Patents by Inventor Noboru Takizawa

Noboru Takizawa 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: 10197145
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers. The first and second external teeth are flexed by a wave generator by the same flexing amount, into an ellipsoidal shape. The average pressure angle of main-tooth-surface sections of tooth profiles of the first external teeth having a low teeth number is less acute than the average pressure angle of main-tooth-surface sections of tooth profiles of the second external teeth having a high teeth number. Accordingly, a dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent meshing states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HARMINIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kiyosawa, Jun Handa, Xin Yue Zhang, Noboru Takizawa
  • Patent number: 10194499
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Takizawa, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20180132319
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Noboru Takizawa, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9900944
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Takizawa, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170325305
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a voltage (VH12) higher than VH2, the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a voltage (VHa); an IC1 including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a voltage (Vk) is higher than VHa, and to stop the light emission if Vk is lower than the same; and an IC2 including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to cause light emission of a group (HSa) if Vk is higher than VHa, and to turn off the group (HSa) if Vk is lower than the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Noboru Takizawa, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170227106
    Abstract: In the cup-shaped externally toothed gear, the outside end face profile of the diaphragm is defined by a first concave circular arc having a first radius, a second concave circular arc that has a second radius and is smoothly connected to the first concave circular arc, an inclined straight line that is smoothly connected to the second concave circular arc and is inclined toward an inside straight line with respect to the center axis line, the inside straight line defining the outside profile of the diaphragm. The second radius is larger than the first radius, and the thickness of the diaphragm is gradually decreased from the side of the boss to the side of the cylindrical body. The stress concentration in the boss-side joint portion of the diaphragm can be relieved, whereby enhancing fatigue strength of the flexible externally toothed gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru TAKIZAWA, Go KUROIWA
  • Publication number: 20170219050
    Abstract: A relieving portion is formed between a first external tooth portion and a second external tooth portion in the external teeth of a flexible externally toothed gear of a flat strain wave gearing. The length L1 of the relieving portion in the tooth trace direction is within the range of 0.1 to 0.5 of the tooth width L of the external teeth. The maximum relieving amount t from the tooth top land of an external tooth in the relieving portion is 3.3×10?4<t/PCD<6.3×10?4 where the PCT is defined as the pitch circle diameter of the external teeth. The tooth face load distribution of the external tooth in the tooth trace direction can be equalized, and a flat strain wave gearing having a high transmitted-load capacity can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jun HANDA, Yoshihide KIYOSAWA, Noboru TAKIZAWA, Xin Yue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170211677
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different tooth numbers, and is flexed into an ellipsoidal shape by a wave generator. When the theoretical values of the radial flexing amounts at major-axis positions of the first and second external teeth flexed into the ellipsoidal shape are expressed by d1=m1n1 and d2=m2n2 (m1 and m2 represent the modules of the first and second external teeth, and n1 and n2 represent positive integers), the radial flexing amount of the first and second external teeth flexed by the wave generator satisfies d=(d1+d2)/? (1.4???2.6). Accordingly, a dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent mating states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KIYOSAWA, Jun HANDA, Noboru TAKIZAWA, XinYue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170211679
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers, and is flexed into an ellipsoidal shape by a wave generator. When the theoretical values of the radial flexing amounts at major-axis positions of the first and second external teeth flexed into the ellipsoidal shape are expressed by d1=m1n1 and d2=m2n2 (m1 and m2 represent the modules of the first and second external teeth, and n1 and n2 represent positive integers), the radial flexing amounts of the first and second external teeth flexed by the wave generator satisfy d1a=?d1 and d2a=?d2, where 1.25???3. Accordingly, a dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent mating states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC
    Inventors: YOSHIHIDE KIYOSAWA, Jun HANDA, Noboru TAKIZAWA, XinYue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170211678
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers. The first and second external teeth are flexed by a wave generator by the same flexing amount, into an ellipsoidal shape. The tooth depth of tooth profiles of the first external teeth having a low teeth number is smaller than the tooth depth of tooth profiles of the second external teeth having a high teeth number. A dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent meshing states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KIYOSAWA, Jun HANDA, XinYue ZHANG, Noboru TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170198802
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers. The first and second external teeth are flexed by a wave generator by the same flexing amount, into an ellipsoidal shape. The average pressure angle of main-tooth-surface sections of tooth profiles of the first external teeth having a low teeth number is less acute than the average pressure angle of main-tooth-surface sections of tooth profiles of the second external teeth having a high teeth number. Accordingly, a dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent meshing states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KIYOSAWA, Jun HANDA, Xin Yue ZHANG, Noboru TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170175869
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers, and is flexed into an ellipsoidal shape by a wave generator. When t(1) represents the tooth bottom rim wall thickness of the first external teeth, and t(2) represents the tooth bottom rim wall thickness of the second external teeth, the ratio of t(1)/t(2) is set to a value satisfying 0.5>t(1)/t(2)<1.5. Accordingly, a dual-type strain wave gearing can be achieved with which the first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers can be suitably flexed to form excellent meshing states with respective internally toothed gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KIYOSAWA, Jun HANDA, Noboru TAKIZAWA, Xin Yue ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9476494
    Abstract: A cup-shaped flexible externally toothed gear of a wave gear device, wherein a diaphragm plate slopes from a diaphragm internal peripheral edge portion contiguous to a boss part toward a diaphragm external peripheral edge portion contiguous to a cylindrical body portion in a direction in which the diaphragm external peripheral edge portion is at greater distance from an open end of the cylindrical body portion with respect to an orthogonal plane orthogonal to a central axis line of the device. The length dimension of the diaphragm plate and the length dimension of the cylindrical body portion in the axial direction can be increased. Therefore, the fatigue strength of the diaphragm plate and the load capacity of the wave gear device in which the flexible externally toothed gear has been incorporated can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Stephanie Moune, Noboru Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20160178044
    Abstract: The externally toothed gear of the strain wave gear device is provided with first external teeth, which are capable of meshing with first internal teeth on the stationary side, and second external teeth, which are capable of meshing with second internal teeth on the driving side. The numbers of the first and second external teeth differ. The number of the first internal teeth is greater than the number of the first external teeth. The number of the second internal teeth is less than the number of the second external teeth. Using the externally toothed gear, which is provided with first and second external teeth that differ in number, a strain wave gear device with a low reduction ratio in which the velocity ratio is less than 30 can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noboru TAKIZAWA, Yuya MURAYAMA, Yoshihide KIYOSAWA
  • Patent number: 9294020
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes a logic unit configured to control an electrical conduction of a motor, a reference clock signal generating unit configured to generate a reference clock signal based on a rotational speed indication signal, a rotational speed signal generating unit configured to generate a rotational speed signal based on a rotational speed of the motor, and a rotational speed feedback control unit configured to receive the reference clock signal and the rotational speed signal and control the logic unit so that the rotational speed of the motor reaches a target value. The rotational speed feedback control unit changes a feedback gain in response to the rotational speed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamato, Noboru Takizawa
  • Patent number: 9197149
    Abstract: A motor drive apparatus comprises: a position signal generation portion that generates a position signal corresponding to a rotor position of a brushless DC motor; and a logic portion that when starting the brushless DC motor, disposes a non-energizing period immediately after starting forced commutation at a phase switchover timing corresponding to a predetermined forced commutation frequency and performs energizing control of the brushless DC motor such that usual commutation is started at a phase switchover timing corresponding to the position signal that is generated during an inertial rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamato, Noboru Takizawa
  • Patent number: 9057421
    Abstract: In a wave gear device, an involute tooth profile with the low pressure angle ? (<20°) is employed as a basic tooth profile of external teeth of a flexible external gear. In the principal section of the external teeth, the tooth depth thereof satisfies 2?0mn=2(1+c) mn (deflection coefficient ?0=1+c, 0<c<0.5), which is larger than the standard one. The shifting of the teeth which takes into account coning is performed along the tooth trace direction of the external teeth, so that straight portions of a rack tooth profile on the respective sections perpendicular to the axis in the tooth trace direction of the external teeth are conformed as viewed along the tooth trace direction. The rack tooth profile of the involute tooth profile is a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shoichi Ishikawa, Noboru Takizawa, Takahiro Arima, Yusuke Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 9037441
    Abstract: The present invention aims to simulate a response more similar to a actual machine while inhibiting load increase in analog operation. Program configuration of the present invention is a component of a simulation program for circuit design, which is executed by a computer. The computer includes an operation portion, a storage portion, a manipulation portion, and a display portion, so that the computer exerts a function of a circuit design simulator, and as a macro model of an operational amplifier for use in the circuit design simulator, enabling the computer to act by simulating a response of the operational amplifier on the circuit design simulator. The macro model of the operational amplifier includes a control portion (LMT1) for generating output exception in the event of input exception or power supply exception of the operational amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20150042250
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes a logic unit configured to control an electrical conduction of a motor, a reference clock signal generating unit configured to generate a reference clock signal based on a rotational speed indication signal, a rotational speed signal generating unit configured to generate a rotational speed signal based on a rotational speed of the motor, and a rotational speed feedback control unit configured to receive the reference clock signal and the rotational speed signal and control the logic unit so that the rotational speed of the motor reaches a target value. The rotational speed feedback control unit changes a feedback gain in response to the rotational speed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamato, Noboru Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20140176030
    Abstract: A motor drive apparatus comprises: a position signal generation portion that generates a position signal corresponding to a rotor position of a brushless DC motor; and a logic portion that when starting the brushless DC motor, disposes a non-energizing period immediately after starting forced commutation at a phase switchover timing corresponding to a predetermined forced commutation frequency and performs energizing control of the brushless DC motor such that usual commutation is started at a phase switchover timing corresponding to the position signal that is generated during an inertial rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamato, Noboru Takizawa