Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Nagai
Kazuyoshi Nagai 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: 8979374Abstract: A rotating device comprises a hub, a shaft, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes a surrounding portion arranged to surround the shaft, and a facing portion arranged to face an end of the shaft. A gap between the shaft and the surrounding portion includes two dynamic pressure generation portions and an intermediate portion arranged between the two dynamic pressure generation portions. The bearing unit further includes a path of a lubricant arranged to connect one side of one dynamic pressure generation portion and the intermediate portion. The shaft and the bearing unit are arranged so that the lubricant pushed out of the other dynamic pressure generation portion towards a gap between the end of the shaft and the facing portion stays in the gap.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsushige Konno, Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiromitsu Goto
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Patent number: 8976486Abstract: A rotating device is provided with: a hub that is rotatably supported by the base and on which a recording disk is to be mounted; a yoke that is fixedly provided on the hub and is configured to hold a magnet; a bearing unit in which one end thereof is fixedly provided on the base and in which the other end thereof is configured to hold the hub; and a coil that is fixedly provided on the base and is configured to generate electromagnetic interaction with the magnet. The hub has a screw hole in which a screw for fixing a clamper, which is used to fix the recording disk to the hub, to the hub is screwed. The screw hole penetrates the hub. The yoke is configured such that the yoke covers one end of the screw hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotake Nishino, Akira Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 8902542Abstract: In a disk drive device, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub through a bearing unit. A laminated core is formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets, the laminated core having a ring portion and a plurality of teeth that extend radially from the ring portion, with coils wound around the plurality of teeth. A projecting portion is formed along the bearing unit, which axially extends toward the inner surface of the hub and by which the core is supported. The laminated core is fixed by sandwiching the ring portion between a seat formed on the base and an extending portion extending radially outward from the projecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Patent number: 8810959Abstract: A rotating device includes a rotor including a hub to receive a recording disk, and a fixed body including a base that fixedly supports a bearing unit to rotatably support the rotor. The fixed body includes a core having a cylindrical part and salient poles extending in a radial direction, a ring-shaped member having a core holding part that has the core fixed to an outer peripheral surface thereof, a sloping part extending in a direction inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor from a side of the core holding part farther away from the hub, and a support part extending from a side of the sloping part farther away from the hub.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Tokunaga, Tomoya Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 8773813Abstract: A disk drive device is provided with a recording disk, a base member, a bearing unit, and a hub member. In a marking step, unbalance information indicating the displacement of the center of gravity of the hub member with respect to the rotation center of the hub member is acquired, and an information mark containing the unbalance information is applied to at least the hub member or the base member. In an installing and adjustment step, the unbalance information is read form the information mark, and the position for installing the recording disk in an outer cylinder part is determined in accordance with the unbalance information so as to install the recording disk on the hub member.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Patent number: 8754563Abstract: A recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base rotatably supports the hub through a bearing. A stator core is fixed to the base and includes an annular portion and a salient pole extending radially therefrom. A magnet faces the salient pole radially and is rotated with the hub. The magnet has a plurality of magnetic poles in the circumferential direction such that each of the plurality of magnetic poles faces the salient pole. The salient pole includes a rod-shaped body around which a wire is wound and a tooth portion that is provided radially outside the rod-shaped body and extends circumferentially. The circumferential end located at the end in the circumferential direction of the tooth portion is located radially inside a circumscribed circle passing through the tip located at the radially outermost end of the tooth portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., LtdInventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Akira Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140146416Abstract: A rotating device includes a rotor including a hub to receive a recording disk, and a fixed body including a base that fixedly supports a bearing unit to rotatably support the rotor. The fixed body includes a core having a cylindrical part and salient poles extending in a radial direction, a ring-shaped member having a core holding part that has the core fixed to an outer peripheral surface thereof, a sloping part extending in a direction inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor from a side of the core holding part farther away from the hub, and a support part extending from a side of the sloping part farther away from the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke TOKUNAGA, Tomoya Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Publication number: 20140111885Abstract: A rotating device is