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).
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Patent number: 11966182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hironori Takahashi, Masakazu Uehara, Tomohiro Watatani, Shota Onishi, Yuhiro Sakai
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Patent number: 11958158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
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Patent number: 11745301Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Sakai, Takuya Yoshinari, Hironori Mashiko
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Publication number: 20230201989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230190150Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Hironori SAKAI, Takuya IWABUCHI
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Patent number: 11571781Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
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Publication number: 20200189064Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
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Patent number: 10596679Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
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Publication number: 20200055159Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironori SAKAI, Takuya YOSHINARI, Hironori Mashiko
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Publication number: 20190358769Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken MIYAZAWA, Hironori SAKAI
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Patent number: 9948144Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori Sakai, Takanori Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20180099372Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuki TAKEDA, Hironori SAKAI
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Patent number: 9935487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Shibata, Satoshi Shinoda, Hironori Sakai
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Patent number: 9893537Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori Sakai
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Patent number: 9866038Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Suesada, Hironori Sakai
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Patent number: 9800093Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori Sakai
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Publication number: 20160164307Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Akihiko Shibata, Satoshi Shinoda, Hironori Sakai
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Publication number: 20160079812Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventor: HIRONORI SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160036246Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventor: HIRONORI SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160006271Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Keiichi Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Suesada, Hironori Sakai