Patents by Inventor Tomokazu NITTA

Tomokazu NITTA 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).

  • Sound output device for vehicle
    Patent number: 9764687
    Abstract: A sound path member covers a rear side of a bumper reinforcement for reinforcing a bumper of a vehicle and forms a sound path for a loudspeaker device between the sound path member and the bumper reinforcement. The sound path member is provided so that the sound path has a return portion. The loudspeaker device is arranged between the bumper reinforcement and the sound path member. Consequently, a sound radiated from a front side of the loudspeaker device is radiated through an opening of the bumper reinforcement, and a sound radiated from a rear side of the loudspeaker device passes through the sound path and is then radiated through an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okuyama, Yutaka Moriyama, Tomokazu Nitta
  • Sound output device for vehicle
    Patent number: 9517740
    Abstract: A loudspeaker device is installed in a space between a bumper reinforcement for reinforcing a bumper of a vehicle and a bumper absorber attached to a front side of the bumper reinforcement. An approach notification sound output from a front side of the loudspeaker device is radiated outside through a first opening provided on a driver's seat side of the bumper absorber. An approach notification sound output from a rear side of the loudspeaker device passes through a sound path between the bumper reinforcement and the bumper absorber and is then radiated outside through a second opening provided on a passenger seat side of the bumper absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okuyama, Yutaka Moriyama, Tomokazu Nitta
  • SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160052449
    Abstract: A sound path member covers a rear side of a bumper reinforcement for reinforcing a bumper of a vehicle and forms a sound path for a loudspeaker device between the sound path member and the bumper reinforcement. The sound path member is provided so that the sound path has a return portion. The loudspeaker device is arranged between the bumper reinforcement and the sound path member. Consequently, a sound radiated from a front side of the loudspeaker device is radiated through an opening of the bumper reinforcement, and a sound radiated from a rear side of the loudspeaker device passes through the sound path and is then radiated through an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OKUYAMA, Yutaka MORIYAMA, Tomokazu NITTA
  • SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160039375
    Abstract: A loudspeaker device is installed in a space between a bumper reinforcement for reinforcing a bumper of a vehicle and a bumper absorber attached to a front side of the bumper reinforcement. An approach notification sound output from a front side of the loudspeaker device is radiated outside through a first opening provided on a driver's seat side of the bumper absorber. An approach notification sound output from a rear side of the loudspeaker device passes through a sound path between the bumper reinforcement and the bumper absorber and is then radiated outside through a second opening provided on a passenger seat side of the bumper absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OKUYAMA, Yutaka MORIYAMA, Tomokazu NITTA