Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Kato

Seiichiro Kato 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: 5942824
    Abstract: A motor comprising: a rotor which is supported via a rotating shaft in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being disposed around a fixed shaft provided on the side of a stator to form a dynamic-pressure bearing; a stator-side thrust magnet disposed in the stator so as to support the rotor with respect to the stator in a thrust direction of the rotating shaft; a rotor-side thrust magnet disposed in the rotor; and a rotating main body portion mounted to the rotating shaft of the rotor and formed integrally by a resin magnetic material, in which a main magnet portion, an FG magnet portion for generating a speed-of-rotation detecting pulse, and a rotor-side thrust magnet portion serving as said rotor-side thrust magnet are respectively polarized at predetermined positions in the rotating main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Shioya, Hiromu Ono, Hiromi Ito, Seiichiro Kato