Citizen Tokei Kabushiki Kaisha

Sayama Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Natus Medical, Inc.

Nippon Eurotec Co., Ltd.

Nippon Eurotec Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshibumi Wakayama

Isao Yabe

Akira Yanagisawa

Neil J Sheehan

Hiroyuki Kaneko

Shingo Ichikawa

William New, Jr

Hisataro Watada

Christian Walton

David Sheraton

Toyoji Kanazawa

An earphone assembly is disclosed that includes an annular baffle having an outer surface and an inner surface as well as an interior wall and an exterior wall. The interior wall defines a central chamber. A transparent, flexible lid is attached to the baffle along the outer surface, completely covering the central chamber and forming an acoustic seal with the baffle. The lid has an inner face and an outer face. The flexibility of the earphone is improved by creating hinges in the lid and by providing cuts, or other discontinuities, in the baffle. For example, a radial cut may be disposed in the annular baffle. Further, a circumferential cut may also (or alternatively) be disposed in the baffle, extending from the inner surface and disposed between the exterior wall and the interior wall. At least one hinge may be disposed on the flexible lid. To improve the attachment of the earphone to the patient's head, tabs are mounted to the exterior wall. An adhesive material is applied to the inner surface of the annular baffle and to the tabs, thereby increasing the adhesive surface compared to existing earphones. A proprietary connection may be employed such that the baffle sends out an identifying signal to the transducer. The transducer then controls its transmission of acoustic energy based upon the identifying signal. In certain instances, the transducer may stop sending acoustic energy at all if it does not recognized the signal from the baffle.

Flexible earphone assembly for use during hearing screening

A process of producing an IC card, the IC card having a card substrate and an IC module embedded therein, the card substrate having a single core sheet and first and second cover films laminated over the core sheet on the opposite sides, the process including the steps of forming an adhesive layer on the inside of each of the first and second cover films except a non-adhesive area in which the IC module is to be fitted; bonding the cover films to the opposite sides of the core sheet through the adhesive layers to form the card substrate having the non-adhesive area; cutting the non-adhesive areas of the card substrate along their outer peripheries to form a cavity for receiving the IC module; fitting the IC module into the cavity; and fixedly securing the IC module to the card substrate.

Process of producing IC cards

Adapter for hearing aid

Hearing aid

A display system for indicating sailing data to an operator of a small sized sailing boat in which a speed sensor in the hull transmits pulses to a speed measuring device which stores the data in a memory. The sailing data is periodically transmitted to a receiver worn by the boat operator either on his wrist or some conveniently viewable position.

Display system to indicate sailing data of a small size boat

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshibumi Wakayama