Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sasaoka

Hiroaki Sasaoka 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: 20070210654
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a motor capable of enhancing the balance correction effect and capable of keeping the balance correction effect for a long term. In a rotary unit, an upper portion in its axial direction of a hub cylindrical portion of a rotor hub, and an outer peripheral side of a radial extension are cut, thereby correcting the rotational balance of the rotary unit. Further, a circumferential wall is provided on the rotor hub, and a notch is provided in a portion of an outer peripheral edge of a mounting plate. By virtue of such configuration, after the motor is assembled, or after a color wheel is mounted on the motor, a first balance correcting member and a second balance correcting member are respectively fixed to lower surfaces of the circumferential wall and of the rotor magnet in the axial direction, thereby correcting the rotational balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Tadayuki Kanatani, Hiroaki Sasaoka
  • Publication number: 20070210670
    Abstract: An axial gap between an annular projection of a rotor hub of a rotary unit and a sliding seal is set to be smaller than an axial gap between an axially upper face of a shaft and a cover of the rotor hub and an axially gap between an axially lower end face of a sleeve and an axially upper face of a radially-extending part of a bush. Thus, only the annular projection and the sliding seal come into contact with each other, even if the rotary unit moves downward in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Tadayuki Kanatani, Hiroaki Sasaoka