Patents by Inventor Akihiko Imagi
Akihiko Imagi 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).
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Patent number: 11215970Abstract: A processing control device controls a tool for processing a first workpiece. The processing control device includes a driving unit to drive the tool, an output unit, and a control unit to control the driving unit and the output unit. Processing information obtained by performing preliminary processing on a second workpiece before performing first processing on the first workpiece is transmitted by the control unit to the output unit and accordingly the processing information is outputted from the output unit. The control unit generates a control command for performing second processing that is performed on the first workpiece after the first processing. The control unit controls the driving unit according to the control command.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Hori, Kentaro Mori, Tomoya Fujita, Goh Sato, Akihiko Imagi, Hiroyasu Negishi
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Publication number: 20210124332Abstract: A processing control device controls a tool for processing a first workpiece. The processing control device includes a driving unit to drive the tool, an output unit, and a control unit to control the driving unit and the output unit. Processing information obtained by performing preliminary processing on a second workpiece before performing first processing on the first workpiece is transmitted by the control unit to the output unit and accordingly the processing information is outputted from the output unit. The control unit generates a control command for performing second processing that is performed on the first workpiece after the first processing. The control unit controls the driving unit according to the control command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Atsushi HORI, Kentaro MORI, Tomoya FUJITA, Goh SATO, Akihiko IMAGI, Hiroyasu NEGISHI
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Patent number: 9334845Abstract: The engine starting device includes a pinion unit which is spline-coupled to an output shaft side of a starter motor to slide in an axial direction, the pinion unit including a one-way clutch which spins for rotation in the same direction as that of rotation of the engine, and a pushing mechanism for moving the pinion unit to a position in which the pinion unit comes into meshing engagement with a ring gear. A pinion gear of the pinion unit is movable in the axial direction as a single body, and includes a chamfered portion having a curved surface along a tooth surface on a non-torque transmitting surface side and a large length in the axial direction, the chamfered portion being provided to a ring-gear side distal end portion of the tooth surface on the non-torque transmitting surface side.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Mizuno, Akihiko Imagi, Hiroaki Kitano, Koichiro Kamei, Kazuhiro Odahara, Masami Abe
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Publication number: 20140060247Abstract: The engine starting device includes a pinion unit which is spline-coupled to an output shaft side of a starter motor to slide in an axial direction, the pinion unit including a one-way clutch which spins for rotation in the same direction as that of rotation of the engine, and a pushing mechanism for moving the pinion unit to a position in which the pinion unit comes into meshing engagement with a ring gear. A pinion gear of the pinion unit is movable in the axial direction as a single body, and includes a chamfered portion having a curved surface along a tooth surface on a non-torque transmitting surface side and a large length in the axial direction, the chamfered portion being provided to a ring-gear side distal end portion of the tooth surface on the non-torque transmitting surface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Daisuke MIZUNO, Akihiko IMAGI, Hiroaki KITANO, Koichiro KAMEI, Kazuhiro ODAHARA, Masami ABE
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Patent number: 8290692Abstract: An engine-starting device for stopping the engine after satisfaction of an idling-stop condition during idling of a vehicle, starting rotation of a starter-motor upon satisfaction of a starter-motor rotation start condition, and causing a pinion gear to mesh with a ring gear upon satisfaction of a pinion gear meshing condition, includes the ring gear to be connected to a crank shaft, the pinion gear for transmitting the starter-motor rotation, a plunger for causing the pinion gear to mesh with the ring gear, and a starter control section for instructing energization of the starter-motor, in which the starter-motor is energized to be rotated upon the satisfaction of the starter-motor rotation start condition prior to clearing of the idling-stop condition in response to a restart request, and the pinion gear is caused to mesh with the ring gear by the plunger upon the satisfaction of the pinion gear meshing condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Kitano, Masahiko Kurishige, Akihiko Imagi, Daisuke Mizuno, Koichiro Kamei, Kazuhiro Odahara, Naohito Kaneda
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Patent number: 7910847Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Osamu Takahara, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
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Patent number: 7856702Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature including securing a core to the shaft having a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, forming a coil composed of a plurality of coil portions by simultaneously winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots and offsetting each of the coil portions one slot at a time in the circumferential direction of the core, securing a commutator to the shaft having a plurality of segments, adjacent coil portions having a slot along one side thereof, wherein a number of vacant slots between adjacent ones of the coil portions within each of simultaneously-wound coil portion groups is nonuniform, and electronically connecting segments which should have the same electric potential by means of equalizing connectors so that each of pairs of the coil portions that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electric potential.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
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Publication number: 20100320063Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
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Patent number: 7812273Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Osamu Takahara, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
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Publication number: 20100256896Abstract: An engine-starting device for stopping the engine after satisfaction of an idling-stop condition during idling of a vehicle, starting rotation of a starter-motor upon satisfaction of a starter-motor rotation start condition, and causing a pinion gear to mesh with a ring gear upon satisfaction of a pinion gear meshing condition, includes the ring gear to be connected to a crank shaft, the pinion gear for transmitting the starter-motor rotation, a plunger for causing the pinion gear to mesh with the ring gear, and a starter control section for instructing energization of the starter-motor, in which the starter-motor is energized to be rotated upon the satisfaction of the starter-motor rotation start condition prior to clearing of the idling-stop condition in response to a restart request, and the pinion gear is caused to mesh with the ring gear by the plunger upon the satisfaction of the pinion gear meshing condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki KITANO, Masahiko KURISHIGE, Akihiko IMAGI, Daisuke MIZUNO, Koichiro KAMEI, Kazuhiro ODAHARA, Naohito KANEDA
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Patent number: 7424829Abstract: A torque sensor where a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft are disposed on a common axial line, with the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft being coupled together by a torsion bar, and which detects torsional torque applied between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, the torque sensor including: magnetic field generating means that generates a magnetic field in the radial direction around the common axial line; magnetic field varying means that varies, in response to the relative rotation between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, the direction and size of detected magnetic flux flowing along the common axial line from the magnetic field generating means; and a magnetic sensor that detects the detected magnetic flux, wherein the magnetic sensor generates an output signal whose polarity changes in response to the direction of the detected magnetic flux and whose size changes in response to the size of the detected magnetic flux.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Akihiko Imagi
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Publication number: 20080047819Abstract: A switchgear apparatus is provided in which an impact induced by a close operation is mitigated, featuring space saving and high reliability with low costs. The switchgear apparatus includes a switching unit 3 that is composed of a fixed electrode 1 and a movable electrode 2; a movable shaft 4 that is extended from the movable electrode 2; an operating mechanism 5 that produces driving force and transfers the driving force to the movable shaft 4; a switching-unit holder 6 that holds the switching unit 3 and the movable shaft 4 thereinside; and a holder supporting unit 7 that has a fixing plane so as to fix the switching-unit holder 6 thereonto. The switchgear apparatus is arranged in such a manner that the holder supporting unit 7 serving as the fixing plane is constituted of a plurality of plates layered in the axial direction along the movable shaft 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Tae Hyun Kim, Tomotaka Yano, Akihiko Imagi
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Publication number: 20070157741Abstract: To provide a torque sensor with which a bipolar output signal can be obtained and which can reduce affects on the output signal resulting from axial eccentricity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2005Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki KabushikiInventors: Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Akihiko Imagi
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Publication number: 20060248707Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature including securing a core to the shaft having a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, forming a coil composed of a plurality of coil portions by simultaneously winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots and offsetting each of the coil portions one slot at a time in the circumferential direction of the core, securing a commutator to the shaft having a plurality of segments, adjacent coil portions having a slot along one side thereof, and electronically connecting segments which should have the same electric potential by means of equalizing connectors so that each pairs of the segments that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electric potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
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Patent number: 7114236Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature including securing a core to the shaft having a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, forming a coil composed of a plurality of coil portions by simultaneously winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots and offsetting each of the coil portions one slot at a time in the circumferential direction of the core, securing a commutator to the shaft having a plurality of segments, adjacent coil portions having a slot along one side thereof, and electrically connecting segments which should have the same electric potential by means of equalizing connectors so that each pairs of the segments that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electrical potential.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
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Patent number: 6844649Abstract: An armature includes a plurality of equalizing connectors for permanently electrically connecting pairs of commutator segments that should have the same electric potential, so that each of the pairs of the commutator segments that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electrical potential. In one embodiment, at least one pair of adjacent coil portions share a common slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
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Publication number: 20040201302Abstract: A method for manufacturing an armature including securing a core to the shaft having a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, forming a coil composed of a plurality of coil portions simultaneously winding wires a plurality of turns around a pair of slots separated by a predetermined number of slots and offsetting each of the coil portions one slot at a time in the circumferential direction of the core, securing a commutator to the shaft having a plurality of segments, adjacent coil portions having a slot along one side thereof, and electrically connecting segments which should have the same electric potential by means of equalizing connectors so that each pairs of the segments that should have the same electric potential has a substantially equal electrical potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Kyouhei Yamamoto, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Mitsuyuki Tsumura
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Patent number: 6732998Abstract: A center core laminated part and a side core laminated part are formed separately from each other. The center core laminated part is integrated with the side core laminated part by engaging depressed engaging portions with projected engaging portions, wherein the depressed engaging portions and the projected engaging portions are formed relatively on the corresponding opposite surfaces, to form a laminated core part for forming a magnetic path.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Sugawara, Masatoshi Ueda, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Akihiko Imagi, Masao Morita
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Publication number: 20030042455Abstract: A center core laminated part and a side core laminated part are formed separately from each other. The center core laminated part is integrated with the side core laminated part by engaging depressed engaging portions with projected engaging portions, wherein the depressed engaging portions and the projected engaging portions are formed relatively on the corresponding opposite surfaces, to form a laminated core part for forming a magnetic path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Sugawara, Masatoshi Ueda, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Akihiko Imagi, Masao Morita
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Patent number: 6388354Abstract: A motor for an electric power steering assembly includes a yoke, a multi-polar magnetic field portion composed of at least four poles secured to the inner wall of the yoke, a shaft disposed within the yoke so as to be able to rotate freely, an armature secured to the shaft having a winding constructed by winding wiring into an even number of slots formed on the outer circumferential surface of a core so as to extend in the axial direction thereof, a commutator including a plurality of segments secured to an end portion of the shaft; and a plurality of brushes contacting the surface of the commutator.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Tanaka, Ryuichi Ikeda, Shigekazu Sakabe, Akihiro Daikoku, Akihiko Imagi, Yoshio Yoshikuwa, Kyouhei Yamamoto