Patents by Inventor Soichi Kurosawa

Soichi Kurosawa 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: 6958556
    Abstract: A stepping motor having a rotor that includes a magnetic component whose circumferential part is magnetized in multipole along the circumferential surface thereof, the stepping motor being capable of forcing the rotor to rotate by magnetic force provided between magnetic poles of the rotor and excited salient poles of a stator, in which the magnetic component includes two magnetic component portions each shaped as an approximate ring, and the two magnetic component portions are either combined with each other or set up separately at an appropriate spacing between them. The stepping motor is capable of rotating with not only high speed but also less undesired vibration and noises, and enabling a simpler, smaller manufacturing equipment thereof to be constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Kurosawa, Akio Kanazawa, Naohiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6867518
    Abstract: A motor has a sealed structure, in which a stator core is disposed outside rotors attached to a rotating shaft held by bearings. The motor is equipped with bushes for fixing the bearings, a housing having a through hole from which one end of the rotating shaft protrudes, and pushing spring shims disposed inside the housing for pushing the bush in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft. The housing includes a plate portion and a sealing case formed in the shape of a hollow cylinder with a bottom. The bushes have cutout portions formed for positioning the stator core and the rotors in the direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft and for positioning the rotors in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft, and the plate portion and the sealing case constituting the housing are sealed by a sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soichi Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20040256932
    Abstract: A motor has a sealed structure, in which a stator core is disposed outside rotors attached to a rotating shaft held by bearings. The motor is equipped with bushes for fixing the bearings, a housing having a through hole from which one end of the rotating shaft protrudes, and pushing spring shims disposed inside the housing for pushing the bush in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft. The housing includes a plate portion and a sealing case formed in the shape of a hollow cylinder with a bottom. The bushes have cutout portions formed for positioning the stator core and the rotors in the direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft and for positioning the rotors in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft, and the plate portion and the sealing case constituting the housing are sealed by a sealing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soichi Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20030184166
    Abstract: The objects of the present invention is to provide a stepping motors capable of rotating with not only high speed but also less undesired vibration and noises, and moreover enabling a simpler, smaller manufacturing equipment thereof to be constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Kurosawa, Akio Kanazawa, Naohiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020036437
    Abstract: The objects of the present invention is to provide a stepping motors capable of rotating with not only high speed but also less undesired vibration and noises, and moreover enabling a simpler, smaller manufacturing equipment thereof to be constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Soichi Kurosawa, Akio Kanazawa, Naohiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5008072
    Abstract: A heat resistant steel of the present invention contains 0.05 to 0.2 wt. % of C, less than 0.5 wt. % of Si, less than 0.6 wt. % of Mn, 8 to 13 wt. % of Cr, 1.5 to 3 wt. % of Mo, 2 to 3 wt. % of Ni, 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % of V, 0.02 to 0.2 wt. % in total of either or both of Nb and Ta, 0.02 to 0.1 wt. % of N and the balance substantially Fe. Since a gas turbine of the present invention is constituted by members, such as discs, blades, shafts and so forth, made of alloys of this kind, the gas turbine has a structure in which it is possible to achieve a high level of creep rupture strength and Charpy impact value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Siga, Yutaka Fukui, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Soichi Kurosawa, Katsumi Iijima, Nobuyuki Iizuka, Yosimi Maeno, Shintaro Takahashi, Yasuo Watanabe, Ryo Hiraga
  • Patent number: 4967552
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a turbine casing and a turbine rotor in a gas turbine, which method and apparatus enables a maintaining of an optimum gap at a tip end of the rotor blades of the gas turbine over an entire operating range by independently controlling the amounts of heat energy supplied to a space of the turbine casing and the turbine rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kumata, Nobuyuki Iizuka, Masashi Kunihiro, Soichi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 4850187
    Abstract: A heat resistant steel of the present invention contains 0.05 to 0.2 wt. % of C, less than 0.5 wt. % of Si, less than 0.6 wt. % of Mn, 8 to 13 wt. % of Cr, 1.5 to 3 wt. % of Mo, 2 to 3 wt. % of Ni, 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % of V, 0.02 to 0.2 wt. % in total of either or both of Nb and Ta, 0.02 to 0.1 wt. % of N and the balance substantially Fe. Since a gas turbine of the present invention is constituted by members, such as discs, blades, shafts and so forth, made of alloys of this kind, the gas turbine has a structure in which it is possible to achieve a high level of creep rupture strength and Charpy impact value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Siga, Yutaka Fukui, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Soichi Kurosawa, Katsumi Iijima, Nobuyuki Iizuka, Yosimi Maeno, Shintaro Takahashi, Yasuo Watanabe, Ryo Hiraga
  • Patent number: 4789412
    Abstract: A cobalt-base alloy comprises 0.2-1 wt % C 0.4-2 wt % Si, 0.2-1.5 wt % Mn, 5-15 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % B, 0.05-1 wt % Nb, 0.01-1 wt % Ta, 2 wt % or less Fe, 30 ppm or less oxygen, 100 ppm or less nitrogen, and the balance of 45 wt % or more Co, wherein the content of Si is larger than that of Mn. The alloy is in a form of casting and has a structure containing a eutectic carbide and a secondary carbide dispersed therein. The cast alloy is produced through solution treatment at 1,100.degree.-1.200.degree. C., and aging treatment at 950.degree.-1,050.degree. C., and cooling rate after the solution treatment and after the aging treatment is 150.degree. to 300.degree. C./h. A gas turbine nozzle is made of a casting of the above-mentioned alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Tetsuo Kashimura, Nobuyuki Iizuka, Yutaka Fukui, Minoru Morikawa, Soichi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 4767259
    Abstract: Stator blades and rotor blades are cooled by discharge air discharged from an air compressor coupled directly with gas turbine. A signal of the compressor discharge pressure and a signal of turbine exhaust gas temperature are obtained, and cooling air flow is controlled based on these signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Kurosawa, Kazuhiko Kumata
  • Patent number: 4484858
    Abstract: A turbine rotor provided with a sealing member for preventing air leaks through a gap between the under side surface of a projection extending from one of discs of the rotor and the upper side surface of a outward end portion of the spacer interposed between the discs. The spacer is formed with an annular groove on the upper side surface of the outward end portion for receiving a sealing wire in its entirety. The sealing wire has its outer portion forced against the underside surface of the projection by centrifugal forces while its inner portion remains inside the groove during turbine operation, to thereby seal the gap to prevent leaks of air therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Kurosawa, Katsuo Wada, Mitsuo Teranishi