Patents Assigned to Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10147198
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement device that is highly accurate due to an optical configuration. The following are provided: a pattern projector that projects an optical pattern; and a pattern image receiver that receives the optical pattern which was projected. The pattern image receiver includes: a pattern image pickup unit that picks up an image of the optical pattern and converts the same to image pickup data; and a point coordinate value calculation unit that, on the basis of the converted image pickup data, calculates a 3D coordinate value for the position of the image pickup unit or a position known from the image pickup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sugihara
  • Patent number: 10048493
    Abstract: A three-dimensional drive device of this invention comprises: a hollow shaft; a first motor rotating the hollow shaft; a first spur gear having a central axis common to a central axis of the hollow shaft, arranged in a center of the hollow shaft; a second motor rotating the first spur gear; a bevel gear meshing with the first spur gear, arranged within the hollow shaft; and a second spur gear meshing with the bevel gear, arranged within the hollow shaft, and having an axis of rotation orthogonal to the central axis of the hollow shaft, the bevel gear and the second spur gear being to turn upon moving in the circumferential direction of the hollow shaft along with rotation of the hollow shaft, and the central axis of the hollow shaft and the axis of rotation of the second spur gear being orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20180226862
    Abstract: A rotational position detection device includes: an FG magnet rotating together with a rotor and having N poles and S poles alternately magnetized at even intervals in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis of the rotor; and a printed circuit board on which an FG pattern facing the FG magnet is formed such that an induced voltage is generated by rotation of the FG magnet, wherein the FG pattern includes patterns electrically separated from each other on the printed circuit board, and the patterns differ from each other by an electrical angle excluding an integral multiple of 180 degrees in electrical angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko UNI
  • Publication number: 20180223858
    Abstract: R indicates an outer diameter of s fan, r indicates an outer diameter of an outer rotor, D indicates an inner diameter of an air inlet, d indicates an outer diameter of a hub, H indicates a maximum height of blades from a second surface of a main plate opposite to a first surface in a direction of an axis of a rotatable shaft, h indicates a maximum height of the hub from the second surface of the main plate in the direction of the axis of the rotatable shaft, and (r/R)?0.35, 0<(d/D)<0.5, and 0<(h/H)<0.5 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9891101
    Abstract: An information-reading element may be provided, which can be made small, and allows the number of adjustment steps to be reduced, and an information-reading device may be provided. An information-reading element may be provided and equipped with a light-emitting element, which serves as a polarized light-emitting part for emitting polarized light as outgoing light, and a light-receiving element, which serves as a polarized light-receiving part for receiving the polarized light as returning light after the polarized light is reflected off a reflecting plate, said reflecting plate being a target object from which information is to be read, wherein the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element have different polarization characteristics from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Musubu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9709049
    Abstract: A piston drive device includes: a crankcase; first and second compression cylinders fixed to the crankcase; first and second vacuum cylinders fixed to the crankcase; a rotational shaft rotatably supported within the crankcase; first and second compression pistons connected to the rotational shaft and reciprocating respectively within the first and second compression cylinders; and first and second vacuum pistons connected to the rotational shaft and reciprocating respectively within the first and second vacuum cylinders; wherein each diameter of piston heads of the first and second compression pistons is smaller than each diameter of piston heads of the first and second vacuum pistons, and the first and second compression pistons are connected to the rotational shaft so as to sandwich the first and second vacuum pistons in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ueda, Eiji Okada
  • Patent number: 9670916
    Abstract: A compressor including a motor, a piston reciprocating by the motor, a crankcase having a middle wall portion formed with a communication hole, the crankcase housing the piston, a cylinder body secured to an inner surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a cylinder chamber, and reciprocation of the piston increasing or decreasing a capacity of the cylinder chamber, and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the middle wall portion, the cylinder head and the middle wall portion defining an exhaust chamber communicated with the cylinder chamber through the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20170107994
    Abstract: A drive device includes: a board including an opening; and a motor including: a rotational shaft; a housing supporting the rotational shaft for rotation, fixed to the board so as to surround the opening, and having a cylindrical shape; a bearing supporting the rotational shaft for rotation and press-fitted onto an inner peripheral surface of the housing; and a thrust cover supporting an end of the rotational shaft and fixed onto the inner peripheral surface of the housing by an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 9470237
