Patents by Inventor Takashi FUNASAKI

Takashi FUNASAKI 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).

  • Voice assist apparatus
    Patent number: 9700692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voice assist apparatus capable of vocalization in a near-natural voice by correctly flowing and blocking voice assist gas during expiration and inspiration, respectively, of a patient even when the pressure inside the operation tube relatively slightly increases and decreases. In the voice assist apparatus, the main body has a first chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist gas-inlet tube, a second chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist tube, a third chamber connected with a second end of the operation tube, a dividing wall dividing between the first chamber and the second chamber except an opening communicating the first chamber with the second chamber, and a membrane formed elastically deformably to open and close the opening and isolates the third chamber from the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: UEMURA ENTERPRISE CO. LTD
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Tanoue, Masaaki Iwashita, Takashi Funasaki, Jun Shimizu, Fusao Jou, Shingo Yamashita, Yukihiro Uemura
  • VOICE ASSIST APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160038702
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voice assist apparatus capable of vocalization in a near-natural voice by correctly flowing and blocking voice assist gas during expiration and inspiration, respectively, of a patient even when the pressure inside the operation tube relatively slightly increases and decreases. In the voice assist apparatus, the main body has a first chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist gas-inlet tube, a second chamber connected with a second end of the voice assist tube, a third chamber connected with a second end of the operation tube, a dividing wall dividing between the first chamber and the second chamber except an opening communicating the first chamber with the second chamber, and a membrane formed elastically deformably to open and close the opening and isolates the third chamber from the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hirotoshi TANOUE, Masaaki IWASHITA, Takashi FUNASAKI, Jun SHIMIZU, Fusao JOU, Shingo YAMASHITA, Yukihiro UEMURA