Patents Assigned to Nidec Sankyo Corporation
  • Publication number: 20210278690
    Abstract: An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided. A movable body is supported by a fixed body via a gimbal mechanism. The fixed body includes a case surrounding the movable body. The gimbal mechanism includes a gimbal frame having a second axis-side extension part protruding in a direction of a second axis and a second connecting mechanism connecting the second axis-side extension part and the case. The second axis-side extension part includes a first portion extending in a direction of Z-axis, a bent portion bending from an end of the first portion, and a second portion extending from the bent portion in a -Z direction. The second connecting mechanism connects the second portion and the case, and the fixed body includes an object-side end plate portion facing the bent portion from the direction of the Z axis on an outer side of the first portion in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo KASAHARA, Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20210278691
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Shogo KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210278689
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function rotates a movable body around X, Y, and Z axes to perform a shake correction. The optical unit with a shake correction function includes a flexible printed board pulled out from the movable body in a +X direction and a board support part to support the flexible printed board at a position away from the movable body in an X-axis direction. The flexible printed board includes a first extending part pulled out from the movable body in the +X direction along an XY plane, a meandering part extending in a Y-axis direction while meandering in the X-axis direction after being curved in a Z-axis direction from an end of the first extending part in the Y-axis direction, and a second extending part extending in the +X direction along the XY plane in the +X direction of the meandering part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo KASAHARA, Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20210278688
    Abstract: An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided and includes: a movable body, a rotational support structure, a gimbal mechanism, a fixed body, and a rolling corrective-magnet drive structure. The rotational support structure, which supports the movable body to be rotatable around an optical axis, is rotatably supported by the gimbal mechanism around two axes intersecting with the optical 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, and multiple spherical objects inserted in the first annular groove and the second annular groove. The gimbal mechanism supports the plate roller to be rotatable. The rolling corrective-magnet drive structure, which rotates the movable body around the optical axis, includes a rolling corrective magnet on the movable body side, and two rolling corrective coils on the fixed body side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji HATANO, Shogo KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210278693
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo KASAHARA, Shinji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20210278692
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Kasahara, Shinji Hatano
  • Patent number: 11108316
    Abstract: An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body; and a magnetic driving circuit. The magnetic driving circuit may include an air-core coil provided in a first member, and a first permanent magnet provided in a second member so as to face the coil on a first side in a first direction. The magnetic driving circuit may cause the movable body to vibrate with respect to the support body in a second direction which intersects with the first direction. The first member may include a coil holder comprising a plate part in which a coil placement hole is formed, a first plate that overlaps the coil placement hole and the plate part, and an adhesive layer. The coil may face the first permanent magnet via the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitahara, Akira Mori, Masao Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 11108296
    Abstract: An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body disposed in contact with both the movable body and the support body in a position in which the movable body and the support body face each other; and a magnetic driving circuit including a coil in the support body and a permanent magnet in the movable body. The magnetic driving circuit may cause the movable body to vibrate. The support body may include a coil holder that holds the coil, a case that covers a circumference of the movable body and the coil holder, and a power supply board held by the coil holder in a position exposed from the case and to which a coil wire forming the coil is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Mori, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20210266187
    Abstract: To provide a mutual authentication system which is not required to erase master key when a slave device is replaced. The storage part stores a temporary key which is key data used temporarily and a master key which is key data used for authentication. The storage part stores the temporary key. The key confirmation unit inquires whether the slave device stores the master key. The key confirmation response unit confirms whether the master key has already been stored in the storage part for an inquiry from the master device and responds. The key introduction unit encrypts the master key by using the temporary key and transmits to the slave device. The key storage unit decrypts the encrypted master key by using the temporary key and stores in the storage part. The main authentication unit and the sub-authentication unit authenticate with each other by using the master key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto SAEKI
  • Patent number: 11098815
    Abstract: There is provided a valve drive device including: a base including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a valve seat surface, at least one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet being opened at the valve seat surface; a cover configured to define a valve chamber; a valve element configured to open and close any one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet in the valve chamber; and a valve element driver configured to drive and rotate the valve element. The valve element driver includes: a motor; a drive gear configured to rotate together with a rotor of the motor; a driven gear configured to rotate, in a state of meshing with the drive gear, the valve element by rotation of the drive gear; and a power transmission switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Yokoe
  • Patent number: 11098798
    Abstract: A clutch device may include an actuator and a clutch member. The actuator may include a clutch motor; a reduction gear mechanism; an output member to be operated by a drive force of the clutch motor; a support plate in which the reduction gear mechanism is disposed on a first face side and a connection part electrically connected between members is disposed on a second face side; a first case member which covers the support plate from the first face side; and a second case member which covers the support plate from the second face side. An end part of the support plate may be sandwiched between the first case member and the second case member and the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisayoshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 11095200
    Abstract: An actuator (1) is provided A substrate (15) held by a support (2) is provided with a total of six power supply electrodes (153) electrically connected respectively to both ends of a first coil (61) of a first magnetic drive circuit (6) that vibrates a movable body (3) in an X direction, both ends of a second coil (71) of a second magnetic drive circuit (7) that vibrates the movable body (3) in a Y direction, and both ends of a third coil (81) of a third magnetic drive circuit (8) that vibrates the movable body (3) in the X direction. An opening (110) that exposes the six power supply electrodes (153) is formed in a cover (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitahara, Tadashi Takeda, Masao Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 11094157
    Abstract: In a card reader (1), if a shutter member (10), being located at a block position for blocking a card transfer path (3), rotates toward a deep side of the card reader, the shutter member moves to an open position. In a part within a surface of a side of the card transfer path in a thickness direction of the card (2), at a side deeper than the shutter member, there are formed only an open part (31) and an open part (32); the open part being for preventing an interference of the shutter member, rotating toward the open position, with the main body frame (4), as well as ejecting a foreign object out of the card transfer path; the open part being for preventing an interference of a movable component (21), placed so as to face the card transfer path, with the main body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210251080
    Abstract: An optical unit may include a movable body having an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism which turnably supports the movable body with respect to the fixed body with one or a plurality of directions intersecting an optical axis direction as a direction of a turning axis, and a flexible wiring board whose one end is connected with a connection part provided in the movable body and which is provided with a flat face region facing the optical axis direction. The flat face region is disposed on a side in a first intersecting direction intersecting the optical axis direction with respect to the movable body and is provided with a curved part curved without overlapping in the optical axis direction and is structured so that at least a part of the flat face region is overlapped with a position of the turning axis in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MINAMISAWA
  • Patent number: 11083349
    Abstract: The fluid damper device (10) includes a rotor (30) inserted into a case (20) in a bottomed tube shape and a cover (60) fixed to an opening part (29) of the case (20). The inner peripheral face of the case (20) is formed with the welding protruded part (80) welded to the cover (60) in a part in a circumferential direction. As the flow-out prevention part (90), a second flow-out prevention part (92) is formed on the inner peripheral side of the welding protruded part (80) on the other side (L2) in the axial line (L) direction with respect to the welding range (X). A circular arc-shaped step face (76) functioning as a flow-out restriction part (95) is provided on the other side (L2) in the axial line (L) direction of the second flow-out prevention part (92) and the projected resin is restricted from reaching to the O-ring (49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoya Mihara
  • Patent number: 11088587
    Abstract: A motor provided with: a resin sealing member that is made from a resin and that covers a stator; and a cover member that is fixed to the resin sealing member. The protrusions protruding radially outward are formed on the resin sealing member. A part of the cover member on a Z2 direction side thereof is configured as a cylindrical cover section covering the resin sealing member from the outer circumferential side. The cover section has formed therein notch sections, engagement grooves that extend toward one side in the circumferential direction from the ends of the notch sections on a Z1 direction side and with which the protrusions engage, and a stopper restricting movement of the cover member toward the other side in the circumferential direction. The widths of the notch sections are wider than the widths of the protrusions in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kuratani, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11088584
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator having coils, a connector for supplying electrical power to the coils, and a resin sealing member. The resin sealing member comprises an opposite-to-output side sealing part and a connector sealing part covering the connector. The connector comprises a frame part into which the cable side connector is to be inserted, and the opposite-to-output side sealing part comprises a first protruded part and a second protruded part. A tip end face of the first protruded part and a tip end face of the second protruded part are located on one imaginary face intersecting the rotation center line, a tip end on the opposite-to-output side of the frame part is located on the output side with respect to the imaginary face, and the second protruded part is provided at a position closer to the frame part between the first protruded part and the frame part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Harada, Hiroki Kuratani, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11085711
    Abstract: A cooling device having a centrifugal pump directly mounted on a radiator. An annular seal member is disposed between the bottom portion of the case body of the centrifugal pump and the side surface of the tank chamber of the radiator, and the annular seal member is used for preventing the cooling medium leakage via a space between the centrifugal pump and the tank chamber. The cylindrical portion of the case body and the annular seal member are overlapped with each other in the axial direction of the rotation center shaft of the motor that drives the centrifugal pump, in order that the cylindrical portion can receive at least a part of the reaction force of the annular seal member crushed between the case body and the tank chamber, and thereby the bottom portion of the case body of the centrifugal pump is prevented from deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Ablecom Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Noboru Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20210240000
    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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo KASAHARA, Shinji HATANO, Tsutomu ARAI
  • Patent number: D928843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kuratani, Makoto Hamawaki