Patents by Inventor Shinji HATANO

Shinji HATANO 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: 11984784
    Abstract: The actuator includes a movable body, a support body with a case that accommodates the movable body and a coil holder, connecting bodies connected to the movable body and the support body, a magnetic drive circuit including a coil and magnets opposed to the coil in a Z direction and causing the movable body to vibrate in an X direction with respect to the support body, and a buffer material fixed to the case and opposed to the movable body in the X direction. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a first voltage, the movable body vibrates without colliding with the buffer material. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a second voltage, which is larger than the first voltage, the movable body collides with the case through the buffer material, whereby an impulsive force is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Hatano
  • Patent number: 11971112
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve manifold includes an electromagnetic valve including a discharge port, a manifold base including a discharge passage that is connected to the discharge port, and a check valve. The check valve includes a valve member, a valve housing including a valve seat, and an urging member. The valve housing includes a valve chamber that accommodates the valve member, a peripheral wall that defines the valve chamber, a valve hole that connects the valve chamber to the discharge port, and a discharge opening that connects the valve chamber to the discharge passage. The check valve is disposed in the discharge passage. The discharge opening is formed in the peripheral wall, at least a part of the discharge opening overlapping with the valve seat in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo Hayashi, Hisashi Hatano, Mitsuhiro Kosugi, Shinji Itoh
  • Publication number: 20240132566
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a fusion protein of human serum albumin and human growth hormone. The method comprises (a) a step of culturing a mammalian cell capable of producing the protein in a serum-free medium and causing the protein to be secreted into the culture fluid, (b) a step of collecting a culture supernatant by removing the mammalian cell from the culture fluid, and (c) a step of purifying the protein from the culture supernatant by using column chromatography using a material to which an antibody having an affinity for the protein is bound as a stationary phase, column chromatography using a material having an affinity for phosphate group as a stationary phase, cation exchange column chromatography, and size exclusion column chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji KAKIMOTO, Tsuyoshi FUKUI, Yukichi HATANO, Ayaka KOTANI, Ryota KATSUNO, Yuko OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240072629
    Abstract: An actuator includes a movable body, a support body having a coil holder, a connection body connected with the movable body and the support body, and a magnetic drive circuit having a coil held by the coil holder and a magnet for vibrating the movable body. The coil holder has a plate part which surrounds at least a part of the coil, and the movable body has a yoke holding the magnet. The plate part has a coil holding part along an outer edge of the coil and a connection body fixing part whose plate thickness is thinner than that of the coil holding part. The connection body includes at least one of a first connection body connecting a first facing part of the yoke with the connection body fixing part and a second connection body connecting a second facing part of the yoke with the connection body fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji HATANO
  • Patent number: 11915868
    Abstract: An actuator comprises a support body including a coil having a winding part and a lead part, a coil holder and a board supported by the coil holder, a movable body having a magnet, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the support body and the movable body. The coil holder has a coil holding part holding the winding part and a board support part supporting the board. A board surface of the board is provided with a land with which the lead part is connected. The board support part has a recessed part at a position overlapping with the board when viewed in a direction along the board surface, and the lead part is extended from the winding part to the land via the recessed part and is provided with a resiliently bent portion which is resiliently bent in an inside of the recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hatano, Yuichi Takei
  • Patent number: 11909273
    Abstract: An actuator includes a support body, a movable body, a connection body, and a magnetic drive mechanism having a coil and a magnet for relatively moving the support body and the movable body. A winding part of the coil includes effective side portions, a first curved side portion connecting one side ends of the effective side portions, and a second curved side portion connecting the other side ends of the effective side portions. The magnet faces the effective side portions of the coil. A yoke fixed to the magnet includes a first yoke, a second yoke, a one side connection yoke and the other side connection yoke connecting the first yoke with the second yoke, and the one side connection yoke and the other side connection yoke are provided at positions so as not to overlap with the effective side portions and the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hatano, Kazuhiko Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20230387772
