Patents by Inventor Saneaki Akieda

Saneaki Akieda 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).

  • Sound generator and electronic apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 9402136
    Abstract: Provided are a sound generator and an electronic apparatus using the same. The sound generator includes a vibrating body, an exciter that is attached to the vibrating body and bends to vibrate the vibrating body in the thickness direction of the vibrating body by vibrating the exciter itself, an enclosure that is joined to the vibrating body and forms a first space enclosed together with the vibrating body, and a duct that connects between the first space and the external space. A spacing between the vibrating body and the surface of the enclosure facing the vibrating body is smaller than ½ of the length of the wavelength of resonance having the lowest frequency in the bending vibration of the vibrating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushima, Shuichi Fukuoka, Takeshi Hirayama, Saneaki Akieda, Atsushi Ishihara, Kentarou Miyazato
  • Acoustic generator, acoustic generation device, and electronic device
    Patent number: 9392374
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a frame, a vibration body, and a piezoelectric vibration element. The vibration body is provided at an inner side of the frame. The piezoelectric vibration element is provided on the vibration body. The vibration body has a configuration in which a thin plate-like first portion and a thin plate-like second portion having different elastic moduli are laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirayama, Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Saneaki Akieda, Hiroshi Ninomiya
  • SOUND GENERATOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150264489
    Abstract: Provided are a sound generator and an electronic apparatus using the same. The sound generator includes a vibrating body, an exciter that is attached to the vibrating body and bends to vibrate the vibrating body in the thickness direction of the vibrating body by vibrating the exciter itself, an enclosure that is joined to the vibrating body and forms a first space enclosed together with the vibrating body, and a duct that connects between the first space and the external space. A spacing between the vibrating body and the surface of the enclosure facing the vibrating body is smaller than ½ of the length of the wavelength of resonance having the lowest frequency in the bending vibration of the vibrating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushima, Shuichi Fukuoka, Takeshi Hirayama, Saneaki Akieda, Atsushi Ishihara, Kentarou Miyazato
  • ACOUSTIC GENERATOR, ACOUSTIC GENERATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150201281
    Abstract: An acoustic generator according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a frame, a vibration body, and a piezoelectric vibration element. The vibration body is provided at an inner side of the frame. The piezoelectric vibration element is provided on the vibration body. The vibration body has a configuration in which a thin plate-like first portion and a thin plate-like second portion having different elastic moduli are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirayama, Shuichi Fukuoka, Noriyuki Kushima, Saneaki Akieda, Hiroshi Ninomiya