Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Yamada

Kazuaki Yamada 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).

  • Publication number: 20240120817
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki KOMETANI, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Takuro YAMADA, Kenji TANAKA, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Patent number: 9468135
    Abstract: A substrate conveying system includes a mounting device conveyor for conveying a printed substrate in a first horizontal direction, an upstream-side conveyor, a downstream-side conveyor, and a buffer conveyor. The mounting device conveyor has a function of moving the printed substrate in a horizontal Y direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. The upstream-side conveyor is spaced apart from the downstream-side conveyor in the Y direction. The buffer conveyor has a function of conveying the printed substrate in the first direction, and a function of moving the printed substrate in the Y direction. When the mounting device conveyor and the buffer conveyor are positioned in the same position in the Y direction, the printed substrate is transferred from one of these conveyors to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Narita, Kazuaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150382519
    Abstract: A substrate conveying system includes a mounting device conveyor for conveying a printed substrate in a first horizontal direction, an upstream-side conveyor , a downstream-side conveyor , and a buffer conveyor. The mounting device conveyor has a function of moving the printed substrate in a horizontal Y direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. The upstream-side conveyor is spaced apart from the downstream-side conveyor in the Y direction. The buffer conveyor has a function of conveying the printed substrate in the first direction, and a function of moving the printed substrate in the Y direction. When the mounting device conveyor and the buffer conveyor are positioned in the same position in the Y direction, the printed substrate is transferred from one of these conveyors to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitaka NARITA, Kazuaki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9054145
    Abstract: A substrate stopped at a first position is transferred toward a second position and is stopped at the second position in an accurate and stable manner. An intermediate position arrival time AT is measured while the substrate is being transferred from a substrate stop position toward a mounting work position, and a transfer status of the substrate (whether or not an unexpected factor has occurred) is assessed based on the intermediate position arrival time AT. Before the substrate reaches the second position, a deceleration pattern is controlled by altering a deceleration start timing T14 and the deceleration b in accordance with the intermediate position arrival time AT, thereby accurately stopping and positioning the substrate at the mounting work position. In this manner, under feed-forward control, the substrate can be stably transferred to the mounting work position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Uekawa, Kazuaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 8800442
    Abstract: A screen printing apparatus in which two printing units are provided in a production line which transports boards from a single board exit position set on a downstream side in a conveyance direction. One printing unit being disposed is available for set-up tasks while the other printing unit is working. Since set-up tasks can be conducted in one printing unit while the other printing unit is working, then it is possible to improve through-put dramatically even in cases where small-volume diverse-component production is carried out in a single lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamada, Yasushi Miyake
  • Publication number: 20130074326
    Abstract: A substrate stopped at a first position is transferred toward a second position and is stopped at the second position in an accurate and stable manner. An intermediate position arrival time AT is measured while the substrate is being transferred from a substrate stop position toward a mounting work position, and a transfer status of the substrate (whether or not an unexpected factor has occurred) is assessed based on the intermediate position arrival time AT. Before the substrate reaches the second position, a deceleration pattern is controlled by altering a deceleration start timing T14 and the deceleration b in accordance with the intermediate position arrival time AT, thereby accurately stopping and positioning the substrate at the mounting work position. In this manner, under feed-forward control, the substrate can be stably transferred to the mounting work position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke UEKAWA, Kazuaki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20120304877
    Abstract: A screen printing apparatus in which two printing units are provided in a production line which transports boards from a single board exit position set on a downstream side in a conveyance direction. One printing unit being disposed is available for set-up tasks while the other printing unit is working. Since set-up tasks can be conducted in one printing unit while the other printing unit is working, then it is possible to improve through-put dramatically even in cases where small-volume diverse-component production is carried out in a single lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki YAMADA, Yasushi MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 7185425
    Abstract: By forming a terminal at a tip of a lead part of a lead frame, and by fixing this terminal and a connecting pad which was formed on an upper surface of a first printed circuit board, the lead frame is attached to the first printed circuit board. By cutting off a frame part and a tie bar part from the lead frame which was attached to the first printed circuit board, the lead part is separated, and forming is applied to the lead part so as for its tip to be extended over the first printed board. After the lead part which is expanded upward is inserted into a through-hole which was opened in a second printed circuit board, by soldering the lead part and the through-hole, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: Fujitsu Ten Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ohta, Kazuaki Yamada, Kiyoshi Tsujii, Hidekazu Manabe
  • Publication number: 20040123457
    Abstract: By forming a terminal at a tip of a lead part of a lead frame, and by fixing this terminal and a connecting pad which was formed on an upper surface of a first printed circuit board, the lead frame is attached to the first printed circuit board. By cutting off a frame part and a tie bar part from the lead frame which was attached to the first printed circuit board, the lead part is separated, and forming is applied to the lead part so as for its tip to be extended over the first printed board. After the lead part which is expanded upward is inserted into a through-hole which was opened in a second printed circuit board, by soldering the lead part and the through-hole, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicants: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ohta, Kazuaki Yamada, Kiyoshi Tsujii, Hidekazu Manabe
  • Patent number: 6508846
    Abstract: In a process and an apparatus for fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element including an anode member provided with a chemical conversion coating and an electrically conductive polymer serving as a cathode electrolyte and impregnating the capacitor element, an agitating station 7 is provided between a mixing station 5 and an impregnating station 6 to have a mixture of a monomer and an oxidizer agitated immediately before the step of impregnating the capacitor element with the mixture to render the mixture uniform. The mixture can be agitated, for example, by an air injection nozzle disposed at the agitating station 7 for injecting compressed air into the mixture. This affords solid electrolytic capacitors with diminished variations in electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Saga Sanyo Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamada, Hidemi Fuchigami, Nobuhiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20010009054
    Abstract: In a process and an apparatus for fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element including an anode member provided with a chemical conversion coating and an electrically conductive polymer serving as a cathode electrolyte and impregnating the capacitor element, an agitating station 7 is provided between a mixing station 5 and an impregnating station 6 to have a mixture of a monomer and an oxidizer agitated immediately before the step of impregnating the capacitor element with the mixture to render the mixture uniform. The mixture can be agitated, for example, by an air injection nozzle disposed at the agitating station 7 for injecting compressed air into the mixture. This affords solid electrolytic capacitors with diminished variations in electrical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamada, Hidemi Funchigami, Nobuhiro Honda
  • Patent number: 5819899
    Abstract: A one-way clutch includes an annular retainer including sprag pockets formed in a plurality of portions of its side face in the circumferential direction, and spring mounting portions formed circumferentially adjacent to the sprag pockets; sprags to be fitted in the sprag pockets; and spring members mounted in the spring mounting portions for holding the sprags in predetermined positions in the sprag pockets. The one-way clutch is assembled by mounting the sprags and the spring members sideways of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Iga, Kazuaki Yamada, Satoshi Fujiwara