Patents by Inventor Hirotomo MINAMIYAMA

Hirotomo MINAMIYAMA 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: 10547231
    Abstract: An electric rotation device rotating a rotation target member by torque outputted to an output member includes: a motor; a reduction gear mechanism including transmission gears transmitting torque from the motor to the output member; a rotational position detection gear including a tooth width different from that of a predetermined gear among the transmission gears, and meshing with the predetermined gear; a rotational position detection sensor outputting a signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotational position detection gear, and detecting a rotational position of the rotation target member; a visual recognition portion configured to distinguish a reference tooth of one gear from the other tooth of the one gear; and a groove filling portion filling a tooth groove of the other gear, the groove filling portion filling a portion of the tooth groove not overlapping the one gear in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotomo Minamiyama, Sayaka Hara
  • Patent number: 10271697
    Abstract: An electric opening and closing device that opens and closes a toilet seat or lid by a torque output to an output member includes: a motor; a reduction gear mechanism having gear members including a gear member of a spur tooth and transmitting the torque of the motor to the output member; and a torque limiter that includes a first rotating member rotating integrally with a first gear member rotating by the torque among the gear members, a second rotating member rotating integrally with a second gear member connected to the output member via the gear member of the spur tooth or the output member, and a friction member engaged with one of the first and second rotating members, and that generates a slip between the friction and other rotating members to interrupt the transmission of the torque when a torque exceeding a value acts on the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotomo Minamiyama, Sayaka Hara
  • Publication number: 20180219458
    Abstract: An electric rotation device rotating a rotation target member by torque outputted to an output member includes: a motor; a reduction gear mechanism including transmission gears transmitting torque from the motor to the output member; a rotational position detection gear including a tooth width different from that of a predetermined gear among the transmission gears, and meshing with the predetermined gear; a rotational position detection sensor outputting a signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotational position detection gear, and detecting a rotational position of the rotation target member; a visual recognition portion configured to distinguish a reference tooth of one gear from the other tooth of the one gear; and a groove filling portion filling a tooth groove of the other gear, the groove filling portion filling a portion of the tooth groove not overlapping the one gear in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotomo MINAMIYAMA, Sayaka HARA
  • Publication number: 20180199772
    Abstract: An electric opening and closing device that opens and closes a toilet seat or lid by a torque output to an output member includes: a motor; a reduction gear mechanism having gear members including a gear member of a spur tooth and transmitting the torque of the motor to the output member; and a torque limiter that includes a first rotating member rotating integrally with a first gear member rotating by the torque among the gear members, a second rotating member rotating integrally with a second gear member connected to the output member via the gear member of the spur tooth or the output member, and a friction member engaged with one of the first and second rotating members, and that generates a slip between the friction and other rotating members to interrupt the transmission of the torque when a torque exceeding a value acts on the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotomo MINAMIYAMA, Sayaka Hara