Patents by Inventor Mineo Yamamoto

Mineo Yamamoto 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: 9903372
    Abstract: A pump is provided that includes a molded stator having a substrate on which is mounted a magnetic-pole position detection element and that also includes a rotor having a rotor unit with one end thereof in an axial direction being opposed to the magnetic-pole position detection element and the other end thereof in the axial direction being provided with an impeller attachment unit. The rotor unit includes a magnet, a sleeve bearing, and a resin portion formed from a thermoplastic resin that is used for integrally molding the magnet and the sleeve bearing and that constitutes the impeller attachment unit. The magnet includes a plurality of through holes that each extend in the axial direction; and each of the through holes is embedded in the thermoplastic resin that constitutes a part of the resin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Urabe, Hiroki Aso, Mamoru Kawakubo, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya
  • Patent number: 9819297
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a printed circuit board, whose mounting surface is opposite to an annular surface formed by an annular stator that constitutes a motor, arranged to be separated from the annular surface with a predetermined distance, and mounted with a Hall element that detects a rotation position of a rotor of the motor on a mounting surface on a side of the stator; an inverter IC that is mounted on the mounting surface on the side of the stator of the printed circuit board to supply a high-frequency current to the stator; and an overheat detection unit that is mounted on the mounting surface on the side of the stator of the printed circuit board and detects an overheated state of the inverter IC. When the overheat detection unit detects an overheated state, the inverter IC restricts or stops a current to be supplied to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Yamada, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Tomoyuki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20170288509
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a wiring board that achieves both of high mounting position accuracy and high solder strength in a circumferential direction. On the wiring board, an electronic component including a plurality of pins is mounted. The wiring board includes a base substrate, a plurality of wires provided on the base substrate, a resist covering the wires, and a plurality of footprints connected to the wires and having entire surfaces exposed in openings of the resist. The pins are soldered to the footprints by reflow. In the openings of the resist, directions in which the pins are led out are parallel to directions in which the wires are led out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Junichiro OYA, Tomoaki OIKAWA, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Hiroki ASO, Yuto URABE
  • Publication number: 20170279332
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes: an annular lead wiring part attached to one axial end of the stator and routing a power lead to a winding of the stator; and a lead-out part provided on the radially outer side of the annular lead wiring part and leading out the power lead to the radial outside of the lead wiring part. The lead wiring part is formed such that the curvature of the inner diameter is different near the lead-out part compared with the remaining portion, and the radius of the inner diameter of the lead wiring part is largest at a portion other than near the lead-out part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto URABE, Tomoaki OIKAWA, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Hiroki ASO, Junichiro OYA, Takaya SHIMOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170208195
    Abstract: An operation terminal is held by and detachable from a holder on an MFP. The operation terminal includes a touch panel with a display region for an operation screen for the MFP. The touch panel senses an external object touching the display region. A vibrator unit applies vibration to the display region. In response to the touch panel sensing the object, a response controller unit instructs the vibrator unit to apply to the display region vibration responsive to the object. The response controller unit checks whether the operation terminal is held by or detached from the holder at the time the touch panel senses the object, and when the operation terminal is held by the holder, sets the responsive vibration to a level lower than when the operation terminal is detached from the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Mineo YAMAMOTO, Isao WATANABE, Toshikazu HIGASHI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9709917
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an array of m light-emitting elements extending in a main scanning direction, the m being an integer satisfying m?3; a memory that stores a cumulative light emission time of each of the m light-emitting elements; a light intensity adjusting portion that obtains a light intensity adjusting value for the each light-emitting element; an activating portion that controls the activation and deactivation of the each light-emitting element with the light intensity adjusting value; and a selecting portion that selects n light-emitting elements from an end of the array, the n being an integer satisfying n?2 and n<m, wherein the activating portion forcibly activates the n light-emitting elements such that the cumulative light emission times of them are adjusted to a predetermined typical value less than the greatest value of cumulative light emission time among the m?n light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Mineo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9702366
    Abstract: In a pump, at least one of leg portions of a pilot hole component are extended by a specified distance compared to the other leg portions toward a side opposite to a surface where pilot holes are exposed, and the pilot holes formed in the some leg portions extend through the some leg portions between end planes of the some leg portions and are exposed in the other end plane of the molded stator, the other end plane located at the other end in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya
