Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Okabe
Toshihiro Okabe 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).
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Patent number: 11427071Abstract: A motor includes a shaft extending along a center axis, and a first groove that is recessed in a radial direction and extends in an axial direction, on an outer side surface of the shaft. The motor includes a stator core into which the shaft is inserted, and a rotation restrictor that is inserted into at least a portion of the first groove and restricts the stator core and the shaft in a circumferential direction. A carrier vehicle is equipped with the motor further including a lead wire extending from the stator. The shaft includes a shaft portion and a flange portion that overhangs to a radially outer side from one side of the shaft portion in the axial direction. The flange portion includes an opening through which the lead wire passes. The opening includes a notch connected to an outer side surface of the flange portion. The opening of the motor is positioned above the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Okabe, Mariko Tanaka, Satoshi Taguchi, Hironobu Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200269678Abstract: A motor includes a shaft extending along a center axis, and a first groove that is recessed in a radial direction and extends in an axial direction, on an outer side surface of the shaft. The motor includes a stator core into which the shaft is inserted, and a rotation restrictor that is inserted into at least a portion of the first groove and restricts the stator core and the shaft in a circumferential direction. A carrier vehicle is equipped with the motor further including a lead wire extending from the stator. The shaft includes a shaft portion and a flange portion that overhangs to a radially outer side from one side of the shaft portion in the axial direction. The flange portion includes an opening through which the lead wire passes. The opening includes a notch connected to an outer side surface of the flange portion. The opening of the motor is positioned above the center axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Toshihiro OKABE, Mariko TANAKA, Satoshi TAGUCHI, Hironobu YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9479093Abstract: A motor driving device includes an analog to digital conversion circuit to which a speed command voltage instructing a rotation speed of a motor is inputted, and a microcomputer configured and programmed to generate a speed command having a pulse width which is changed according to the speed command voltage based on an output signal of the analog to digital conversion circuit. Further, the motor driving device includes a signal isolator configured to transmit the speed command between an input and an output while providing isolation between the input and the output, and a drive circuit configured to generate a driving signal in response to the speed command outputted from the signal isolator and to change the rotation speed of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Simson Halason Silitonga, Toshihiro Okabe, Akiko Soma, Makoto Yajima, Hiroaki Taka
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Patent number: 9281730Abstract: A motor driving system that changes a rotation speed of a motor pursuant to a speed command includes a main device including a drive circuit configured to drive the motor, an input device configured to input the speed command to the drive circuit, and a signal insulating unit configured to insulate the input device from the main device and to transmit the speed command from the input device to the drive circuit of the main device.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Simson Halason Silitonga, Toshihiro Okabe, Akiko Soma, Makoto Yajima
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Publication number: 20150054435Abstract: A motor driving device includes an analog to digital conversion circuit to which a speed command voltage instructing a rotation speed of a motor is inputted, and a microcomputer configured and programmed to generate a speed command having a pulse width which is changed according to the speed command voltage based on an output signal of the analog to digital conversion circuit. Further, the motor driving device includes a signal isolator configured to transmit the speed command between an input and an output while providing isolation between the input and the output, and a drive circuit configured to generate a driving signal in response to the speed command outputted from the signal isolator and to change the rotation speed of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Charles Simson Halason SILITONGA, Toshihiro OKABE, Akiko SOMA, Makoto YAJIMA, Hiroaki TAKA
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Publication number: 20140042878Abstract: A motor driving system that changes a rotation speed of a motor pursuant to a speed command includes a main device including a drive circuit configured to drive the motor, an input device configured to input the speed command to the drive circuit, and a signal insulating unit configured to insulate the input device from the main device and to transmit the speed command from the input device to the drive circuit of the main device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Simson Halason Silitonga, Toshihiro OKABE, Akiko SOMA, Makoto YAJIMA
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Patent number: 7617595Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like metal foil by a constant length toward the guide member, a bonding mechanism for bonding the metal foil to the guide member, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the bonded metal foil. According to the apparatus of the present invention, a comb-like capacitor element member having a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded can be produced efficiently, by bonding the elongated tape-like metal foil without damaging it.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Kenji Ishii, Atsushi Sakai
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Publication number: 20080216308Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like metal foil by a constant length toward the guide member, a bonding mechanism for bonding the metal foil to the guide member, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the bonded metal foil. According to the apparatus of the present invention, a comb-like capacitor element member having a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded can be produced efficiently, by bonding the elongated tape-like metal foil without damaging it.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Kenji Ishit, Atsushi Sakai
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Patent number: 7398593Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like foil by a constant lenght toward the guide member, a bonding mechanism for bonding the metal foil to the guide member, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the bonded metal foil. According to the apparatus of the present invention, a comb-like capacitor element member having a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded can be produced efficiently, by bonding the elongated tape-like metal foil without damaging it.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Kenji Ishii, Atsushi Sakai
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Patent number: 7141081Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Patent number: 7046504Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20060098394Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Patent number: 6890363Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to an apparatus therefor. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20040233615Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20030156376Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like foil by a constant lenght toward the guide member, a bonding mechanism for bonding the metal foil to the guide member, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the bonded metal foil. According to the apparatus of the present invention, a comb-like capacitor element member having a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded can be produced efficiently, by bonding the elongated tape-like metal foil without damaging it.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2003Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventors: Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Kenji Ishii, Atsushi Sakai
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Patent number: 6217094Abstract: An object holding device has a base plate, first and second claws, base ends of which are pivoted at the first and second pivotal points on the base plate, respectively, free ends of which hold an object detachably, a driving device, first and second driven members to be rotated around the first and second pivotal points, respectively, by a driving device, and first and second spiral springs wound around the first and second pivotal points, respectively, for connecting the first and second driven members with the first and second claws, respectively, in order to urge the claws in a closed position. An angular position of the claw is detected, and an original position is set when the claws are opened fully. The object is held by a holding force according to the difference between the rotary angles of the driven member and the claw.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Hanaduka, Toshihiro Okabe, Takashi Takatsuki
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Patent number: 5850900Abstract: To provide a synchronizer ring having both the characteristic of quickly synchronizing two gears and the characteristic of no burning, a wood ceramics layer of a friction member 12 is formed on a tapered inner circumferential surface of a ring-like structure 11 of a synchronizer ring 10. Since the friction member 12 of the synchronizer ring 10 according to the present invention is formed of wood ceramics, the synchronizer ring 10 can attain porosity, wear resistance, heat resistance, and seizure resistance. Owing to the porosity of the wood ceramics, the formation of an oil film at a friction interface can be suppressed to thereby enlarge the coefficient of dynamic friction. Accordingly, two gears can be quickly synchronized with no seizure owing to the heat resistance and the seizure resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Functional Wood Material Research AssociationInventors: Jin Takahashi, Kazuo Hokkirigawa, Toshihiro Okabe, Koji Saito
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Patent number: 5558340Abstract: A game machine includes a housing; a grip mechanism including two hands for gripping articles mounted on a rear wall of the housing; a drive mechanism for moving the grip mechanism vertically and/or horizontally, and depthwise in the housing; a control mechanism for controlling starting and stopping of the drive mechanism; and an input mechanism manually controlled by a game user for sending signals to the control mechanism to start and stop vertical and/or horizontal movement of the grip mechanism. Depthwise movement of the grip mechanism is actuated by the control mechanism after horizontal and vertical movement is stopped. A sensor mechanism on the grip mechanism senses the presence of a prize between the two hands and sends a signal to the control mechanism to close the hands to grip the article whereupon the grip mechanism is returned to a home position, the hands are released and the prize is delivered to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1995Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha BanprestoInventors: Takaya Ibe, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Kaname Ota, Goujun Yamamoto, Toshihiro Okabe
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Patent number: 5497263Abstract: A variable delay circuit including delay devices each having a plurality of delay units connected successively, only some of the delay units of the delay devices being connected to a signal transmission line, wherein a delay time is controlled by activating or inactivating the plurality of delay units according to control signals applied to control input terminals provided respectively for said plurality of delay units.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1993Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Masuda, Kazumichi Yamamoto, Kazunori Nakajima, Toshihiro Okabe, Akira Yamagiwa, Mikio Yamagishi, Kazuo Koide, Bunichi Fujita, Seiichi Kawashima
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Patent number: 5452436Abstract: A data processing apparatus, including a number of electronic circuit units, in which high-speed data can be transmitted among the electronic circuit units. When data is transmitted from one electronic circuit unit to another electronic circuit unit, a clock signal to fetch the data in the sink side electronic circuit unit is transmitted from the source side electronic circuit unit via a clock signal line having the same signal propagation delay characteristics as those of the data signal line.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1995Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyokazu Arai, Akira Yamagiwa, Toshihiro Okabe