Patents by Inventor Yoichi Asahi

Yoichi Asahi 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: 7574013
    Abstract: The speaker has a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil body and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit is disposed inside of the frame to form a magnetic gap. The voice coil body is disposed movably in the magnetic gap. The diaphragm is coupled to the voice coil body by an inner periphery edge thereof and to the frame by an outer periphery edge thereof. The outer peripheral surface of a convex portion provided on a bottom of the frame is at least either being brought into contact with or in proximity to the magnetic circuit. The configuration can provide the speaker with excellent heat dissipation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Funahashi, Seiichi Yoshida, Kimihiro Ando, Kazuyoshi Umemura, Yoichi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20070121995
    Abstract: The speaker has a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil body and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit is disposed inside of the frame to form a magnetic gap. The voice coil body is disposed movably in the magnetic gap. The diaphragm is coupled to the voice coil body by an inner periphery edge thereof and to the frame by an outer periphery edge thereof. The outer peripheral surface of a convex portion provided on a bottom of the frame is at least either being brought into contact with or in proximity to the magnetic circuit. The configuration can provide the speaker with excellent heat dissipation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Osamu Funahashi, Seiichi Yoshida, Kimihiro Ando, Kazuyoshi Umemura, Yoichi Asahi