230966
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120145345
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi MIMURA, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 8199964
    Abstract: A loudspeaker of high sound quality is achieved by improving rigidity of a material used for a diaphragm, a dust cap and a sub-cone. The diaphragm, the dust cap and the sub-cone of the loudspeaker are made of a paper beaten with the material containing bamboo fibers obtained from a bamboo tree aged one year or older, of which the fibers are finely beaten to an extent of micro-fibrillated form. The diaphragm and the dust cap are also made with a beaten paper containing at least 2 wt % of “A fibers” having stems of no greater than 30 ?m in diameter, and surfaces of the stems are fibrillated into shaggy branches having diameters of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Shinya Mizone, Kenichi Ajiki, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii, Yoshiyuku Takahashi, Nobuo Nakamura, Toshihiro Shimizu, Hitoshi Satou
  • Patent number: 8177021
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120112382
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi KAJIHARA, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120114149
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi KAJIHARA, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120114165
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi KAJIHARA, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8144912
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 8122996
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8098869
    Abstract: A loudspeaker damper, a manufacturing method thereof, and a loudspeaker, electronic equipment and device using the loudspeaker damper. The damper has flexibility. Therefore, even if a large input is applied and the damper oscillates with a large amplitude, a resin layer provided on the surface of the damper base material is not cracked due to partial interface peeling. Thus, the damper follows such a large amplitude and realizes high input-resistance. This loudspeaker damper material is obtained by impregnating a material with thermosetting resin including 2 to 20 wt % of flexibility imparting agent and heat-curing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Okazaki, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Publication number: 20110116658
    Abstract: Natural fiber is beaten with a biaxial kneading machine. The beaten natural fiber is processed finely with a bead mill so as to allow the processed natural fiber to have a BET specific surface area not smaller than 1 m2/g. This method provides fine fiber in a short time to form a rigid paper component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Coporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Yukihiro Shimasaki, Hiroshi Shinkoda, Toshiyuki Koike
  • Publication number: 20110007931
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is molded by paper-making molding, using not smaller than 5 wt % of fibers extracted from at least bamboo leaves. It is thereby possible to improve the rigidity of the speaker diaphragm, so as to realize a speaker diaphragm with low environmental load, reducible cost and high sound quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Jin, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Shinya Mizone, Toru Fujii
  • Publication number: 20100059309
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Takashi Sabato, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100027826
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Publication number: 20090080687
    Abstract: A loudspeaker of high sound quality is achieved by improving rigidity of a material used for a diaphragm, a dust cap and a sub-cone. The diaphragm, the dust cap and the sub-cone of the loudspeaker are made of a paper beaten with the material containing bamboo fibers obtained from a bamboo tree aged one year or older, of which the fibers are finely beaten to an extent of micro-fibrillated form. The diaphragm and the dust cap are also made with a beaten paper containing at least 2 wt % of “A fibers” having stems of no greater than 30 ?m in diameter, and surfaces of the stems are fibrillated into shaggy branches having diameters of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Shinya Mizone, Kenichi Ajiki, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Nobuo Nakamura, Toshihiro Shimizu, Hitoshi Satou
  • Publication number: 20090028373
    Abstract: The production equipment of paper-made components for loudspeakers includes a mixing device, a fining device, a paper-making device, and a shape processing device. The mixing device mixes material of a paper-made component for a loudspeaker into liquid to generate mixed liquid. The fining device includes a pressure unit, an orifice, and an inner wall. The pressure unit applies pressure on the mixed liquid to cause the mixed liquid to pass through the orifice, and the mixed liquid collides against the inner wall to cause the fining device to generate fined material. The paper-making device paper-makes the fined material to generate a paper-made component. The shape processing device processes the shape of the paper-made component. This structure provides production equipment of the paper-made components for loudspeakers, which prepares material for paper-making in a short time and reduces producing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: MAtsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Mimura, Kenichi Ajiki, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama, Toru Fujii
  • Publication number: 20090010471
    Abstract: A loudspeaker damper, a manufacturing method thereof, and a loudspeaker, electronic equipment and device using the loudspeaker damper. The damper has flexibility. Therefore, even if a large input is applied and the damper oscillates with a large amplitude, a resin layer provided on the surface of the damper base material is not cracked due to partial interface peeling. Thus, the damper follows such a large amplitude and realizes high input-resistance. This loudspeaker damper material is obtained by impregnating a material with thermosetting resin including 2 to 20 wt % of flexibility imparting agent and heat-curing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Okazaki, Kazuyoshi Mimura, Shinya Mizone, Masahide Sumiyama