Patents Assigned to Minebea-Matsushita Motor
  • Publication number: 20070290562
    Abstract: A DC motor including: a substantially cup-shaped housing; and an attachment board which closes an opening of the housing, and to which the motor is attached in a predetermined position; wherein the board has a fitting portion which is provided at a central part of this board, and to which a bearing on one side of a rotor shaft placed in the housing is fitted, and an arm formed protruding in a radial direction at an outer circumferential part of the attachment board, and fastened to an attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, MINEBEA-MATSUSHITA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takizawa, Kazuyuki Kumeda, Hiroshi Miyazako
  • Patent number: 7271516
    Abstract: A stepping motor for generating vibration is provided and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a ring magnet and a rotor frame, and the rotor frame is formed into a substantial cup-shape including a disk portion having an opening at the center and also including a cylindrical portion continuously arranged at the periphery of the disk portion, and a weight portion is arranged in a portion of the rotor frame so that the gravity center of the rotor frame an be located at a position eccentric with respect to the center of the rotor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea-Matsushita Motor
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Poh Chua