Patents by Inventor Masahiro Mita

Masahiro Mita 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: 10044251
    Abstract: An object is to provide a linear motor in which even when the overall length of the linear motor is long, the amount of magnets to be employed does not increase and hence size reduction and weight reduction of a stator is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 9755552
    Abstract: A frequency converter includes: a primary winding 12 in which a plurality of windings on which a polyphase alternating voltage is applied are arranged periodically along a particular direction; a secondary winding 22 which is magnetically coupled to the primary winding 12 and in which a plurality of windings are arranged along the particular direction with a repetition period different from the primary winding 12; and a frequency modulation part 3 which is arranged on a magnetic path between the primary winding 12 and the secondary winding 22 and in which a plurality of magnetic materials 31 are arranged periodically. Then, the pitch of the plurality of magnetic materials 31 and the winding arrangement period of the primary winding 12 and the secondary winding 22 are different from each other so that an alternating voltage having a frequency different from the frequency of the polyphase alternating voltage is induced in the secondary winding 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 9729040
    Abstract: The magnetic gear device is equipped with a first magnet row in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are arranged at substantially equal intervals in a specific direction; a second magnet row which is opposed to the first magnet row and in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the specific direction at a pitch shorter (or longer) than that of the first magnet row; and a magnetic body row which is disposed between the first magnet row and the second magnet row and in which a plurality of magnetic bodies are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the specific direction, wherein a distance between the plurality of magnetic bodies and the second magnet row in the opposing direction is shorter (or longer) than a distance between the plurality of magnetic bodies and the first magnet row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sutani, Hiromitsu Ohhashi, Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 9580797
    Abstract: A racetrack-shaped magnetic-field-generating apparatus for magnetron sputtering comprising a linear portion and corner portions, the linear portion comprising a magnetic base, a center permanent magnet disposed on its surface, and side permanent magnets disposed on both sides thereof with a gap; the center and side permanent magnets being vertically magnetized with opposite polarities; the corner portions comprising a non-magnetic base, a center magnetic pole member disposed on its surface, a semicircular or semi-polygonal, peripheral magnetic pole member, and plural permanent magnets arranged between both magnetic pole members with their magnetization directions in parallel to a target surface; and the magnetic poles of plural permanent magnets opposing the center magnetic pole member having the same polarity as those of the center permanent magnet opposing the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuriyama, Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20160301294
    Abstract: An object is to provide a linear motor in which even when the overall length of the linear motor is long, the amount of magnets to be employed does not increase and hence size reduction and weight reduction of a stator is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 9273557
    Abstract: Provided is a motor device capable of suppressing undesired vibrations occurring at the time of starting a motor, by canceling a torque in a motor device system so as to reduce a reaction torque acting on a motor base. The motor device is equipped with a dual axis motor having first and second rotating shafts and projecting at either end, a rotational direction converter having an input shaft to which the torque of the dual axis motor is inputted and an output shaft that outputs the torque by rotating in a direction opposite to that of the input shaft, and a flywheel provided at an end portion of the first rotating shaft, for balancing out the reaction torque acting on the input shaft and the output shaft of the rotational direction converter when the dual axis motor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20160006335
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic gear device capable of improving the forces transmitted between a first magnet row and a magnetic body row and between a second magnet row and the magnetic body row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu OHHASHI, Junichi SUTANI, Masahiro MITA
  • Patent number: 9166464
    Abstract: A magnetic gear device including: an internal rotor and an external rotor in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are each placed in a circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals; and a holding member that is placed between the internal rotor and the external rotor and holds a plurality of magnetic materials in the circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals, wherein the number of magnetic materials is a difference between or a total of the numbers of magnetic pole pairs, the holding member includes a plurality of circular rings that hold the magnetic materials, and connecting rods that are placed in the circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals and connect the plurality of circular rings, the plurality of circular rings face each other via the magnetic materials, and each number of magnetic pole pairs is set to have the number of connecting rods as a divisor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20150043264
