Patents by Inventor Masato Murahashi

Masato Murahashi 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: 9848268
    Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator capable of generating a high-quality sound having little distortion, and an acoustic generation device and an electronic apparatus using the same. An acoustic generator has a vibration body, a first exciter, a second exciter, a first damping material and a second damping material. The vibration body has two surfaces which are positioned with a gap therebetween in a first direction. The first exciter and the second exciter are disposed on the vibration body. The first damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a first portion which overlaps the first exciter when viewed in the first direction. The second damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a second portion which overlaps the second exciter when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushima, Kentarou Miyazato, Tooru Takahashi, Shuichi Fukuoka, Kenji Yamakawa, Masato Murahashi, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20160337759
    Abstract: There are provided an acoustic generator capable of generating a high-quality sound having little distortion, and an acoustic generation device and an electronic apparatus using the same. An acoustic generator has a vibration body, a first exciter, a second exciter, a first damping material and a second damping material. The vibration body has two surfaces which are positioned with a gap therebetween in a first direction. The first exciter and the second exciter are disposed on the vibration body. The first damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a first portion which overlaps the first exciter when viewed in the first direction. The second damping material is disposed on the vibration body and has a second portion which overlaps the second exciter when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki KUSHIMA, Kentarou MIYAZATO, Tooru TAKAHASHI, Shuichi FUKUOKA, Kenji YAMAKAWA, Masato MURAHASHI, Hiroshi NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 9398378
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an embodiment includes a film-shaped vibrating body, a flame, and an exciter. The frame is configured to fix at least both ends of the vibrating body in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction that is a thickness direction of the vibrating body. The exciter is disposed on the vibrating body, and is configured to vibrate itself to vibrate the vibrating body. The vibrating body has a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C. set to be not less than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the vibrating body during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C., and set to be not less than a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion of the flame during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Miyazato, Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Takeshi Hirayama, Tooru Takahashi, Masato Murahashi
  • Publication number: 20150358738
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an embodiment includes a film-shaped vibrating body, a flame, and an exciter. The frame is configured to fix at least both ends of the vibrating body in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction that is a thickness direction of the vibrating body. The exciter is disposed on the vibrating body, and is configured to vibrate itself to vibrate the vibrating body. The vibrating body has a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C. set to be not less than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the vibrating body during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C., and set to be not less than a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion of the flame during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentarou MIYAZATO, Shuichi FUKUOKA, Noriyuki KUSHIMA, Takeshi HIRAYAMA, Tooru TAKAHASHI, Masato MURAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9154885
    Abstract: Provided are a sound generator including a frame body, a vibration body provided to the frame body in a state where a tensile force is applied to the vibration body, and a piezoelectric vibration element provided to the vibration body. In the sound generator, when a first direction and a second direction are directions along a main surface of the vibration body and intersect with each other, the tensile force in the first direction and the tensile force in the second direction are different from each other. A sound generation device and an electronic apparatus including the sound generator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushima, Shuichi Fukuoka, Takeshi Hirayama, Masato Murahashi, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20150036846
    Abstract: Provided are a sound generator including a frame body, a vibration body provided to the frame body in a state where a tensile force is applied to the vibration body, and a piezoelectric vibration element provided to the vibration body. In the sound generator, when a first direction and a second direction are directions along a main surface of the vibration body and intersect with each other, the tensile force in the first direction and the tensile force in the second direction are different from each other. A sound generation device and an electronic apparatus including the sound generator are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushima, Shuichi Fukuoka, Takeshi Hirayama, Masato Murahashi, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7893600
    Abstract: A capacitor-built-in type piezoelectric resonator which is thin and small in size, and has high reliability is formed by forming a pair of vibrating electrodes on both principal surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate, and joining a sealing substrate made of a ceramic material to form a capacitance via a frame onto one vibrating electrode, and joining a sealing substrate made of a resin material via a frame onto the other vibrating electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Furue, Masato Murahashi, Yuuji Hata
  • Patent number: 7745980
    Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric resonant element having excellent electrical characteristics in which spurious is suppressed. The piezoelectric resonant element (10) is constituted by sticking a pair of oscillatory electrodes (12, 13), respectively, to both major surfaces of a rectangular piezoelectric substrate (11). In the nonopposing regions of both the oscillatory electrodes (12, 13), extending portions (12c, 13c) are provided to extend in the opposite directions outward from the center X of the opposing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Furue, Masato Murahashi, Yuuji Hata
  • Publication number: 20090152997
    Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric resonant element having excellent electrical characteristics in which spurious is suppressed. The piezoelectric resonant element (10) is constituted by sticking a pair of oscillatory electrodes (12, 13), respectively, to both major surfaces of a rectangular piezoelectric substrate (11). In the nonopposing regions of both the oscillatory electrodes (12, 13), extending portions (12c, 13c) are provided to extend in the opposite directions outward from the center X of the opposing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Furue, Masato Murahashi, Yuuji Hata
  • Publication number: 20090045695
    Abstract: A capacitor-built-in type piezoelectric resonator which is thin and small in size, and has high reliability is formed by forming a pair of vibrating electrodes on both principal surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate, and joining a sealing substrate made of a ceramic material to form a capacitance via a frame onto one vibrating electrode, and joining a sealing substrate made of a resin material via a frame onto the other vibrating electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Furue, Masato Murahashi, Yuuji Hata