Patents by Inventor Akihiko Watanabe

Akihiko Watanabe 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: 8587167
    Abstract: A motor includes: a stator molded integrally with an insulating resin having a fixing member including a stator iron core and a winding wound thereon; a rotor arranged to face the stator about a shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a bracket fixing the bearing; and a drive circuit substrate having a drive circuit mounted thereon for driving the winding. The stator iron core is electrically connected to a ground serving as a reference point of a zero potential on the drive circuit substrate through a conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kado, Akihiko Watanabe, Hirofumi Mizukami, Takehiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8552601
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator including stator steel core (11) around which a coil is wound; a rotor which includes rotating body (30) that holds a plurality of permanent magnets (32) in the circumferential direction to face the stator, and shaft (16) that fastens rotating body (30) so as to penetrate the center of rotating body (30); a bearing (15) for supporting shaft (16); and bracket (17) for fixing bearing (15), wherein dielectric layer (50) is provided between shaft (16) and the outer periphery of rotating body (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8546989
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator that has a stator winding wound on a stator iron core; a rotor having a rotating body with a rotating shaft in the center; a bearing for journaling the rotating shaft; and two conductive brackets for fixing the bearing. The rotating body holds a magnet such that the magnet faces the stator, and is fastened to the rotating shaft penetrating through the center of the rotating body. In the rotating body, a dielectric layer is formed between the rotating shaft and the outer circumference of the rotating body. The dielectric layer has a polygonal shape with the rotating shaft in the center. An electric device includes the thus configured electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Yoshinori Isomura, Tatsuo Maetani, Hiroki Sato
  • Patent number: 8536756
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator iron-core on which a winding is wound, a rotor having a rotary body holding a permanent magnet opposed to the stator along a circumferential direction and a shaft joined to the rotary body such that it extends through the rotary body at the center, bearings supporting the shaft, two conductive brackets for fixing the bearings, and a printed circuit board on which a drive circuit for driving the winding is mounted. A dielectric layer is provided between an outer wall of the rotary body and the shaft, the two brackets are electrically connected together, and a capacitor is connected between the stator iron-core and the brackets for adjusting impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Hirofumi Mizukami, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
  • Patent number: 8525374
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor that has a stator including a stator iron core having a stator winding, a rotor including a rotary member and a shaft, a bearing for supporting the shaft, and a bracket for fixing the bearing. Further included is an impedance adjusting member for adjusting at least one impedance of the impedance between the stator winding and the inner ring of the bearing, and the impedance between the stator winding and the outer ring of the bearing. The impedance adjusting member is a matching member for matching the individual impedances. The matching member is a capacitor interposed between the stator iron core and the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8507484
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for neutrophilic inflammatory diseases which comprises, as an active ingredient, a bicyclic heterocyclic compound represented by formula (I): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or the like, A1-A2-A3-A4 represents N?CR3—CR4?CR5 (wherein R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, and the like), Q represents substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, and the like, and T represents substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aroyl, and the like].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoichiro Iida, Nobumasa Otsubo, Takeshi Kuboyama, Hitoshi Arai, Akihiko Watanabe, Mayumi Saki, Naoko Hiura, Haruhiko Manabe, Hidenori Takada, Jun Saito
  • Patent number: 8502427
    Abstract: A motor includes: a stator including a stator iron core on which a winding is wound; a rotor including a rotating body that holds a magnet in a circumferential direction to face the stator and a shaft that fastens the rotating body to penetrate a center of the rotating body; a bearing that supports the shaft; and two conductive brackets that fix the bearing. The two brackets are electrically connected to each other, and a capacitor serving as an impedance adjusting member that adjusts impedances between the stator iron core and the electrically connected two brackets is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
  • Publication number: 20130119806
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator that has a stator winding wound on a stator iron core; a rotor having a rotating body with a rotating shaft in the center; a bearing for journaling the rotating shaft; and two conductive brackets for fixing the bearing. The rotating body holds a magnet such that the magnet faces the stator, and is fastened to the rotating shaft penetrating through the center of the rotating body. In the rotating body, a dielectric layer is formed between the rotating shaft and the outer circumference of the rotating body. The dielectric layer has a polygonal shape with the rotating shaft in the center. An electric device includes the thus configured electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Yoshinori Isomura, Tatsuo Maetani, Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130045318
    Abstract: To provide a salty taste enhancer which exerts a flavor enhancing effect comparable to sodium chloride without imparting any undesirable flavor such as harsh taste or odd smell, a method for producing the same, a kelp extract comprising the salty taste enhancer, and a food or drink having enhanced salty taste and flavor which comprises the salty taste enhancer or the kelp extract. A salty taste enhancer which comprises a volatile component with a molecular weight of less than 200 derived from a kelp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Azusa Nakatoh, Takeshi Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20130043748
    Abstract: A stator, a rotor, bearings, and conductive brackets are provided. The stator has a stator iron core having a winding wound thereon. The rotor has a rotating body that holds a permanent magnet in the circumferential direction so that the permanent magnet faces the stator, and a shaft that has the rotating body fastened thereto so as to penetrate through the center of the rotating body. Both of the bearing on the output shaft side and the bearing opposite the output shaft side journal the shaft. One of the brackets fixes the bearing on the output shaft side, and the other of the brackets fixes the bracket opposite the output shaft side. The brackets are electrically connected to each other, and a dielectric layer is formed between the shaft and the outer periphery of the rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
  • Patent number: 8329068
