Patents by Inventor Takayuki Tabata

Takayuki Tabata 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).

  • Patent number: 12192725
    Abstract: Speakers for vehicles which can output sound with identical characteristic regardless of shape and dimension of entire components of interiors and exteriors of the speakers and which can be manufactured by small number of components and processes are provided. A speaker for vehicles of the present disclosure includes a vibration component having a plate shape. A vibration surface is formed on a part of the vibration component. A non-vibration surface is formed on a part of the vibration component. A dividing portion divides the vibration surface and the non-vibration surface. A voice coil is fixed on the vibration surface. A holding component is fixed on the non-vibration surface. A magnetic circuit is fixed on the holding component and corresponds to the voice coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Patent number: 12088998
    Abstract: An on-vehicle woofer system includes: a speaker unit including a magnetic circuit and a diaphragm connected to the magnetic circuit, and capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm; a Helmholtz resonator to which a first surface of the diaphragm is oriented, the Helmholtz resonator being connected to the speaker unit; a sealed container to which a second surface of the diaphragm that is a back surface of the first surface is oriented, the sealed container providing a sealed space connected to the speaker unit; and a tube penetrating the Helmholtz resonator, the speaker unit, and the sealed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20240236534
    Abstract: A speaker device is provided in the cabin interior of a vehicle at which a closed cross-section portion is formed by a cowl side panel and a front fender panel. The speaker device includes a speaker frame that is fixed to the cowl side panel and that partitions a space at a rear face side of a diaphragm relative to a space at a front face side of the diaphragm, and a port extending from a side face of the speaker frame, the port mutually communicating a first space at the rear face side of the diaphragm with an interior of the closed cross-section portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki Tabata, Jun Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240163614
    Abstract: An exciter and a speaker that can reduce a number of assembly processes by simplifying a fixing structure and that can reproduce high-quality sound by simply and surely attaching a voice coil to a vibration member. An exciter of the present disclosure includes a magnetic circuit fixed to a holding member, a voice coil, and an engaging member mounted to the voice coil. The engaging member includes an engaging portion engaging to an engaged portion provided to a vibration member, and a pressed portion to engage the engaging portion and the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki TABATA
  • Patent number: 11917388
    Abstract: A speaker device includes a speaker unit including a magnetic circuit and a diaphragm, connected to the magnetic circuit and being capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm; and a Helmholtz resonator connected to the speaker unit. The diaphragm includes a first surface oriented to a sealed space, and a second surface that is back surface of the first surface and is oriented to the Helmholtz resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20230061027
    Abstract: Speakers for vehicles which can output sound with identical characteristic regardless of shape and dimension of entire components of interiors and exteriors of the speakers and which can be manufactured by small number of components and processes are provided. A speaker for vehicles of the present disclosure includes a vibration component having a plate shape. A vibration surface is formed on a part of the vibration component. A non-vibration surface is formed on a part of the vibration component. A dividing portion divides the vibration surface and the non-vibration surface. A voice coil is fixed on the vibration surface. A holding component is fixed on the non-vibration surface. A magnetic circuit is fixed on the holding component and corresponds to the voice coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki TABATA
  • Publication number: 20220225017
    Abstract: An on-vehicle woofer system includes: a speaker unit including a magnetic circuit and a diaphragm connected to the magnetic circuit, and capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm; a Helmholtz resonator to which a first surface of the diaphragm is oriented, the Helmholtz resonator being connected to the speaker unit; a sealed container to which a second surface of the diaphragm that is a back surface of the first surface is oriented, the sealed container providing a sealed space connected to the speaker unit; and a tube penetrating the Helmholtz resonator, the speaker unit, and the sealed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20220182765
    Abstract: A speaker device 1 includes: a speaker unit 20 including a magnetic circuit 22 and a diaphragm 21 connected to the magnetic circuit 22, and being capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm 21; and a Helmholtz resonator 11 connected to the speaker unit 20. The diaphragm 21 includes a first surface oriented to a sealed space, and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface and is oriented to the Helmholtz resonator 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Patent number: 11284198
    Abstract: A speaker unit, which can be made thin, includes: a magnetic circuit 61 having a space serving as a magnetic gap G formed inside a cylindrical portion 69; a voice coil 85 arranged in the magnetic gap G; and a diaphragm 51 having a center hole 51a that penetrates a center of the diaphragm, an outer peripheral portion 51b supported on a frame 53, and an inner peripheral portion 51c whose inner peripheral surface is connected to the voice coil 85. The cylindrical portion 69 of the magnetic circuit 61 includes a standing wall 69c formed along a vibration direction A of the diaphragm 51, and a slit 69a. The inner peripheral portion 51c of the diaphragm 51 includes an insert hole (a standing wall receiving portion) 57 in which the standing wall 69c is inserted, and an insert portion 59 which is inserted in the slit 69a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata
  • Publication number: 20200336838
    Abstract: A speaker unit, which can be made thin, includes: a magnetic circuit 61 having a space serving as a magnetic gap G formed inside a cylindrical portion 69; a voice coil 85 arranged in the magnetic gap G; and a diaphragm 51 having a center hole 51a that penetrates a center of the diaphragm, an outer peripheral portion 51b supported on a frame 53, and an inner peripheral portion 51c whose inner peripheral surface is connected to the voice coil 85. The cylindrical portion 69 of the magnetic circuit 61 includes a standing wall 69c formed along a vibration direction A of the diaphragm 51, and a slit 69a. The inner peripheral portion 51c of the diaphragm 51 includes an insert hole (a standing wall receiving portion) 57 in which the standing wall 69c is inserted, and an insert portion 59 which is inserted in the slit 69a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Foster Electric Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takayuki Tabata