  • Patent number: 9705375
    Abstract: A molded motor made by molding, with a thermosetting resin, a stator, which includes: a stator core formed by stacking magnetic steel plates; an insulation portion applied to the stator core; a winding applied to the insulation portion; and a power supply terminal. On an insulation inner wall provided on an inner diameter side of the insulation portion, a plurality of inner wall protrusions formed at axial ends of the insulation inner wall on a counter wire-connection side of the stator core and abutting on a die, used when the stator is molded, are provided in a circumferential direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mineo Yamamoto, Mamoru Kawakubo, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroki Aso, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Patent number: 9698655
    Abstract: Provided is a pump that includes an annular molded stator having a substrate mounted with a Hall element and that includes a rotor having an annular rotor unit rotatably housed in a cup-shaped partition component, with one end thereof in an axial direction facing the Hall element and the other end thereof in the axial direction provided with an impeller attachment unit. The rotor unit includes a resin magnet, a sleeve bearing, and a resin portion. The resin magnet includes a rotor-position detecting magnetic-pole portion protruding axially with a predetermined height in an annular shape having a predetermined width in a radial direction on an outer periphery of an end face opposite to the Hall element. The rotor-position detecting magnetic-pole portion includes a plurality of arc-shaped notches on the same circumference on an inner diameter side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Urabe, Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya
  • Publication number: 20170171406
    Abstract: A touch panel has a display region for an operation screen and senses an outer object touching the display region. A vibrator unit applies vibration to the display region. In response to the touch panel sensing the object, a response controller unit instructs the vibrator unit to apply to the display region vibration responsive to the object. The response controller unit checks whether an image processing unit is under waiting or operating condition at the time the touch panel senses the object, and when the image processing unit is under the operating condition, sets the responsive vibration to a level lower than when the image processing unit is under the waiting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Mineo YAMAMOTO, Isao WATANABE, Toshikazu HIGASHI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170093243
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes: a stator core that includes a plurality of teeth on which insulating portions are provided; and a coil formed by winding a wire around each of the teeth. A lead-in opening and a lead-out opening are formed in insulating portions provided on an outside diameter side of the stator core. The lead-in opening leads in a crossover wire of the coil routed to an outer peripheral side of the insulating portions to the side of the teeth. The lead-out opening leads out the crossover wire of the coil from the side of the teeth to the outer peripheral side of the insulating portions. The length from an axial end portion of the stator core on an insulating portion side to the lead-in opening is different from the length from the axial end portion to the lead-out opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki ASO, Kazunori SAKANOBE, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Junichiro OYA, Yuto URABE, Junichi ONO, Shigeru MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20170077776
    Abstract: A stator for an electric motor includes a substrate, sensor leads and power leads connected to the substrate, and a lead wiring part that retains the substrate and routes the sensor leads and the power leads. The substrate has a Hall IC that is a position detection circuit for a rotor mounted thereon, and a hole for inserting a terminal provided in a board-in connector formed therein. The substrate is retained only by the lead wiring part, and the sensor leads and the power leads are retained by the lead wiring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto URABE, Hiroki ASO, Kazunori SAKANOBE, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Junichiro OYA
  • Publication number: 20170045991
    Abstract: An operation panel that is incorporated in an apparatus generating vibration during operation, and displays an operation screen of the apparatus to receive operation from a user includes: a touch panel that includes a display area of the operation screen, and detects contact between an external object and the display area; a vibration generation unit that applies vibration to the display area; a vibration storage unit that stores a spectrum of vibration generated by operation of the apparatus as a spectrum of background vibration; and a response control unit that checks whether the apparatus is in a standby state or an operating state, and causes the vibration. generation unit to apply vibration indicating a first spectrum to the display area when the apparatus is in the standby state, and vibration indicating a second spectrum to the display area when the apparatus is in the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Toshikazu HIGASHI, Mineo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9568012
    Abstract: In a rotor portion, a magnet formed in a cylindrical shape, a first magnet holder that holds an impeller-attachment-portion-side end portion of the magnet, a second magnet holder that holds a magnetic-pole-position-detection-element-side end portion of the magnet, a back yoke disposed inside the magnet, a sleeve bearing disposed inside the back yoke, and a position detection magnet that is provided on a surface of the second magnet holder at a side opposite to the side at which the magnet is attached and allows a magnetic flux of the position detection magnet to be detected by the magnetic-pole-position detection element are assembled integrally together with a thermoplastic resin, and the impeller attachment portion is formed of the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
