Patents Assigned to Tops Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11973388
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotor; a stator; an insulator; and a coil. The rotor rotates about a first axis. The stator includes teeth projecting toward the rotor. The insulator is attached to each of the teeth. The coil is wound around the insulator. The insulator includes a pair of side surface portions that are mounted on the teeth to generate a biasing force against the teeth in a twisting direction with respect to a direction of the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: KYB Corporation, TOP Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayaka Ueno, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Tohru Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11955858
    Abstract: A first portion of an insulator is provided on a first region of an end surface of a tooth. A second portion of the insulator is provided on a second region of the end surface of the tooth so as to be separated from the first portion in a circumferential direction. A third portion of the insulator is connected to fourth side ends of the first portion and the second portion in a radial direction. A coil includes a crossing portion in a coil end. A stator includes an insert body in a housing space. The insert is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material forming the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Amaya, Norihito Shimode, Yuga Hashizume, Takao Sakai, Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230150457
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a mop mitt for car washing, a mop body for car washing, and a method of manufacturing a mop mitt for car washing. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mop mitt for car washing, the mop mitt including: a first surface sewn in the state in which an outer peripheral portion has been folded inward, and forming one surface of a pocket shape having one open side; and a second surface extending from the first surface, rotated around a central portion, and facing the first surface; wherein the first and second surfaces are sewn together on both sides of thereof, so that the mop mitt for car washing is gripped through an insertion portion having one open side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: A-TOP Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Cheol HONG
  • Patent number: 11611269
    Abstract: The rotor includes a drive shaft, a first rotor core unit, and a second rotor core unit. The first rotor core unit is configured from a first iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of first permanent magnets, and includes a first reference surface at which the first iron core material is flush with or protruding further than first permanent magnets. The second rotor core unit is configured from a second iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of second permanent magnets, and has a second reference surface at which the second iron core material is flush with or protruding further than second permanent magnets, the second rotor core unit being laminated in an axial direction on the first rotor core unit such that the first reference surface and the second reference surface contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: KYB Corporation, TOP Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayaka Ueno, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Masanobu Sunabata
  • Patent number: 11364590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a line catcher type water jet cutting apparatus. Portions of a workpiece to be converted into products are processed by water jet cutting in a common manner in an early stage of the water jet cutting. In a final stage of the water jet cutting, product fixing pushers press and fix the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hoon Choi, Tae Il Cho, Min Soo Song, Hyun Jung Kwon, Jang Sung Kim, Dong Jun Park, Mohamed Ahmed Hashish
  • Patent number: 11258330
    Abstract: The rotating electrical device has a motor, a bearing holder, and a busbar unit. The busbar unit has a plurality of busbars, and an electrically insulating busbar holder enclosing the plurality of busbars. The plurality of busbars are electrically connected to the plurality of coils, respectively, and inserted, on the bearing holder side of the busbar holder, through each of the plurality of terminal through-holes in the bearing holder, and the busbar holder is configured to enclose the periphery of a part where the plurality of busbars are inserted through the terminal through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: KYB CORPORATION, TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka Ueno, Hiroyuki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11117284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a line catcher-type waterjet cutting apparatus in which a workpiece is subjected to the waterjet processing in a state of being clamped by a workpiece edge clamping device and a separate driving unit for the workpiece edge clamping device is provided, and in which the workpiece is clamped by the workpiece edge clamping device during the waterjet processing, while the workpiece is easily decoupled from the workpiece edge clamping device after the waterjet processing is completed, so that the waterjet processing is carried out while reciprocally conveying the workpiece in an X-direction, thereby increasing the processing accuracy of the waterjet processing and easily automating the waterjet processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hoon Choi, Tae Il Cho, Min Soo Song, Hyun Jung Kwon, Jang Sung Kim, Dong Jun Park, Mohamed Ahmed Hashish
  • Publication number: 20210257873
    Abstract: A first portion of an insulator is provided on a first region of an end surface of a tooth. A second portion of the insulator is provided on a second region of the end surface of the tooth so as to be separated from the first portion in a circumferential direction. A third portion of the insulator is connected to fourth side ends of the first portion and the second portion in a radial direction. A coil includes a crossing portion in a coil end. A stator includes an insert body in a housing space. The insert is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material forming the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Amaya, Norihito Shimode, Yuga Hashizume, Takao Sakai, Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210129289
    Abstract: Disclosed is a line catcher type water jet cutting apparatus. Portions of a workpiece to be converted into products are processed by water jet cutting in a common manner in an early stage of the water jet cutting. In a final stage of the water jet cutting, product fixing pushers press and fix the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHANG HOON CHOI, TAE IL CHO, MIN SOO SONG, HYUN JUNG KWON, JANG SUNG KIM, DONG JUN PARK, MOHAMED AHMED HASHISH
  • Publication number: 20210129368
    Abstract: Disclosed is a line catcher-type waterjet cutting apparatus in which a workpiece is subjected to the waterjet processing in a state of being clamped by a workpiece edge clamping device and a separate driving unit for the workpiece edge clamping device is provided, and in which the workpiece is clamped by the workpiece edge clamping device during the waterjet processing, while the workpiece is easily decoupled from the workpiece edge clamping device after the waterjet processing is completed, so that the waterjet processing is carried out while reciprocally conveying the workpiece in an X-direction, thereby increasing the processing accuracy of the waterjet processing and easily automating the waterjet processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOPS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHANG HOON CHOI, TAE IL CHO, MIN SOO SONG, HYUN JUNG KWON, JANG SUNG KIM, DONG JUN PARK, MOHAMED AHMED HASHISH
  • Patent number: 10905266
