Patents by Inventor Naoya KUNIKATA

Naoya KUNIKATA 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: 11789489
    Abstract: A vibration system includes a vibration plate and an edge portion disposed around the vibration plate. The vibration plate has a first region and a second region that have shapes asymmetrical with each other. The vibration plate is configured such that a weight difference between the first region and the second region is equal to or smaller than a threshold value and besides stiffness at the edge portion is substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka Sakai, Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda, Naoya Kunikata
  • Publication number: 20200356138
    Abstract: A vibration system includes a vibration plate and an edge portion disposed around the vibration plate. The vibration plate has a first region and a second region that have shapes asymmetrical with each other. The vibration plate is configured such that a weight difference between the first region and the second region is equal to or smaller than a threshold value and besides stiffness at the edge portion is substantially uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: HARUKA SAKAI, TAKAHISA TAGAMI, EMIKO IKEDA, NAOYA KUNIKATA
  • Patent number: 10111007
    Abstract: Acoustic conversion efficiency is improved and a stable signal reproduction operation is ensured. Provided is a speaker device including: a magnet; a yoke attached to the magnet and at least one sub-plate that is separated from the main plate in an axial direction of the central axis; a coil bobbin formed in a tubular shape and changeable in the axial direction; a voice coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the coil bobbin, at least a portion of the voice coil being disposed in a main magnetic gap formed between the main plate and the yoke; a vibration plate having an inner circumferential portion connected to the coil bobbin; and a magnetic fluid filling at least one sub-magnetic gap formed between the sub-plate and the yoke, wherein a through-hole positioned in the sub-magnetic gap filled with the magnetic fluid is formed in the coil bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda, Naoya Kunikata
  • Patent number: 9820053
    Abstract: Acoustic conversion efficiency is improved and a stable signal reproduction operation is ensured. Provided is a speaker device including: a magnet; a yoke attached to the magnet and at least one sub-plate that is separated from the main plate in an axial direction of the central axis; a coil bobbin formed in a tubular shape and changeable in the axial direction; a voice coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the coil bobbin, at least a portion of the voice coil being disposed in a main magnetic gap formed between the main plate and the yoke; a vibration plate having an inner circumferential portion connected to the coil bobbin; and a magnetic fluid filling at least one sub-magnetic gap formed between the sub-plate and the yoke, wherein a through-hole positioned in the sub-magnetic gap filled with the magnetic fluid is formed in the coil bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Tagami, Emiko Ikeda, Naoya Kunikata
  • Publication number: 20160345102
    Abstract: Acoustic conversion efficiency is improved and a stable signal reproduction operation is ensured. Provided is a speaker device including: a magnet a yoke attached to the magnet and, at least one sub-plate that is separated from the main plate in an axial direction of the central axis; a coil bobbin formed in a tubular shape and changeable in the axial direction; a voice coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the coil bobbin, at least a portion of the voice coil being disposed in a main magnetic gap formed between the main plate and the yoke; a vibration plate having an inner circumferential portion connected to the coil bobbin; and a magnetic fluid filling at least one sub-magnetic gap formed between the sub-plate and the yoke, wherein a through-hole positioned in the sub-magnetic gap filled with the magnetic fluid is formed in the coil bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Takahisa TAGAMI, Emiko IKEDA, Naoya KUNIKATA