    Abstract: A black resin composition capable of forming a black matrix having high OD value and high adhesion as well as high resistance is disclosed. The black resin composition is a black resin composition comprising at least a light shielding agent, a resin and a solvent, which light shielding agent contains at least titanium nitride compound particles, wherein the angle of diffraction 2? of the peak originated from (200) plane of the titanium nitride compound particles when CuK? line is used as the X-ray source is not less than 42.5° and not more than 42.8°. Using this black resin composition allows a thin resin black matrix having a high light shielding property and high resistance to be readily attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inoue, Wataru Fukushima, Akihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120274157
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator iron core wound with stator windings, a rotor rotatably mounted on a shaft, a bearing for supporting the shaft, and a conductive bracket for fixing the bearing. The rotor is formed of a rotary body that holds a permanent magnet and the shaft that extends through the rotary body at center and joined to the rotary body. An electrostatic capacity between the shaft and an outermost wall of the rotary body is set smaller than an electrostatic capacity between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing during rotation of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Tatsuo Maetani, Yoshinori Isomura
  • Patent number: 8242118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfonamide derivative which is useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The sulfonamide derivatives of the present invention have CCR3 (CC type chemokine receptor) antagonistic activity, and can be used for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CCR3 activity, in particular for the treatment of asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and other inflammatory/immunological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Axikin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Yingfu Li, Akihiko Watanabe, Timothy B. Lowinger, Kevin Bacon, Norihiro Kawamura, Takuya Shintani, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Toshiya Moriwaki, Klaus Urbahns, Keiko Fukushima, Noriko Nunami, Takashi Yoshino, Toshiki Murata, Megumi Yamauchi, Hiroko Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8192736
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for endometriosis comprising an interleukin-5 antagonist as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Etsuo Ohshima, Hirokazu Kawasaki, Naoya Kimoto, Akihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120128898
    Abstract: Disclosed are black composite particles having a high light-shielding performance suitable as a black component such as a black matrix in a color filter. Further disclosed is a black resin composition from which a black matrix having a high light-shielding performance can be formed. The black composite particles are represented by the composition formula: TiNxOy.zX (wherein X is a metal atom such as silver; x is a number greater than 0 and less than 2; y is a number not less than 0 and less than 2; and z is a number greater than 0 and less than 10). The black resin composition comprises at least a light shielding agent, a resin, and a solvent and comprises the black composite particles as the light shielding agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inoue, Akihiko Watanabe, Yoshifumi Sakai, Keitaro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120112588
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor driven by an inverter of PWM method, and devised to retard electrolytic corrosion in a bearing. A rotating body of a rotor comprises an outer iron core configuring an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body, an inner iron core configuring an inner peripheral portion connected to a shaft, a dielectric layer disposed between the outer iron core and the inner iron core, a plurality of insertion holes penetrating the outer iron core in the axial direction, and permanent magnets inserted individually in the plurality of insertion holes. It thus becomes possible to increase impedance of the rotor side (inner ring side of bearing) to approximate it to impedance of the stator side (outer ring side of the bearing) to thereby bring high frequency potentials balanced between the inner ring side and the outer ring side of the bearing, so as to provide the electric motor that retards electrolytic corrosion liable to occur in the bearing, and an electric device equipped with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Hirofumi Mizukami, Haruhiko Kado, Genki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120038229
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having a stator iron-core on which a winding is wound, a rotor having a rotary body holding a permanent magnet opposed to the stator along a circumferential direction and a shaft joined to the rotary body such that it extends through the rotary body at the center, bearings supporting the shaft, two conductive brackets for fixing the bearings, and a printed circuit board on which a drive circuit for driving the winding is mounted. A dielectric layer is provided between an outer wall of the rotary body and the shaft, the two brackets are electrically connected together, and a capacitor is connected between the stator iron-core and the brackets for adjusting impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Hirofumi Mizukami, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
  • Publication number: 20120032536
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator integrally molded together with a stator member, which includes a stator iron-core wound with a winding, by insulating resin, a rotor mounted on a shaft as a center and confronting the stator, two bearings supporting the shaft rotatably, brackets fixing the bearings, and a drive circuit board including a drive circuit which supplies an electric current to the winding and drives the rotor. Either one of the two bearings includes an outer ring and an inner ring both of which are electrically insulated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kado, Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20110234026
    Abstract: A motor includes: a stator including a stator iron core on which a winding is wound; a rotor including a rotating body that holds a magnet in a circumferential direction to face the stator and a shaft that fastens the rotating body to penetrate a center of the rotating body; a bearing that supports the shaft; and two conductive brackets that fix the bearing. The two brackets are electrically connected to each other, and a capacitor serving as an impedance adjusting member that adjusts impedances between the stator iron core and the electrically connected two brackets is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizukami, Akihiko Watanabe, Takehiko Hasegawa, Haruhiko Kado
  • Publication number: 20110234025
    Abstract: A motor includes: a stator molded integrally with an insulating resin having a fixing member including a stator iron core and a winding wound thereon; a rotor arranged to face the stator about a shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a bracket fixing the bearing; and a drive circuit substrate having a drive circuit mounted thereon for driving the winding. The stator iron core is electrically connected to a ground serving as a reference point of a zero potential on the drive circuit substrate through a conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kado, Akihiko Watanabe, Hirofumi Mizukami, Takehiko Hasegawa