    Abstract: A pillow structure includes a pillow, a buffering layer mounted in the pillow, a base plate mounted on a bottom of the buffering layer and received in the pillow, and elastic cushions mounted on the base plate and drawn by adjusting devices. The elastic cushions are mounted on the bottom face of the base plate to support and adjust the height of the pillow, such that the pillow has an optimum height to provide a comfortable sensation to a user when sleeping at a supine position and sleeping sideways. The elastic cushions are also mounted on the top face of the base plate to push the buffering layer of the pillow so as to support the user's head and neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Chern Shing Top Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsueh-Sheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10892659
    Abstract: A stator unit for including a plurality of coils includes a stator core configured to have the coils wound around the stator core; and a routing member including a plurality of groove configured to have wires routed in the groove, the wires extending from the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Sakamoto, Yoshiteru Kurokawa, Junya Okabe, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Yoshihiro Kodera
  • Patent number: 10855132
    Abstract: A bus bar unit includes: a plurality of bus bars arranged to be laminated, the respective bus bars having conductivity, the respective bus bars having a hole part; an insulating member interposed between the bus bars, the insulating member having insulating property, the insulating member having a hole part; a positioning member formed by insulating resin, the positioning member having a pin protruding in direction of laminating the bus bars, the pin being inserted through the hole parts of the bus bars and the hole part of the insulating member; and a fixing part provided at a tip end of the pin, the fixing part being configured to fix the bus bars and the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuji Houzumi, Kenji Sasaki, Yoshihiro Kodera
  • Patent number: 10840656
    Abstract: A bus bar unit includes a bus bar for energizing a coil wound around a stator; and a bus bar holder formed by an insulating member and holds the bus bar. The bus bar holder includes an engaged part which is configured to be engaged with an engaging part formed at an extending part extended from the stator in axial direction of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuji Houzumi, Kenji Sasaki, Yoshihiro Kodera
  • Publication number: 20200195083
    Abstract: The rotating electrical device has a motor, a bearing holder, and a busbar unit. The busbar unit has a plurality of busbars, and an electrically insulating busbar holder enclosing the plurality of busbars. The plurality of busbars are electrically connected to the plurality of coils, respectively, and inserted, on the bearing holder side of the busbar holder, through each of the plurality of terminal through-holes in the bearing holder, and the busbar holder is configured to enclose the periphery of a part where the plurality of busbars are inserted through the terminal through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: KYB CORPORATION, TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka UENO, Hiroyuki MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200195105
    Abstract: The rotor includes a drive shaft, a first rotor core unit, and a second rotor core unit. The first rotor core unit is configured from a first iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of first permanent magnets, and includes a first reference surface at which the first iron core material is flush with or protruding further than first permanent magnets. The second rotor core unit is configured from a second iron core material having a through-hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and a plurality of second permanent magnets, and has a second reference surface at which the second iron core material is flush with or protruding further than second permanent magnets, the second rotor core unit being laminated in an axial direction on the first rotor core unit such that the first reference surface and the second reference surface contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: KYB CORPORATION, TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka UENO, Hiroyuki MIYOSHI, Masanobu SUNABATA
  • Patent number: 10677382
    Abstract: A pipe joint device configured to interconnect two pipes to be inserted therein through openings of both opened ends thereof including a joint main body and a joint assembly disposed in the joint main body is provided. The joint main body includes a small-diameter part formed at a central part and large-diameter parts formed at both sides of the small-diameter part. Each of the large-diameter parts has a first horizontal part, a diameter-reduced part of which a diameter gradually decreases from the first horizontal part toward the opening, and a second horizontal part extending horizontally from the diameter-reduced part toward the opening. A portion of each of the second horizontal parts is configured as a curled part inclined toward an outer-diameter direction and the opening of the pipe joint device and then again inclined toward an inner-diameter direction and the opening and having a mountain-shaped section as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: JOIN TOP. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Min Ahn, Gyu-Chan Lee, Nam-Hyung Cho
  • Patent number: 10561247
    Abstract: A chair back structure includes a flexible sheet, the flexible sheet mounted on a support plate so as to adjust a curvature of a chair back by changing a curvature between two ends of the flexible sheet. A fixing segment of the flexible sheet is connected with an end of the support plate. The support plate includes two tilted abutting tabs configured to abut against with a moving segment of the flexible sheet in a sliding path, such that when the moving segment is operated to change the curvature of the flexible sheet, the moving segment slides along the two tilted abutting tabs forward or backward so as to produce a displacement, thus enhancing a bending deformation of the chair back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Chem Shing Top Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsueh-Sheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10411569
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method for manufacturing a rotor including a rotor core, the rotor core having a permanent magnet mounted thereon throughout a circumferential direction, includes covering an outer circumference of the rotor core with a tubular rotor cover; and forming an angular portion conforming to an outer shape of the permanent magnet by pressing an open end of the rotor cover radially inward with use of a pressing member, the open end of the rotor cover axially projecting from an end of the rotor core before being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: KYB Corporation, TOP Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawaguchi, Tomomi Hayase, Ryuichi Kaneko, Yoshiteru Kurokawa, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Akihiro Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10218243
    Abstract: A rolling bearing has an inner ring attached to a rotating shaft out of contact with a first end surface, and an outer ring is fitted onto an inner peripheral surface of a housing in contact with the first end surface. A sliding element is provided between a second end surface and the first end surface. A retaining portion is provided between the sliding element and the first end surface. A biasing portion is provided between the retaining portion and the first end surface to bias the retaining portion toward a second side in a lamination direction. The rotating shaft, the housing, the inner ring, the outer ring, a rolling element, the sliding element, the retaining portion, and the biasing portion are formed of a conductive material. The rotating shaft and the housing are electrically connected by the sliding element, the retaining portion, and the biasing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kai, Kenji Sasaki, Hiroaki Asakura