Patents by Inventor Wako Iwasaki

Wako Iwasaki 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: 6449376
    Abstract: A planar-type loudspeaker is provided which includes at least two separate, substantially flat, substantially coplanar diaphragms driven by a common drive mechanism. The diaphragms are each of a material and are dimensioned so that each has only a limited number of natural modes of vibration in the frequency band in which it is to operate and that corresponding natural modes for the diaphragms are close enough to achieve beneficial mechanical coupling and acoustics interference so as to provide a generally uniform acoustic pressure response over the selected frequency band. The diaphragms are preferably coupled only through the drive mechanism and it is preferable that each diaphragm have only two natural modes of vibration in the selected frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Boston Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Beltran, Lewis Athanas, David Cahill, Wako Iwasaki, Andrew Kotsatos