Patents by Inventor Kazuya Ichimura

Kazuya Ichimura 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: 9564787
    Abstract: A motor includes an impeller including a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction and fixed to a shaft between a cover portion and an armature. The cover portion includes at least one cover portion through hole arranged to axially overlap with the blades. A cylindrical portion includes at least one cylindrical portion through hole arranged to radially overlap with the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei Kitamura, Kazuya Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20150130306
    Abstract: A motor includes an impeller including a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction and fixed to a shaft between a cover portion and an armature. The cover portion includes at least one cover portion through hole arranged to axially overlap with the blades. A cylindrical portion includes at least one cylindrical portion through hole arranged to radially overlap with the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei KITAMURA, Kazuya ICHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8156513
    Abstract: A motor includes a bearing mechanism, a stationary unit including a stator arranged radially outwards of the bearing mechanism, and a rotary unit supported by the bearing mechanism at the upper side of the stationary unit for rotation about a center axis with respect to the stationary unit. The rotary unit includes a substantially cylindrical closed-top rotor yoke having a cover portion arranged to cover the stator. The bearing mechanism includes a substantially cylindrical closed-bottom bush formed by a press work, a sleeve fixed inside the bush and provided with an upper portion protruding beyond the bush and a shaft inserted into the sleeve. An upper end of the bush is lower than or flush with an upper end of the stator in a direction parallel to the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hidaka, Shigeo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ichizaki, Akihiro Nakagawa, Tatsuya Tatara, Harushige Osawa, Atsushi Inoue, Kazuya Ichimura
  • Patent number: 8099746
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit, a bearing mechanism, a rotary unit, and a chucking device. The rotary unit includes a rotor yoke provided with a cover portion extending around the chucking device and designed to allow the storage disk to be directly or indirectly mounted thereto and a removal-preventing member fixed to the cover portion to prevent removal of the rotary unit from the stationary unit. The removal-preventing member made of metal. The removal-preventing member includes a removal-preventing portion, an upper fixing portion having a plurality of upper protrusions inserted into the through-holes of the cover portion and bent toward the upper surface of the cover portion, and a lower fixing portion making direct or indirect contact with the lower surface of the cover portion and cooperating with the upper fixing portion to fix the position of the removal-preventing portion in a direction parallel to the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hidaka, Shigeo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ichizaki, Akihiro Nakagawa, Tatsuya Tatara, Harushige Osawa, Atsushi Inoue, Kazuya Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20110047560
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit, a bearing mechanism, a rotary unit, and a chucking device. The rotary unit includes a rotor yoke provided with a cover portion extending around the chucking device and designed to allow the storage disk to be directly or indirectly mounted thereto and a removal-preventing member fixed to the cover portion to prevent removal of the rotary unit from the stationary unit. The removal-preventing member made of metal. The removal-preventing member includes a removal-preventing portion, an upper fixing portion having a plurality of upper protrusions inserted into the through-holes of the cover portion and bent toward the upper surface of the cover portion, and a lower fixing portion making direct or indirect contact with the lower surface of the cover portion and cooperating with the upper fixing portion to fix the position of the removal-preventing portion in a direction parallel to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hidaka, Shigeo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ichizaki, Akihiro Nakagawa, Tatsuya Tatara, Harushige Osawa, Atsushi Inoue, Kazuya Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20110047561
    Abstract: A motor includes a bearing mechanism, a stationary unit including a stator arranged radially outwards of the bearing mechanism, and a rotary unit supported by the bearing mechanism at the upper side of the stationary unit for rotation about a center axis with respect to the stationary unit. The rotary unit includes a substantially cylindrical closed-top rotor yoke having a cover portion arranged to cover the stator. The bearing mechanism includes a substantially cylindrical closed-bottom bush formed by a press work, a sleeve fixed inside the bush and provided with an upper portion protruding beyond the bush and a shaft inserted into the sleeve. An upper end of the bush is lower than or flush with an upper end of the stator in a direction parallel to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hidaka, Shigeo Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ichizaki, Akihiro Nakagawa, Tatsuya Tatara, Harushige Osawa, Atsushi Inoue, Kazuya Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20030073421
    Abstract: An input circuit for a tuner having a first input terminal to receive a first radio frequency signal and a second input terminal to receive a second radio frequency signal, the input circuit including a converter and a rear circuit configured to process a first intermediate frequency signal. The converter includes a first local oscillator configured to generate a first local signal serving when converting the first and second radio frequency signals into a first intermediate frequency signal and a first mixer configured to mix the first local signal with the first and second radio frequency signals and to generate the first intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazuya Ichimura