Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Yazawa

Kenichiro Yazawa 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: 8366321
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a shaft; a radial bearing configured to support the shaft in a circumferential direction; a thrust bearing configured to support one end of the shaft in a thrust direction; a housing having the radial bearing and the thrust bearing disposed in the inside and having a closed structure except a shaft insertion hole into which the shaft is fitted; a coming out preventing member provided on one end side of the radial bearing at which the thrust bearing is provided configured to prevent the shaft from coming out from the radial bearing; and viscous fluid filled in the housing. The coming out preventing member is made of a resin material having a value of a Young's modulus equal to or higher than 3.4 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Ichiro Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 8134263
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bearing unit including a shaft; a radial bearing for supporting the outer circumferential surface of the shaft; a housing for accommodating the radial bearing, the housing having an open end from which the shaft is inserted and a closed end opposite to the open end in the axial direction of the shaft; a lubricating oil filled in the housing to reduce rotational friction of the shaft; a holding member provided at the open end of the housing for holding the lubricating oil; and a sealing member for closing the open end of the housing to prevent the leakage of the lubricating oil; wherein the sealing member having a side wall portion interposed between the holding member and the shaft and opposed to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20110115324
    Abstract: A bearing unit is provided which includes a shaft (51) to support rotatably, radial bearing (55) to support the shaft (51) circumferentially, a thrust bearing (66) to support the shaft (51) in the direction of thrusting, and a housing (56) having the radial bearing (55) and thrust bearing (66) disposed therein and in which a viscous fluid (57) is filled. The housing (56) has a sealed structure except for a shaft insertion hole (65) formed therein and through which the shaft 51 is introduced. Between the outer surface of the shaft (51) and the inner surface of the shaft insertion hole (65), there is defined a gap (69) having a sufficient width to prevent the viscous fluid (57) filled in the housing (56) from leaking out of the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Shinichiro Kato, Shuichi Kikuchi, Toru Ujiie
  • Patent number: 7775719
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7753590
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a radial bearing for bearing in a circumferential direction of a shaft; a thrust bearing for bearing one end in a thrust direction of the shaft; a housing provided on the outside of the radial bearing and the thrust bearing and filled with a viscous fluid; a seal member united with the housing so as to contain the radial bearing and the thrust bearing in a sealed state, the seal member having a shaft passing hole through which the shaft is passed; and a passage for discharging air present inside the housing, the passage formed between the housing and the radial bearing, and the passage providing communication between the one end side and the other end side in the thrust direction of the shaft projecting from the radial bearing, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the passage is a shape including at least one acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Makoto Chiyoda
  • Patent number: 7626296
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radial bearing; a thrust bearing; a path forming member; a housing; viscous fluid; and a communicating path. The communicating path has an axial path formed in the axis direction on a circumferential face of the radial bearing and a second end side path formed on the second end side face of the radial bearing. The second end side path is formed by a plurality of projections formed on one of the second end side face of the radial bearing and a face of the housing opposing to the second end side face of the radial bearing. The cross section of the second end side path has a cross sectional area greater than that of the cross section of the axial path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Kenichiro Yazawa, Hiroshi Sato, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7527431
    Abstract: A bearing unit and a rotating apparatus which prevent leakage of lubricating oil to the utmost and which are superior in reliability are disclosed. A radial bearing and a thrust bearing support a shaft for rotation, and a path forming member and a path forming member lid form a communicating path having a function of short-circuiting pressure generated when the shaft and the radial bearing rotate relative to each other. A housing has a function of covering and holding the members mentioned while the housing is open at one end of the shaft with a small void left therebetween. Lubricating oil is filled in the void. The path forming member and the path forming member lid fully cover the members mentioned, except a shaft opening side portion of the radial bearing. The housing is made of a molded resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Takeshi Kaneko, Hiroshi Sato, Kenichiro Yazawa
  • Patent number: 7510329
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090072643
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bearing unit including a shaft; a radial bearing for supporting the outer circumferential surface of the shaft; a housing for accommodating the radial bearing, the housing having an open end from which the shaft is inserted and a closed end opposite to the open end in the axial direction of the shaft; a lubricating oil filled in the housing to reduce rotational friction of the shaft; a holding member provided at the open end of the housing for holding the lubricating oil; and a sealing member for closing the open end of the housing to prevent the leakage of the lubricating oil; wherein the sealing member having a side wall portion interposed between the holding member and the shaft and opposed to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20090010578
