Patents by Inventor Akihito Fukuzawa

Akihito Fukuzawa 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: 10749406
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan; a cover covering a stator and a coil of the motor; a terminal electrically connected to the coil and protruding from the cover; a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal; a housing including a receiving hole receiving the terminal and supporting the stator; and an elastic body sandwiched between the cover and the housing and formed into an annular shape, wherein the elastic body includes a first seal portion surrounding the terminal within the receiving hole, the cover includes a protruding portion, a protruding height of the protruding portion from the cover is lower than that of the terminal from the cover, and the protruding portion supports the first seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 10746180
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan; a case supporting the motor; and a heat generating component housed in the case, wherein the case includes: a main body member defining a flow path portion that guides blown air, generated by rotation of the fan, to the heat generating component; and a closing member closing an opening formed on the flow path portion, the main body member includes a fixing portion provided on the flow path portion and fixing the closing member, and the fixing portion is located inside an inner peripheral edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Fukuzawa, Shigetoshi Tomisawa
  • Patent number: 10644562
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan, and including: a stator; a coil; a housing supporting the stator; and a cover covering the stator and the coil; a case housing a printed circuit board electrically connected to the coil; a first elastic body; and a second elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20190162195
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan; a case supporting the motor; and a heat generating component housed in the case, wherein the case includes: a main body member defining a flow path portion that guides blown air, generated by rotation of the fan, to the heat generating component; and a closing member closing an opening formed on the flow path portion, the main body member includes a fixing portion provided on the flow path portion and fixing the closing member, and the fixing portion is located inside an inner peripheral edge of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito FUKUZAWA, Shigetoshi TOMISAWA
  • Publication number: 20190081530
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan; a cover covering a stator and a coil of the motor; a printed circuit board electrically connected to the coil; a case housing the printed circuit board and facing the fan; and an elastic body arranged between the case and the cover and formed into an annular shape, wherein the cover is formed with a vent hole arranged radially outward from the elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190081535
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan; a cover covering a stator and a coil of the motor; a terminal electrically connected to the coil and protruding from the cover; a printed circuit board electrically connected to the terminal; a housing including a receiving hole receiving the terminal and supporting the stator; and an elastic body sandwiched between the cover and the housing and formed into an annular shape, wherein the elastic body includes a first seal portion surrounding the terminal within the receiving hole, the cover includes a protruding portion, a protruding height of the protruding portion from the cover is lower than that of the terminal from the cover, and the protruding portion supports the first seal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190081527
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a fan; a motor rotating the fan, and including: a stator; a coil; a housing supporting the stator; and a cover covering the stator and the coil; a case housing a printed circuit board electrically connected to the coil; a first elastic body; and a second elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190081526
    Abstract: A motor includes: a rotor; a coil; a terminal electrically connected to the coil; a stator including an annular portion, a tooth portion extending radially outward from the annular portion, and a magnetic pole portion formed at an end of the tooth portion and facing the rotor; and an insulator including an annular covering portion covering at least a part of the annular portion, and a tooth covering portion extending radially outward from the annular covering portion and covering at least a part of the tooth portion, the coil being wound around the tooth covering portion, wherein the annular portion is provided with an engaged portion, the annular covering portion is provided with a holding portion holding the terminal, and the holding portion is provided with an engaging portion engaged with the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078588
    Abstract: A blower device includes: a motor; a fan rotated by the motor; a printed circuit board electrically connected to the motor; an electronic part electrically connected to the printed circuit board; a first case, the motor and the fan being positioned in one side with respect to the first case, the printed circuit board and the electronic part being positioned in another side with respect to the first case; a holder holding the electronic part such that the electronic part is spaced apart from the printed circuit board and is in thermal contact with the first case; and a second case fixed in the other side with respect to the first case and covering the printed circuit board, the electronic part, and the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito FUKUZAWA, Katsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20180156238
    Abstract: To provide a blower that reduces noise by making the transfer of rotational vibrations from a motor case toward a blower case difficult even when a brushless motor is used as a driving source. An elastic resin body extending annularly is integrally molded in a section radially inward of an engagement portion (concave portion) engaged with the blower case and radially outward of a motor board installation area in a flange portion made of hard resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Patent number: 8884167
    Abstract: A printed circuit board unit includes: a printed circuit board including a through hole including first and second inner surfaces opposite to each other; a terminal pin including an insertion portion inserted into the through hole; solder filled into the through hole, and joining the printed circuit board with the terminal pin, wherein the insertion portion includes a base portion abutting the first inner surface, and a protruding portion including: a projection surface projecting from the base portion to the second inner surface and abutting the second inner surface; and a recess surface located at a rear side of the projection surface and spaced apart from the first inner surface, and a length of the protruding portion in a thickness direction of the printed circuit board is greater than a thickness of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Miyasaka, Kouji Kobayashi, Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20120181077
    Abstract: A printed circuit board unit includes: a printed circuit board including a through hole including first and second inner surfaces opposite to each other; a terminal pin including an insertion portion inserted into the through hole; solder filled into the through hole, and joining the printed circuit board with the terminal pin, wherein the insertion portion includes a base portion abutting the first inner surface, and a protruding portion including: a projection surface projecting from the base portion to the second inner surface and abutting the second inner surface; and a recess surface located at a rear side of the projection surface and spaced apart from the first inner surface, and a length of the protruding portion a thickness direction of the printed circuit board is greater than a thickness of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya MIYASAKA, Kouji KOBAYASHI, Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Patent number: 7986067
    Abstract: A brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but is easy to assemble and has reduced motor vibration. An attachment base is integrally molded by two-color extrusion molding using a first resin material that forms a base main portion and a second resin material that forms a support portion and is softer than the first resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Yano, Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20100096938
    Abstract: A blower motor can efficiently remove heat generated by all substrate-mounted components. A rotor and a stator are housed inside a motor case. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is disposed in a space formed in the axial direction between (i) the rotor and the stator and (ii) an opening bottom portion of a bracket. A heat-generating component mounted on the motor substrate contacts the opening bottom portion of the bracket via a heat-dissipating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20100090547
    Abstract: A brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but is easy to assemble and has reduced motor vibration. An attachment base is integrally molded by two-color extrusion molding using a first resin material that forms a base main portion and a second resin material that forms a support portion and is softer than the first resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20100090554
    Abstract: An outer-rotor brushless motor is smaller, flatter, and lighter but has no drop in motor performance. A motor substrate on which a motor driving circuit is formed is fixed to a bracket in a space formed in the axial direction between (i) a rotor and a stator and (ii) an opening bottom portion of the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Tadashi YANO, Akihito FUKUZAWA