Patents by Inventor Kazumi SHINKAI

Kazumi SHINKAI 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: 10879763
    Abstract: An electric actuator is provided and includes: a motor unit having a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a speed reducer connected to one side of the motor shaft in the axial direction, an output section having an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the speed reducer, and a housing accommodating the motor unit, the speed reducer and the output section. The motor shaft and the output shaft are disposed apart from each other in the radial direction of the motor shaft. The motor unit has a first bearing that rotatably supports the motor shaft. The housing has a housing main body formed of resin, and a metal member formed of metal and held by the housing main body. The metal member has a bearing holding section that holds the first bearing, and an output shaft support section that supports the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Shun Kato, Ryunosuke Oikawa, Yuzo Akasaka, Kazumi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10819184
    Abstract: An electric actuator attached to a vehicle is provided and includes: a motor unit, a speed reducer, a circuit board, an output section, and a housing that accommodates the motor unit, the speed reducer, the circuit board and the output section. The housing has a motor case that opens at one side in an axial direction, and a circuit board case attached to one side of the motor case in the axial direction to close an opening of the motor case and accommodates the circuit board. The motor case has a motor case main body that accommodates the motor unit, and multiple attaching leg sections protruding from the motor case main body and fixed to the vehicle. The attaching leg sections protrude outward from the circuit board case when seen in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Shun Kato, Ryunosuke Oikawa, Yuzo Akasaka, Kazumi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10794465
    Abstract: There is provided an electric actuator in which a speed reduction mechanism and an output portion are disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction in an opening portion of a housing main body, a cover member has a speed reduction mechanism cover which faces and surrounds the speed reduction mechanism, an output portion cover which faces and surrounds the output portion, and a constricted portion which connects the speed reduction mechanism cover and the output portion cover, the cover member is fixed to the housing main body by a plurality of caulking portions provided on a side wall portion, and, between two adjacent caulking portions interposing the constricted portion therebetween, one of the two caulking portions of the speed reduction mechanism cover is fixed toward a central axis of the speed reduction mechanism, and the other is fixed toward a central axis of the output portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Kazumi Shinkai, Shun Kato, Shuichi Kinjo, Kohei Osuga, Tadayuki Hatsuda
  • Patent number: 10738885
    Abstract: An actuator apparatus includes an oil passage body including an oil passage therein, an electric actuator, a movable unit moved at least in a first direction and a second direction by the electric actuator, and an auxiliary device including an actuating member moved by hydraulic pressure of oil in the oil passage. When the electric actuator moves the movable unit in the second direction, the auxiliary device applies, through the actuating member to the movable unit, a force pointing in a direction that moves the movable unit in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tatsuta, Kazumi Shinkai, Shun Kato, Shuichi Kinjo, Kohei Osuga
  • Patent number: 10715003
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a motor unit; a speed reducer; a circuit board; a busbar; and a housing. The housing has a motor case and a circuit board case attached to one side of the motor case in an axial direction. The circuit board case has a bottom wall blocking an opening of the motor case. The bottom wall has a bottom wall through-hole that penetrates through the bottom wall in the axial direction on an outer side beyond the speed reducer in the radial direction. A busbar has a busbar main body section, a coil line connecting section to which a coil line extending on one side in the axial direction from a coil is connected, and a connection terminal section. The connection terminal section extends to one side of the bottom wall in the axial direction via the bottom wall through-hole and is connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Shun Kato, Ryunosuke Oikawa, Yuzo Akasaka, Kazumi Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20200036266
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor portion that includes a motor including a motor shaft extending axially, a decelerator that is joined to one axial side of the motor shaft, and an output portion that includes an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the decelerator. The output shaft includes a joint portion joined to a driven shaft, the output portion includes a sensor magnet and a magnet holder which holds the sensor magnet, and the magnet holder is indirectly joined to the output shaft and is fixed to the driven shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Kazumi SHINKAI, Shun KATO, Shuichi KINJO, Kohei OSUGA, Tadayuki HATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200014284
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor that includes a motor shaft extending axially, a decelerator that is joined to one axial side of the motor shaft, an output that includes an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the decelerator, and a control board that is electrically connected to at least the motor. The motor and the output are disposed radially side by side with respect to the motor, the control board extends from a position axially overlapping the motor shaft to a position axially overlapping the output shaft, and the control board includes a motor sensor that detects a rotation angle of the motor shaft, and an output sensor that detects a rotation angle of a driven shaft joined to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Tadayuki HATSUDA, Kazumi SHINKAI, Shun KATO, Shuichi KINJO, Fumito TAMURA
  • Patent number: 10483823
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a case, an output portion, a first board, a rotation detection device that detects rotation of the output portion, a connector portion, a first wiring member electrically connected to electrical wiring via the connector portion, and a second wiring member electrically connected to the rotation detection device. The case includes a first case and a second case. The first board is accommodated in the first case. The rotation detection device is accommodated in the second case. The first wiring member includes a first connecting portion held in the first case. The second wiring member includes a second connecting portion held in the second case. The first connecting portion is exposed on one side in the axial direction of the first case. The second connecting portion is exposed on the other side in the axial direction of the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Kazumi Shinkai, Shuichi Kinjo
  • Patent number: 10443702
    Abstract: There is provided a breather structure of an actuator in which the breather structure is provided in a housing of the actuator, the breather structure including: a recessed groove positioned on an outer surface of the housing; a breathing hole which is positioned on a bottom surface of the recessed groove and passes through the housing in a first direction; a filter fixed to an inside of the housing so that the filter closes an opening of the breathing hole; a lid body which partially covers a region of the recessed groove including the breathing hole from an outside of the housing when viewed from the first direction; a breather opening portion positioned at a portion of the recessed groove exposed from the lid body; and a protrusion portion which protrudes from the bottom surface of the recessed groove to a side of the lid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Kazumi Shinkai, Shun Kato, Shuichi Kinjo, Kohei Osuga, Tadayuki Hatsuda
  • Publication number: 20190207471
    Abstract: An electric actuator attached to a vehicle is provided and includes: a motor unit, a speed reducer, a circuit board, an output section, and a housing that accommodates the motor unit, the speed reducer, the circuit board and the output section. The housing has a motor case that opens at one side in an axial direction, and a circuit board case attached to one side of the motor case in the axial direction to close an opening of the motor case and accommodates the circuit board. The motor case has a motor case main body that accommodates the motor unit, and multiple attaching leg sections protruding from the motor case main body and fixed to the vehicle. The attaching leg sections protrude outward from the circuit board case when seen in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190207475
    Abstract: An electric actuator is provided and includes: a motor unit having a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a speed reducer connected to one side of the motor shaft in the axial direction, an output section having an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the speed reducer, and a housing accommodating the motor unit, the speed reducer and the output section. The motor shaft and the output shaft are disposed apart from each other in the radial direction of the motor shaft. The motor unit has a first bearing that rotatably supports the motor shaft. The housing has a housing main body formed of resin, and a metal member formed of metal and held by the housing main body. The metal member has a bearing holding section that holds the first bearing, and an output shaft support section that supports the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190207462
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a motor unit; a speed reducer; a circuit board; a busbar; and a housing. The housing has a motor case and a circuit board case attached to one side of the motor case in an axial direction. The circuit board case has a bottom wall blocking an opening of the motor case. The bottom wall has a bottom wall through-hole that penetrates through the bottom wall in the axial direction on an outer side beyond the speed reducer in the radial direction. A busbar has a busbar main body section, a coil line connecting section to which a coil line extending on one side in the axial direction from a coil is connected, and a connection terminal section. The connection terminal section extends to one side of the bottom wall in the axial direction via the bottom wall through-hole and is connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190207474
    Abstract: An electric actuator is provided and includes: a motor unit having a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a speed reducer connected to one side of the motor shaft in the axial direction, an output section having an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the speed reducer, and a housing configured to accommodate the motor unit, the speed reducer and the output section. The output shaft extends in the axial direction of the motor shaft. The housing has a housing main body with a polygonal shape when seen in the axial direction. The motor shaft and the output shaft are disposed to be arranged along a diagonal line of the housing main body when seen in the axial direction. The output shaft is disposed on a corner portion of the housing main body when seen in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190207472
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a motor unit that has a motor shaft and a rotor main body; a speed reducer; a circuit board; an output section; a detection target section; a motor unit sensor; a preload member; and a support section. The motor shaft passes through a through-hole and penetrates through the circuit board in an axial direction. The detection target section is attached to a portion, which protrudes to one side in the axial direction beyond the circuit board, of the motor shaft. The detection target section faces a surface of the circuit board via a gap. The motor unit sensor is fixed to a portion, which faces the detection target section via a gap, of a surface of the circuit board. The preload member applies a preload to the motor shaft toward the other side in the axial direction and presses the motor shaft against the support section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190207470
    Abstract: An electric actuator for rotating a driven shaft is provided, and includes: a motor unit, a speed reducer, a circuit board and an output section. A motor shaft of the motor unit and an output shaft of the output section are disposed apart from each other in a radial direction of the motor shaft. A rotor main body of the motor unit is fixed to a portion on the other side of the motor shaft in the axial direction. The output shaft has a cylindrical shape extending in the axial direction of the motor shaft and having an opening section on the other side in the axial direction. The driven shaft is inserted and connected to the output shaft via the opening section from the other side in the axial direction. The output shaft is disposed at a position overlapping the rotor main body in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Shun KATO, Ryunosuke OIKAWA, Yuzo AKASAKA, Kazumi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20180283525
    Abstract: There is provided an electric actuator in which a speed reduction mechanism and an output portion are disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction in an opening portion of a housing main body, a cover member has a speed reduction mechanism cover which faces and surrounds the speed reduction mechanism, an output portion cover which faces and surrounds the output portion, and a constricted portion which connects the speed reduction mechanism cover and the output portion cover, the cover member is fixed to the housing main body by a plurality of caulking portions provided on a side wall portion, and, between two adjacent caulking portions interposing the constricted portion therebetween, one of the two caulking portions of the speed reduction mechanism cover is fixed toward a central axis of the speed reduction mechanism, and the other is fixed toward a central axis of the output portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Kazumi Shinkai, Shun Kato, Shuichi Kinjo, Kohei Osuga, Tadayuki Hatsuda
  • Publication number: 20180283524
    Abstract: There is provided a breather structure of an actuator in which the breather structure is provided in a housing of the actuator, the breather structure including: a recessed groove positioned on an outer surface of the housing; a breathing hole which is positioned on a bottom surface of the recessed groove and passes through the housing in a first direction; a filter fixed to an inside of the housing so that the filter closes an opening of the breathing hole; a lid body which partially covers a region of the recessed groove including the breathing hole from an outside of the housing when viewed from the first direction; a breather opening portion positioned at a portion of the recessed groove exposed from the lid body; and a protrusion portion which protrudes from the bottom surface of the recessed groove to a side of the lid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Kazumi SHINKAI, Shun KATO, Shuichi KINJO, Kohei OSUGA, Tadayuki HATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20180287455
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a case, an output portion, a first board, a rotation detection device that detects rotation of the output portion, a connector portion, a first wiring member electrically connected to electrical wiring via the connector portion, and a second wiring member electrically connected to the rotation detection device. The case includes a first case and a second case. The first board is accommodated in the first case. The rotation detection device is accommodated in the second case. The first wiring member includes a first connecting portion held in the first case. The second wiring member includes a second connecting portion held in the second case. The first connecting portion is exposed on one side in the axial direction of the first case. The second connecting portion is exposed on the other side in the axial direction of the second case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Kazumi SHINKAI, Shuichi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20180202547
    Abstract: An actuator apparatus includes an oil passage body including an oil passage therein, an electric actuator, a movable unit moved at least in a first direction and a second direction by the electric actuator, and an auxiliary device including an actuating member moved by hydraulic pressure of oil in the oil passage. When the electric actuator moves the movable unit in the second direction, the auxiliary device applies, through the actuating member to the movable unit, a force pointing in a direction that moves the movable unit in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi TATSUTA, Kazumi SHINKAI, Shun KATO, Shuichi KINJO, Kohei OSUGA
  • Patent number: 9732845
    Abstract: A shift range switching device of a vehicle includes a fixing member provided in a vicinity of an external-toothed gear, an electric motor, an eccentric shaft provided on an output shaft, the external-toothed gear rotatably supported by the eccentric shaft, and a ring-shaped double-toothed gear provided on an outer circumference of the external-toothed gear. The shift range switching device includes internal teeth defined on an inner circumference of the double-toothed gear and engaged with external teeth of the external-toothed gear and the external-toothed gear defined on an outer circumference of the double-toothed gear and engaged with an output gear. The shift range switching device includes a restriction portion provided on one of the external-toothed gear and the fixing member and a restricted portion provided on the other of the external-toothed gear and the fixing member and engaged with the restriction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi Shinkai, Shuichi Kinjo