Patents by Inventor Masashi Kawabe
Masashi Kawabe 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: 8516681Abstract: In a loud speaker, the diaphragm has a protruded part protruding on a yoke side on the inside and in the vicinity of an inner coupling part as a coupled portion to a voice coil. The loud speaker can be manufactured with the voice coil accurately positioned with respect to a diaphragm, and the voice coil is accurately vibrated vertically inside a magnetic gap. The possibility of the voice coil coming into contact with a plate and a yoke as a magnetic circuit body of the loud speaker can be reduced, thereby to improve production efficiency and a yield at the time of manufacturing the loud speaker.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Mitsukazu Kuze, Takehiko Tanabu, Satoshi Itoh, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20120213398Abstract: A speaker includes a magnetic circuit, frame, diaphragm, voice coil, and terminals. The frame has an opening and is coupled to the magnetic circuit, and includes a resin portion. The diaphragm is coupled to a rim of the opening of the frame. The voice coil includes lead wires and is coupled to the diaphragm, and a part of the voice coil is disposed at a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminals are coupled to the frame by insert-molding. An outer shape formed of the frame and the terminals is one of a rectangle or a square. The resin portion of the frame has cut-away sections at corners of its outer shape. The terminals include protruding sections protruding from the cut-away sections, and the lead wires of the voice coil are connected to the protruding sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Satoshi Itoh, Takehiko Tanabu, Mitsukazu Kuze, Masashi Kawabe, Tatsuya Nishimoto
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Patent number: 8180096Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a first bar magnet having a longitudinal direction, a second bar magnet having a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, a third bar magnet forming a second magnetic gap between the first bar magnet and the third bar magnet, a diaphragm arranged to vibrate in a vibrating direction, a case accommodating the first bar magnet, the second bar magnet, the third bar magnet, and the diaphragm , and the voice coil fixed to the diaphragm and located in the first and second magnetic gaps. The second bar magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, and has both ends in the longitudinal direction. The third bar magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first bar magnet, and has both ends in the longitudinal direction. The diaphragm is located between the first and second bar magnets and between the first and third bar magnents.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Satoshi Itoh, Masashi Kawabe
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Patent number: 8160292Abstract: In a loudspeaker, three magnets are disposed to provide magnetic gaps therebetween and a voice coil is fit therein. The magnets disposed at both sides are magnetized so that their opposing poles exhibit the same magnetic polarity. The magnet in the middle has its magnetic poles in the direction perpendicular to the line connecting the poles of the side magnets. The side magnets are fixed to a plate made of non-magnetic material. Those magnetic poles of the side magnets and the middle magnet not facing the magnetic gaps are magnetically coupled by a magnetic member.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20110135138Abstract: In a loud speaker, the diaphragm has a protruded part protruding on a yoke side on the inside and in the vicinity of an inner coupling part as a coupled portion to a voice coil. The loud speaker can be manufactured with the voice coil accurately positioned with respect to a diaphragm, and the voice coil is accurately vibrated vertically inside a magnetic gap. The possibility of the voice coil coming into contact with a plate and a yoke as a magnetic circuit body of the loud speaker can be reduced, thereby to improve production efficiency and a yield at the time of manufacturing the loud speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsukazu Kuze, Takehiko Tanabu, Satoshi Itoh, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20100177927Abstract: In a loudspeaker, three magnets are disposed to provide magnetic gaps therebetween and a voice coil is fit therein. The magnets disposed at both sides are magnetized so that their opposing poles exhibit the same magnetic polarity. The magnet in the middle has its magnetic poles in the direction perpendicular to the line connecting the poles of the side magnets. The side magnets are fixed to a plate made of non-magnetic material. Those magnetic poles of the side magnets and the middle magnet not facing the magnetic gaps are magnetically coupled by a magnetic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Masashi Kawabe, Mamiko Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20100128917Abstract: A speaker comprising a first rod magnet having a longitudinal direction, a second rod magnet having a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, a third rod magnet forming a second magnetic gap between it and the first rod magnet, a diaphragm vibrating in the vibrating direction, a housing for storing the first rod magnet, the second rod magnet, the third rod magnet and the diaphragm, and voice coils bonded to the diaphragm and arranged in first and second magnetic gaps. The second rod magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, and has the opposite end faces in the longitudinal direction. The third rod magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, and has the opposite end faces in the longitudinal direction. The diaphragm is located between the first and second rod magnets and between the first and third rod magnets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Sano, Kazuki Honda, Satoshi Itoh, Masashi Kawabe
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Publication number: 20090220119Abstract: A net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to a protector of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Tomoyasu Takase, Masanori Nakano, Masahide Sumiyama, Hiroshi Yano, Kazutaka Kubo, Koji Sano, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Toshiyuki Koike, Masashi Kawabe, Takeshi Shimokawatoko
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Patent number: 7548627Abstract: A net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to a protector of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tomoyasu Takase, Masanori Nakano, Masahide Sumiyama, Hiroshi Yano, Kazutaka Kubo, Koji Sano, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Toshiyuki Koike, Masashi Kawabe, Takeshi Shimokawatoko
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Patent number: 7316289Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer includes a tone generator, a vibrator, and a case. The tone generator includes a diaphragm, and a voice coil joined to the diaphragm. The vibrator includes a magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap at which the voice coil is positioned, and a suspension made of metal and having a first end joined to the magnetic circuit to suspend the magnetic circuit for allowing the magnetic circuit to vibrate. The case is joined to a periphery of the diaphragm, and includes a metal plate joined to a second end of the suspension. The metal plate is joined to the suspensions reliably, hence allowing the electro-acoustic transducer to be manufactured stably.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ajiki, Kimihiro Ando, Masashi Kawabe
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Publication number: 20070147649Abstract: Net (30) made of material containing at least metal is bonded to protector (29) of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2005Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Tomoyasu Takase, Masanori Nakano, Masahide Sumiyama, Hiroshi Yano, Kazutaka Kubo, Koji Sano, Takanori Fukuyama, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Toshiyuki Koike, Masashi Kawabe, Takeshi Shimokawatoko
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Publication number: 20050018869Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer includes a tone generator, a vibrator, and a case. The tone generator includes a diaphragm, and a voice coil joined to the diaphragm. The vibrator includes a magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap at which the voice coil is positioned, and a suspension made of metal and having a first end joined to the magnetic circuit to suspend the magnetic circuit for allowing the magnetic circuit to vibrate. The case is joined to a periphery of the diaphragm, and includes a metal plate joined to a second end of the suspension. The metal plate is joined to the suspensions reliably, hence allowing the electro-acoustic transducer to be manufactured stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Kenichi Ajiki, Kimihiro Ando, Masashi Kawabe