Patents by Inventor Hironori SAKAI

Hironori SAKAI 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: 11966182
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, and a pair of retention members each including a restriction surface. The restriction surface restricts a movement of the fixing member in an axial direction. The restriction surface includes a first contact area and a second contact area. The first area is an area more on a downstream side of a passing direction of a medium than a center of a pressure area in the passing direction, and also closer to the pressure area than an apex of the fixing member on an opposite side of the pressure area. The first contact area and the second contact area are each tilted at a certain gradient so as to be set apart from the end portion of the fixing member in the axial direction from a side of the apex toward a side of the pressure area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori Takahashi, Masakazu Uehara, Tomohiro Watatani, Shota Onishi, Yuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 11958158
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a housing; a brushless motor, housed in the housing; an output shaft configured to hold a tip tool; a switching circuit controlling the brushless motor; a circuit board; a case, accommodating the circuit board, the case is filled with a resin, wherein the resin covers at least a part of the circuit board; the housing includes a motor housing element and a cover element covering at least a part of the case. The motor housing element includes a motor housing part accommodating the brushless motor, and a fixing part, configured to fix the case to the motor housing by the fixing part abutting the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
  • Patent number: 11745301
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary tool. In the rotary tool, the rotating tip tool is mounted on a spindle by the fixture, and the spindle and the tip tool are rotated by a motor. The rotary tool has a switch which can switch the motor between a rotation state and a stop state, and a control device which controls the rotation of the motor corresponding to the operation of the switch. When the switch is turned off after a required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the rotary tool (104d, 106d) by performing a common braking operation on the spindle, and when the switch is turned off before the required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the tip tool (101d) by inertia without applying a braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Sakai, Takuya Yoshinari, Hironori Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20230201989
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a housing; a brushless motor, housed in the housing; an output shaft configured to hold a tip tool; a switching circuit controlling the brushless motor; a circuit board; a case, accommodating the circuit board, the case is filled with a resin, wherein the resin covers at least a part of the circuit board; the housing includes a motor housing element and a cover element covering at least a part of the case. The motor housing element includes a motor housing part accommodating the brushless motor, and a fixing part, configured to fix the case to the motor housing by the fixing part abutting the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230190150
    Abstract: The hemoglobin measuring system includes: a transvaginal probe, the transvaginal probe having a light irradiation part that is capable of emitting light to an ovarian cyst in living tissue, wherein the light contains components of a plurality of specific wavelengths from a wavelength region ranging from visible light to near-infrared light, the components including at least components of a wavelength in a visible light region, and a light receiving part that is capable of receiving reflected light or transmitted light, wherein the reflected light or the transmitted light is light emitted from light irradiation part and reflected by or transmitted through the living tissue; and a concentration calculation part that calculates hemoglobin concentration in a cystic fluid retained in the ovarian cyst based on an optical spectrum of the reflected light or transmitted light from the ovarian cyst received by the light receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hironori SAKAI, Takuya IWABUCHI
  • Patent number: 11571781
    Abstract: Provided is an electric tool in which the risk of short-circuiting between conductive members of multiple installed switching elements has been reduced by providing partitioning plates between the switching elements. An electric tool, which has a motor, an inverter circuit with multiple switching elements for performing switching operations and controlling the driving of the motor, a control unit for controlling switching element on-off operations, and a circuit board on which the switching elements are loaded, is configured so that the circuit board is housed inside a container-shaped case (40) and the circuit board is secured with a partitioning member (50) that is interposed between the multiple switching elements and has partitioning plates (51, 52a, 52b) obtained from an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20200189064
    Abstract: Provided is an electric tool in which the risk of short-circuiting between conductive members of multiple installed switching elements has been reduced by providing partitioning plates between the switching elements. An electric tool, which has a motor, an inverter circuit with multiple switching elements for performing switching operations and controlling the driving of the motor, a control unit for controlling switching element on-off operations, and a circuit board on which the switching elements are loaded, is configured so that the circuit board is housed inside a container-shaped case (40) and the circuit board is secured with a partitioning member (50) that is interposed between the multiple switching elements and has partitioning plates (51, 52a, 52b) obtained from an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10596679
    Abstract: Provided is an electric tool in which the risk of short-circuiting between conductive members of multiple installed switching elements has been reduced by providing partitioning plates between the switching elements. An electric tool, which has a motor, an inverter circuit with multiple switching elements for performing switching operations and controlling the driving of the motor, a control unit for controlling switching element on-off operations, and a circuit board on which the switching elements are loaded, is configured so that the circuit board is housed inside a container-shaped case (40) and the circuit board is secured with a partitioning member (50) that is interposed between the multiple switching elements and has partitioning plates (51, 52a, 52b) obtained from an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20200055159
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary tool. In the rotary tool, the rotating tip tool is mounted on a spindle by the fixture, and the spindle and the tip tool are rotated by a motor. The rotary tool has a switch which can switch the motor between a rotation state and a stop state, and a control device which controls the rotation of the motor corresponding to the operation of the switch. When the switch is turned off after a required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the rotary tool (104d, 106d) by performing a common braking operation on the spindle, and when the switch is turned off before the required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the tip tool (101d) by inertia without applying a braking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori SAKAI, Takuya YOSHINARI, Hironori Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20190358769
    Abstract: Provided is an electrically powered tool configured so that a handle section is rotatable relative to a body section, wherein a motor housing is formed in a cylindrical integral structure, and a first drive circuit on which a switching element is mounted is received from a rear opening. The first drive circuit is disposed within a circular cylindrical case open to the rear side. A handle housing is provided with an air flow window, and a gear case is provided with a discharge opening. When a cooling fan rotates, air is sucked into the handle housing from the air flow window. Then, as indicated by the arrow, the air cools, within the motor housing, the switching element mounted on the first derive circuit, then cools the motor, and is discharged to the outside from the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken MIYAZAWA, Hironori SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9948144
    Abstract: A power transmission device wirelessly transmits power to a power receiving device rectifying a voltage received and supplying the voltage to a load circuit. The power transmission device includes a power transmitter that makes capacitance or electromagnetic coupling to the power receiver and transmits electric power to the power receiver, a power supply unit that generates electric power to be transmitted to the power receiving device and supplies the electric power to the power transmitter, a load impedance detector that detects a load impedance of the power receiving device based on an electric signal detected in the power transmission device, and a controller that controls the electric power to be generated by the power supply unit such that an output voltage of the rectifying circuit of the power receiving device is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage based on a detection result of the load impedance detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Sakai, Takanori Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20180099372
    Abstract: Provided is an electric tool in which the risk of short-circuiting between conductive members of multiple installed switching elements has been reduced by providing partitioning plates between the switching elements. An electric tool, which has a motor, an inverter circuit with multiple switching elements for performing switching operations and controlling the driving of the motor, a control unit for controlling switching element on-off operations, and a circuit board on which the switching elements are loaded, is configured so that the circuit board is housed inside a container-shaped case (40) and the circuit board is secured with a partitioning member (50) that is interposed between the multiple switching elements and has partitioning plates (51, 52a, 52b) obtained from an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9935487
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus to which power is transmitted from a power transmission apparatus through electric field coupling includes a parallel resonance circuit in which an active electrode and a passive electrode are connected, a capacitor and a first switch that change a resonance condition of the parallel resonance circuit, and a second switch that supplies or cuts off an AC voltage, outputted from the parallel resonance circuit, to or from a load. The power receiving apparatus also includes a communication unit that notifies of the start of communication with the power transmission apparatus and receives a response to the notification, a first switching unit that generates a signal to be sent to the power transmission apparatus, and a second switching unit that connects or disconnects the second switch based on the response received by the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shibata, Satoshi Shinoda, Hironori Sakai
  • Patent number: 9893537