    Abstract: This actuator includes a movable body provided with a magnet and a yoke, and a support body provided with a case and a coil that vibrates the movable body. The case includes a first case member having a first end plate portion opposing the movable body from a Z1 direction, and a second case member having a second end plate portion opposing the movable body from a Z2 direction. The first case member includes a first case first side plate portion extending toward the Z2 direction from a Y1 direction end of the first end plate portion, and a first case second side plate portion extending toward the Z2 direction from a Y2 direction end of the first end plate portion. The first case second side plate portion includes a first projection portion. The coil holder is press-fitted between the first projection portion and first case first side plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20230387770
    Abstract: This actuator includes a movable body provided with a magnet and a yoke, and a support body provided with a case and a coil, and vibrates the movable body. The yoke includes a first opposing portion and a second opposing portion that oppose the coil from both sides in a Z direction. A pair of second joining plate portions that extend from both ends of the second opposing portion are fitted inside a pair of first joining plate portions that extend from both ends of the first opposing portion. In the yoke, both sides of a pair of first connecting bodies that connect the first opposing portion and a first plate that covers the coil from a Z1 direction, and both sides of a pair of second connecting bodies that connect the second opposing portion and a second plate that covers the coil from a Z2 direction, are notched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20230387771
    Abstract: This actuator includes a movable body provided with a magnet and a yoke, and a support body provided with a case and a coil. A first case member includes a first case third side plate portion and a first case fourth side plate portion that are opposed in an X direction. A coil holder includes press-fitted fixed portions that are press-fitted between the first case third side plate portion and the first case fourth side plate portion. The press-fitted fixed portions include one side fixing surface and an other side fixing surface that make contact with leading edge parts of the first case third side plate portion and the first case fourth side plate portion, which are in a Z2 direction, from the inside, and parts further toward a Z1 side than the fixed surfaces are recessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji HATANO
  • Patent number: 11640072
    Abstract: An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided and includes: a movable body, a rotational support structure, a gimbal mechanism, and a fixed body. The rotational support structure, which rotatably supports the movable body including a camera module around an optical axis, is rotatably supported by the gimbal mechanism around a first axis and a second axis. The rotational support structure includes a first annular groove provided on the movable body, a plate roller including a second annular groove facing the first annular groove in the direction of Z axis, and multiple spherical objects inserted into the first annular groove and the second annular groove. The gimbal mechanism rotatably supports the plate roller around a first axis. The movable body includes a first-side stopper part facing one of plate roller extension portions with a gap from one side in the circumferential direction around the Z axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Kasahara, Shinji Hatano
  • Patent number: 11627663
    Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism, a flexible printed circuit board, and a fixing part. The fixing part is superposed on a bent part formed by bending the flexible printed circuit board. At least a part of the fixing part is fixed to the bent part of the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Kimura, Tomohiro Egawa, Genki Tanaka, Shinri Ono, Tsungting Hsieh, Kwun-Yao Ho, Tsutomu Arai, Shogo Kasahara, Shinji Hatano
  • Publication number: 20230012117
    Abstract: An actuator includes a movable body provided with a magnet, a support body provided with a case and a coil assembly, a connecting body to be connected to the movable body and the support body, and a magnetic drive circuit. The coil assembly includes a first plate. The case includes a first case member, and a second case member. The coil assembly is positioned in a Z direction by fitting a protruding plate portion protruding from an edge of the first plate to an outer peripheral side into a first cutout concave portion provided in an edge of the first case member, and a second cutout concave portion provided in an edge of the second case member, and abutting a curved portion provided on an edge of each of the cutout concave portions against the protruding plate portion from both sides in the Z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Masao TSUCHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230011290
    Abstract: The actuator includes a movable body and a support body, first and second connecting bodies connected to the movable body and the support body, and a magnetic drive circuit. The movable body includes a first yoke including a first flat plate portion overlapping a coil from a Z1 direction, and a pair of first connecting plate portions extending from both ends of the first flat plate portion in a Z2 direction, and a second yoke including a second flat plate portion overlapping the coil in the Z2 direction and a pair of second connecting plate portions extending from both ends of the second flat plate portion in the Z1 direction. The first yoke and the second yoke are assembled by press-fitting the pair of second connecting plate portions into the pair of first connecting plate portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Tadashi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230008952