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a shaft; a radial bearing configured to support the shaft in a circumferential direction; a thrust bearing configured to support one end of the shaft in a thrust direction; a housing having the radial bearing and the thrust bearing disposed in the inside and having a closed structure except a shaft insertion hole into which the shaft is fitted; a coming out preventing member provided on one end side of the radial bearing at which the thrust bearing is provided configured to prevent the shaft from coming out from the radial bearing; and viscous fluid filled in the housing. The coming out preventing member is made of a resin material having a value of a Young's modulus equal to or higher than 3.4 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Ichiro Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 7455456
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7438475
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a shaft, a radial bearing for supporting the shaft in a peripheral rotation direction of the shaft, a thrust bearing supporting an end of the shaft in a thrust direction of the shaft, a housing made of a molded body of a synthetic resin, inside of which housing the radial bearing and the thrust bearing are arranged, the housing having a sealed configuration except for a shaft insertion hole, through which the shaft is inserted, a slip-out preventing member provided on an end side of the radial bearing at which the thrust bearing is provided, the slip-out preventing member preventing the shaft from slipping out from the radial bearing, and a viscous fluid filled in the housing. The slip-out preventing member is made of a material having a thermal deformation temperature higher than a temperature applied to the slip-out preventing member upon molding of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Shishido
  • Publication number: 20080203839
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a radial bearing; a thrust bearing; a path forming member; a housing; viscous fluid; and a communicating path. The communicating path has an axial path formed in the axis direction on a circumferential face of the radial bearing and a second end side path formed on the second end side face of the radial bearing. The second end side path is formed by a plurality of projections formed on one of the second end side face of the radial bearing and a face of the housing opposing to the second end side face of the radial bearing. The cross section of the second end side path has a cross sectional area greater than that of the cross section of the axial path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Kenichiro Yazawa, Hiroshi Sato, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070280570
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a radial bearing for bearing in a circumferential direction of a shaft; a thrust bearing for bearing one end in a thrust direction of the shaft; a housing provided on the outside of the radial bearing and the thrust bearing and filled with a viscous fluid; a seal member united with the housing so as to contain the radial bearing and the thrust bearing in a sealed state, the seal member having a shaft passing hole through which the shaft is passed; and a passage for discharging air present inside the housing, the passage formed between the housing and the radial bearing, and the passage providing communication between the one end side and the other end side in the thrust direction of the shaft projecting from the radial bearing, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the passage is a shape including at least one acute angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Makoto Chiyoda
  • Patent number: 7258487
    Abstract: The bearing unit of the present invention has: a shaft; a radial bearing which supports the shaft in a circumferential direction of the shaft; a thrust bearing which supports an end of the shaft in a thrust direction of the shaft; a housing having a closed structure except for a shaft insertion hole in which the shaft is inserted, with the radial bearing and the thrust bearing being provided inside the housing; a stopper member which prevents the shaft from being pulled out of the radial bearing; and viscous liquid filled in the housing. The stopper member is made of an elastic member which is elastically deformed only in the radial direction and is hardly deformed in the axial direction. Hence, the shaft is prevented from being pulled out from the housing, and shortage of the lubrication oil around bearing surfaces is prevented from being caused by lifting of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Yuji Shishido
  • Publication number: 20070144010
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing dynamic pressure bearing member is provided. A method of manufacturing a dynamic pressure bearing member, by providing a metal mold die including a core pin provided with protruding stripes of a predetermined shape formed on an outer peripheral surface for forming dynamic pressure grooves, and injecting molten resin in the metal mold die to form at least a series of dynamic pressure grooves on an inner peripheral surface with a circular cross-section in an inner circumferential direction, includes the step of pulling out in a forced pullout manner one of the core pin from the dynamic pressure bearing member or the dynamic pressure bearing member from the core pin in an axial direction of the dynamic pressure bearing member after curing the molten resin, in a condition in which a free space is provided around an outer periphery of the molded dynamic pressure bearing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Shishido, Takeshi Kaneko, Kenichiro Yazawa, Yoshiaki Kakinuma
  • Publication number: 20070140604
    Abstract: A bearing unit for rotatably supporting a shaft comprises a seamless holding member with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070071377
    Abstract: A bearing unit for rotatably supporting a shaft comprises a seamless holding member with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070036475
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070037652
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura