Patents by Inventor Masami Ota

Masami Ota 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).

  • Publication number: 20230391092
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a supply tank, a recovery tank, a supply flow path, a recovery flow path, a pressurizing mechanism pressurizing the inside of the supply tank, and a depressurizing mechanism depressurizing the inside of the recovery tank. A filling period, in which a filling process is performed to fill, with the liquid, a nozzle, the supply flow path, and the recovery flow path, includes a period that is after a meniscus is formed in the nozzle and before the liquid reaches the recovery flow path. In the period, the pressurizing and the depressurizing mechanisms are driven; and in the period, Pt_out>?|Pm| is satisfied, where Pm indicates a pressure at which the meniscus is broken and Pt_out indicates a pressure in the recovery tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yu HASEGAWA, Eiichiro WATANABE, Masami OTA, Hiroaki OKUI
  • Publication number: 20230188002
    Abstract: To provide a motor easily applied with frame ground in a simple configuration and capable of suppressing deformation of a connection terminal in contact with an external terminal connecting to an external device. A motor of the present application includes a metal member of a tubular shape having an opening portion and an inner peripheral surface forming the opening portion in an axial line x direction, a bracket including a tubular part disposed inside the opening portion, and a terminal provided at the bracket. The terminal includes a first portion connected to an external terminal connecting to an external device, and a second portion in contact with the metal member. The second portion is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the metal member and an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part of the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shotaro HONDA, Masami OTA
  • Patent number: 11641147
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to providing a motor capable of removing electric noise sufficiently. The present disclosure is also related to providing a motor capable of handling cases where no choke coil is disposed. A motor comprising a choke coil, a terminal electrically connected to a lead wire led out from the choke coil, and a bracket including a first wall part, a second wall part and an elastic part located between the first wall part and the second wall part in an axial direction of the choke coil, in which the choke coil is located between the elastic part and the second wall part in the axial direction, the terminal is sandwiched between the first wall part and the elastic part in the axial direction and the lead wire is led out from the elastic part side to the first wall part side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Ota
  • Publication number: 20210028669
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to providing a motor capable of removing electric noise sufficiently. The present disclosure is also related to providing a motor capable of handling cases where no choke coil is disposed. A motor comprising a choke coil, a terminal electrically connected to a lead wire led out from the choke coil, and a bracket including a first wall part, a second wall part and an elastic part located between the first wall part and the second wall part in an axial direction of the choke coil, in which the choke coil is located between the elastic part and the second wall part in the axial direction, the terminal is sandwiched between the first wall part and the elastic part in the axial direction and the lead wire is led out from the elastic part side to the first wall part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Masami OTA
  • Patent number: 10554105
    Abstract: A drive mechanism including a brushed motor comprises a brushed motor including a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments and a brush contactable to the plurality of commutator segments, a movable member driven by the brushed motor, and a stopper member configured to stop rotation of the brushed motor by contacting the movable member. In a state in which the movable member contacts the stopper member to thereby stop the rotation of the brushed motor, the brush contacts only one of two adjacent commutator segments of the plurality of commutator segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Masami Ota, Hiroshi Miyazako, Makoto Tanaka, Taichi Nakamura, Akio Takayama
  • Patent number: 10284046
    Abstract: There is provided a DC brush motor that is provided with: a magnet; an armature configured to rotate relative to the magnet about a rotary axis, the armature comprising a commutator; a bracket configured to cover one end portion of the magnet and the armature at one side along the rotary axis; a female terminal that is fixed to the bracket; a brush that is electrically connected to the female terminal, and a sealing member that is fixed to the bracket. The bracket is provided with a recessed portion formed on an outer periphery thereof and configured to accommodate therein the female terminal. The sealing member is configured to seal between the recessed portion and a space where the commutator and the brush exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Kuroda, Masami Ota
  • Publication number: 20170373568
    Abstract: A drive mechanism including a brushed motor comprises a brushed motor including a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments and a brush contactable to the plurality of commutator segments, a movable member driven by the brushed motor, and a stopper member configured to stop rotation of the brushed motor by contacting the movable member. In a state in which the movable member contacts the stopper member to thereby stop the rotation of the brushed motor, the brush contacts only one of two adjacent commutator segments of the plurality of commutator segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masami Ota, Hiroshi Miyazako, Makoto Tanaka, Taichi Nakamura, Akio Takayama
  • Publication number: 20150180299
    Abstract: There is provided a DC brush motor that is provided with: a magnet; an armature configured to rotate relative to the magnet about a rotary axis, the armature comprising a commutator; a bracket configured to cover one end portion of the magnet and the armature at one side along the rotary axis; a female terminal that is fixed to the bracket; a brush that is electrically connected to the female terminal, and a sealing member that is fixed to the bracket. The bracket is provided with a recessed portion formed on an outer periphery thereof and configured to accommodate therein the female terminal. The sealing member is configured to seal between the recessed portion and a space where the commutator and the brush exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Minoru KURODA, Masami OTA
  • Publication number: 20050081273
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a hand protection strap (1), having a flexible, substantially planar body (2) whose upper side forms a support surface for the palm and fingers of a user's hand. An attachment device (3, 4) is provided at one end region of the body (2) in order to attach the hand protection strap (1) to the user's wrist and/or forearm. Finger retention elements (5) are provided at the lower end region of the body (2) in order to retain the hand protection strap (1) on at least two fingers. A projection (6) is provided on the finger region of the support surface, in order to afford better grip and security to the fingers in particular in the region of the proximal finger joint. The planar body (2) is equipped, at least in the palm region of the support surface, with at least one reinforcing layer (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Masami Ota
  • Patent number: 5406402
    Abstract: A faulty operation prevention circuit for an infrared-ray remote controller comprising inverter for inverting a transmission signal from the infrared-ray remote controller, a first pulse generation circuit for generating pulses in response to an output signal from the inverter, each of the pulses having a first width, a noise identification unit for identifying an optical noise contained in the transmission signal from the infrared-ray remote controller in response to the output signal from the inverter and the output pulses from the first pulse generation circuit, the noise identification unit having first and second transistors, and a second pulse generation circuit for generating a pulse in response to an output signal from the noise identification unit, the pulse having a second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshishige Otoguro, Masami Ota