provided with: a hub that is rotatably supported by the base and on which a recording disk is to be mounted; a yoke that is fixedly provided on the hub and is configured to hold a magnet; a bearing unit in which one end thereof is fixedly provided on the base and in which the other end thereof is configured to hold the hub; and a coil that is fixedly provided on the base and is configured to generate electromagnetic interaction with the magnet. The hub has a screw hole in which a screw for fixing a clamper, which is used to fix the recording disk to the hub, to the hub is screwed. The screw hole penetrates the hub. The yoke is configured such that the yoke covers one end of the screw hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotake NISHINO, Akira Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Publication number: 20130222946Abstract: In a disk drive device, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub through a bearing unit. A projecting portion is formed on the upper surface of the base plate having a cylindrical side surface centered along the rotational axis of the motor. A laminated core is formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets and has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth radially extending from the ring portion. The disk drive device has a tubular vibration-deadening ring. The outer surface of the vibration-deadening ring is press-fitted into the ring portion at least at a position, along the motor's rotational axis, closer to the upper surface than to the lower surface of the laminated core; and the inner surface of the vibration-deadening ring is fixed to the side surface of the projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Patent number: 8451557Abstract: In a disk drive device, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub through a bearing unit. A projecting portion is formed on the upper surface of the base plate having a cylindrical side surface centered along the rotational axis of the motor. A laminated core is formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets and has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth radially extending from the ring portion. The disk drive device has a tubular vibration-deadening ring. The outer surface of the vibration-deadening ring is press-fitted into the ring portion at least at a position, along the motor's rotational axis, closer to the upper surface than to the lower surface of the laminated core; and the inner surface of the vibration-deadening ring is fixed to the side surface of the projecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Patent number: 8358484Abstract: A disk drive device is provided with a recording disk, a base member, a bearing unit, and a hub member. In a marking step, unbalance information indicating the displacement of the center of gravity of the hub member with respect to the rotation center of the hub member is acquired, and an information mark containing the unbalance information is applied to at least the hub member or the base member. In an installing and adjustment step, the unbalance information is read form the information mark, and the position for installing the recording disk in an outer cylinder part is determined in accordance with the unbalance information so as to install the recording disk on the hub member.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Publication number: 20120212092Abstract: The rotating device comprises the rotor to which the magnetic recording disk is to be mounted and a stator rotatably supporting the rotor. The stator includes: a bearing unit rotatably supporting the rotor by generating dynamic pressure in lubricant that intervenes between the rotor and the stator; and a base on which a central hole is formed, the center of the central hole being along the rotational axis of the rotor and the bearing unit being fixed to the central hole. The bearing unit includes the housing and the sleeve. The housing includes: a first outer surface joining the central hole; and a second outer surface formed more radially outward from the rotational axis than the first outer surface, the second outer surface partly overlapping the first outer surface in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu GOTO, Kazuyoshi NAGAI
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Publication number: 20110304238Abstract: A recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base rotatably supports the hub through a bearing. A stator core is fixed to the base and includes an annular portion and a salient pole extending radially therefrom. A magnet faces the salient pole radially and is rotated with the hub. The magnet has a plurality of magnetic poles in the circumferential direction such that each of the plurality of magnetic poles faces the salient pole. The salient pole includes a rod-shaped body around which a wire is wound and a tooth portion that is provided radially outside the rod-shaped body and extends circumferentially. The circumferential end located at the end in the circumferential direction of the tooth portion is located radially inside a circumscribed circle passing through the tip located at the radially outermost end of the tooth portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi NAGAI, Akira SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20110096437Abstract: In A disk drive device, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub through a bearing unit. A projecting portion is formed on the upper surface of the base plate. The projecting portion has a cylindrical side surface, the center of which being along the rotational axis of the motor. A laminated core is formed by laminating eight magnetic steel sheets and has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth that extend radially from the ring portion. The disk drive device has a tubular vibration-deadening ring. The outer surface of the vibration-deadening ring is press-fitted into the ring portion, and the inner surface is fixed to the side surface of the projecting portion. The outer surface of the vibration-deadening ring is pressed against the ring portion at least at a position closer, in the direction along the rotational axis of the motor, to the upper surface of the laminated core than to the lower surface of the laminated core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi NAGAI, Hiroshi IWAI
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Publication number: 20100220412Abstract: A disk drive device is provided with a recording disk, a base member, a bearing unit, and a hub member. In a marking step, unbalance information indicating the displacement of the center of gravity of the hub member with respect to the rotation center of the hub member is acquired, and an information mark containing the unbalance information is applied to at least the hub member or the base member. In an installing and adjustment step, the unbalance information is read form the information mark, and the position for installing the recording disk in an outer cylinder part is determined in accordance with the unbalance information so as to install the recording disk on the hub member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagai, Hiroshi Iwai
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Patent number: 7656064Abstract: A suction ring is fixed to a motor base and is provided with an outer circumferential section having a first outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a wall section of the motor base. A plurality of protruded sections each have a second outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the wall section of the motor base and protrudes outward in a radial direction from the outer circumferential section of the suction ring. The plurality of protruded sections of the suction ring are press fitted into a wall section of the motor base and secures the suction ring to the motor base. One surface of the suction ring coincides with a bottom surface of the ring magnet covering a whole range of a projected area of the ring magnet that is projected onto the surface of the suction ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Publication number: 20090009020Abstract: A suction ring is fixed to a motor base and is provided with an outer circumferential section having a first outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a wall section of the motor base. A plurality of protruded sections each have a second outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the wall section of the motor base and protrudes outward in a radial direction from the outer circumferential section of the suction ring. The plurality of protruded sections of the suction ring are press fitted into a wall section of the motor base and secures the suction ring to the motor base. One surface of the suction ring coincides with a bottom surface of the ring magnet covering a whole range of a projected area of the ring magnet that is projected onto the surface of the suction ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, LimitedInventor: Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 7439643Abstract: A suction ring is fixed to a motor base and is provided with an outer circumferential section having a first outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a wall section of the motor base. A plurality of protruded sections each have a second outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the wall section of the motor base and protrudes outward in a radial direction from the outer circumferential section of the suction ring. The plurality of protruded sections of the suction ring are press fitted into a wall section of the motor base and secures the suction ring to the motor base. One surface of the suction ring coincides with a bottom surface of the ring magnet covering a whole range of a projected area of the ring magnet that is projected onto the surface of the suction ring.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, LimitedInventor: Kazuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 7324893Abstract: A traffic management system manages, distributes, and controls various traveling states of vehicles at a high quality level. A vehicle-mounted unit performs an interconnection process for user authentication when entering a predetermined radio-wave zone. A radio unit disposed on a road sends interconnection process completion information to a center device when the interconnection process for connection to the vehicle is completed. If the vehicle does not connect to the radio unit after elapsed of a predicted time at which the vehicle is expected to travel across the radio unit, then the radio unit sends an overtime to the center device. The interconnection process completion information is received, the center device calculates a predicted time at which the vehicle is expected to pass across a radio unit, and sends the predicted time to the radio unit. When the overtime is received, the center device determines whether a fault has occurred or not.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Kiyohide Yamashita, Yuji Nagano, Yuji Nomura, Hiroshi Ogura, Kazuyoshi Nagai, Takato Ohashi, Kanna Okamura
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Publication number: 20070001531Abstract: A motor (50) is composed of a rotor (R) having a hub (2) and a ring magnet (8) that is fixed to the hub (2) and a stator (S) having a motor base (5) and a suction ring (11) in an annular shape that is made from a magnetic material and fixed to the motor base (5). The rotor (R) is sustained rotatable freely with respect to the stator (S) through a bearing (SB1, RB11, RB12), which is composed of a sleeve (10) and a shaft (13) that is inserted into the sleeve (10). The suction ring (11) is provided with a plurality of protruded sections (11a) that protrude in a radial direction on an outer circumferential section or an inner circumferential section of the suction ring (11). The protruded sections (11a) of the suction ring (11) are press fitted into a wall section (5e) that is provided on the motor base (5) and resulting in fixing the suction ring (11) to the motor base (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, LimitedInventor: Kazuyoshi Nagai