Patents by Inventor Kohichi Saito

Kohichi Saito 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: 6060807
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rotating shaft support member which permits a reduced number of parts, simpler assembly operation, and improved dimensional accuracy, and also to provide a small motor equipped with the same. To this end, a rotating shaft support member (1) according to the present invention is constituted by a nearly circular bracket main body (2) wherein an outer peripheral wall (3) is provided on the outer periphery thereof, and a bearing unit (4) which rotatably supports an end of the rotating shaft of a rotor is formed integrally with the bracket main body (2). The bearing unit 4 has a shaft bore (41) in which the rotating shaft is inserted. The shaft bore (41) has an inner peripheral surface (42) in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and a bottom surface (43) against which an end surface of the rotating shaft is held. Further, a pair of through holes (5) through which lead wires are passed are formed in the bracket main body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kohichi Saito, Seiji Kawabata
  • Patent number: 5979541
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a cooling fan and a cooling fan assembly in which the cooling efficiency is high, and which has been lightened, the invention has been composed by a cooling fan 1, a casing 2 composed from a casing main body 3 and a lid part 4 in which a circular aperture 42 is formed, a fan motor 5 arranged within this casing 2, a circuit board 8 and the like. A plurality of radiator plates 32 are arranged in a standing formation in the outer peripheral part 312 of the casing main body 3. The fan motor 5 includes a rotor 7 in which seven fan blades 72 are arranged as projecting toward the outer peripheral direction, and a stator 6 fixed in a base plate 31. The outermost diameter b of the large diameter part 722 of the fan blades 72 is set so that it is larger than the inner periphery of the aperture 42, and the outer diameter c of the inner diameter part 723 of the fan blades 72 is set as smaller than the inner diameter of the aperture 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kohichi Saito
  • Patent number: 5294872
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Kazuo Tahara, Tsunehiro Endo, Kunio Miyashita, Yoshitaro Ishii, Fumio Jyoraku, Syuji Watanabe, Hisanori Toyoshima, Kohichi Saito, Wakichiro Hishi, Koujirou Yamashita
  • Patent number: 5166585
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Kazuo Tahara, Tsunehiro Endo, Kunio Miyashita, Yoshitaro Ishii, Fumio Jyoraku, Syuji Watanabe, Hisanori Toyoshima, Kohichi Saito, Wakichiro Hishi, Koujirou Yamashita
  • Patent number: 5075607
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Kazuo Tahara, Tsunehiro Endo, Kunio Miyashita, Yoshitaro Ishii, Fumio Jyoraku, Syuji Watanabe, Hisanori Toyoshima, Kohichi Saito, Wakichiro Hishi, Koujirou Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4983895
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaner surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Kazuo Tahara, Tsunehiro Endo, Kunio Miyashita, Yoshitaro Ishii, Fumio Jyoraku, Syuji Watanabe, Hisanori Toyoshima, Kohichi Saito, Wakichiro Hishi, Koujirou Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4880474
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Kazuo Tahara, Tsunehiro Endo, Kunio Miyashita, Yoshitaro Ishii, Fumio Jyoraku, Syuji Watanabe, Hisanori Toyoshima, Kohichi Saito, Wakichiro Hishi, Koujirou Yamashita