Patents by Inventor Adachi Mitsukane

Adachi Mitsukane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5476018
    Abstract: A multi-freedom electric motor has a broad operational range and a wide space for accommodating an article. The electric motor includes a spherical rotor, a plurality of magnets disposed on an outer surface of the rotor with polarities of the respective adjacent magnetic poles being different from one another, a stator provided along the outer surface of the rotor, and a plurality of magnets opposed to the magnets disposed on an inner surface of the stator. The rotor is supported by a spherical bearing provided on the stator. Either the magnets on the rotor or the magnets on the stator are electromagnets. Electric current are supplied to the electromagnets as controlled by a controller. The multi-freedom electric motor can be employed in a space stabilizer for maintaining the spherical attitude of an article, a control moment gyro for performing an attitude control in space, and an agitating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruo Nakanishi, Yohei Ando, Kiyokatsu Sakakibara, Adachi Mitsukane