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).
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Patent number: 12192725Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Patent number: 12088998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Publication number: 20240236534Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Tabata, Jun Yoshida
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Publication number: 20240163614Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Takayuki TABATA
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Patent number: 11917388Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Foster Electric Company, LimitedInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Publication number: 20230061027Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Takayuki TABATA
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Publication number: 20220225017Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Foster Electric Company, LimitedInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Publication number: 20220182765Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Foster Electric Company, LimitedInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Patent number: 11284198Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Foster Electric Company, LimitedInventor: Takayuki Tabata
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Publication number: 20200336838Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Foster Electric Company, LimitedInventor: Takayuki Tabata