Patents by Inventor Taishi SHINOHARA

Taishi SHINOHARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230169940
    Abstract: A vibration plate for a musical instrument includes: a plate-shaped vibration plate main body that has a deformation anisotropy property; a first elongated reinforcing member disposed on a first face of the vibration plate main body, and that projects outwardly from the first face and extends along the first face in a direction that prevents the vibration plate main body from deforming; and a second elongated reinforcing member disposed on a second face of the vibration plate main body, and that projects outwardly from the second face and extends along the second face in the direction that prevents the vibration plate main body from deforming. As viewed from a thickness direction of the vibration plate main body, at least part of the first elongated reinforcing member overlaps with at least part of the second elongated reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Banri ABE, Ichiro OSUGA, Masatsugu OKAZAKI, Shinji SUMINO, Taishi SHINOHARA, Takashi KITAGAWA, Takuya ABE
  • Patent number: 10424275
    Abstract: An upright piano includes an internal space enclosed by a case including an upper front board disposed above a key bed and a lower front board disposed below the key bed, and a resonance tube in which a hollow region having an opening is formed and that is disposed in the internal space, in which the opening is disposed at the left end of the lower end of the upper front board or the upper end of the lower front board, or at the right end of the lower end of the upper front board or the upper end of the lower front board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Fukatsu, Azumi Yoshida, Hiroshi Komada, Hitoshi Izutani, Taishi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20190147835
    Abstract: An upright piano includes an internal space enclosed by a case including an upper front board disposed above a key bed and a lower front board disposed below the key bed, and a resonance tube in which a hollow region having an opening is formed and that is disposed in the internal space, in which the opening is disposed at the left end of the lower end of the upper front board or the upper end of the lower front board, or at the right end of the lower end of the upper front board or the upper end of the lower front board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi FUKATSU, Azumi YOSHIDA, Hiroshi KOMADA, Hitoshi IZUTANI, Taishi SHINOHARA