Patents by Inventor Katsuhito Sohara

Katsuhito Sohara 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: 7800274
    Abstract: A stator includes a bracket having a shaft bearing portion at a center, a stator base including a flexible printed wiring board outwardly attached to the shaft bearing portion, single-phase air-armature coils disposed on the stator base, and a drive circuit member disposed on the stator base so as not to overlap with the single-phase air-core armature coils. The bracket has a through hole at the section corresponding to the bottom of the drive circuit member. The stator base is embedded at least partly in the thickness direction in the through hole and fixed using a resin, and a detent torque generation member is contained in, and is no thicker than, the stator base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Yamaguchi, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Publication number: 20080018187
    Abstract: A stator includes a bracket having a shaft bearing portion at a center, a stator base including a flexible printed wiring board outwardly attached to the shaft bearing portion, single-phase air-armature coils disposed on the stator base, and a drive circuit member disposed on the stator base so as not to overlap with the single-phase air-core armature coils. The bracket has a through hole at the section corresponding to the bottom of the drive circuit member. The stator base is embedded at least partly in the thickness direction in the through hole and fixed using a resin, and a detent torque generation member is contained in, and is no thicker than, the stator base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Tadao Yamaguchi, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Publication number: 20070194642
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a commutator at a rotation center thereof on one side and a bearing at the rotation center on the other side, first, second and third wound air-core coils having an effective conductor opened to the magnetic pole opening angle, and an eccentric weight comprising a main component and a supplementary part formed so as to be no thicker than the first wound air-core coil and disposed so that the main component does not protrude axially upward of the second and third wound air-core coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Tadao Yamaguchi, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Patent number: 7247963
    Abstract: Because the bearing of an eccentric rotor is small, when it is integrated in a rotor by resin molding, the bearing unit can be fractured by impacts unless it has a sufficient mounting strength. Accordingly, an eccentric rotor is provided in which a sufficient mounting strength of the bearing on the rotor is ensured and the bearing unit is prevented from fracture by impacts. Also a vibration motor using the eccentric rotor is provided. The eccentric rotor includes a printed wiring board, a cylindrical bearing for insertion of a shaft, and a weight which are integrated to have a flat disk shape by resin molding. A shaft insertion hole has a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the shaft and smaller than the outer diameter of the bearing, and the bearing is integrated by resin molding in a state in which the entire periphery at the end portion thereof is disposed in contact with the printed wiring board around the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhito Sohara
  • Publication number: 20050140222
    Abstract: Because the bearing of an eccentric rotor is small, when it is integrated in a rotor by resin molding, the bearing unit can be fractured by impacts unless it has a sufficient mounting strength. Accordingly, an eccentric rotor is provided in which a sufficient mounting strength of the bearing on the rotor is ensured and the bearing unit is prevented from fracture by impacts. Also a vibration motor using the eccentric rotor is provided. The eccentric rotor includes a printed wiring board, a cylindrical bearing for insertion of a shaft, and a weight which are integrated to have a flat disk shape by resin molding. A shaft insertion hole has a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the shaft and smaller than the outer diameter of the bearing, and the bearing is integrated by resin molding in a state in which the entire periphery at the end portion thereof is disposed in contact with the printed wiring board around the insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Katsuhito Sohara
  • Patent number: 6876121
    Abstract: An axial direction sliding-contact type brush apparatus is provided which can not only maintain performance of suppressing vibration of a brush of a flat vibrator motor but also allow the brush to form a stable electrical contact with a commutator. The base portion of the brush is installed at the exposed portion of the pattern of the brush base above the bracket at an elevation angle of 45° or less with respect to the brush base. The ultraviolet-cured acryl-based resin is coated on the base portion of the brush to cover a position located at about ? of the side projection length L of the brush arm portion from the base portion of the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kobayashi, Tetsushi Yashima, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Patent number: 6853109
    Abstract: An axially sliding contact type of a commutator which is capable of removing the problem related to a braking loose caused by magnetic force to prevent increase of consumed electricity, has a rotor including the commutator, and an electric motor having the rotor, in which a gap is axially formed. The commutator is of an axially contact type and comprises a plurality of metal plates made of copper and a noble metal layer coated on the metal plates in a state of disposing a separate layer between the metal plates and the noble metal layer. The separate layer is formed of Nickel plating having a non-magnetic property in a non-electrolysis manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., LTD
    Inventors: Naohisa Koyanagi, Tetsushi Yashima, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Publication number: 20030193262
    Abstract: An axially sliding contact type of a commutator which is capable of removing the problem related to a braking loose caused by magnetic force to prevent increase of consumed electricity, has a rotor including the commutator, and an electric motor having the rotor, in which a gap is axially formed. The commutator is of an axially contact type and comprises a plurality of metal plates made of copper and a noble metal layer coated on the metal plates in a state of disposing a separate layer between the metal plates and the noble metal layer. The separate layer is formed of Nickel plating having a non-magnetic property in a non-electrolysis manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohisa Koyanagi, Tetsuchi Yashima, Katsuhito Sohara
  • Publication number: 20030015934
    Abstract: An axial direction sliding-contact type brush apparatus is provided which can not only maintain performance of suppressing vibration of a brush of a flat vibrator motor but also allow the brush to form a stable electrical contact with a commutator. The base portion of the brush is installed at the exposed portion of the pattern of the brush base above the bracket at an elevation angle of 45° or less with respect to the brush base. The ultraviolet-cured acryl-based resin is coated on the base portion of the brush to cover a position located at about ⅓ of the side projection length L of the brush arm portion from the base portion of the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Hajime Kobayashi, Tetsushi Yashima, Katsuhito Sohara