Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Fukushima
Kazuhiko Fukushima 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: 9837872Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotary unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a base portion having at least one hole extending in the up-down direction, and a flexible wiring substrate. The flexible wiring substrate reaches a position higher than a lower surface of the base portion through at least one hole and is arranged to supply electric power to the stator. The flexible wiring substrate includes a connection portion arranged higher than the lower surface of the base portion and connected to the stator. The connection portion includes a solder portion arranged on a lower surface thereof to cover a portion of a lead wire extending from a coil of the stator. At least a portion of the solder portion is positioned within the hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Sekii, Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiro Sato, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Abe
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Patent number: 9599123Abstract: In a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side wall portion includes a tongue portion arranged to project between an air outlet and an impeller. A side surface of the tongue portion includes a tongue portion tip arranged to touch a first imaginary plane including a central axis; a first tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip along an outer envelope of the impeller; and a second tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip toward a side edge, the side edge being a line of intersection of the air outlet and the side wall portion. The second tongue portion side surface is arranged to cross a second imaginary plane including the central axis and touching the side edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kyoko Horise, Shinya Ishigami, Takahiro Nagai
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Patent number: 9599122Abstract: In a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side wall portion includes a tongue portion arranged to project between an air outlet and an impeller. A side surface of the tongue portion includes a tongue portion tip arranged to touch a first imaginary plane including a central axis; a first tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip along an outer envelope of the impeller; and a second tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip toward a side edge, the side edge being a line of intersection of the air outlet and the side wall portion. The second tongue portion side surface is arranged to cross a second imaginary plane including the central axis and touching the side edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kyoko Horise, Shinya Ishigami, Takahiro Nagai
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Patent number: 9571267Abstract: There is a need to perform recalculation against a fault attack on any public key e within a time period required for one-time modulo exponentiation. A modulo exponentiation operation is expressed as Y=XdmodN. The modulo exponentiation operation is performed to yield C0=Xd?modN, C1=XdmodN, and T=X2^nmodN, where d? denotes two's complement of d and n denotes the number of bits in d. The modulo exponentiation operation determines whether or not a remainder resulting from the product of a value of C0 and a value of C1 modulo N matches a value of T. The modulo exponentiation operation assigns the value of C1 to Y if a match is found. The modulo exponentiation operation reports an error if a match is not found. The modulo exponentiation operation applies an RSA decryption process to a modulo exponentiation operation using the Chinese remainder theorem.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Fukushima, Seishiro Nagano
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Publication number: 20170023019Abstract: A blower fan includes a lower plate portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more, and a side wall portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more. An upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on the lateral side of the impeller. The blower fan further includes a heat source contact portion with which a heat source is to be in contact, the heat source contact portion being arranged in a surface of the blower fan which faces away from the impeller. The heat source contact portion and the tongue portion are arranged to at least partially overlap with each other in the plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9523373Abstract: A blower fan includes a lower plate portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more, and a side wall portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more. An upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on the lateral side of the impeller. The blower fan further includes a heat source contact portion with which a heat source is to be in contact, the heat source contact portion being arranged in a surface of the blower fan which faces away from the impeller. The heat source contact portion and the side wall portion are arranged to at least partially overlap with each other in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9429165Abstract: In a bearing mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a seal portion in which a surface of a lubricating oil is located is defined in a seal gap defined between an outer circumferential surface of a first tubular portion and an inner circumferential surface of a second tubular portion. The first tubular portion includes, in an area where the outer circumferential surface of the first tubular portion is in contact with the lubricating oil, a maximum outside diameter portion at which the outside diameter of the first tubular portion is greatest, an annular shoulder portion including a surface facing toward the surface of the lubricating oil and at which the outside diameter is smaller than at the maximum outside diameter portion, and an inclined portion at which the outside diameter gradually decreases from the annular shoulder portion toward the surface of the lubricating oil.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9387548Abstract: In wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatuses that simultaneously perform a plurality of cutting processes by engaging a wire between main guide rollers at a plurality of times, a wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus is provided that suppresses vibrations at cutting wire sections, to enable the cutting processes under steady-state accuracy. In addition to the main guide rollers, vibration-damping driven guide rollers or vibration-damping guides are included which form a plurality of cutting wire sections where the vibrations are suppressed by guiding the wire into place, and the positions of the cutting wire sections are thereby defined with respect to nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetaka Miyake, Tatsushi Sato, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9388827Abstract: A lower plate includes a lower air inlet arranged radially outward of a bearing portion. In a plan view, a plane is divided into four regions by a first straight line which is parallel to an air outlet and crosses a central axis and a second straight line which is perpendicular to the air outlet and crosses the central axis, and one of the four regions in which a tongue portion is arranged is a first region, followed by a second region, a third region, and a fourth region in this order in a rotation direction of the blades. The air outlet is arranged to extend over both the first and fourth regions.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kyoko Horise, Shinya Ishigami, Takahiro Nagai