    Abstract: In a stand-by state where a power receiving device is not mounted on a power transmission device, ON/OFF of a switching element that applies an AC voltage to an active electrode and a passive electrode is controlled. A controller detects a potential difference between the active electrode and the passive electrode, and determines that the power receiving device is mounted on the power transmission device when the potential difference has changed. The controller starts ON/OFF control of switching elements and starts power transmission to the power receiving device from the power transmission device. With this, a power transmission device capable of achieving reduction in power consumption in the stand-by state and a wireless power transmission system including the same can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Sakai
  • Patent number: 9866038
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. A power reception apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. When a capacitance between the active electrodes is represented by Caa, a capacitance between the passive electrodes is represented by Cpp, and reactances of the capacitors are represented by X1, X2, X3, and X4; the active electrodes, the passive electrodes and the capacitors are configured such that Cpp/Caa=X1/X2=X3/X4 and Cpp?Caa are satisfied. Thus, a wireless power transmission system capable of stabilizing an operation of a load circuit in the power reception apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Suesada, Hironori Sakai
  • Patent number: 9800093
    Abstract: The frequency of an AC voltage applied to an active electrode and a passive electrode of a power transmission device is swept and input impedance (input voltage DCV) of a power receiving device side as viewed from a DC-to-AC inverter circuit is detected for each change of the frequency of the AC voltage. A determination is made as to whether the input voltage DCV in a first frequency range determined by a resonant frequency of a series resonance circuit of the power transmission device and parallel resonance circuit of the power receiving device falls with a range of 25 mV to 450 mV, and the input voltage DCV detected in a second frequency range is equal to or lower than 100 mv. When the results of both determinations are true, power is transmitted to the power receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20160164307
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus to which power is transmitted from a power transmission apparatus through electric field coupling includes a parallel resonance circuit in which an active electrode and a passive electrode are connected, a capacitor and a first switch that change a resonance condition of the parallel resonance circuit, and a second switch that supplies or cuts off an AC voltage, outputted from the parallel resonance circuit, to or from a load. The power receiving apparatus also includes a communication unit that notifies of the start of communication with the power transmission apparatus and receives a response to the notification, a first switching unit that generates a signal to be sent to the power transmission apparatus, and a second switching unit that connects or disconnects the second switch based on the response received by the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko Shibata, Satoshi Shinoda, Hironori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20160079812
    Abstract: The frequency of an AC voltage applied to an active electrode and a passive electrode of a power transmission device is swept and input impedance (input voltage DCV) of a power receiving device side as viewed from a DC-to-AC inverter circuit is detected for each change of the frequency of the AC voltage. A determination is made as to whether the input voltage DCV in a first frequency range determined by a resonant frequency of a series resonance circuit of the power transmission device and parallel resonance circuit of the power receiving device falls with a range of 25 mV to 450 mV, and the input voltage DCV detected in a second frequency range is equal to or lower than 100 mv. When the results of both determinations are true, power is transmitted to the power receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: HIRONORI SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20160036246
    Abstract: In a stand-by state where a power receiving device is not mounted on a power transmission device, ON/OFF of a switching element that applies an AC voltage to an active electrode and a passive electrode is controlled. A controller detects a potential difference between the active electrode and the passive electrode, and determines that the power receiving device is mounted on the power transmission device when the potential difference has changed. The controller starts ON/OFF control of switching elements and starts power transmission to the power receiving device from the power transmission device. With this, a power transmission device capable of achieving reduction in power consumption in the stand-by state and a wireless power transmission system including the same can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: HIRONORI SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20160006271
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. A power reception apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. When a capacitance between the active electrodes is represented by Caa, a capacitance between the passive electrodes is represented by Cpp, and reactances of the capacitors are represented by X1, X2, X3, and X4; the active electrodes, the passive electrodes and the capacitors are configured such that Cpp/Caa=X1/X2=X3/X4 and Cpp?Caa are satisfied. Thus, a wireless power transmission system capable of stabilizing an operation of a load circuit in the power reception apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Keiichi Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Suesada, Hironori Sakai