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump includes: a case including a recess portion into which a fluid flows; a rotor arranged in the recess portion; an axial member supporting the rotor; and a flange member insert-molded with the case and the axial member, secured to an end portion of the axial member, and buried in a bottom wall portion of the recess portion, wherein the flange member includes: a first flange portion; a reduced portion closer to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion than the first flange portion, and smaller than the first flange portion in a radial direction; and a second flange portion closer to the inner surface than the reduced portion, larger than the first flange portion in the radial direction, and partially exposed from the inner surface, and the inner surface is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuchika Maruyama, Masayuki Kodani, Takeshi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 9447725
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a cylinder; a crankcase; a piston arranged within the cylinder and the crankcase; and an outer rotor type motor causing the piston to reciprocate, wherein the outer rotor type motor comprises: a stator; a coil wound around the stator; a rotational shaft; a yoke connected with the rotational shaft; and a permanent magnet secured to the yoke, and the yoke is formed with an air hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Okada, Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 9303635
    Abstract: A compressor includes a motor; a piston reciprocating by the motor; a crankcase comprising a wall portion formed with a communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston; a cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a chamber, a capacity of the chamber increasing or decreasing by reciprocating the piston; and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the wall portion, and the cylinder head and the wall portion defining a flow path communicated with the chamber through the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 8884167
    Abstract: A printed circuit board unit includes: a printed circuit board including a through hole including first and second inner surfaces opposite to each other; a terminal pin including an insertion portion inserted into the through hole; solder filled into the through hole, and joining the printed circuit board with the terminal pin, wherein the insertion portion includes a base portion abutting the first inner surface, and a protruding portion including: a projection surface projecting from the base portion to the second inner surface and abutting the second inner surface; and a recess surface located at a rear side of the projection surface and spaced apart from the first inner surface, and a length of the protruding portion in a thickness direction of the printed circuit board is greater than a thickness of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Miyasaka, Kouji Kobayashi, Akihito Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 8829753
    Abstract: A motor includes: a rotor comprising: a rotary shaft; a magnetic body rotatable together with the rotary shaft; and first and second permanent magnets fixed on an outer circumference or an inner circumference of the magnetic body, and a stator comprising: an iron core arranged around the rotor; and a coil for exciting the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20140241915
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump includes: a case including a recess portion into which a fluid flows; a rotor arranged in the recess portion; an axial member supporting the rotor; and a flange member insert-molded with the case and the axial member, secured to an end portion of the axial member, and buried in a bottom wall portion of the recess portion, wherein the flange member includes: a first flange portion; a reduced portion closer to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion than the first flange portion, and smaller than the first flange portion in a radial direction; and a second flange portion closer to the inner surface than the reduced portion, larger than the first flange portion in the radial direction, and partially exposed from the inner surface, and the inner surface is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuchika MARUYAMA, Masayuki KODANI, Takeshi MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20130343930
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a motor; a piston reciprocating by the motor; a crankcase comprising a wall portion formed with a communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston; a cylinder body secured to an inner surface of the wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a chamber, and reciprocation of the piston increasing or decreasing a capacity of the chamber; and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the wall portion, and the cylinder head and the wall portion defining space communicated with the chamber through the communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro UEDA
  • Publication number: 20130343925
    Abstract: A compressor includes a motor; a piston reciprocating by the motor; a crankcase comprising a wall portion formed with a communication hole, and the crankcase housing the piston; a cylinder body secured to an internal surface of the wall portion, the cylinder body and the wall portion defining a chamber, a capacity of the chamber increasing or decreasing by reciprocating the piston; and a cylinder head secured to an outer surface of the wall portion, and the cylinder head and the wall portion defining a flow path communicated with the chamber through the communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro UEDA
  • Patent number: D700215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: D700216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: D701537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ueda, Eiji Okada
  • Patent number: D751685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Wanezaki