Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Kitamura

Yasutaka Kitamura 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: 11984018
    Abstract: This bodily vibration generation device can be mounted to a bodily sensation presentation apparatus and generates, with a simple configuration, suitable vibration corresponding to a sound so that a user bodily senses the vibration. This device has: an electromagnetic actuator that causes, by an inputted drive signal, a movable body being supported so as to be elastically vibratable with respect to a fixed body, to vibrate by driving same in one direction of the vibration directions thereof; an AC signal input unit for inputting an AC signal; and a rectification unit that performs half-wave rectification of the AC signal and outputs the AC signal to the electromagnetic actuator as the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Tomoya Ishitani
  • Publication number: 20240154509
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes an assembled magnetic member has a rectangular shape surrounding the movable member in a plane orthogonal to the axis direction, the core extends in the X direction along one edge of the rectangular shape, and the pair of core parts respectively extend in the Y direction along a pair of opposing edges of the rectangular shape that are different from the one edge, the assembled magnetic member including the pair of magnetic poles, the pair of core parts around which the pair of coils are respectively wound, and the core at which the rotation angle position holding part is disposed, and winding axes of the pair of coils extend along the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Shigenori INAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11936250
    Abstract: A movable magnet is configured by alternately magnetizing an even number of magnetic poles at an outer periphery of a shaft part; a number of core magnetic poles as magnetic poles of a core body and a number of magnetic poles of the movable magnet are equal to each other; the core magnetic poles are disposed to face the movable magnet with an air gap therebetween on an outer peripheral side of the movable magnet in a direction orthogonal to the shaft part; a drive unit is provided with a magnet position holding part provided to face the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position; the core body is formed to surround an even number of the core magnetic poles; and a coil body is disposed at the core body adjacent to each of the even number of the core magnetic poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Kitamura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yuki Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11909291
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator reciprocally and rotationally driving the movable body about the shaft part in relation to the fixed body by the electromagnetic mutual effect of the coil and the movable magnet, wherein the movable magnet is magnetized in the radial direction of the shaft part, the two magnetic poles are disposed facing each other across an air gap in the radial direction of the movable magnet and the shaft part, and the fixed body has a rotation-angle-holding part disposed facing the movable magnet across the air gap, the rotation-angle-holding part holding the rotation angle position of the movable magnet by the magnetic attraction force generated with the movable magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami, Shigenori Inamoto
  • Publication number: 20240022154
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected, and a magnet; a base portion including a pair of wall portions disposed to sandwich the movable object and support the shaft part; a core assembly including a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation, the core assembly being attached to one wall portion; and a sensor board that is attached to an other wall portion and on which a sensor configured to detect a rotational angle of the one end portion of the shaft part is mounted, in which the sensor board is disposed such that the sensor faces the other wall portion from an outer surface side of the other wall portion and detects the rotational angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240019683
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a magnet is fixed and being capable of performing a reciprocating rotation around an axis; a base portion including a pair of wall portions for supporting the shaft part via a bearing such that the shaft part is rotatable; a core assembly including: a core body having a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet to sandwich the magnet, a coil body wound around the core body and energized to cause a reciprocating rotation of the movable body, and a magnet position holding portion generating a magnetic attraction force between the magnet position holding portion and the magnet to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a preload applying part externally fitted to the shaft part and configured to apply a preload to the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki OTSUKA, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240019686
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a movable body including a magnet fixed to an other end portion side of a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side; a core assembly including a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet, a coil body wound around the core body, a magnet position holding portion energized to generate a magnetic attraction force between the magnet position holding portion and the magnet to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a circuit board disposed to cover the core assembly at the other end side, in which the coil body includes a terminal part to which an end portion of a coil is connected and that is disposed to protrude to the circuit board side so as to be connected to a circuit of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240019685
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a main body unit including: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected and to which a magnet is fixed, and a base portion including a pair of wall portions disposed to sandwich the movable object, the base portion supporting the shaft part by the pair of wall portions; a core assembly including: a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion; and a connecting surface portion that is integrally disposed on the one end portion side of the core assembly, and that is attached to the one wall portion in a state where the shaft part is inserted into an opening portion and the magnet is disposed in the core assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240022153
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side of the shaft part, and a magnet fixed to an other end portion side of the shaft part, the movable body being supported to be capable of performing a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a core assembly including a magnet position holding portion defining a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a sensor board on which a sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the shaft part is mounted, the sensor board being disposed to cover the core assembly from the other end portion side, with the sensor facing the magnet side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240019684
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a magnet is fixed, the movable body being configured to perform a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a base portion including a pair of wall portions for supporting the shaft part via a bearing; and a core assembly including: a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing the magnet, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation, the core assembly being fixed to one wall portion, in which at least one of the base portion, the core body, or the core assembly includes a positioning fixation part for positioning and fixing the at least one of the base portion, the core body, or the core assembly to a fixation target object in a direction parallel to the shaft part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai MASAMOTO, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11848586
