Patents by Inventor Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi 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: 20240118654
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a body having an opening, a door on the body, a unit detachably attached to the body from the opening, a cover inside the door, a spring, and a lock. The door covers the opening at a first closed position. The unit is disposed at a mounting position inside the body. The cover is rotatable between a second closed position and an opening position in an opening direction. At the second closed position, the cover covers the unit at the mounting position. At the opening position, the cover forms an angle of 90 degrees or more with the body. The spring applies a force to the cover in the opening direction. The lock locks the cover at the second closed position. The cover displaced from the second closed position in the opening direction restricts a movement of the door to the first closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuo KUWABARA, Hiroaki TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11232893
    Abstract: In a magnet stack, an eddy current channel is cut off by an insulating layer in an insulating region of facing surface regions of the pair of magnets. Meanwhile, in a conducting region of the facing surface region of the pair of magnets, electrons can move between the pair of magnets via a conductor, and heat can be exchanged between the pair of magnets by the movement of electrons. Therefore, in the magnet stack, by cutting off the eddy current channel in the insulating region of the facing surface region of the pair of magnets, the degradation in magnet performance is suppressed and the cooling efficiency of the magnet is enhanced in the conducting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Motohisa Murata
  • Patent number: 11170923
    Abstract: A magnet structure, comprises: a plurality of permanent magnet members; and an adhesive layer bonding the permanent magnet members to each other, wherein the adhesive layer contains an adhesive, and a plurality of gap members, the gap members have insulation properties, each surface S of the permanent magnet members in contact with the adhesive layer has a plurality of convex parts, a reference plane is a plane including a mean line of a roughness curve of the surface S, Ry is a maximum value of heights of the convex parts from a deepest part of the surface S in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, Rv is a distance between the reference plane and the deepest part, Rp is Ry?Rv, W1 is a width of the gap member in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, and W1 is larger than 2Rp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Yousuke Hitomi
  • Patent number: 11101064
    Abstract: A pulse transformer includes a drum core having a winding core, a first flange provided at one end of the winding core in a first direction, and a second flange provided at the other end of the winding core in the first direction. The pulse transformer also includes a plurality of the first electrodes provided in the first flange and arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a plurality of second electrodes provided in the second flange and arranged in the second direction, and a plurality of wires wound around the winding core. A length of the pulse transformer in the first and second directions are substantially equal, and a length of the pulse transformer in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions is smaller than the length of the pulse transformer in the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Setu Tsuchida, Tasuku Mikogami
  • Patent number: 11081270
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes a magnet member, and an adhesive layer covering a surface of the magnet member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a resin and a plurality of foaming agents, and wherein at least part of the foaming agents protrudes from a surface of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Yousuke Hitomi
  • Patent number: 11017928
    Abstract: In a magnet, an insulating layer is fixed to an upper surface of the magnet provided with the insulating layer, but is not fixed to a lower surface of the magnet above the insulating layer. Therefore, even when the magnet expands or contracts due to a temperature change, stress is less likely to occur at an interface between the insulating layer provided on the upper surface of the magnet and the magnet above the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Motohisa Murata, Koji Mitake
  • Patent number: 10964465
    Abstract: The coil device comprises the magnetic core comprising the axial part and the magnetic core end part connecting to the axial part, the coil part formed by winding the wire around the axial part, and the electrode part provided at the magnetic core end part and made of good conductor. Said electrode part comprises the fixing surface fixed with a wire end part of said wire, and the fixing surface is provided on a side surface which does not intersect with a center axis of said coil part at said magnetic core end part. Said fixing surface is inclined to a direction, away from said center axis with respect to a direction towards said magnetic core end part from said axial part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Kouyu Ohi, Tasuku Mikogami, Setu Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10964464
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel magnet, whose surface's insulating property can be increased, and a motor using the same. The present invention provides a magnet comprising a magnet element containing a rare earth element R, a transition metal element T and boron B, and a phosphate layer including manganese-containing phosphate, wherein the phosphate layer is provided on the surface of the magnet element, and the thickness of the phosphate layer is 0.5 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuo Takagi
  • Publication number: 20200312508
    Abstract: A magnet structure, comprises: a plurality of permanent magnet members; and an adhesive layer bonding the permanent magnet members to each other, wherein the adhesive layer contains an adhesive, and a plurality of gap members, the gap members have insulation properties, each surface S of the permanent magnet members in contact with the adhesive layer has a plurality of convex parts, a reference plane is a plane including a mean line of a roughness curve of the surface S, Ry is a maximum value of heights of the convex parts from a deepest part of the surface S in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, Rv is a distance between the reference plane and the deepest part, Rp is Ry?Rv, W1 is a width of the gap member in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, and W1 is larger than 2Rp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo TAKAGI, Yousuke HITOMI
  • Publication number: 20200135384