    Abstract: A frequency converter is provided that has high reliability, low electromagnetic noise, and a high efficiency. A frequency converter includes: a primary winding 12 in which a plurality of windings on which a polyphase alternating voltage is applied are arranged periodically along a particular direction; a secondary winding 22 which is magnetically coupled to the primary winding 12 and in which a plurality of windings are arranged along the particular direction with a repetition period different from the primary winding 12; and a frequency modulation part 3 which is arranged on a magnetic path between the primary winding 12 and the secondary winding 22 magnetically coupled to each other and in which a plurality of magnetic materials 31 are arranged periodically along the particular direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20150035388
    Abstract: An object is to provide a linear motor in which even when the moving range of a movable element is long, the quantity of magnets to be employed is not increased. A linear motor comprising; a movable element is in a plurality of magnets and armature cores linked alternately along a moving direction are arranged in the inside of a coil and then adjacent magnets with an armature core in between are magnetized in opposite directions; the stator includes two opposite plate-shaped parts elongated in the moving direction of the movable element and linked magnetically; in each of opposite faces of the two plate-shaped parts, tooth parts composed of magnetic material having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to a bar shape are arranged at given intervals; and the movable element moves along an arrangement direction of the tooth parts between the two opposite plate-shaped parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro Mita, Masahiro Masuzawa, Makoto Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8847839
    Abstract: A resonance-type, receiving antenna comprising a circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core constituting a closed magnetic path having one gap, one or more coils wound around the circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core, and a capacitor connected in parallel to both ends of each coil; an angle between a straight line extending from a geographical center of the circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core to a center of the gap and a straight line extending from the geographical center to a center of the coil being in a range of 10° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Hirokazu Araki, Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20140167546
    Abstract: The magnetic gear device is equipped with a first magnet row in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are arranged at substantially equal intervals in a specific direction; a second magnet row which is opposed to the first magnet row and in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the specific direction at a pitch shorter (or longer) than that of the first magnet row; and a magnetic body row which is disposed between the first magnet row and the second magnet row and in which a plurality of magnetic bodies are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the specific direction, wherein a distance between the plurality of magnetic bodies and the second magnet row in the opposing direction is shorter (or longer) than a distance between the plurality of magnetic bodies and the first magnet row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Sutani, Hiromitsu Ohhashi, Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20130315705
    Abstract: Provided is a motor device capable of suppressing undesired vibrations occurring at the time of starting a motor, by canceling a torque in a motor device system so as to reduce a reaction torque acting on a motor base. The motor device is equipped with a dual axis motor having first and second rotating shafts and projecting at either end, a rotational direction converter having an input shaft to which the torque of the dual axis motor is inputted and an output shaft that outputs the torque by rotating in a direction opposite to that of the input shaft, and a flywheel provided at an end portion of the first rotating shaft, for balancing out the reaction torque acting on the input shaft and the output shaft of the rotational direction converter when the dual axis motor rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 8587295
    Abstract: An angle detection apparatus comprising a magnet rotor having a multi-pole segment magnet, and a magnetic sensor for detecting the direction of a magnetic flux generated from the multi-pole segment magnet; the multi-pole segment magnet having pluralities of magnetic poles along the rotation direction of the magnet rotor, the magnetic sensor comprising a magnetosensitive plane having pluralities of spin-valve, giant-magnetoresistive devices each having a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction and a free layer having a magnetization direction rotating in response to the magnetic flux direction; and the magnetic sensor being positioned relative to the magnet rotor, such that the magnetosensitive plane crosses the magnetic flux, with perpendicular magnetic flux density components having different amplitudes on the magnetosensitive plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohei Aimuta, Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20130299349
