Patents by Inventor Ryo Kanatsu

Ryo Kanatsu 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: 12149898
    Abstract: A microphone includes: a first connection port for connecting to an external device; a second connection port for connecting to a second microphone via a cable; and a determination part that determines to be in a master mode, in which electric power is supplied through the second connection port to the second microphone connected via the cable, when the cable is connected to the second connection port in a state where electric power is supplied from the external device through the first connection port, and determines to be in a slave mode, in which electric power is supplied through the second connection port from the second microphone connected via the cable, when the cable is connected to the second connection port in a state where no electric power is supplied through the first connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Audio-Technica Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Kanatsu
  • Publication number: 20230007391
    Abstract: A microphone includes: a first connection port for connecting to an external device; a second connection port for connecting to a second microphone via a cable; and a determination part that determines to be in a master mode, in which electric power is supplied through the second connection port to the second microphone connected via the cable, when the cable is connected to the second connection port in a state where electric power is supplied from the external device through the first connection port, and determines to be in a slave mode, in which electric power is supplied through the second connection port from the second microphone connected via the cable, when the cable is connected to the second connection port in a state where no electric power is supplied through the first connection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Ryo KANATSU
  • Patent number: 9167343
    Abstract: A condenser stereomicrophone includes a mid condenser microphone unit that is connected to left and right side condenser microphone units such that the output from the mid condenser microphone unit is applied to the left and right side condenser microphone units. The left and right side condenser microphone units are connected to left and right-channel connector terminals, respectively; and the left and right-channel connector terminals are connected to the mid condenser microphone unit via corresponding power-supply resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Ryo Kanatsu, Kai Ti Lin
  • Patent number: 8066531
    Abstract: A microphone output connector is of a three-pin type. A cylindrical connector housing and a first pin are installed at an end of a conductive microphone case of a microphone to be electrically connected to the microphone case. The microphone output connector includes a shield cover penetrated by three pins and covering a surface of the connector base. The shield cover partly extends to cover a portion of the connector base at which a thread is screwed in so that the shield cover is pressed against an inner surface of the cylindrical connector housing by the thread. The shield cover is pressed against the inner surface of the cylindrical connector housing by the connector base at a side of the connector base opposite to the position at which the thread is screwed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Ryo Kanatsu
  • Publication number: 20100184328
    Abstract: A microphone output connector is of a three-pin type. A cylindrical connector housing and a first pin are installed at an end of a conductive microphone case of a microphone to be electrically connected to the microphone case. The microphone output connector includes a shield cover penetrated by three pins and covering a surface of the connector base. The shield cover partly extends to cover a portion of the connector base at which a thread is screwed in so that the shield cover is pressed against an inner surface of the cylindrical connector housing by the thread. The shield cover is pressed against the inner surface of the cylindrical connector housing by the connector base at a side of the connector base opposite to the position at which the thread is screwed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Ryo Kanatsu
  • Patent number: D888025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Kanatsu, Sean Bryson
  • Patent number: D972537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Audio-Technica Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kanatsu, Sean Bryson