Patents by Inventor Hideki Kusano

Hideki Kusano 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: 8668041
    Abstract: A construction machine including: a lower propelling body; an upper slewing body having a rear region with an engine room; a slewing device for slewing the upper slewing body; and a platform cover. The slewing device includes a slewing electric motor having an electric-motor output shaft, and a speed reducer having a speed-reducer output shaft rotated more slowly than the electric-motor output shaft, the speed reducer installed forward of the engine room such that the speed-reducer output shaft points downward, the slewing electric motor disposed just above the speed reducer. The platform cover is provided on a top of the slewing electric motor, having an upper surface serving as a platform for maintenance of equipment in the engine room. The platform cover is lower than the engine cover and adjacent to a front side of the engine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsuki Yumoto, Nobuyuki Maekawa, Hideki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120224943
    Abstract: A construction machine including: a lower propelling body; an upper slewing body having a rear region with an engine room; a slewing device for slewing the upper slewing body; and a platform cover. The slewing device includes a slewing electric motor having an electric-motor output shaft, and a speed reducer having a speed-reducer output shaft rotated more slowly than the electric-motor output shaft, the speed reducer installed forward of the engine room such that the speed-reducer output shaft points downward, the slewing electric motor disposed just above the speed reducer. The platform cover is provided on a top of the slewing electric motor, having an upper surface serving as a platform for maintenance of equipment in the engine room. The platform cover is lower than the engine cover and adjacent to a front side of the engine room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki Yumoto, Nobuyuki Maekawa, Hideki Kusano
  • Patent number: 7976293
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller having a plurality of blades around a predetermined central axis, a motor that rotatably drives the impeller, a control circuit that controls the rotation of the motor, and a casing that houses the impeller, the motor, and at least a portion of the control circuit. A plurality of electronic components of the control circuit are disposed in an electronic component mounting portion provided between a circumferential wall of the casing and a virtually extending plane of an opening end surface of an exhaust port along a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis. In the centrifugal fan, the electronic components are disposed radially outside an air passage, and thus the centrifugal fan can be reduced in its axial size, so that downsizing of the fan can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20080219838
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller having a plurality of blades around a predetermined central axis, a motor that rotatably drives the impeller, a control circuit that controls the rotation of the motor, and a casing that houses the impeller, the motor, and at least a portion of the control circuit. A plurality of electronic components of the control circuit are disposed in an electronic component mounting portion provided between a circumferential wall of the casing and a virtually extending plane of an opening end surface of an exhaust port along a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis. In the centrifugal fan, the electronic components are disposed radially outside an air passage, and thus the centrifugal fan can be reduced in its axial size, so that downsizing of the fan can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20080197731
    Abstract: A bottom portion side rib and a flange portion side rib are respectively formed on the bottom portion and the flange portion of the inner cover. The bottom portion side rib includes a plurality of bottom portion side radial ribs and a plurality of bottom portion side circular ring shaped ribs connecting the plurality of bottom portion side radial ribs. The flange portion side rib includes a plurality of flange portion side radial ribs and a flange portion side circular ring shaped rib connecting the plurality of flange portion side radial ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20070069841
    Abstract: In a canned motor, a second cover section for covering a surface of an armature on an opposite side of a first cover section is formed from a pressed metal plate so that the motor can be downsized and inexpensively manufactured. Further, the motor can be easily assembled in such a manner that a bottom of the second cover section and a busbar are made to abut each other so as to decide a position of the armature along a central axis J1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Nidec Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Kusano