Patents by Inventor Gen Tatara

Gen Tatara 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: 7952915
    Abstract: A novel element capable of simply controlling an in-plane rotational motion of a core (a rising spot of a magnetization) generated in the center of a ferromagnetic dot made by forming a ferromagnetic material into a nanosized disk shape is provided. In addition, a binary information memory element using a core, including a ferromagnetic dot, made of a disk-shaped ferromagnetic material, with a magnetic structure of a magnetic vortex structure, and a current supplier for supplying an alternating current with a predetermined alternating current in the radial direction of the ferromagnetic dot is provided. In the case where the frequency of the current resonates with the intrinsic frequency of the ferromagnetic dot, it is possible to rotate the core in the plane of the dot. Since the core leaks a magnetic field, a microscopic actuator such as a motor can be obtained by using this element. Furthermore, supplying a current having a density not less than a predetermined value reverses the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Kyoto University, The University of Electro-Communications, Osaka University, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Teruo Ono, Shinya Kasai, Kensuke Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Nakatani, Hiroshi Kohno, Gen Tatara
  • Publication number: 20090180311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel element capable of simply controlling an in-plane rotational motion of a core (a rising spot of a magnetization) generated in the center of a ferromagnetic dot made by forming a ferromagnetic material into a nanosized disk shape. In addition, the present invention is achieved to provide a binary information memory element using a core, including a ferromagnetic dot, made of a disk-shaped ferromagnetic material, with a magnetic structure of a magnetic vortex structure, and a current supplier for supplying an alternating current with a predetermined alternating current in the radial direction of the ferromagnetic dot. In the case where the frequency of the current resonates with the intrinsic frequency of the ferromagnetic dot, it is possible to rotate the core in the plane of the dot. Since the core leaks a magnetic field, a microscopic actuator such as a motor can be obtained by using this element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: Kyoto University, The University of Electro-Communications, Osaka University, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Teruo Ono, Shinya Kasai, Kensuke Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Nakatani, Hiroshi Kohno, Gen Tatara