Patents by Inventor Kozo Ando
Kozo Ando 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).
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Patent number: 11404184Abstract: For example, in an earphone in which left and right earphone units are connected by a cable and a remote part or a battery part is interposed on the cable, a bush structure is provided to a part where the cable is led out of the remote part and the like and suppresses the occurrence of disconnection in the vicinity of the lead-out part. The bush structure is provided to a lead-out part 5a of a cable 4 and includes a bush body 2 provided to the lead-out part and formed with a first through hole 2a2 where the cable is inserted. The first through hole gradually increases in diameter toward a lead-out direction of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATIONInventors: Kozo Ando, Masaya Nakako
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Publication number: 20210005359Abstract: For example, in an earphone in which left and right earphone units are connected by a cable and a remote part or a battery part is interposed on the cable, a bush structure is provided to a part where the cable is led out of the remote part and the like and suppresses the occurrence of disconnection in the vicinity of the lead-out part. The bush structure is provided to a lead-out part 5a of a cable 4 and includes a bush body 2 provided to the lead-out part and formed with a first through hole 2a2 where the cable is inserted. The first through hole gradually increases in diameter toward a lead-out direction of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Kozo ANDO, Masaya NAKAKO
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Patent number: 10204615Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that avoids an influence of the wind and prevents degradation in the sound quality of the reproduced sound output from a driver unit. The noise-cancelling headphone includes an ear piece including a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting external sounds at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a sound collecting hole establishing the communication between the accommodating portion and the exterior of the housing unit. The accommodating portion is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. The sound collecting hole is open toward the upper side of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventors: Koji Otsuka, Yumi Shimazaki, Kozo Ando
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Patent number: 9959858Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that avoids an influence of the wind and prevents degradation in the sound quality of the reproduced sound output from a driver unit. The noise-cancelling headphone includes an ear piece including a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting external sounds at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a sound collecting hole establishing the communication between the accommodating portion and the exterior of the housing unit. The accommodating portion is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. The sound collecting hole is open toward the upper side of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO TECHNICAInventors: Koji Otsuka, Yumi Shimazaki, Kozo Ando
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Publication number: 20180068648Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that avoids an influence of the wind and prevents degradation in the sound quality of the reproduced sound output from a driver unit. The noise-cancelling headphone includes an ear piece including a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting external sounds at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a sound collecting hole establishing the communication between the accommodating portion and the exterior of the housing unit. The accommodating portion is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. The sound collecting hole is open toward the upper side of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICAInventors: Koji OTSUKA, Yumi SHIMAZAKI, Kozo ANDO
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Patent number: 9913020Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that prevents degradation in the sound quality of the sound output from the driver unit caused by the sounds leaking through the vent hole for adjusting the sound quality. The noise-cancelling headphone includes a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting sound at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a vent hole establishing communication between an air chamber behind the driver unit and the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit is constructed such that emitted sounds from the vent hole are prevented from being collected by the microphone.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICAInventors: Koji Otsuka, Yumi Shimazaki, Kozo Ando
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Publication number: 20170040013Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that avoids an influence of the wind and prevents degradation in the sound quality of the reproduced sound output from a driver unit. The noise-cancelling headphone includes an ear piece including a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting external sounds at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a sound collecting hole establishing the communication between the accommodating portion and the exterior of the housing unit. The accommodating portion is disposed in an upper portion of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user. The sound collecting hole is open toward the upper side of the housing unit of the noise-cancelling headphone when worn by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICAInventors: Koji OTSUKA, Yumi SHIMAZAKI, Kozo ANDO
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Publication number: 20170026737Abstract: A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that prevents degradation in the sound quality of the sound output from the driver unit caused by the sounds leaking through the vent hole for adjusting the sound quality. The noise-cancelling headphone includes a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting sound at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a vent hole establishing communication between an air chamber behind the driver unit and the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit is constructed such that emitted sounds from the vent hole are prevented from being collected by the microphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Koji OTSUKA, Yumi SHIMAZAKI, Kozo ANDO
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Patent number: D599779Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventor: Kozo Ando
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Patent number: D605628Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventor: Kozo Ando
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Patent number: D635958Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventors: Kozo Ando, Wataru Sakuma
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Patent number: D761761Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D800691Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICAInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D815060Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA COPRORATIONInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D816061Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: AUDIO TECHNICA CORPORATIONInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D822635Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D827607Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Audio-Technica CorporationInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D851059Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATIONInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D852775Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATIONInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki
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Patent number: D875066Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Audio-Technica CorporationInventors: Kozo Ando, Shohei Araki