Patents by Inventor Wataru YOKOTA

Wataru YOKOTA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240147140
    Abstract: To efficiently improve a sound pressure level of an electroacoustic transducer, an electroacoustic transducer according to an aspect of the disclosed technique includes a vibrating unit, a plurality of driving units situated on the vibrating unit and configured to drive the vibrating unit; and a frame positioned along a circumference of the vibrating unit is a plan view perspective. In the plan view perspective, the vibrating unit is attached on the frame by first and second attaching sides thereof situated oppositely. The driving units include first and second driving units situated at positions overlapping the first and second attaching sides. A length of the first driving unit on the vibrating unit in a direction parallel with a line segment that connects a midpoint of the first attaching side and a midpoint of the second attaching side is less than or equal to 35% of a length of the line segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Wataru YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11947113
    Abstract: A movable device includes a movable part including a mirror unit; a torsion bar with one end coupled to the movable part; a first cantilever part coupled to the other end of the torsion bar; a second cantilever part with one end coupled to a coupling portion of the first cantilever part; a stationary part coupled to the other end of the second cantilever part; and a driver configured to deform the second cantilever part. A width of the coupling portion of the first cantilever part, to which the second cantilever part is coupled, is narrower than a width of the second cantilever part in a width direction of the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Wataru Yokota
  • Patent number: 11785390
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes a diaphragm and multiple vibrators to drive the diaphragm. The diaphragm has multiple cutouts and includes multiple arrangement portions. The multiple vibrators are disposed on the multiple arrangement portions, respectively. At least one of the multiple arrangement portions is disposed between two of the multiple cutouts adjacent to each other and supported at both ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yokota, Goichi Akanuma
  • Publication number: 20230209277
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes: a vibration portion including: a diaphragm; and a vibrator on the diaphragm; a frame surrounding the vibration portion; and a connecting portion connecting the vibration portion and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Wataru YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11644664
    Abstract: A light deflector includes a stationary part; a movable unit having a reflecting surface; a connecting part between the movable unit and the stationary part; a drive unit disposed on a first surface of the connecting part, the drive unit configured to deform the connecting part to oscillate the movable unit; and a rib disposed on a second surface of the connecting part, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface. The rib includes a portion whose longitudinal direction is orthogonal to a direction at which the connecting part is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yokota, Goichi Akanuma, Mizuki Shinkawa
  • Publication number: 20220264225
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes a diaphragm and multiple vibrators to drive the diaphragm. The diaphragm has multiple cutouts and includes multiple arrangement portions. The multiple vibrators are disposed on the multiple arrangement portions, respectively. At least one of the multiple arrangement portions is disposed between two of the multiple cutouts adjacent to each other and supported at both ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Wataru YOKOTA, Goichi AKANUMA
  • Publication number: 20210132385
    Abstract: A movable device includes a movable part including a mirror unit; a torsion bar with one end coupled to the movable part; a first cantilever part coupled to the other end of the torsion bar; a second cantilever part with one end coupled to a coupling portion of the first cantilever part; a stationary part coupled to the other end of the second cantilever part; and a driver configured to deform the second cantilever part. A width of the coupling portion of the first cantilever part, to which the second cantilever part is coupled, is narrower than a width of the second cantilever part in a width direction of the coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Wataru YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20210041687
    Abstract: A light deflector includes a stationary part; a movable unit having a reflecting surface; a connecting part between the movable unit and the stationary part; a drive unit disposed on a first surface of the connecting part, the drive unit configured to deform the connecting part to oscillate the movable unit; and a rib disposed on a second surface of the connecting part, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface. The rib includes a portion whose longitudinal direction is orthogonal to a direction at which the connecting part is bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru YOKOTA, Goichi Akanuma, Mizuki Shinkawa