Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kodani

Masayuki Kodani 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: 11799352
    Abstract: A motor device includes a motor body, a case that houses the motor body, a printed circuit board that controls the drive of the motor body and is supported by the case, and a ground bus bar that is arranged between the motor body and the printed circuit board and connects the motor body and ground of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Hirachi, Naomasa Yoshida, Masayuki Kodani
  • Publication number: 20220271611
    Abstract: A motor device includes a motor body, a case that houses the motor body, a printed circuit board that controls the drive of the motor body and is supported by the case, and a ground bus bar that is arranged between the motor body and the printed circuit board and connects the motor body and ground of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji HIRACHI, Naomasa YOSHIDA, Masayuki KODANI
  • Patent number: 9563056
    Abstract: The optical scanner comprises: a motor having an rotor shaft; a rotor being attached to the rotor shaft; a tilt mirror having an inclined reflective surface and being attached to the rotor shaft together with the rotor; and a bearing section being provided to a stator housing and capable of rotatably holding the rotor shaft. The rotor and the tilt mirror are prohibited from detaching from and rotating with respect to the rotor shaft. A recessed part, through which the rotor shaft is penetrated, is formed in the tilt mirror. An elastic member, which always biases the tilt mirror toward the rotor, is provided between a retainer section and an inner bottom part of the recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9557564
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus for rotating a rotary body comprises: a rotor shaft, to which the rotary body and a rotor are attached, being rotatably held by a bearing section; a rotor magnet being attached to the rotor and partially exposed as a position detecting magnet; a first positioning section being formed in the rotor, the first positioning section corresponding to the position detecting magnet; and a second positioning section corresponding to a reference surface of the rotary body. The rotary body is attached to the rotor in a state where the first positioning section and the second positioning section are aligned so as to make circumferential positions of the reference surface and the position detecting magnet correspond to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9515533
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having reflective surfaces; a motor having a rotor shaft; a rotor being attached to one end part of the rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section, which rotatably holds the rotor shaft; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor, the motor substrate being provided to the stator housing; a magnetized section for frequency generation, the magnetized section being formed into a ring shape and provided to an end surface of the rotary body facing the motor substrate; and a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9470237
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump includes: a case including a recess portion into which a fluid flows; a rotor arranged in the recess portion; an axial member supporting the rotor; and a flange member insert-molded with the case and the axial member, secured to an end portion of the axial member, and buried in a bottom wall portion of the recess portion, wherein the flange member includes: a first flange portion; a reduced portion closer to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion than the first flange portion, and smaller than the first flange portion in a radial direction; and a second flange portion closer to the inner surface than the reduced portion, larger than the first flange portion in the radial direction, and partially exposed from the inner surface, and the inner surface is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuchika Maruyama, Masayuki Kodani, Takeshi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 9411156
    Abstract: The optical scanner comprises: a rotor being attached to one end part of a rotor shaft; a polygon mirror having reflective surfaces and being attached to the rotor shaft; and a bearing section being provided to a stator housing and capable of rotatably holding the rotor shaft. A recessed part, through which the rotor shaft is penetrated, is formed in a top part of the polygon mirror. A retainer section of the rotor shaft, which is provided in the recessed part, and an elastic member, which is provided between the retainer section and an inner bottom part of the recessed part and which always biases the polygon mirror toward the rotor, are accommodated in the recessed part together with an end part of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuchika Maruyama, Masayuki Kodani
  • Patent number: 9391488
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having a plurality of reflective surfaces; a rotor being attached to a rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor; a circular magnetized section for frequency generation facing the motor substrate; a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section; a position detecting section, which corresponds to a reference reflective surface of the rotary body, being radially outwardly or inwardly projected from a part of the magnetized section; and a magnetic sensor, which faces the position detecting section, being provided to the motor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9385568
    Abstract: The stator of the electric motor comprises: a stator core; tooth sections being radially extended from the stator core; an even number of slots, each of which is formed between the tooth sections; an insulator covering the tooth sections; and motor coils being wound in the slots. The insulator has guide projections, each of which corresponds to each of the tooth sections so as to guide a magnet wire. The guide projections have guide sections, each of which includes a base end part and a front end part. In each of the guide sections, a radial thickness of at least one part located in the base end part is thin, a radial thickness of the front end part is thicker than that of the base end part. The guide sections are formed in same side faces of the guide projections arranged in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama, Keisuke Wakabayashi, Nobuyuki Kabasawa, Yasuaki Motegi, Daisuke Kiryu
  • Publication number: 20160181888
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having a plurality of reflective surfaces; a rotor being attached to a rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor; a circular magnetized section for frequency generation facing the motor substrate; a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section; a position detecting section, which corresponds to a reference reflective surface of the rotary body, being radially outwardly or inwardly projected from a part of the magnetized section; and a magnetic sensor, which faces the position detecting section, being provided to the motor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki KODANI, Nobuchika MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160178896
    Abstract: The optical scanner comprises: a rotor being attached to one end part of a rotor shaft; a polygon mirror having reflective surfaces and being attached to the rotor shaft; and a bearing section being provided to a stator housing and capable of rotatably holding the rotor shaft. A recessed part, through which the rotor shaft is penetrated, is formed in a top part of the polygon mirror. A retainer section of the rotor shaft, which is provided in the recessed part, and an elastic member, which is provided between the retainer section and an inner bottom part of the recessed part and which always biases the polygon mirror toward the rotor, are accommodated in the recessed part together with an end part of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuchika MARUYAMA, Masayuki KODANI
  • Publication number: 20160149458
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having reflective surfaces; a motor having a rotor shaft; a rotor being attached to one end part of the rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section, which rotatably holds the rotor shaft; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor, the motor substrate being provided to the stator housing; a magnetized section for frequency generation, the magnetized section being formed into a ring shape and provided to an end surface of the rotary body facing the motor substrate; and a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki KODANI, Nobuchika MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150378153
    Abstract: The rotary body driving apparatus for rotating a rotary body comprises: a rotor shaft, to which the rotary body and a rotor are attached, being rotatably held by a bearing section; a rotor magnet being attached to the rotor and partially exposed as a position detecting magnet; a first positioning section being formed in the rotor, the first positioning section corresponding to the position detecting magnet; and a second positioning section corresponding to a reference surface of the rotary body. The rotary body is attached to the rotor in a state where the first positioning section and the second positioning section are aligned so as to make circumferential positions of the reference surface and the position detecting magnet correspond to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki KODANI, Nobuchika MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150378152
    Abstract: The optical scanner comprises: a motor having an rotor shaft; a rotor being attached to the rotor shaft; a tilt mirror having an inclined reflective surface and being attached to the rotor shaft together with the rotor; and a bearing section being provided to a stator housing and capable of rotatably holding the rotor shaft. The rotor and the tilt mirror are prohibited from detaching from and rotating with respect to the rotor shaft. A recessed part, through which the rotor shaft is penetrated, is formed in the tilt mirror. An elastic member, which always biases the tilt mirror toward the rotor, is provided between a retainer section and an inner bottom part of the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki KODANI, Nobuchika MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9048715
    Abstract: The rotor of the present invention is capable of improving magnetic characteristics, general versatility and ease of assembly. The rotor comprises: a rotor shaft; a ring-shaped rotor magnet being disposed coaxially with the rotor shaft; and a non-magnetic cover covering an outer circumference of the rotor magnet. The rotor magnet and the cover are integral-molded with molding resin in a state where an outer circumference of the cover is exposed and both end parts and an inner circumference of the rotor magnet are covered with the molding resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Keisuke Wakabayashi, Nobuyuki Kabasawa, Yasuaki Motegi
  • Publication number: 20140241915
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump includes: a case including a recess portion into which a fluid flows; a rotor arranged in the recess portion; an axial member supporting the rotor; and a flange member insert-molded with the case and the axial member, secured to an end portion of the axial member, and buried in a bottom wall portion of the recess portion, wherein the flange member includes: a first flange portion; a reduced portion closer to an inner surface of the bottom wall portion than the first flange portion, and smaller than the first flange portion in a radial direction; and a second flange portion closer to the inner surface than the reduced portion, larger than the first flange portion in the radial direction, and partially exposed from the inner surface, and the inner surface is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHINANO KENSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuchika MARUYAMA, Masayuki KODANI, Takeshi MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20140145544
    Abstract: The stator of the electric motor comprises: a stator core; tooth sections being radially extended from the stator core; an even number of slots, each of which is formed between the tooth sections; an insulator covering the tooth sections; and motor coils being wound in the slots. The insulator has guide projections, each of which corresponds to each of the tooth sections so as to guide a magnet wire. The guide projections have guide sections, each of which includes a base end part and a front end part. In each of the guide sections, a radial thickness of at least one part located in the base end part is thin, a radial thickness of the front end part is thicker than that of the base end part. The guide sections are formed in same side faces of the guide projections arranged in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Nobuchika Maruyama, Keisuke Wakabayashi, Nobuyuki Kabasawa, Yasuaki Motegi, Daisuke Kiryu
  • Publication number: 20130069469
    Abstract: The rotor of the present invention is capable of improving magnetic characteristics, general versatility and ease of assembly. The rotor comprises: a rotor shaft; a ring-shaped rotor magnet being disposed coaxially with the rotor shaft; and a non-magnetic cover covering an outer circumference of the rotor magnet. The rotor magnet and the cover are integral-molded with molding resin in a state where an outer circumference of the cover is exposed and both end parts and an inner circumference of the rotor magnet are covered with the molding resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kodani, Keisuke Wakabayashi, Nobuyuki Kabasawa, Yasuaki Motegi