Patents by Inventor Koichi TAMAI

Koichi TAMAI 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: 11336155
    Abstract: To improve the EMC performance of an electronic device on which a motor is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Seima, Koichi Tamai, Haruomi Morohashi, Kazuaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20210040956
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan allows good or inferior condition of soldering on the back surface of a circuit board to be visually inspected, includes a secondary casing 130, the secondary casing 130 including a connector housing 190 having opening portion 191 at a lateral side thereof and a connector pin 192 embedded thereinside, wherein one end of the connector pin 192 protrudes inside of the connector housing 190, and the other end of the connector pin 192 penetrates the circuit board 135 and is soldered to the circuit board 135, thereby forming solder fillets 195a and 195b between the front and back surfaces of the circuit board 135 and the connector pin 192, a gap 139 is arranged between the secondary casing 130 and the part of the circuit board 135 where connector pin 192 penetrates, a through hole for visual inspection is arranged in a bottom wall portion of the secondary casing so as to see the fillet formed between the back surface of the circuit board and the connector pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Haruomi MOROHASHI, Koichi TAMAI, Atsushi TSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210044174
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan allows good or inferior condition of soldering on the back surface of a circuit board to be visually inspected, includes a secondary casing 130, the secondary casing 130 including a connector housing 190 having opening portion 191 at a lateral side thereof and a connector pin 192 embedded thereinside, wherein one end of the connector pin 192 protrudes inside of the connector housing 190, and the other end of the connector pin 192 protrudes from a bottom surface of the secondary casing 130, penetrates the circuit board 135 and is soldered to the circuit board 135, thereby forming solder fillets 195a and 195b at a corner part of the front and back surfaces of the circuit board 135 and the connector pin 192, a gap 139 is arranged between the secondary casing 130 and the part of the circuit board 135 where connector pin 192 penetrates, the solder fillet formed between the back surface of the circuit board and the connector pin is located in the gap, and the solder fillet 195b of the connector pi
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Haruomi MOROHASHI, Koichi TAMAI, Atsushi TSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 10910925
    Abstract: A circuit board for a motor unit equipped with a motor includes a substrate having a main surface being one of a pair of surfaces opposed to each other, and a back surface being another of the pair of surfaces, a magnetic detection element disposed in a predetermined region on an outer periphery side of the substrate on the main surface, and configured to output a detection signal in accordance with a position of a rotor of the motor, and a metal member formed between the outer periphery of the substrate and the magnetic detection element in the predetermined region on the main surface, and configured to receive a supplied ground voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Seima, Takeshi Ohara, Koichi Tamai, Haruomi Morohashi
  • Publication number: 20200288565
    Abstract: To improve the EMC performance of an electronic device on which a motor is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiaki SEIMA, Koichi TAMAI, Haruomi MOROHASHI, Kazuaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190363616
    Abstract: A circuit board for a motor unit equipped with a motor includes a substrate having a main surface being one of a pair of surfaces opposed to each other, and a back surface being another of the pair of surfaces, a magnetic detection element disposed in a predetermined region on an outer periphery side of the substrate on the main surface, and configured to output a detection signal in accordance with a position of a rotor of the motor, and a metal member formed between the outer periphery of the substrate and the magnetic detection element in the predetermined region on the main surface, and configured to receive a supplied ground voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiaki SEIMA, Takeshi OHARA, Koichi TAMAI, Haruomi MOROHASHI
  • Patent number: 10458423
    Abstract: An impeller of this disclosure includes a hub having a ring shape; and a plurality of blades that are provided on an outer periphery of the hub, wherein the blade has a trailing edge formed such that an inner side of a radial width of the blade is curved in a direction opposite to a rotation direction, in a plan view as viewed in a direction of a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya Murakami, Yukihiro Higuchi, Haruomi Morohashi, Toshiaki Seima, Koichi Tamai
  • Publication number: 20180094634
    Abstract: There is provided a fan apparatus having a high-strength structure for supporting an impeller and a motor with good air quantity characteristics. The fan apparatus has a motor, an impeller, a motor base portion, a frame and a plurality of spoke portions. The impeller has a plurality of blades and are arranged to be rotated by the motor. The motor base portion supports the motor. The frame has an annular inner peripheral wall formed to surround the impeller as viewed from a rotation axis direction. The spoke portions connect the motor base portion and the frame. An end portion of the blade in the side of the frame is inside the inner peripheral wall and a blade portion having a length not less than half the length of the blade in the rotation axis direction is exposed, as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Haruomi MOROHASHI, Koichi TAMAI, Toshiaki SEIMA, Yukihiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170350409
    Abstract: An impeller of this disclosure includes a hub having a ring shape; and a plurality of blades that are provided on an outer periphery of the hub, wherein the blade has a trailing edge formed such that an inner side of a radial width of the blade is curved in a direction opposite to a rotation direction, in a plan view as viewed in a direction of a rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Naoya MURAKAMI, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Haruomi MOROHASHI, Toshiaki SEIMA, Koichi TAMAI