Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Tokura
Kunihiko Tokura 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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Publication number: 20210409869Abstract: A speaker edge includes a urethane foam that is hot press molded and an elastomer sheet that is in close contact with a surface of the urethane foam, in which the urethane foam and the elastomer sheet are resins of the same type.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: KUNIHIKO TOKURA, YUICHI OKA
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Patent number: 8300875Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
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Patent number: 7980355Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm used for a loudspeaker, having an injection-molded edge molded using a thermoplastic elastomer, in which the edge is formed using a workable polyolefinic elastomer, as a material, containing a soft segment having rubber particles of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in diameter uniformly dispersed therein, and a hard segment composed of an olefinic resin, and the edge is formed into a shape allowing the resin to be aligned as being not causative of anisotropy in the physical characteristics of the edge, as a result of thin-wall molding by the injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Toru Takebe
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Patent number: 7726441Abstract: There is provided an acoustic vibratory plate having at least first to third laminated bodies layered. In the acoustic vibratory plate, the first and third laminated bodies are formed of a polymer material, and the second laminated body is formed of a polymer material different from the polymer material forming the first and third laminated bodies in dynamic internal loss.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaru Uryu, Yoshio Ohashi, Kunihiko Tokura
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Patent number: 7708111Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm which includes a diaphragm base material composed of a paper article comprised of fine mica flakes, pulp fibers, and polyvinyl alcohol fibers and formed to be a multi-cellular structure; and a sheet material combined with the paper article or the diaphragm base material.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
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Patent number: 7576154Abstract: A material for acoustic apparatus housing, which is advantageous not only in that it prevents the resin from suffering corrosion and is unlikely to impose a burden on the environment, but also in that it has excellent performance as an acoustic apparatus housing. A material for acoustic apparatus housing, characterized in that it comprises a biodegradable polymer compound, an inorganic material, and a hydrolysis inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Yamada, Yuko Fujihira, Hiroyuki Mori, Tsutomu Noguchi, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Patent number: 7546897Abstract: A speaker diaphragm made of a resin containing a thermoplastic polymeric material is provided. The speaker diaphragm includes a changed portion formed on the diaphragm that is molded using the resin. The changed portion is formed by partially changing physical properties of the thermoplastic polymeric material for dispersing local vibrations based on a characteristic of local vibrations measured in advance.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Patent number: 7527124Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyamide fibers cut to a length of 0.5 to 5 mm are dispersedly contained in an injection-moldable thermoplastic resin, and the resin is molded by ultrahigh-speed thin-wall injection molding so as to produce a loudspeaker diaphragm in which the wholly aromatic polyamide fibers are dispersed in a direction perpendicular to the resin flow direction, whereby the loudspeaker diaphragm is improved in internal loss.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Toru Takebe, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami
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Patent number: 7510627Abstract: An acoustic paper diaphragm excellent in moisture resistance and acoustic characteristics and not impairing the biodegradability is provided. An acoustic paper diaphragm is formed of paper in which polylactide resin emulsion that is a biodegradable polymeric material is internally added as a sizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura
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Patent number: 7468141Abstract: In order to transcribe a pattern without seams of a photomask onto the whole or part of a die having a three-dimensional shape, a general-purpose polyester film coated with a photosensitive material is used as a photomask and, after forming a pattern, the photomask is struck through vacuum molding or the like to a die molded into the same shape as that of a die to be exposed and developed.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Publication number: 20080199028Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
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Patent number: 7332215Abstract: A resin-molded component such as a loudspeaker diaphragm, in which rigidity is enhanced while light weight and high specific modulus of elasticity are maintained, is formed by applying carbon dioxide gas with a predetermined pressure to a thermoplastic resin in which crystallization is facilitated in the resin flowing direction to fill a mold. After the resin is filled, injection molding is performed by somewhat moving the mold to form five layers of: oriented minute-foaming layers, having approximately cylindrical foams, the length of which is twice the diameter thereof in the resin flowing direction in the mold, an unfoamed core layer positioned between both the foaming layers, and unfoamed skin layers formed on the front and rear surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Publication number: 20070132131Abstract: A resin-molded component such as a loudspeaker diaphragm, in which rigidity is enhanced while light weight and high specific modulus of elasticity are maintained, is formed by applying carbon dioxide gas with a predetermined pressure to a thermoplastic resin in which crystallization is facilitated in the resin flowing direction to fill a mold. After the resin is filled, injection molding is performed by somewhat moving the mold to form five layers of: oriented minute-foaming layers, having approximately cylindrical foams, the length of which is twice the diameter thereof in the resin flowing direction in the mold, an unfoamed core layer positioned between both the foaming layers, and unfoamed skin layers formed on the front and rear surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Publication number: 20070133838Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm used for a loudspeaker, having an injection-molded edge molded using a thermoplastic elastomer, in which the edge is formed using a workable polyolefinic elastomer, as a material, containing a soft segment having rubber particles of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in diameter uniformly dispersed therein, and a hard segment composed of an olefinic resin, and the edge is formed into a shape allowing the resin to be aligned as being not causative of anisotropy in the physical characteristics of the edge, as a result of thin-wall molding by the injection molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu, Toru Takebe
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Publication number: 20070034443Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyamide fibers cut to a length of 0.5 to 5 mm are dispersedly contained in an injection-moldable thermoplastic resin, and the resin is molded by ultrahigh-speed thin-wall injection molding so as to produce a loudspeaker diaphragm in which the wholly aromatic polyamide fibers are dispersed in a direction perpendicular to the resin flow direction, whereby the loudspeaker diaphragm is improved in internal loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Toru Takebe, Masaru Uryu, Takahisa Tagami
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Publication number: 20070017736Abstract: A speaker diaphragm made of a resin containing a thermoplastic polymeric material is provided. The speaker diaphragm includes a changed portion formed on the diaphragm that is molded using the resin. The changed portion is formed by partially changing physical properties of the thermoplastic polymeric material for dispersing local vibrations based on a characteristic of local vibrations measured in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Takebe, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Publication number: 20070017737Abstract: There is provided an acoustic diaphragm which includes a diaphragm base material composed of a paper article comprised of fine mica flakes, pulp fibers, and polyvinyl alcohol fibers and formed to be a multi-cellular structure; and a sheet material combined with the paper article or the diaphragm base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaru Uryu, Kunihiko Tokura, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda
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Publication number: 20060222202Abstract: There is provided an acoustic vibratory plate having at least first to third laminated bodies layered. In the acoustic vibratory plate, the first and third laminated bodies are formed of a polymer material, and the second laminated body is formed of a polymer material different from the polymer material forming the first and third laminated bodies in dynamic internal loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaru Uryu, Yoshio Ohashi, Kunihiko Tokura
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Publication number: 20060124383Abstract: A material for acoustic apparatus housing, which is advantageous not only in that it prevents the resin from suffering corrosion and is unlikely to impose a burden on the environment, but also in that it has excellent performance as an acoustic apparatus housing. A material for acoustic apparatus housing, characterized in that it comprises a biodegradable polymer compound, an inorganic material, and a hydrolysis inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2003Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Shinichiro Yamada, Yuko Fujihira, Hiroyuki Mori, Tsutomu Noguchi, Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Uryu
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Publication number: 20050244535Abstract: In order to make it possible to simply transcribe a pattern without seams of a photomask onto the whole or part of a die having a three-dimensional shape, a general-purpose polyester film coated with a photosensitive material is used as a photomask 2 and, after forming a pattern, the photomask 2 is stuck through vacuum molding or the like to a die 1? molded into the same shape as that of a die 1 to be exposed and developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2004Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Kunihiko Tokura, Masaru Urvu