Patents by Inventor Masaharu Kagami
Masaharu Kagami 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: 12248142Abstract: This optical scanning device includes: a shaft part to which a mirror part is connected; a movable magnet; a base part; a ball bearing; a core unit that has a core body and a coil body and rotationally drives the movable magnet; and a magnet position holding member that is a magnetic body provided facing the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position. The core unit is disposed on the outer surface side of one wall section of a pair of wall sections of the base part. An angle sensor unit for detecting the rotation angle position of the shaft part is disposed between the core unit and the one wall section.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yasutaka Kitamura
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Publication number: 20250044580Abstract: A rotary reciprocating actuator including: a movable member including a shaft part with a magnet fixed on, wherein a V-shaped mirror is held such that a ridgeline of the V-shaped mirror is along the shaft part, and the movable member is supported in a rotatable manner back and forth around an axis through the shaft part; and a unit body including a plurality of magnetic poles, a coil member, and a magnetic member, an electromagnetic drive part configured to rotate back and forth the movable member, the magnetic member facing the magnet in the radial direction of the shaft part and being disposed between the plurality of magnetic poles in the circumferential direction to bias the movable member toward an initial position of back- and forth rotation by attracting the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kai MASAMOTO, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20250047184Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body capable of reciprocating rotation around a shaft part with a magnet fixed to its outer periphery; and a unit main body that causes the reciprocating rotation of the movable body by interaction with the magnet. The unit main body includes: a core body including magnetic poles extending on one straight line on both sides of the magnet in a radial direction of the shaft part, and a magnetic path part surrounding the magnetic poles and the magnet and connecting the magnetic poles; coil bodies wound around the magnetic poles and cause the interaction by energizing; and a biasing part that is disposed in a recess formed in the magnetic path part at a position between the magnetic poles in a circumferential direction of the shaft part, and biases the movable body toward an initial position of the reciprocating rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki OTSUKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Kai MASAMOTO
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Patent number: 12191737Abstract: A rotary reciprocating driving actuator includes: a movable member including a shaft part and a magnet; and a fixing body including a core assembly including a magnetic pole core with an integral structure including a plurality of magnetic poles, a plurality of coils disposed next to the plurality of magnetic poles, and a magnetic path core to which the magnetic pole core is assembled, wherein the core assembly is disposed such that the plurality of magnetic poles faces an outer periphery of the magnet, wherein a magnetic flux that passes through a magnetic path configured of the magnetic path core and the magnetic pole core of the integral structure is generated through energization of the plurality of coils, and the movable member is rotated back and forth around an axis of the shaft part through electromagnetic interaction of the magnetic flux and the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami
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Patent number: 12147029Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator capable of increasing the size and amplitude of a movable object such as a mirror, and of stabilizing the drive performance is provided. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes a movable part including a rotating shaft, a fixed part supporting the rotating shaft, and a driving part that includes a coil and a core disposed on the fixed part and a magnet disposed on the rotating shaft, and rotates the rotating shaft about the axis thereof with respect to the fixed part by utilizing electromagnetic interaction. The fixed part includes first and second supports disposed so as to face each other with the magnet therebetween in the axial direction. The rotating shaft is rotatably attached to the first and second supports via first and second bearings. One of the first and second bearings is a rolling bearing, and the other is a slide bearing.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yasutaka Kitamura, Yuki Otsuka
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Patent number: 12095332Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes an assembled magnetic member has a rectangular shape surrounding the movable member in a plane orthogonal to the axis direction, the core extends in the X direction along one edge of the rectangular shape, and the pair of core parts respectively extend in the Y direction along a pair of opposing edges of the rectangular shape that are different from the one edge, the assembled magnetic member including the pair of magnetic poles, the pair of core parts around which the pair of coils are respectively wound, and the core at which the rotation angle position holding part is disposed, and winding axes of the pair of coils extend along the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami, Shigenori Inamoto
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Patent number: 12046976Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator which includes a base portion including a bottom portion, and a pair of wall portions erected from both ends of the bottom portion; a movable body including a shaft portion rotatably supported by the pair of the wall portions via a bearing in such a manner that a movable magnet disposed at an outer side surface of one wall portion of the pair of the wall portions; and a drive unit including a core body and a coil body, the drive unit being attached to the outer side surface of the one wall portion, wherein another wall portion of the pair of wall portions is configured to be detachable from or adjustable in position with respect to the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yasutaka Kitamura
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Patent number: 12046975Abstract: This vibration actuator has a movable body having a coil, a fixed body having magnets, and a shaft part that rotatably supports the movable body, wherein the movable body reciprocally and rotationally vibrates around the shaft part with respect to the fixed body through the interaction of the coil and the magnets. The magnets are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft part and each have two magnetic poles that face the movable body in the coil axial direction of the coil, the shaft part supports the movable body at a position shifted from the center position of the movable body in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft part, and the coil axis of the coil of the movable body is located at a position facing a switching position of the magnetic pole of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Tomoya Ishitani, Takanori Kato, Yoshihiro Gomi
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Publication number: 20240154509Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes an assembled magnetic member has a rectangular shape surrounding the movable member in a plane orthogonal to the axis direction, the core extends in the X direction along one edge of the rectangular shape, and the pair of core parts respectively extend in the Y direction along a pair of opposing edges of the rectangular shape that are different from the one edge, the assembled magnetic member including the pair of magnetic poles, the pair of core parts around which the pair of coils are respectively wound, and the core at which the rotation angle position holding part is disposed, and winding axes of the pair of coils extend along the Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Shigenori INAMOTO
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Patent number: 11936250Abstract: A movable magnet is configured by alternately magnetizing an even number of magnetic poles at an outer periphery of a shaft part; a number of core magnetic poles as magnetic poles of a core body and a number of magnetic poles of the movable magnet are equal to each other; the core magnetic poles are disposed to face the movable magnet with an air gap therebetween on an outer peripheral side of the movable magnet in a direction orthogonal to the shaft part; a drive unit is provided with a magnet position holding part provided to face the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position; the core body is formed to surround an even number of the core magnetic poles; and a coil body is disposed at the core body adjacent to each of the even number of the core magnetic poles.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutaka Kitamura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yuki Otsuka
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Patent number: 11909291Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator reciprocally and rotationally driving the movable body about the shaft part in relation to the fixed body by the electromagnetic mutual effect of the coil and the movable magnet, wherein the movable magnet is magnetized in the radial direction of the shaft part, the two magnetic poles are disposed facing each other across an air gap in the radial direction of the movable magnet and the shaft part, and the fixed body has a rotation-angle-holding part disposed facing the movable magnet across the air gap, the rotation-angle-holding part holding the rotation angle position of the movable magnet by the magnetic attraction force generated with the movable magnet.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami, Shigenori Inamoto
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Publication number: 20240019686Abstract: The present invention includes: a movable body including a magnet fixed to an other end portion side of a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side; a core assembly including a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet, a coil body wound around the core body, a magnet position holding portion energized to generate a magnetic attraction force between the magnet position holding portion and the magnet to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a circuit board disposed to cover the core assembly at the other end side, in which the coil body includes a terminal part to which an end portion of a coil is connected and that is disposed to protrude to the circuit board side so as to be connected to a circuit of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240022153Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side of the shaft part, and a magnet fixed to an other end portion side of the shaft part, the movable body being supported to be capable of performing a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a core assembly including a magnet position holding portion defining a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a sensor board on which a sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the shaft part is mounted, the sensor board being disposed to cover the core assembly from the other end portion side, with the sensor facing the magnet side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240019684Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a magnet is fixed, the movable body being configured to perform a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a base portion including a pair of wall portions for supporting the shaft part via a bearing; and a core assembly including: a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing the magnet, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation, the core assembly being fixed to one wall portion, in which at least one of the base portion, the core body, or the core assembly includes a positioning fixation part for positioning and fixing the at least one of the base portion, the core body, or the core assembly to a fixation target object in a direction parallel to the shaft part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai MASAMOTO, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20240019683Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a magnet is fixed and being capable of performing a reciprocating rotation around an axis; a base portion including a pair of wall portions for supporting the shaft part via a bearing such that the shaft part is rotatable; a core assembly including: a core body having a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet to sandwich the magnet, a coil body wound around the core body and energized to cause a reciprocating rotation of the movable body, and a magnet position holding portion generating a magnetic attraction force between the magnet position holding portion and the magnet to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a preload applying part externally fitted to the shaft part and configured to apply a preload to the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki OTSUKA, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Kai MASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240019685Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a main body unit including: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected and to which a magnet is fixed, and a base portion including a pair of wall portions disposed to sandwich the movable object, the base portion supporting the shaft part by the pair of wall portions; a core assembly including: a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion; and a connecting surface portion that is integrally disposed on the one end portion side of the core assembly, and that is attached to the one wall portion in a state where the shaft part is inserted into an opening portion and the magnet is disposed in the core assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240022154Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected, and a magnet; a base portion including a pair of wall portions disposed to sandwich the movable object and support the shaft part; a core assembly including a core body including a plurality of magnetic poles, a coil body, and a magnet position holding portion to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation, the core assembly being attached to one wall portion; and a sensor board that is attached to an other wall portion and on which a sensor configured to detect a rotational angle of the one end portion of the shaft part is mounted, in which the sensor board is disposed such that the sensor faces the other wall portion from an outer surface side of the other wall portion and detects the rotational angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yasutaka KITAMURA, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yuki OTSUKA, Kai MASAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230283156Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator which includes a base portion including a bottom portion, and a pair of wall portions erected from both ends of the bottom portion; a movable body including a shaft portion rotatably supported by the pair of the wall portions via a bearing in such a manner that a movable magnet disposed at an outer side surface of one wall portion of the pair of the wall portions; and a drive unit including a core body and a coil body, the drive unit being attached to the outer side surface of the one wall portion, wherein another wall portion of the pair of wall portions is configured to be detachable from or adjustable in position with respect to the bottom portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masaharu KAGAMI, Yasutaka KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11664713Abstract: A movable magnet is configured by alternately magnetizing an even number of magnetic poles forming an South pole and an North pole; a number of magnetic poles of a core body is equal to a number of magnetic poles of the movable magnet; an even number of magnetic poles of the core body is respectively arranged to face the movable magnet with an air gap therebetween on the outer peripheral side of a shaft portion; and a drive unit is provided with a magnet position holding portion to face the movable magnet and magnetically attracts the movable magnet to a reference position. A drive unit is attached to one wall portion of the pair of wall portions of a base portion, and an angle sensor portion for detecting a rotation angle of the shaft portion is attached to the other wall portion of the pair of wall portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masaharu Kagami, Yasutaka Kitamura
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Publication number: 20230096114Abstract: A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a magnet fixed to a shaft portion; a fixing body including a plurality of magnetic poles, a first magnetic attraction member, and a second magnetic attraction member that are disposed to face an outer circumference of the magnet;, the plurality of magnetic poles including a plurality of coils, the first magnetic attraction member being configured to generate a first magnetic attraction force, the second magnetic attraction member being configured to generate a second magnetic attraction force, in which a magnetic flux passing through the plurality of magnetic poles is generated by energization of the plurality of coils, causing the reciprocating rotation of the movable body about an axis of the shaft portion with reference to the rotational center position by electromagnetic interaction between the magnetic flux and the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasutaka KITAMURA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masaharu KAGAMI, Kai MASAMOTO