    Abstract: A racetrack-shaped magnetic-field-generating apparatus for magnetron sputtering comprising a linear portion and corner portions, the linear portion comprising a magnetic base, a center permanent magnet disposed on its surface, and side permanent magnets disposed on both sides thereof with a gap; the center and side permanent magnets being vertically magnetized with opposite polarities; the corner portions comprising a non-magnetic base, a center magnetic pole member disposed on its surface, a semicircular or semi-polygonal, peripheral magnetic pole member, and plural permanent magnets arranged between both magnetic pole members with their magnetization directions in parallel to a target surface; and the magnetic poles of plural permanent magnets opposing the center magnetic pole member having the same polarity as those of the center permanent magnet opposing the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuriyama, Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 8564283
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a rotation angle using a magnet rotor comprising a magnet having 2N poles, wherein N is a natural number, and a sensor device for detecting the direction of a magnetic flux from the magnet rotor, at least one of two output voltages obtained in radial and rotational directions by the sensor device being multiplied by a correction coefficient, and the rotation angle being calculated from the two corrected output voltages to increase the detection accuracy of the rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Mita, Kyohei Aimuta, Osamu Shimoe, Rihito Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20130127278
    Abstract: A magnetic gear device including: an internal rotor and an external rotor in which a plurality of magnetic pole pairs are each placed in a circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals; and a holding member that is placed between the internal rotor and the external rotor and holds a plurality of magnetic materials in the circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals, wherein the number of magnetic materials is a difference between or a total of the numbers of magnetic pole pairs, the holding member includes a plurality of circular rings that hold the magnetic materials, and connecting rods that are placed in the circumferential direction substantially at equal intervals and connect the plurality of circular rings, the plurality of circular rings face each other via the magnetic materials, and each number of magnetic pole pairs is set to have the number of connecting rods as a divisor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Mita
  • Patent number: 8157929
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a magnetic shielding material having excellent magnetic shielding property at a low magnetic field; and a magnetic shielding component and a magnetic shielding room each using the magnetic shielding material. Specifically disclosed is a magnetic shielding material comprising the following components (by mass): Ni: 70.0-85.0%, Cu: 0.6% or less, Mo: 10.0% or less and Mn: 2.0% or less, with the remainder being substantially Fe. The magnetic shielding material has a relative magnetic permeability of 40,000 or more under a magnetic field of 0.05 A/m and a squareness ratio (Br/B0.8) of 0.85 or less, wherein the squareness ratio (Br/B0.8) is a ratio of a remanent magnetic flux density (Br) to a maximum magnetic flux density (B0.8) in a DC hysteresis curve produced under the maximum magnetic field of 0.8 A/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Yokoyama, Yasuyuki Ilda, Hakaru Sasaki, Yoji Ishikura, Hiromitsu Itabashi, Masahiro Mita, Yoshiyuki Fujihara
  • Publication number: 20120086619
    Abstract: A resonance-type, receiving antenna comprising a circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core constituting a closed magnetic path having one gap, one or more coils wound around the circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core, and a capacitor connected in parallel to both ends of each coil; an angle between a straight line extending from a geographical center of the circular-ring-shaped, magnetic core to a center of the gap and a straight line extending from the geographical center to a center of the coil being in a range of 10° to 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Hirokazu Araki, Masahiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20120038348
    Abstract: An angle detection apparatus comprising a magnet rotor having a multi-pole segment magnet, and a magnetic sensor for detecting the direction of a magnetic flux generated from the multi-pole segment magnet; the multi-pole segment magnet having pluralities of magnetic poles along the rotation direction of the magnet rotor, the magnetic sensor comprising a magnetosensitive plane having pluralities of spin-valve, giant-magnetoresistive devices each having a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction and a free layer having a magnetization direction rotating in response to the magnetic flux direction; and the magnetic sensor being positioned relative to the magnet rotor, such that the magnetosensitive plane crosses the magnetic flux, with perpendicular magnetic flux density components having different amplitudes on the magnetosensitive plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei Aimuta, Masahiro Mita