Patents by Inventor Naotaka Kishi

Naotaka Kishi 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: 8130987
    Abstract: A speaker system has a laterally extending body portion for supporting the back of the head of a user and a pair of right and left side portions respectively connected to the right and left ends of the body portion. A plurality of openings in side wall of each of two speaker boxes for making communication between the inside and the outside of each speaker box, for preventing sound leakage from each speaker unit and ensuring the sound pressure level in a low-frequency range of the audio frequencies reproducible by the speaker unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kaneda, Naotaka Kishi, Noboru Shiina
  • Publication number: 20090257616
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a speaker system including: a laterally extending body portion for supporting the back of the head of a user; and a pair of right and left side portions respectively connected to the right and left ends of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo KANEDA, Naotaka KISHI, Noboru SHIINA
  • Publication number: 20090224117
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a suction cup device, including: a suction cup having a suction face, and a rear face along a thicknesswise direction thereof; a center stem connected to a central portion of the rear face of the suction cup and extending in a direction away from the rear face along the thicknesswise direction; a case having a contacting portion capable of contacting with an outer circumferential portion of the rear face or with a portion of an attaching object face outside the suction cup; and a displacement mechanism provided between the center stem and the case for operating the case to cause the contacting portion of the case to contact with the outer circumferential portion of the rear face or the portion of the attaching object face outside the suction cup to displace the center stem in the direction away from the attaching object face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kaneda, Naotaka Kishi, Noboru Shiina
  • Patent number: 7578487
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a music stand including, a music paper receiving frame, and a suction cup device configured to support said music paper receiving frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kaneda, Naotaka Kishi
  • Publication number: 20080245935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connection structure including, a first spherical member, a second spherical member, first and second clamping plates, a single external thread member, and first, second, third and forth clamping recessed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo KANEDA, Yoshio Chiba, Naotaka Kishi, Hitoshi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20080197250
    Abstract: An article attaching tool includes a pair of suction cup devices each having a suction cup and a case connected to the suction cup for being attached to an attaching object face through the suction cup in a state wherein the suction cup sucks the attaching object face. The article attaching tool further includes a connection section for connecting the cases of the suction cup devices in such a manner as to allow change of the posture of the cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kaneda, Makoto Kawabata, Naotaka Kishi
  • Publication number: 20080116337
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a music stand including, a music paper receiving frame, and a suction cup device configured to support said music paper receiving frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kaneda, Naotaka Kishi
  • Patent number: 7119455
    Abstract: A CD player includes a device main body, a blind panel that covers the front surface panel side of the device main body, an operating part for operating the device main body, a display part for displaying the contents of an operation, and a blind panel moving and operating mechanism for moving the blind panel between a shield position where the front surface panel side is shielded and an operative position where the front surface panel side is exposed and the operating part can be used. The operating part is arranged on a surface opposed to the front surface panel of the device main body in the shield position of the blind panel, and the display part is arranged on the front surface panel of the device main body. The size of the operating part and the size of the display part are enlarged to improve an operability and a viewability of the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naotaka Kishi, Kenji Nunokawa
  • Publication number: 20030155479
    Abstract: A CD player includes a device main body, a blind panel with which the front surface panel side of the device main body is covered, an operating part for operating the device main body, a display part for displaying the contents of an operation, and a blind panel moving and operating mechanism for moving the blind panel between a shield position where the front surface panel side is shielded and a position where the front surface panel side is exposed and the operating part can be used. The operating part is arranged on a surface opposed to the front surface panel of the device main body in the shield position of the blind panel. The display part is arranged on the front surface panel of the device main body. The size of the operating part and the display part are enlarged to improve an operability and easily view the display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Naotaka Kishi, Kenji Nunokawa