Patents by Inventor Toshitaka Kawamidori

Toshitaka Kawamidori 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: 5682436
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a loudspeaker structure suitable for use in almost full range in relation to a reproduction frequency band of a conventional ultrathin-type loudspeaker by resolving the defects of the loudspeaker and expanding the frequency band. A multipoint driving loudspeaker in which a single diaphragm is driven by a plurality of voice coils, having a plurality of holes 11a for connection with voice coils 12 at arbitrary positions on the diaphragm 11, an outer periphery of each voice coil or each voice coil bobbin 12a constituting the voice coil being joined to an inner periphery of each hole, each magnetic circuit for driving the voice coil being placed at an inner periphery of the voice coil or of the voice coil bobbin correspondingly to each voice coil, and the magnetic circuit including two magnets 82 with the same poles positioned at opposite side each other and being used as a repulsion magnetic circuit with a center plate 81 grasped between the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
    Inventors: Yoshio Sakamoto, Toshitaka Kawamidori