    Abstract: A pulse transformer includes a drum core having a winding core, a first flange provided at one end of the winding core in a first direction, and a second flange provided at the other end of the winding core in the first direction. The pulse transformer also includes a plurality of the first electrodes provided in the first flange and arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a plurality of second electrodes provided in the second flange and arranged in the second direction, and a plurality of wires wound around the winding core. A length of the pulse transformer in the first and second directions are substantially equal, and a length of the pulse transformer in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions is smaller than the length of the pulse transformer in the first and second directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo TAKAGI, Setu TSUCHIDA, Tasuku MIKOGAMI
  • Patent number: 10553348
    Abstract: A pulse transformer includes a drum core having a winding core, a first flange provided at one end of the winding core in a first direction, and a second flange provided at the other end of the winding core in the first direction. First, second, third, and fourth terminal electrodes are provided in the first flange, and fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth terminal electrodes are provided in the second flange. First, second, third, and fourth wires each have one end connected to a different one of the first to fourth terminal electrodes and the other end connected to a different one of the fifth to eighth terminal electrodes. A length of the drum core in the first direction and the second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, are substantially equal to one another, such that a planar shape of a mounting region of the pulse transformer is substantially square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TDK
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Setu Tsuchida, Tasuku Mikogami
  • Patent number: 10497509
    Abstract: A coil device comprising; a winding coil including Cu and having a winding part and an extension line part which is pulled out from said winding part, a pair of electrodes made of a conductive material having, a connecting wire part having a connecting wire face connected with the extension line part and a protective face sandwiching said extension line part with said connecting wire face, and a base part provided with a mounting base face at one of the faces of the base and connected to said connecting wire part, a magnetic part including a magnetic material and covering at least said winding part and said connecting wire part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Kazuteru Kakizaki, Setu Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20190326042
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes a magnet member, and an adhesive layer covering a surface of the magnet member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a resin and a plurality of foaming agents, and wherein at least part of the foaming agents protrudes from a surface of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo TAKAGI, Yousuke HITOMI
  • Patent number: 10418174
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum core including a pair of flange portions and a winding core portion positioned between the flange portions, a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the flange portions, and a plurality of wires wound around the winding core portion, each end of the wires being electrically connected to an associated one of the terminal electrodes. Each of the flange portions has an inner side surface connected to the winding core portion and an outer side surface opposite to the inner side surface, the outer side surface has a plurality of ridges and at least one groove, and the terminal electrodes are formed on at least the ridges of the outer side surfaces such that the terminal electrodes are isolated from each other by the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tasuku Mikogami, Nobuo Takagi, Kouyu Ohi, Syun Ashizawa, Setu Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20190272944
    Abstract: A coil device comprising; a winding coil including Cu and having a winding part and an extension line part which is pulled out from said winding part, a pair of electrodes made of a conductive material having, a connecting wire part having a connecting wire face connected with the extension line part and a protective face sandwiching said extension line part with said connecting wire face, and a base part provided with a mounting base face at one of the faces of the base and connected to said connecting wire part, a magnetic part including a magnetic material and covering at least said winding part and said connecting wire part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo TAKAGI, Kazuteru KAKIZAKI, Setu TSUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 10366823
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum-shaped core having a winding part, first and second terminal electrodes provided on the first flange part of the drum-shaped core, third and fourth terminal electrodes provided on the second flange part of the drum-shaped core, a first coil wound around the winding core part connected between the first and third terminal electrodes, and a second coil wound around the winding core part connected between the second and fourth terminal electrodes. The first and second coils cross each other at the first drawing part positioned between the winding part and the first flange part. The first coil is constituted by two or more wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Kouyu Ohi, Tasuku Mikogami, Setu Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10347416
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes: a drum core including a winding core part, a first flange part provided at one end of the winding core part in an axial direction of the winding core part, and a second flange part provided at other end of the winding core part in the axial direction of the winding core part; first, second, third, and fourth terminal electrodes provided on the first flange part; fifth, sixth, and seventh terminal electrodes provided on the second flange part; and first, second, third, and fourth wires wound around the winding core part, wherein one ends of the first to fourth wires are each connected to any one of the first to fourth terminal electrodes, and wherein other ends of the first to fourth wires are each connected to any one of the fifth to seventh terminal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tasuku Mikogami, Nobuo Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190189320
    Abstract: The coil device comprises the magnetic core comprising the axial part and the magnetic core end part connecting to the axial part, the coil part formed by winding the wire around the axial part, and the electrode part provided at the magnetic core end part and made of good conductor. Said electrode part comprises the fixing surface fixed with a wire end part of said wire, and the fixing surface is provided on a side surface which does not intersect with a center axis of said coil part at said magnetic core end part. Said fixing surface is inclined to a direction, away from said center axis with respect to a direction towards said magnetic core end part from said axial part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuo TAKAGI, Kouyu Ohi, Tasuku Mikogami, Setu Tsuchida
  • Patent number: D942946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Toshio Tomonari, Setu Tsuchida, Syun Ashizawa
  • Patent number: D997877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Toshio Tomonari, Setu Tsuchida, Syun Ashizawa