IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,435,926
Granted Patent B2
US 9,435,926 · App. 14/424,465 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Light guide body, relay apparatus, and speaker apparatus

Inventors: Masaki Yamamoto (Hamamatsu, JP); Yoshiaki Kawaida (Hamamatsu, JP); Koji Suzuki (Iwata, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,435,926
App. No.
14/424,465
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the vicinity of the outgoing-side end portion 202 of a light guide rod 20 , the rear face thereof is formed into an inclined face 23 being inclined in a tapered shape toward the side face. The infrared ray having advanced toward the flat face of the outgoing-side end portion 202 is reflected by the inclined face 23 . The infrared ray reflected by the inclined face 23 is refracted by the side face of the light guide rod 20 and irradiated, thereby being irradiated while being expanded toward the outgoing-side end portion 202 . Hence, a bar speaker 1 can irradiate the infrared ray in a wide range beyond the width of the housing 10 thereof.

Claims (21)

1. A relay apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a light signal receiving unit, provided on a first face of the housing, and receiving a light signal from an outside of the housing;

a light emitting unit emitting light depending on the light signal received by the light signal receiving unit, and

a light guide body including a long light guide portion, the light guide body comprising:

an incident portion which is provided at a first end portion in a longitudinal direction of the light guide portion, and through which light enters;

a first outgoing portion which is adapted to irradiate the light guided by the light guide portion from a first portion provided along the longitudinal direction to an outside; and

a second outgoing portion which is provided at a second end portion in the longitudinal direction of the light guide portion, and which is adapted to irradiate the light to be guided toward the second end portion to the first portion, wherein

the light guide body is provided on a second face different from the first face of the housing, and

the light emitted by the light emitting unit enters the incident portion.

2. The relay apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a second portion of the light guide portion which is provided with the second outgoing portion and located on an opposite side of the first portion is inclined in a tapered shape toward the first portion.

3. The relay apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second portion which is located on the opposite side of the first portion is further inclined in a tapered shape in a direction different from a direction toward the first portion.

4. The relay apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guide portion includes a bent portion that is formed by bending the first end portion, and

the bent portion is provided with an inclined face on the first portion.

5. The relay apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first outgoing portion is provided with a reflection portion that is formed so that a density thereof is made higher as going farther from an incident position of the light in the longitudinal direction.

6. A speaker apparatus comprising:

the relay apparatus according to claim 1 ;

a sound signal receiving unit receiving a sound signal from an outside, and

a sound outputting unit outputting the sound signal received by the sound signal receiving unit as sound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2015
From: YAMAMOTO, MASAKI; KAWAIDA, YOSHIAKI; SUZUKI, KOJI
To: YAMAHA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-190485 · Aug 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150212248A1 · Jul 30, 2015