    Abstract: An actuator includes a movable body, a support body provided with a case that houses the movable body and a coil assembly, a first connecting body and a second connecting body to be connected to the movable body and the support body, and a magnetic drive circuit that vibrates the movable body with respect to the support body in an X direction. The coil assembly includes a first plate that overlaps the coil from a Z1 direction, and a second plate that overlaps the coil from a Z2 direction. The first plate includes a notch portion that comes into contact with a short side portion of the coil from an outer peripheral side, and positions the coil by the notch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Masao TSUCHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 11536985
    Abstract: An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided. A rotational support structure for supporting a movable body including a camera module around an optical axis is rotatably supported around a first axis and a second axis by a gimbal mechanism. The rotational support structure includes: a first annular groove, provided in the movable body; a plate roller, having a second annular groove facing the first annular groove in a direction of a Z axis; and a plurality of spherical objects, configured to be inserted into the first annular groove and the second annular groove, and roll between the movable body and the plate roller. The gimbal mechanism is configured to rotatably support the plate roller around the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Kasahara, Shinji Hatano
  • Patent number: 11536984
    Abstract: An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided and includes: a movable body, a rotational support structure, a gimbal mechanism, and a fixed body. The rotational support structure rotatably supports the movable body having a camera module around an optical axis. The rotational support structure is rotatably supported by the gimbal mechanism around a first axis and a second axis. The rotational support structure includes a first annular groove in the movable body, a plate roller having a second annular groove, multiple spherical objects to roll between the first annular groove and the second annular groove, and a pressurization structure configured to apply a force for bringing the first annular groove and the second annular groove close to each other in the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hatano, Shogo Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11513421
    Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body with an optical module; a fixed body; a gimbal mechanism having a hole portion through which at least a part of the optical module passes, and serving as a support mechanism that swingably supports the movable body with respect to the fixed body in a direction intersecting an optical axis direction as a pivot axis; and a drive mechanism having a coil and a magnet, and configured to move the movable body with respect to the fixed body. One of the coil and the magnet, as a movable body drive mechanism, is provided on a lateral portion of the movable body in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction. The hole portion is provided with a size such that at least a part of the movable body drive mechanism is visible through the hole portion when viewed from the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hatano, Takeshi Sue, Shogo Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11506910
    Abstract: An optical unit may include a movable body, a turning support mechanism turnably supporting the movable body around an optical axis, a gimbal mechanism turnably supporting the turning support mechanism, and a fixed body. The turning support mechanism includes a plate roll fixed to the movable body, a plate holder having a facing part facing the plate roll in the optical axis direction and is turnably supported by the gimbal mechanism, spherical bodies disposed between the plate roll and the facing part, and a magnetic attraction mechanism for generating an attraction force so that the plate roll and the facing part approach each other in the optical axis direction. The magnetic attraction mechanism includes an attraction part provided in one of the plate roll and the plate holder and an attracted part provided in the other, and the attraction part includes a magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Kasahara, Shinji Hatano, Tsutomu Arai
  • Publication number: 20220352802
    Abstract: The actuator includes a movable body, a support body with a case that accommodates the movable body and a coil holder, connecting bodies connected to the movable body and the support body, a magnetic drive circuit including a coil and magnets opposed to the coil in a Z direction and causing the movable body to vibrate in an X direction with respect to the support body, and a buffer material fixed to the case and opposed to the movable body in the X direction. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a first voltage, the movable body vibrates without colliding with the buffer material. When the magnetic drive circuit is driven with a second voltage, which is larger than the first voltage, the movable body collides with the case through the buffer material, whereby an impulsive force is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20220320931
    Abstract: An actuator includes a support body, a movable body, a connection body, and a magnetic drive mechanism having a coil and a magnet for relatively moving the support body and the movable body. A winding part of the coil includes effective side portions, a first curved side portion connecting one side ends of the effective side portions, and a second curved side portion connecting the other side ends of the effective side portions. The magnet faces the effective side portions of the coil. A yoke fixed to the magnet includes a first yoke, a second yoke, a one side connection yoke and the other side connection yoke connecting the first yoke with the second yoke, and the one side connection yoke and the other side connection yoke are provided at positions so as not to overlap with the effective side portions and the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Kazuhiko YANAGISAWA