Patents by Inventor Katsuhito Nishizawa
Katsuhito Nishizawa 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: 11797061Abstract: Provided is a biaxial hinge capable of opening up to 360 degrees in which the hinge does not require a complicated mechanism or components with high machining accuracy. The hinge includes first and second shafts (11, 21), joint plates (34, 37, 38) rotatably coupling first and second shafts (11, 21), regulator (36) movable between a first position and a second position along an axial direction of first and second shaft (11, 21), first lock plate (12) rotating together with the first shaft (11) and inhibiting the rotation of first shaft (11) by engaging with regulator (36) located at the first position, lock sleeve (23) rotating together with second shaft (21) and inhibiting the rotation of second shaft (21) by engaging with regulator (36) located at the second position; and a regulation cam (13) feeding regulator (36) from the second position to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Hazama, Katsuhito Nishizawa
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Patent number: 11757315Abstract: A rotor applied to an inner rotor brushless motor includes: a rotor core having a laminate of a plurality of annular thin plate-shaped core pieces, the rotor core being configured to rotate together with a shaft in an integrated manner; a cylindrical resin magnet mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core via a gap; a groove-shaped adhesive admission portion in a straight line along the entire length of the rotor core in an axial direction thereof, the adhesive admission portion being recessed into the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core; and an adhesive configured to bond and fix the rotor core and the magnet. The adhesive is filled in an entire adhesive allowance having both of the gap and the adhesive admission portion between the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core and an inner peripheral surface of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Shiraki, Katsuhito Nishizawa, Shou Kubota, Yuhei Ito
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Publication number: 20230275487Abstract: A brushless motor where a stator and a rotor are housed in a housing, includes: three busbars located on one end side of the stator in an axial direction, the three busbars connecting three-phase coils provided to the stator on a per-phase basis; three output terminals on the one end side of the busbars, the three output terminals extending in the axial direction while being electrically continuous with the busbars; and a compatible component having: a holder portion placed on the one end side of the busbars in the housing and supported by the housing; and terminals each electrically connected to the respective output terminal and exposed to an outside of the housing. A plurality of types of the compatible components that have the common holder portion and are different in the configuration of the terminals is prepared, and one of the plurality of types is supported by the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Katsuhito NISHIZAWA, Shou KUBOTA
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Patent number: 11715991Abstract: To provide a brushless motor with a simple configuration, which has accomplished size reduction. An inner rotor brushless motor having a rotor in a center of a cylindrical stator includes: three bus bars on one end side of the stator in an axial direction thereof, the bus bars connecting three phase coils provided to the stator on a phase-by-phase basis; a bottomed tubular connector portion adjacent to a housing that houses the stator and the rotor; a plurality of connector terminals fixed, penetrating a bottom portion of the connector portion, the plurality of connector terminals being exposed to an internal space of the connector portion; and a board stretching from the one end side of the stator in the axial direction to the bottom portion side of the connector portion, the board being configured to electrically connect an end of each of the bus bars and the penetrating connector terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Shiraki, Katsuhito Nishizawa, Shou Kubota, Takuya Takahashi
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Publication number: 20220075429Abstract: Provided is a biaxial hinge capable of opening up to 360 degrees in which the hinge does not require a complicated mechanism or components with high machining accuracy. The hinge includes first and second shafts (11, 21), joint plates (34, 37, 38) rotatably coupling first and second shafts (11, 21), regulator (36) movable between a first position and a second position along an axial direction of first and second shaft (11, 21), first lock plate (12) rotating together with the first shaft (11) and inhibiting the rotation of first shaft (11) by engaging with regulator (36) located at the first position, lock sleeve (23) rotating together with second shaft (21) and inhibiting the rotation of second shaft (21) by engaging with regulator (36) located at the second position; and a regulation cam (13) feeding regulator (36) from the second position to the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Yuji HAZAMA, Katsuhito NISHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20220069650Abstract: Even in a case of a rotor having a thick laminate, avoidance of nonuniform adhesive application and an increase in quality is achieved with a simple configuration. A rotor applied to an inner rotor brushless motor includes: a rotor core having a laminate of a plurality of annular thin plate-shaped core pieces, the rotor core being configured to rotate together with a shaft in an integrated manner; a cylindrical resin magnet mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core via a gap; a groove-shaped adhesive admission portion in a straight line along the entire length of the rotor core in an axial direction thereof, the adhesive admission portion being recessed into the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core; and an adhesive configured to bond and fix the rotor core and the magnet. The adhesive is filled in an entire adhesive allowance having both of the gap and the adhesive admission portion between the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core and an inner peripheral surface of the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Kenji SHIRAKI, Katsuhito NISHIZAWA, Shou KUBOTA, Yuhei ITO
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Publication number: 20220069666Abstract: To provide a brushless motor with a simple configuration, which has accomplished size reduction. An inner rotor brushless motor having a rotor in a center of a cylindrical stator includes: three bus bars on one end side of the stator in an axial direction thereof, the bus bars connecting three phase coils provided to the stator on a phase-by-phase basis; a bottomed tubular connector portion adjacent to a housing that houses the stator and the rotor; a plurality of connector terminals fixed, penetrating a bottom portion of the connector portion, the plurality of connector terminals being exposed to an internal space of the connector portion; and a board stretching from the one end side of the stator in the axial direction to the bottom portion side of the connector portion, the board being configured to electrically connect an end of each of the bus bars and the penetrating connector terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Kenji SHIRAKI, Katsuhito NISHIZAWA, Shou KUBOTA, Takuya TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 7958602Abstract: A hinge mechanism in which two housings are respectively connected to a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft that are arranged perpendicular to each other and the housing are arbitrarily openable about either one of the shafts is provided. In the hinge mechanism 1, at an end of a rotation shaft holding section (4) of a hinge housing (1), an end of an opening and closing shaft holding section (5) is integrated together in a state of being perpendicular to each other, the rotation shaft holding section (4) being formed in it a tubular shaft hole for supporting a rotation shaft section (3), and the opening and closing shaft holding section (5) being formed in it a tubular shaft hole for supporting an opening and closing shaft section (2), and the hinge housing (1) is substantially L-shaped as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhito Nishizawa, Satoshi Mochizuki, Hitoshi Sato
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Publication number: 20100077566Abstract: A hinge mechanism in which two housings are respectively connected to a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft that are arranged perpendicular to each other and the housing are arbitrarily openable about either one of the shafts is provided. In the hinge mechanism 1, at an end of a rotation shaft holding section (4) of a hinge housing (1), an end of an opening and closing shaft holding section (5) is integrated together in a state of being perpendicular to each other, the rotation shaft holding section (4) being formed in it a tubular shaft hole for supporting a rotation shaft section (3), and the opening and closing shaft holding section (5) being formed in it a tubular shaft hole for supporting an opening and closing shaft section (2), and the hinge housing (1) is substantially L-shaped as a whole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2007Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co. Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhito Nishizawa, Satoshi Mochizuki, Hitoshi Sato