Patents by Inventor Kiminori Inoue

Kiminori Inoue 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: 9570054
    Abstract: A musical bar for a musical instrument includes a striking surface and a back surface which is a back side of the musical bar from the striking surface. When the striking surface is struck, the musical bar is vibrated to produce a musical tone with a unique pitch as a pitch of a fundamental tone. A recess is formed in the musical bar so as to be recessed from the back surface toward the striking surface. A position of a node of vibration of the fundamental tone for the musical bar is substantially aligned with an imaginary center of gravity of the recess in a longitudinal direction of the musical bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Banri Abe, Kiminori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20160247493
    Abstract: A musical bar for a musical instrument includes a striking surface and a back surface which is a back side of the musical bar from the striking surface. When the striking surface is struck, the musical bar is vibrated to produce a musical tone with a unique pitch as a pitch of a fundamental tone. A recess is formed in the musical bar so as to be recessed from the back surface toward the striking surface. A position of a node of vibration of the fundamental tone for the musical bar is substantially aligned with an imaginary center of gravity of the recess in a longitudinal direction of the musical bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Banri ABE, Kiminori INOUE
  • Publication number: 20120052303
    Abstract: In an acoustic sheet which can be used as a head material of a percussion instrument or a head material for a sound box of a string instrument, a plurality of change regions having a crystalline orientation different from a base are dispersed into the base made of a synthetic resin sheet having a uniform crystalline orientation. The acoustic sheet can include a delamination which is formed by delaminating the synthetic resin sheet in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakashima, Katsunori Suzuki, Toshiharu Fukushima, Yukimasa Okumura, Kiminori Inoue