Patents by Inventor Daisaku Kawata

Daisaku Kawata 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).

  • Publication number: 20080173117
    Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw device having high strength against a repetitive load and improved durability, which is assembled in an electric actuator, by absorbing a bending force by a simple method and making loads in the axial direction uniformly act on balls constructing the ball screw device. In the ball screw device, a ball nut is slid in the axial direction by rotation of a ball screw shaft to convert rotational motion of a motor to linear motion. An outer peripheral surface of the ball screw shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the ball nut are made in contact with each other, balls are disposed between the ball screw shaft and the ball nut, and openings at both ends of a circulating tube for circulating the balls in the device are disposed so as to be off from heavy load regions in which a load heavier than loads in other portions among loads acting on the balls is applied, thereby absorbing a bending force applied to the ball screw device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Daisaku Kawata, Minao Umeda
  • Publication number: 20070137346
    Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw device having high strength against a repetitive load and improved durability, which is assembled in an electric actuator, by absorbing a bending force by a simple method and making loads in the axial direction uniformly act on balls constructing the ball screw device. In the ball screw device, a ball nut is slid in the axial direction by rotation of a ball screw shaft to convert rotational motion of a motor to linear motion. An outer peripheral surface of the ball screw shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the ball nut are made in contact with each other, balls are disposed between the ball screw shaft and the ball nut, and openings at both ends of a circulating tube for circulating the balls in the device are disposed so as to be off from heavy load regions in which a load heavier than loads in other portions among loads acting on the balls is applied, thereby absorbing a bending force applied to the ball screw device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Daisaku Kawata, Minao Umeda
  • Publication number: 20040244519
    Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw device having high strength against a repetitive load and improved durability, which is assembled in an electric actuator, by absorbing a bending force by a simple method and making loads in the axial direction uniformly act on balls constructing the ball screw device. In the ball screw device, a ball nut is slid in the axial direction by rotation of a ball screw shaft to convert rotational motion of a motor to linear motion. An outer peripheral surface of the ball screw shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the ball nut are made in contact with each other, balls are disposed between the ball screw shaft and the ball nut, and openings at both ends of a circulating tube for circulating the balls in the device are disposed so as to be off from heavy load regions in which a load heavier than loads in other portions among loads acting on the balls is applied, thereby absorbing a bending force applied to the ball screw device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Daisaku Kawata, Minao Umeda