Patents by Inventor Kazuto Minagawa

Kazuto Minagawa 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: 9030064
    Abstract: The totally-enclosed fan-cooled motor includes the stator; the rotor; the drive side bracket; the counter drive side bracket; a pair of the bearings; the external fan that sends cooling air to the stator; the internal fan; the heat radiator that is arranged on an outer side of the drive side bracket and is mounted on the rotation shaft; the cover that contains a joint, which connects the rotation shaft extending to an outer side of the drive side bracket of the motor and a reduction gear, and is provided in parallel with the joint; and the ventilation path that is arranged between the drive side bracket and an end of the cover, and includes the outlet causes the cooling air induced by rotation of the heat radiator to flow to the heat radiator and discharges the cooling air outside the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Haga, Kazuto Minagawa, Tadashi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130119795
    Abstract: The totally-enclosed fan-cooled motor includes the stator; the rotor; the drive side bracket; the counter drive side bracket; a pair of the bearings; the external fan that sends cooling air to the stator; the internal fan; the heat radiator that is arranged on an outer side of the drive side bracket and is mounted on the rotation shaft; the cover that contains a joint, which connects the rotation shaft extending to an outer side of the drive side bracket of the motor and a reduction gear, and is provided in parallel with the joint; and the ventilation path that is arranged between the drive side bracket and an end of the cover, and includes the outlet causes the cooling air induced by rotation of the heat radiator to flow to the heat radiator and discharges the cooling air outside the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Haga, Kazuto Minagawa, Tadashi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120013208
    Abstract: A motor for a vehicle is installed in a railway train and has a fan that is mounted on a rotor shaft and that causes the outside air into the motor. The motor for a vehicle includes a stopper that is fixed in between a bearing, which supports the rotor shaft, and the fan, which is inserted from that side of the rotor shaft at which the bearing lies. The stopper is configured to fit with the fan. The fan has a linear expansion coefficient set to be greater than linear expansion coefficients of the rotor shaft and the stopper. The fan is configured to be fittable with the stopper using bolts that are inserted from outside toward the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Minagawa
  • Patent number: 7741256
    Abstract: A lubricant composition contains poly-?-olefin oil having a kinematic viscosity of 1500 to 13000 mm 2/s (40° C.) as a base oil and from 45 to 50% by weight of a thickener composed of polytetrafluoroethylene. The lubricant composition may be used for lubricating an expandable shaft having a pair of shaft members filled with the lubricant composition to prevent stick-slip from occurring when a high surface pressure is applied thereto, thereby allowing consistent maintenance of good lubricating performance. Such an expandable shaft may be incorporated advantageously into a steering system as an intermediate shaft into an area between a steering shaft and a rack-and-pinion mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kasahara, Satoshi Kakutani, Kazuto Minagawa
  • Publication number: 20070209863
    Abstract: A lubricant composition contains a base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 1500 to 13000 mm2/s (40° C.) and polytetrafluoroethylene serving as a thickener, and is used for lubricating an expandable shaft to prevent stick-slip from occurring when a high surface pressure is applied thereto, thereby allowing to maintain a good lubricating performance consistently. The expandable shaft 5 has a pair of shaft members 51 and 52 filled with the lubricant composition. In a steering system 1, the expandable shaft 5 is incorporated as an intermediate shaft into an area between a steering shaft 3 and a rack-and-pinion mechanism A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kasahara, Satoshi Kakutani, Kazuto Minagawa
  • Patent number: D470855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuto Minagawa