Patents by Inventor Atsushi HIGASHIDANI

Atsushi HIGASHIDANI 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: 9957965
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, a housing, and a first circuit board mounted with electronic components. The motor part includes an armature having coils, and a second circuit board connected to the coils and the first circuit board. The housing surrounds outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a flange portion enlarged radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and a circuit board fixing portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and making contact with the first circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface, positioned radially inward of a radial outer edge of the flange portion, and arranged to extend in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Yamagata, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ryota Hayashida, Atsushi Higashidani, Shoki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20160097396
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, a housing, and a first circuit board mounted with electronic components. The motor part includes an armature having coils, and a second circuit board connected to the coils and the first circuit board. The housing surrounds outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a flange portion enlarged radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and a circuit board fixing portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and making contact with the first circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface, positioned radially inward of a radial outer edge of the flange portion, and arranged to extend in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota YAMAGATA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Ryota HAYASHIDA, Atsushi HIGASHIDANI, Shoki YAMAZAKI