Patents by Inventor Hideya HIGUCHI

Hideya HIGUCHI 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: 10679875
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism functioning as a separator between two spaces having different pressures includes: a housing; a shaft inserted into the housing; an annular sealing member sealing a gap by contacting a radial outer surface of the shaft or a radial outer surface of a rotary portion fixed to the shaft; and a lubricant groove storing a lubricant to be supplied between the annular sealing member and the radial outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hideya Higuchi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Hideki Kon
  • Publication number: 20200161925
    Abstract: An electric motor (1) includes a wiring member (20a, 20b), an annular inner housing (10) disposed on an inner circumferential side of a stator (11), and a wiring fixing member (2) formed around the wiring member (20a, 20b). A longitudinal hole (recessed part) (10a, 10d) which opens to one end surface and extends in an axial direction is formed in an outer circumferential edge portion of the inner housing (10), and a level difference (locking part) (12) is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the longitudinal hole. When the wiring member (20a, 20b) is inserted through the longitudinal hole (10a, 10d), the wiring fixing member (2) is locked to the level difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki MARUYAMA, Kenichi FUKUYAMA, Hideya HIGUCHI, Kazunori KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20190372417
    Abstract: To provide a motor capable of preventing particles generated inside from being emitted to the outside, more reliably. The motor includes: a stator that is provided with a coil and a stator core; a rotor that is disposed on the inner side of the stator in a radial direction, and rotated relatively with respect to the stator; a stator housing that has a first exhaust hole through which the air is exhausted by suctioning, and to which the stator is fixed; a first sealing portion where the stator housing and the rotor housing face each other with a first gap therebetween across the entire circumference in the circumferential direction, with the first sealing portion being provided between an internal space and the outside of the stator housing; and a first squeeze portion that is at a position different from the first sealing portion, and that has a second gap connecting the internal space and the first exhaust hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya HIGUCHI, Hayao WATANABE, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10432055
    Abstract: Provided is a motor capable of more reliably preventing dust generated therein from flowing to the outside. A motor includes a stator, a rotor, a rotor housing which rotates along with the rotor, a stator housing which fixes the stator thereto, includes spaces formed with respect to the rotor housing, and overlaps the rotor housing with first gaps interposed therebetween in the entire circumferential direction, annular members which overlap the stator housing with second gaps interposed therebetween in the entire circumferential direction inside the spaces, exhaust holes which suck and discharge air inside the spaces through the second gaps, and exhaust grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hideya Higuchi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Hayao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10221949
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism functioning as a separator between two spaces having different pressures or gases, includes: a housing; a shaft inserted into the housing; and a plurality of annular sealing members sealing a gap by contacting a part of the shaft or a radial outer surface of a rotary portion fixed to the shaft. The respective annular sealing members include materials having different material quality and are disposed at different positions in an axial direction parallel to a center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Hideki Kon, Hideya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9919394
    Abstract: One first drive unit that advances or recedes in the X-direction and that exerts a drive force in the X-direction to a movable table is arranged to exert a drive force to a center position in the Y-direction of one end part in the X-direction of the movable table. Two second drive units that advance or recede in the Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction, and that exert the drive forces in the Y-direction to the movable table are arranged to be point-symmetric with respect to the center of the movable table as the center of symmetry. Plural plane guide bearings are arranged at positions such that the total sum of the moment forces of the respective plane guide bearings is zero on the center axis line in the X-direction of the movable table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Higuchi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170331343
    Abstract: Provided is a motor capable of more reliably preventing dust generated therein from flowing to the outside. A motor includes a stator, a rotor, a rotor housing which rotates along with the rotor, a stator housing which fixes the stator thereto, includes spaces formed with respect to the rotor housing, and overlaps the rotor housing with first gaps interposed therebetween in the entire circumferential direction, annular members which overlap the stator housing with second gaps interposed therebetween in the entire circumferential direction inside the spaces, exhaust holes which suck and discharge air inside the spaces through the second gaps, and exhaust grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hideya HIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Hayao WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160318140
    Abstract: One first drive unit that advances or recedes in the X-direction and that exerts a drive force in the X-direction to a movable table is arranged to exert a drive force to a center position in the Y-direction of one end part in the X-direction of the movable table. Two second drive units that advance or recede in the Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction, and that exert the drive forces in the Y-direction to the movable table are arranged to be point-symmetric with respect to the center of the movable table as the center of symmetry. Plural plane guide bearings are arranged at positions such that the total sum of the moment forces of the respective plane guide bearings is zero on the center axis line in the X-direction of the movable table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hideya HIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160300742
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism functioning as a separator between two spaces having different pressures includes: a housing; a shaft inserted into the housing; an annular sealing member sealing a gap by contacting a radial outer surface of the shaft or a radial outer surface of a rotary portion fixed to the shaft; and a lubricant groove storing a lubricant to be supplied between the annular sealing member and the radial outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hideya HIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Hideki KON
  • Publication number: 20160290510
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism functioning as a separator between two spaces having different pressures or gases, includes: a housing; a shaft inserted into the housing; and a plurality of annular sealing members sealing a gap by contacting a part of the shaft or a radial outer surface of a rotary portion fixed to the shaft. The respective annular sealing members include materials having different material quality and are disposed at different positions in an axial direction parallel to a center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Hideki KON, Hideya HIGUCHI