Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Mitsuichi

Tetsuya Mitsuichi 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).

  • Exciting device
    Publication number: 20040246109
    Abstract: An exciting device capable of producing sound by sound-producing vibration body of a main body of an apparatus is provided. An exciting member 32A thin and long in the direction X is provided on a vibration substrate 31 thin and long in the direction X. Both ends of the exciting member 32A are fixed to the vibration substrate 31. Further, a piezoelectric element 33 that functions as vibration generating means is provided in the middle in the direction X of the exciting member 32A. The vibration substrate 31 is directly or indirectly fixed to the sound-producing vibration body. Vibration of the exciting member 32A is transmitted to the sound-producing vibration body through the vibration substrate 31 so that the sound-producing vibration body produces sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Suzuki, Koichi Saito, Takenobu Horino, Shinichi Higuchi, Katsuji Suzuki, Tetsuya Mitsuichi