Patents by Inventor Shintaro Niidera
Shintaro Niidera 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).
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Publication number: 20180027323Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
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Publication number: 20170303045Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part. An inner diameter of the attachment part is less than an inner diameter of the outer peripheral region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro NIIDERA
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Patent number: 9729972Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part. An inner diameter of the attachment part is less than an inner diameter of the outer peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro Niidera
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Publication number: 20170150250Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
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Patent number: 9602900Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
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Publication number: 20170048620Abstract: A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; a frame arranged in an outer periphery of the edge, and including an annular attachment part connected to an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member arranged between the outer peripheral region and the attachment part and adhered to the outer peripheral region and the attachment part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro NIIDERA
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Patent number: 9510099Abstract: Provided is a speaker device with which high strength can be obtained for the connection between an outer peripheral region of an edge and an attachment part of a frame, even while reducing a size of the speaker device without sacrificing a breadth of a diaphragm and the edge. This speaker device (10, 20, 30) includes: a diaphragm (11, 21) that radiates sound; an edge (12, 22, 32) arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm (11, 21); a frame (13, 33) arranged in an outer periphery of the edge (12, 22, 32) and including an annular attachment part (13a, 33a) connected to an outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) of the edge (12, 22, 32); and an annular connecting member (17) arranged between the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a) and adhered to the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a).Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro Niidera
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Publication number: 20160241941Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
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Patent number: 9351058Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
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Publication number: 20160057540Abstract: Provided is a speaker device with which high strength can be obtained for the connection between an outer peripheral region of an edge and an attachment part of a frame, even while reducing a size of the speaker device without sacrificing a breadth of a diaphragm and the edge. This speaker device (10, 20, 30) includes: a diaphragm (11, 21) that radiates sound; an edge (12, 22, 32) arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm (11, 21); a frame (13, 33) arranged in an outer periphery of the edge (12, 22, 32) and including an annular attachment part (13a, 33a) connected to an outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) of the edge (12, 22, 32); and an annular connecting member (17) arranged between the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a) and adhered to the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro NIIDERA
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Publication number: 20150365745Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
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Patent number: 9148715Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
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Publication number: 20140219493Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein the vibration support portion and the magnet support portion have a circular ring shape having the same major axis length and minor axis length, said plurality of connection beams are arranged radially centering on a central axis from said magnet support portion to said vibration support portion, the central axis being parallel to a direction of an acoustic radiation, and a length of one of said connection beams and a length of another connection beams are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro NIIDERA, Satoshi HACHIYA
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Patent number: 8731232Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting a magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein in a cross-section passing through a central axis of said speaker, an inclination angle of one connection beam of said connection beams to said central axis is different from an inclination angle of other connection beam to said central axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer CorporationInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya
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Publication number: 20120106777Abstract: A damper for a speaker for vibratably supporting a voice coil to a static part includes a first damper and a second damper formed in an annular shape having an inner periphery part and an outer periphery part, respectively. The first and second dampers are formed in a shape expandable and contractable in a direction crossing a circumferential direction of the annular shape. The inner periphery part of the second damper is connected to the first damper between the inner periphery part and the outer periphery part of the first damper, and each outer periphery part of the first damper and the second damper is connected to each other such that annular space is formed between the first damper and the second damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shintaro Niidera, Hiroyuki Tomiyama
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Publication number: 20110116662Abstract: A speaker device includes a vibrating body including a diaphragm and a voice coil supported by a part of the diaphragm and a magnetic circuit including a first magnetic pole part having a magnet and a second magnetic pole part different from the first magnetic pole part and arranged spaced apart from the first magnetic pole part. The voice coil is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part, the vibrating body includes a conducting part formed at a part or whole of the diaphragm, in the proximity of the voice coil, and the conducting part is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Yuze, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koji Takayama, Akihiko Furuto, Shintaro Niidera, Toshihiro Hikichi
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Publication number: 20110013798Abstract: A speaker frame, including: a vibration support portion supporting a vibrating body of a speaker; a magnet support portion arranged inside of said vibration support portion and supporting a magnetic circuit portion of said speaker; and a plurality of connection beams connecting said vibration support portion and said magnet support portion, wherein in a cross-section passing through a central axis of said speaker, an inclination angle of one connection beam of said connection beams to said central axis is different from an inclination angle of other connection beam to said central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Niidera, Satoshi Hachiya