Patents by Inventor Takafumi Asukagawa

Takafumi Asukagawa 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: 20240009701
    Abstract: A weight with optimum weight and high strength can be easily manufactured and the vibration actuator with excellent vibration characteristic is provided. The vibration actuator is formed by a casing 2 with cylindrical shape, a coil 21 provided in the casing 2, and a mover 4 that vibrates along an vibration-axis direction of the casing 2. The mover 4 includes a mover body and a weight fixed to the mover body. A protrusion 311 protruding toward an opening of the casing 2 is provided at a central portion of the mover body, and a recess 321 which is recessed toward the opening of the casing 2 is provided at the central portion of the weight 32. The mover body and the weight 32 is fixed in a state in which the protrusion 311 is inserted into the recess 321.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OKAZAKI, Tatsushi SASANUMA, Takafumi ASUKAGAWA, Yusuke CHIBA, Hajime GOTO, Akira HARA, Ken YAMAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20120195455
    Abstract: With an object to provide easy-to-assemble headphones with a stable waterproof performance, a headphone is formed of a mechanical attaching mechanism mechanically putting a front housing 5 and a rear housing 3 together, a waterproof mesh portion 11 having a first waterproof mesh 9 of a shape larger than a shape of a sound releasing hole 5c of the front housing 5 and disposed on an inner surface side of the front housing 5 so as to cover the sound releasing hole 5c, a first elastic ring 13 allowed to abut on an inner surface of the front housing 5 and a peripheral portion of the first waterproof mesh 9 of the waterproof mesh portion 11, and an inner housing 51 pressed by the rear housing 3 when the front housing 5 and the rear housing 3 are put together and in turn pressing the waterproof mesh portion 11 toward the inner surface of the front housing 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Yusuke Chiba, Takafumi Asukagawa, Masayuki Shibata