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Patent number: 9366263Abstract: A bearing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a bearing portion having a bottom and being substantially cylindrical; a shaft inserted in the bearing portion, and arranged to rotate about a central axis relative to the bearing portion; a bearing opposing portion defined in one piece, arranged above the bearing portion, and arranged to hold an upper end portion of the shaft while covering an outer circumferential surface upper portion and an upper end surface of the shaft; and a cylindrical seal portion arranged to extend downward from the bearing opposing portion. An inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical seal portion and an outer circumferential surface of the bearing portion are arranged to together define a seal gap therebetween, the seal gap including a seal portion having a surface of a lubricating oil defined therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9360019Abstract: A blower fan includes a heat source contact portion. A side wall portion includes a tongue portion. In a plan view, The heat source contact portion is arranged to cover a portion of a region surrounded by a third imaginary straight line tangent to an outer circumferential surface of a blade support portion and extending in parallel with the second imaginary straight line toward the air outlet in the first region, a fourth imaginary straight line tangent to the outer circumferential surface of the blade support portion and extending in parallel with the first imaginary straight line in the third region, the outer circumferential surface of the blade support portion, and the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9341214Abstract: A porous oil-impregnated sleeve is used for a fluid dynamic pressure bearing. The sleeve includes an inner surface, a first axial end face, a first recessed portion, and a first dynamic pressure generating groove. The first recessed portion is positioned on the other side of a line segment, which connects one-side end portion of the inner surface with an inner end portion of the first axial end face, in a cross-section including the central axis. A bottom portion of the first recessed portion, which has the longest distance between itself and the line segment, is positioned closer to the other side than a bottom portion of the first dynamic pressure generating groove in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kiyoto Ida, Masashi Hirayama, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9316229Abstract: A base plate of a motor includes an inner bottom plate portion and an elevated portion. A land portion is arranged on an upper surface of a portion of a circuit board which overlaps with the inner bottom plate portion in a plan view, or on a portion of the circuit board which overlaps with the elevated portion in the plan view. A conducting wire extending from a coil is electrically connected to the land portion. This structure enables the conducting wire to be connected to the land portion on the circuit board without the conducting wire being drawn outward beyond an outer circumferential end portion of the base plate. The axial position of the conducting wire connected to the land portion and the axial position of the base plate at least partially overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Hiroaki Hirano, Kouta Kabune
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Publication number: 20160003261Abstract: The fan includes an impeller, a motor, and a housing. The housing includes a side wall portion and a lower plate portion. at least one of the lower plate portion and an upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on a lateral side of the impeller. At or near an opposite end of the heat pipe, the heat pipe includes a contact portion arranged to be in contact with one of an upper surface of the lower plate portion and a lower surface of the upper plate portion. A longitudinal direction of at least a portion of the heat pipe extends at an angle with respect to the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Nidec CorporationInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Koji Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20150381347Abstract: There is a need to perform recalculation against a fault attack on any public key e within a time period required for one-time modulo exponentiation. A modulo exponentiation operation is expressed as Y=XdmodN. The modulo exponentiation operation is performed to yield C0=Xd?modN, C1=XdmodN, and T=X2?nmodN, where d? denotes two's complement of d and n denotes the number of bits in d. The modulo exponentiation operation determines whether or not a remainder resulting from the product of a value of C0 and a value of C1 modulo N matches a value of T. The modulo exponentiation operation assigns the value of C1 to Y if a match is found. The modulo exponentiation operation reports an error if a match is not found. The modulo exponentiation operation applies an RSA decryption process to a modulo exponentiation operation using the Chinese remainder theorem.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Seishiro NAGANO
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Publication number: 20150362258Abstract: A heat module includes a fan and a heat pipe. A flat portion of the heat pipe includes a recessed portion being recessed toward a center of the heat pipe in a cross section. A heat receiving portion arranged between the heat source and the heat pipe includes a heat source contact portion arranged to be in thermal contact with the heat pipe. In at least a portion of the heat pipe which extends between a portion of the heat pipe which is in thermal contact with the fan contact portion and a portion of the heat pipe which is in thermal contact with the heat source contact portion, a difference between a maximum axial height of the heat pipe and a minimum axial height of a portion of the heat pipe where the recessed portion is defined is smaller than a wall thickness of the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Koji Hatanaka
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Patent number: 9132553Abstract: A robot system includes a container, a disposed-state detector, and a robot arm. The container is configured to accommodate a plurality of to-be-held objects and includes a reticulated portion. The disposed-state detector is configured to detect disposed states of the plurality of respective to-be-held objects disposed in the container. The robot arm includes a holder configured to hold a to-be-held object among the plurality of to-be-held objects based on the disposed states of the plurality of respective to-be-held objects detected by the disposed-state detector.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Yuya Yasuda, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 9089916Abstract: A wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes a wire electrode, a guide roller that arranges wire electrodes in parallel by winding the wire electrode therearound, a plurality of slidable contact conductors that are in slidable contact with the wire electrodes arranged in parallel, respectively, and a power feeding jig that holds the slidable contact conductors individually and feeds power individually to the wire electrodes arranged in parallel via each of the slidable contact conductors, in which the power feeding jig includes a plurality of reference surfaces that determine a fixing interval between the slidable contact conductors.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Atsushi Itokazu, Hidetaka Miyake, Tatsushi Sato, Takashi Yuzawa, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Publication number: 20150198176Abstract: A blower fan includes a lower plate portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more, and a side wall portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more. An upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on the lateral side of the impeller. The blower fan further includes a heat source contact portion with which a heat source is to be in contact, the heat source contact portion being arranged in a surface of the blower fan which faces away from the impeller. The heat source contact portion and the side wall portion are arranged to at least partially overlap with each other in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Nidec CorporationInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Publication number: 20150198166Abstract: A blower fan includes a heat source contact portion. A side wall portion includes a tongue portion. In a plan view, The heat source contact portion is arranged to cover a portion of a region surrounded by a third imaginary straight line tangent to an outer circumferential surface of a blade support portion and extending in parallel with the second imaginary straight line toward the air outlet in the first region, a fourth imaginary straight line tangent to the outer circumferential surface of the blade support portion and extending in parallel with the first imaginary straight line in the third region, the outer circumferential surface of the blade support portion, and the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima