Patents by Inventor Kohji Maki

Kohji Maki 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).

  • Publication number: 20020053834
    Abstract: In a linear motor comprising, a stator, a movable element, and an electromagnetic coil device for magnetizing the movable element or stator, the stator includes at least one pair of magnetic core parts, and at least two pairs of magnetic poles, the magnetic poles of each of the at least two pairs are aligned on an imaginary line perpendicular to the movable direction, magnetic polar directions of the at least two pairs adjacent to each other are opposite to each other, first one of the magnetic poles of each of the at least two pairs faces to a first side surface of the movable element, and second one of the magnetic poles of each of the at least two pairs faces to a second side surface of the movable element opposite to the first side surface in a traverse direction perpendicular to the movable direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Kohji Maki, Kim Houng Joong, Hiroshi Katayama, Kenji Miyata
  • Publication number: 20020053835
    Abstract: A linear motor and a method of producing the linear motor are provided to reduce a leak magnetic flux flowing between an armature and a moving element to reduce a one-direction magnetic attraction force generated between the armature and the moving element. The linear motor includes the armature having a core formed of a magnetic body and a winding wound around the core, and the moving element supported so as for the moving element to move relatively to the armature via a gap, magnetic pole teeth disposed above and below the moving element, disposed at predetermined pitches along a moving direction of the moving element and disposed opposite to each other via the moving element, and a winding for exciting the magnetic pole teeth such that adjacent and opposite magnetic pole teeth have different magnetic poles, and the moving element is reciprocated relatively to the armature by exciting the winding according to a predetermined control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Kim Houng Joong, Hiromitsu Seino, Ryouichi Naganuma, Hiroshi Toyoda, Kohji Maki
  • Publication number: 20020050743
    Abstract: There is provided a linear motor, having an armature and a needle with magnetism, in which the armature has at least a magnetic pole of a first polarity having a first opposed part and another magnetic pole of a second polarity having a second opposed part; the needle is held by the first opposed part, and is further held by the second opposed part; and a distribution of magnetism of the needle according to a position in the movable direction thereof. In this way, a leak of a magnetic flux from pole teeth passing between the pole teeth of the armature is decreased to increase a thrust and braking force of the needle, which is thereby enabled to generate a greater or smaller thrust in a specific section or sections than the thrust during usual linear movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Okada, Kim Houng Joong, Kazuo Tahara, Kohji Maki, Kouki Yamamoto, Miyoshi Takahashi, Kenji Miyata, Ryoichi Takahata
  • Publication number: 20020043879
    Abstract: Leakage of magnetic fluxes passing through the gaps between the magnetic pole teeth of an armature is reduced thereby to reduce a magnetic attraction force between the armature and a mover. A linear motor includes a first member and a second member. The first member is configured with at least a magnetic pole of a first polarity having a first opposed portion and a magnetic pole of a second polarity having a second opposed portion. The second member is held by the first opposed portion, while the second member is held by the second opposed portion and moves relatively. The first member is formed of an iron core and a winding, and the second member is formed of a permanent magnet, a magnetic material, a winding of a single type or a combination of a plurality of types of materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Kim Houng Joong, Kohji Maki, Yoshitaka Iwaji, Taizou Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu