Patents Assigned to Nidec Sankyo Corporation
  • Publication number: 20220099351
    Abstract: An air door device, which facilitates the threading and assembly operations of leads, and avoid the dielectric breakdown of a substrate due to the intrusion of water. The air door device includes: a frame, with an opening portion; a door panel, rotates to open and close the opening portion; a cover portion, assembled on the frame along a preset direction in the horizontal direction with an opening facing the frame; a motor, arranged in a storage space enclosed by the cover portion and the frame and is used for driving the door panel to rotate; a substrate, arranged in the storage space; and a first lead, connected with the substrate, the thickness direction of the substrate is consistent with the preset direction, the motor is closer to the opening than the substrate, and the first lead is led out from the surface of the substrate facing the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru YOKOE
  • Publication number: 20220099215
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a shell provided with a chamber formed on an inner surface with an inlet and first and second outlets; a valve core provided with a main abutting portion, and first and second separation portions that are separated by the main abutting portion; and a driving portion driving the valve core to rotate, The valve core includes an auxiliary abutting portion. The auxiliary abutting portion is arranged that the area of the surface of the first separation portion opposite to the valve seat surface is closer to the area of the surface of the second separation portion opposite to the valve seat surface when the auxiliary abutting portion is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru YOKOE
  • Patent number: 11286940
    Abstract: A pump device is provided. In the pump device, a bottom portion of a case body with a suction port formed therein is provided with a through-hole through which a fluid sucked through the suction port passes, and the case body is provided with a shaft holding portion holding the lower end of the fixed shaft and a plurality of connection portions disposed with a space interposed therebetween in the circumferential direction of the rotor so as to surround the through-hole and connecting the shaft holding portion and the bottom portion. The upper end side of the connection portion is provided with a protrusion protruding upward beyond the upper end surface of the shaft holding portion, and at least one of the protrusions is a rotation preventing portion that prevents rotation of the thrust bearing in the circumferential direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Otsuki, Hiroki Kuratani
  • Publication number: 20220091477
    Abstract: An optical unit is provided and includes: a movable body having an optical module; a fixed body; a support mechanism turnably supporting the movable body with respect to the fixed body; a flexible circuit board whose one end is connected with a connection part provided in the movable body and which is disposed on a side in a first intersecting direction intersecting an optical axis direction with respect to the movable body; and a positioning part being disposed on the side in the first intersecting direction with respect to the movable body and positioning an other end of the flexible circuit board in the optical axis direction. The flexible circuit board is folded to be overlapped with each other when viewed in the optical axis direction. A position in the optical axis direction of a turning axis is located within a range from the connection part to the positioning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MINAMISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220091476
    Abstract: An optical unit is provided and includes: a movable body having an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism turnably supporting the movable body with respect to the fixed body, a flexible wiring board whose one end connected with a connection part provided in the movable body and disposed on a side in a first intersecting direction intersecting an optical axis direction with respect to the movable body, and a positioning part disposed on the side in the first intersecting direction and positioning an other end of the flexible wiring board in the optical axis direction. The flexible wiring board is folded to be overlapped with each other when being viewed in the optical axis direction. A position in the optical axis direction of the turning axis is located at a position on an outer side with respect to a range from the connection part to the positioning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MINAMISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220093444
    Abstract: An industrial robot includes a mounting mechanism on which multiple conveyance objects is mounted. The mounting mechanism includes multiple hands overlapped with each other at a predetermined pitch in an upper and lower direction. Each of the hands includes: a fixing part to which a fixed part of the mounting part is fixed, and a bolt for fixing the fixed part to the fixing part. When the mounting mechanism includes a hand having an upward bolt, all of the fixing parts and the fixed parts of the hands disposed on a lower side of the upward bolt are formed with through holes for engaging a tool with a head part of the upward bolt from a lower side of the hand disposed at the bottom. An inside diameter of the through hole is larger than an outside diameter of the head part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu KURIBAYASHI, Toshimichi KAZAMA
  • Patent number: 11283338
    Abstract: Each of holders which holds a coil or a magnet used in a magnetic drive circuit, in a stacked manner in a first direction without causing rattling in an actuator (1), a first coil holder (65) of a first magnetic drive circuit (6), a second coil holder (75) of a second magnetic drive circuit (7), and a third coil holder (85) of a third magnetic drive circuit (8) are arranged in a stacked manner in a Z direction, and the first coil holder, the second coil holder, and the third coil holder are fastened in the Z direction by a restraining member (90). Thus, the first coil holder, the second coil holder, and the third coil holder can be arranged in a stacked manner in the Z direction without causing rattling. The restraining member is constituted by a first member (91) and a second member (92) having the same configuration, including size and shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitahara, Tadashi Takeda, Masao Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 11271465
    Abstract: In the actuator, the viscoelastic members are arranged at positions at which the support body and the movable body face each other in the first direction, and the magnetic drive circuit drives the movable body in the second direction which crosses the first direction. The viscoelastic members connect the movable body and the support body together while having the thickness direction thereof in the first direction and extending in the second direction. Therefore, resonance caused when the movable body is vibrated can be restricted. Reproducibility of vibration acceleration corresponding to the input signals can be improved by utilizing the spring elements of the viscoelastic members in the shearing direction, thus enabling the actuator to vibrate with delicate nuances. Further, the viscoelastic members can be prevented from being pressed in the thickness direction and greatly deformed, therefore, preventing the gap between the movable body and the support body from greatly varying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitahara, Tadashi Takeda, Masao Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 11268624
    Abstract: A valve drive device comprising a valve body drive mechanism including a drive gear, a driven gear for turning the valve body, and a power transmission switching part provided with a protruded part of the drive gear and a turning restriction part turnably attached to the driven gear. The turning restriction part comprises a lever part urged with an urging force toward an outer side of the driven gear. The driven gear comprises a lever turning restriction part for restricting turning of the lever part and the lever part is structured to perform a contact operation with the protruded part and a separating operation separated from a contact position with the lever turning restriction part. The valve body drive mechanism further comprises a foreign matter entry restraining part which covers at least a part of a region formed between the lever part and the lever turning restriction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Yokoe
  • Patent number: 11269195
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function include a movable body having an optical module and a holder surrounding the optical module, a swing support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, a fixed body, and a shake correction drive mechanism. The optical module has a protruded part, and the holder has a position restriction part with which the protruded part is abutted. The fixed body includes a case accommodating the holder, and the case includes an outer frame part surrounding the holder and a projecting part projecting to an inner peripheral side from an end part on an image side of the outer frame part. The projecting part has a stopper part overlapping with the holder, and the protruded part and the position restriction part are located on an inner peripheral side with respect to the projecting part when viewed in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sue, Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 11268517
    Abstract: To provide a pump device configured such that the impeller can be prevented from being moved toward a case body by which a pump chamber is defined. An impeller is arranged in a pump chamber defined by a case body and an end wall portion of a motor. The impeller includes back blades protruding from a shroud toward the end wall portion of the motor. When the impeller is driven to circulate fluid through the pump chamber, a fluid is drawn out by the back blades from a clearance between the impeller and the end wall portion of the motor. Therefore, the impeller is moved by the negative pressure toward the end wall portion of the motor. The back blades function as a suction power generation mechanism configured to generate suction power sucking the impeller toward the end wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuki Kokubo, Hiroki Kuratani, Takashi Yamamoto, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 11264881
    Abstract: In a magnetic drive circuit of an actuator, a first yoke and a second yoke are disposed on both sides in a first direction across a coil, and a first magnet and a second magnet are fixed to the first yoke and the second yoke. The first yoke includes a first connecting plate part and a second connecting plate part that extend toward the second yoke. Thus, welding of the first connecting plate part and the second yoke and the second connecting plate part and the second yoke can be efficiently performed on a different side in the first direction (a side where the second yoke is located).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tsuchihashi, Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11249274
    Abstract: Provided is a lens unit. A second lens is provided with a flange surface section that surrounds a lens surface. An image-side flange surface has an image-side flange surface inner-circumferential section which is shaped like a ring-shaped groove, and also has a ring-shaped image-side flange surface outer-circumferential section formed to the outside of the inner-circumferential section. The image-side flange surface inner-outer circumferential section is coated with black ink. The image-side flange surface outer-circumferential section is provided with boss-shaped positioning surface at six equidistant locations along the outer circumference. Ejector pin contact sections are formed between adjacent positioning surface, and said contact sections contact the ejector pins at the time of separation from the mold during resin molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11246221
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 11243452
    Abstract: An optical unit may include a movable body having a lens and an imaging element; a fixed body configured to support the movable body; a gimbal mechanism configured to oscillatably support the movable body; and a shake correction drive mechanism configured to cause the movable body to oscillate with respect to the fixed body around the two axial lines. The shake correction drive mechanism may include an oscillating magnet, and an oscillating coil to generate an electromagnetic force within a magnetic field of the oscillating magnet. The gimbal mechanism may include an annular movable frame surrounding a periphery of the movable body, and four oscillation support points supporting the movable frame with respect to the movable body and the fixed body on the two axial lines. The movable frame may be arranged outwardly in a radial direction perpendicular to the optical axis from the shake correction drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 11243409
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function include a fixed body, a movable body having an optical element, a swing support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, and a shake correction drive mechanism structured to swing the movable body. The movable body includes a first abutting part abutted with a first stopper part of the fixed body at a time of a maximum swing, and a second abutting part abutted with a second stopper part of the fixed body at a time of a movement in an optical axis direction. The second stopper part and the second abutting part are separated so as not to contact with each other when the movable body is swung, and a separated distance along the optical axis direction between the second stopper part and the second abutting part is smaller than a separated distance between the first abutting part and the fixed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 11241786
    Abstract: A servo control device for controlling a motor based on a position command when an operation target is connected to the motor via a wave gear reduction mechanism may include a position control system configured to detect a shaft angular position of the motor to perform a closed-loop control based on the shaft angular position; an inverse control element having an inverse characteristic of dynamics of the position control system; and a compensation amount generation unit configured to generate a compensation amount for compensating for an angular transmission error of the wave gear reduction mechanism. The inverse control element is configured to apply compensation amount to the position control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Shunya Yazawa
  • Publication number: 20220019087
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body, a fixed body, a swing support mechanism structured to swingably support the movable body, a shake correction drive mechanism structured to swing the movable body, and a flexible printed circuit board extended from the movable body. The flexible printed circuit board is provided with a flat face part between the movable body and a circuit board fixing part provided in the fixed body, and a fixed part which is fixed to the circuit board fixing part. The flat face part is provided with a curved part, the fixed part is positioned in the optical axis direction by abutting with the circuit board fixing part, the circuit board fixing part comprises a fixable region capable of fixing the fixed part, and a width of the fixable region is larger than a width of the fixed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MINAMISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220019987
    Abstract: A module provided in a predetermined space of an operation panel of a transaction terminal device to input and output digital information, includes: a wireless unit, a scanner unit, and a housing. The housing has a first front surface member and a second front surface member, a lower side of the first front surface member projects toward an operator with respect to an upper side of the first front surface member, an upper side of the second front surface member projects toward the operator with respect to a lower side of the second front surface member, an antenna of the wireless unit is provided on a back side of the first front surface member, a lower side of the antenna projects toward the operator with respect to an upper side of the antenna, and the scanner unit reads a code through an opening of the second front surface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori TAKAHASHI, Katsuhisa HIGASHI, Yosuke OGUCHI, Junro TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11217375
    Abstract: In the actuator, the first end plate part of the first cover member in the support body is layered on one side in the first direction of the holder and faces the first yoke of the movable body from one side in the first direction. The second end plate part of the second cover member in the support body is layered on the other side in the first direction of the holder and faces the movable body from the other side in the first direction. Thus, the first viscoelastic member interposed between the movable body and the first end plate part in the first direction properly contacts with the movable body and the first end plate part. The second viscoelastic member interposed between the movable body and the second end plate part in the first direction properly contacts with the movable body and the second end plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tsuchihashi, Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara