Patents by Inventor Shigeki Mizuno

Shigeki Mizuno 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: 5099352
    Abstract: Provided is a reflector oscillating apparatus in which the positions of a reflector and a compensating plate are detected so as to perform positioning with a high degree of positional accuracy (closed-loop control). Further, since the reflector and the compensating plate are driven by a couple of forces, no reaction forces by drive forces are applied to a rotary shaft and a support section, and accordingly, it is possible to enhance the positioning accuracy and to realize a short transient time and a large amplitude. Further, the magnetic circuit is commonly used so that the dimensions of a motor, that is, the height thereof in particular, can be reduced, irrespective of a large drive force. Accordingly, the reflector oscillating apparatus can be greatly miniaturized. Further, by commonly using the magnetic circuit, the impedance of the coil can be reduced, thereby it is possible to drive the apparatus at a high speed with a low drive voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsu Yamamoto, Takaharu Ueda, Daisuke Ogata, Kiyoshi Funai, Takashi Yumura, Shigeki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 5079660
    Abstract: An in-line type magnetic head supporting apparatus of the present invention including a first fixed part secured to a magnetic head slider mounted with a magnetic head in a floatable manner, a second fixed part secured to a load beam which presses the magnetic head slider toward the magnetic disc, and a gimbal mechanism comprising a spring part connecting the first and second fixed parts and enabling the pitching and rolling movements of the magnetic head slider in the radial direction of the magnetic disc, and further includes a restricting mechanism for preventing the sideslip of a pivot formed on the first fixed part as a fulcrum for pitching and rolling movements. Furthermore, in order to increase the flexural rigidity of the spring part of the gimbal mechanism in the radial direction, its lateral length is enlarged and slits are formed in the spring part to reduce the torsional rigidity thereby to prevent the inteference of the pitching and rolling movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yumura, Tetsu Yamamoto, Takaharu Ueda, Mayumi Nakazawa, Shigeki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 5040909
    Abstract: An impact dot print head for driving a printing wire is provided. An armature has a printing wire mounted at one end and is attached to a leaf spring at its other end. A ring-shaped primary magnet provides a magnetic force for maintaining the armature in a stand-by condition. A plurality of coil electromagnets provided for each respective armature. The coil magnets form a ring having an inner circumference. A ring-shaped magnetic member is provided within the diameter of the ring formed by the coil electromagnets to reduce the magnetic interference between adjacent electromagnetic coils during driving of the printing wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 4943147
    Abstract: A chopping secondary mirror system is provided, in which magnetic circuits of a driving motor for causing a secondary mirror to chop about its rotation axis are mounted to the secondary mirror via a driving motor mounting so that the magnetic circuits function as a balancing mass to position the center of gravity of a whole chopping section on said rotation axis. The driving motor mounting is secured to the secondary mirror at the center of the secondary mirror. Leaf springs are used as vibration damping springs of a reaction force compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventors: Shigeki Mizuno, Takaharu Ueda, Tetsu Yamamoto, Takashi Yumura
  • Patent number: 4940924
    Abstract: The positioning control apparatus includes a feedback compensatory compensatory system for performing high-accurate positioning and a feedforward compensatory system for carrying out high-speed output response. The feedforward compensatory system is provided with a dynamic characteristic of an object to be controlled and a dynamic characteristic reverse to that of a control system by a feedback compensation. Transfer characteristic from a position command to an output of the object is assumed to be 1. As a result, there can be easily obtained a desired output response as well as a desired control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Mizuno, Takaharu Ueda, Tetsu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4572681
    Abstract: The printing head for a wire-type dot printer includes a plurality of electromagnetic coils, a wire, a permanent magnet, and a leaf spring. The arrangement of the wire and the leaf spring allows the print head to operate stably during high-speed operation. The wire dot print head has a head body in which the wire drive units are assembled so there is no problem with magnetic interference between the electromagnets. In addition, the wire dot print head may be comprised of a multiplicity of wires, and may be of a double-deck construction type which renders the unit more compact. This arrangement allows the construction of a multiwire high speed print head which can be easily assembled from simple parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Miyazawa, Shigeki Mizuno