Patents by Inventor Yoshio Kikuti

Yoshio Kikuti 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: 5255328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting structure of a diaphragm of a dynamic microphone. A viscous liquid is filled in the inside of the peripheral edge portion of the edge portion of the diaphragm, thereby supporting the diaphragm to the casing through the viscous liquid. On the other hand, the peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm is fixed to the casing by a fixed ring and the viscous liquid is filled between the fixed ring and the front and rear surfaces of the peripheral edge portion of the edge portion of the diaphragm. With the above structure, by supporting the diaphragm to the casing through the viscous liquid, the liquid also moves in accordance with the vibration of the diaphragm without blocking the vibration of the diaphragm. Therefore, it is possible to certainly prevent the occurrence of the resonance at a special frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Yoshio Akiniwa, Yoshio Kikuti
  • Patent number: 5148492
    Abstract: There is a dynamic microphone comprising: a diaphragm which can vibrate by an acoustic wave and a voice coil which is joined to the diaphragm so as to transverse a magnetic field formed by the magnet and can vibrate integratedly with the diaphragm, wherein a number of peripheral treatment agents for damping are coated in a dot shape or a discontinuous stripe shape at intervals onto either one of the front surface and the back surface of the portion of the diaphragm excluding the center dome. With the above construction, a change in stiffness of the diaphragm by the peripheral treatment agents is extremely reduced, it is prevented that the diaphragm resonates at a special frquency, a sudden attenuation of the low frequency limit is prevented, and a low sound can be also certainly collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Shigeru Uzawa, Yoshio Kikuti