Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Kigawa

Naoyuki Kigawa 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: 6011856
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer which realizes an optimum characteristic thereof utilizing heat caused by reflow soldering without being influenced by the same heat. The electroacoustic transducer includes a magnetic driving portion composed of a base, a core provided upright on the base and a coil wound around the core, wherein a height of the coil at the manufacturing time is set lower by a height which corresponds to thermal expansion of the coil in reflow soldering, and a projection length of the core exposed from the coil at the manufacturing time is set larger by the height which corresponds to thermal expansion of the coil in reflow soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kigawa, Takahiro Sone, Yoshio Imahori
  • Patent number: 5953437
    Abstract: The invention provides a miniaturized and low-profile electroacoustic transducer. In the electroacoustic transducer, a space is formed underneath a magnet by diminishing a vertical thickness of the magnet in comparison with the height of a magnetic core, and also by disposing the magnet at a position trensversely aligned to an upper portion of the magnetic core, so that the space is utilized as a part of a back space at the back of a diaphragm, and for connection of terminals of a coil with external terminals, thereby realizing miniaturization and flattening in the shape of the electroacoustic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Imahori, Isao Fushimi, Naoyuki Kigawa, Kazushige Tajima, Kazushi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5737824
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer which is not changed in its characteristic by heat caused by reflow soldering even if a coil is made of a general-purpose wire. The method of manufacturing the electroacoustic transducer including a magnetic driving portion composed of a core provided upright on a base and a coil wound around the core, comprises setting a height of the coil lower by a height, which corresponds to thermal expansion of the coil in reflow soldering, then subjecting the coil to heat processing to thermally expand the coil so that the height of the coil is set to an optimum height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Kigawa
  • Patent number: D373966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sone, Naoyuki Kigawa
  • Patent number: D375058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sone, Naoyuki Kigawa