    Abstract: This vibration actuator has: a stationary body having a coil; a movable body having a magnet disposed radially inside the coil; and an elastic support part for supporting the movable body so that the movable body can move relative to the stationary body. The stationary body has a coil holding part. The coil holding part has, on the inner diameter side of the coil, a coil protection wall part. The elastic support part has at least two or more plate springs bridged between the coil holding part and the movable body so as to sandwich the movable body in a vibration direction. In order that the movable body does not come into contact with the coil holding part when not vibrating and when vibrating, the plate springs support the movable body so that the movable body is movable in the vibration direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Chikara Sekiguchi, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Daisuke Kodama, Yuta Yoshii, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigenori Inamoto
  • Publication number: 20230400925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tactile feedback device that detects a user operation based on touch without erroneous detection, providing stable tactile feedback. This device includes: an operated section that receives a user operation based on touch; a touch detection section for detecting touch on the operated section; a load detection section that detects a load on the operated section due to touch; a vibration actuator that generates vibration and outputs the vibration to the operated section; and a driving control section that drives, in response to the detection of touch and detection of load, the vibration actuator to vibrate the operated section, feeding back tactile sensation to a user, wherein the load detection section stops detection of a load during vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Takahiko IRIE, Tomoya ISHITANI
  • Publication number: 20230283156
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator which includes a base portion including a bottom portion, and a pair of wall portions erected from both ends of the bottom portion; a movable body including a shaft portion rotatably supported by the pair of the wall portions via a bearing in such a manner that a movable magnet disposed at an outer side surface of one wall portion of the pair of the wall portions; and a drive unit including a core body and a coil body, the drive unit being attached to the outer side surface of the one wall portion, wherein another wall portion of the pair of wall portions is configured to be detachable from or adjustable in position with respect to the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11664713
    Abstract: A movable magnet is configured by alternately magnetizing an even number of magnetic poles forming an South pole and an North pole; a number of magnetic poles of a core body is equal to a number of magnetic poles of the movable magnet; an even number of magnetic poles of the core body is respectively arranged to face the movable magnet with an air gap therebetween on the outer peripheral side of a shaft portion; and a drive unit is provided with a magnet position holding portion to face the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position. A drive unit is attached to one wall portion of the pair of wall portions of a base portion, and an angle sensor portion for detecting a rotation angle of the shaft portion is attached to the other wall portion of the pair of wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yasutaka Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20230096114
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a magnet fixed to a shaft portion; a fixing body including a plurality of magnetic poles, a first magnetic attraction member, and a second magnetic attraction member that are disposed to face an outer circumference of the magnet;, the plurality of magnetic poles including a plurality of coils, the first magnetic attraction member being configured to generate a first magnetic attraction force, the second magnetic attraction member being configured to generate a second magnetic attraction force, in which a magnetic flux passing through the plurality of magnetic poles is generated by energization of the plurality of coils, causing the reciprocating rotation of the movable body about an axis of the shaft portion with reference to the rotational center position by electromagnetic interaction between the magnetic flux and the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masaharu KAGAMI, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230025894
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft portion and a magnet fixed to the shaft portion; a fixing body including a core assembly, the core assembly including a core body and coils, the core body having magnetic poles, the core assembly being disposed such that the magnetic poles face an outer periphery of the magnet; and a pair of shaft supports configured to sandwich the core assembly in an extending direction of extension of the shaft portion and support the shaft portion at opposite sides of the core assembly such that the shaft portion is rotatable, in which a magnetic flux passing through the core body is generated by energization of the coils, causing reciprocating rotation of the movable body about an axis of the shaft portion by electromagnetic interaction between the magnetic flux and the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Kai MASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230026476
    Abstract: This optical scanning device includes: a shaft part to which a mirror part is connected; a movable magnet; a base part; a ball bearing; a core unit that has a core body and a coil body and rotationally drives the movable magnet; and a magnet position holding member that is a magnetic body provided facing the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position. The core unit is disposed on the outer surface side of one wall section of a pair of wall sections of the base part. An angle sensor unit for detecting the rotation angle position of the shaft part is disposed between the core unit and the one wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230006526
    Abstract: A rotary reciprocating driving actuator includes: a movable member including a shaft part and a magnet; and a fixing body including a core assembly including a magnetic pole core with an integral structure including a plurality of magnetic poles, a plurality of coils disposed next to the plurality of magnetic poles, and a magnetic path core to which the magnetic pole core is assembled, wherein the core assembly is disposed such that the plurality of magnetic poles faces an outer periphery of the magnet, wherein a magnetic flux that passes through a magnetic path configured of the magnetic path core and the magnetic pole core of the integral structure is generated through energization of the plurality of coils, and the movable member is rotated back and forth around an axis of the shaft part through electromagnetic interaction of the magnetic flux and the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20220415142
    Abstract: This bodily vibration generation device can be mounted to a bodily sensation presentation apparatus and generates, with a simple configuration, suitable vibration corresponding to a sound so that a user bodily senses the vibration. This device has: an electromagnetic actuator that causes, by an inputted drive signal, a movable body being supported so as to be elastically vibratable with respect to a fixed body, to vibrate by driving same in one direction of the vibration directions thereof; an AC signal input unit for inputting an AC signal; and a rectification unit that performs half-wave rectification of the AC signal and outputs the AC signal to the electromagnetic actuator as the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Tomoya ISHITANI
  • Patent number: 11515775
    Abstract: A vibration actuator has a movable body including: a disk-shaped magnet; disk-shaped cores fixed on front and rear surfaces of the magnet and each having an opening at a center thereof; leaf springs having a substantially circular shape; and spring stopper weight parts each having one end positioned by joining the opening to be joined with one of the cores and having another end connected to a central part of one of the leaf springs; and a fixing body including an annular coil having a larger inner diameter than the magnet, the cores and the spring stopper weight parts. The fixing body supports an outer periphery part of the leaf springs and accommodates therein the movable body such that the magnet, the cores and the spring stopper weight parts are capable of moving upwardly and downwardly inside the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Chikara Sekiguchi, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Daisuke Kodama, Yuta Yoshii, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigenori Inamoto