  • Publication number: 20170033647
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric motor configured by combining a resin magnet section molded of thermoplastic resin containing ferrite and a rotation shaft includes a magnetic section for position detection integrally formed of the thermoplastic resin on an end face on one side of the resin magnet section, the thermoplastic resin being injected from an inner diameter side of the resin magnet section to the end face. Because the position of the rotor can be detected by the magnetic section without using a magnet for position detection, cost reduction can be achieved while the accuracy of detecting the position of the rotor is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki ASO, Kazunori SAKANOBE, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Junichiro OYA, Yuto URABE
  • Publication number: 20170025919
    Abstract: The present invention includes a stator; a substrate on which a position detection circuit for a rotor is mounted; a lead wiring part attached to one axial end of the stator and routing a sensor lead to the position detection circuit; and a housing connected to an end of the sensor lead. The substrate is attached to a first surface side of the lead wiring part, and the housing is disposed at a position that is opposed to a position at which the substrate is attached and that is on a second surface side of the lead wiring part, and the lead wiring part includes a housing contact portion provided between the position at which the substrate is attached and the position at which the housing is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto URABE, Hiroki ASO, Kazunori SAKANOBE, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Junichiro OYA
  • Patent number: 9515532
    Abstract: A mold motor includes a mold stator, a rotor, and a bracket. The mold stator includes a first bearing housing section formed of thermosetting resin, one bearing of the rotor fitting in one end in an axial direction of the first bearing housing section, an opening section formed at an end on the opposite side of the bearing housing section, and a bracket press-fitting section formed near the opening section and having a diameter larger than a stator inner diameter. The bracket includes a bracket resin section configuring a second bearing housing section in which the other bearing of the rotor fits and a bracket sheet metal section press-fit into the bracket press-fitting section of the mold stator. In the bracket, the bracket resin section and the bracket sheet metal section are integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mineo Yamamoto, Kazunori Sakanobe, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroki Aso, Kazuya Omura, Yasumasa Takeuchi, Katsumi Shibayama, Hitoshi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20160349662
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an array of m light-emitting elements extending in a main scanning direction, the m being an integer satisfying m?3; a memory that stores a cumulative light emission time of each of the m light-emitting elements; a light intensity adjusting portion that obtains a light intensity adjusting value for the each light-emitting element; an activating portion that controls the activation and deactivation of the each light-emitting element with the light intensity adjusting value; and a selecting portion that selects n light-emitting elements from an end of the array, the n being an integer satisfying n?2 and n<m, wherein the activating portion forcibly activates the n light-emitting elements such that the cumulative light emission times of them are adjusted to a predetermined typical value less than the greatest value of cumulative light emission time among the m-n light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki TANAKA, Yasuhiro ISHIHARA, Mineo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9455600
    Abstract: A rotor resin assembly of a rotor of an electric motor includes a rotor magnet including a substantially cylindrical yoke molded from thermoplastic resin containing a soft magnetic material or ferrite and a resin magnet integrally formed in the outer circumference of the yoke, a position detection magnet arranged at one end in the axial direction of the rotor magnet, and a substantially doughnut-like rotor core arranged in the inner circumference of the rotor magnet and formed by laminating a predetermined number of electromagnetic steel plates. The rotor magnet, the position detection magnet, and the rotor core are integrally formed by resin. A shaft is inserted into an inner diameter section of the rotor core, and the rotor resin assembly is caulked by a jig to form a recess in the vicinity of the inner diameter sections of both end faces of the rotor core and assembled to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mineo Yamamoto, Kazunori Sakanobe, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroki Aso, Atsushi Matsuoka, Noriaki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20160261164
    Abstract: The present invention is a molded stator including a stator and a substrate. The molded stator includes: a donut-shaped lead-wire wiring component that wires power-supply lead wires to a winding wire of the stator and that wires sensor lead wires to the position detection circuit; a lead-out component that leads out the power-supply lead wires and the sensor lead wires to outside of the molded stator; a power-supply lead-wire holding component that holds the power-supply lead wires; and a sensor-lead-wire holding component that holds the sensor lead wires. The lead-out component is connected to a latching part that latches the sensor-lead-wire holding component and includes projections as plane parts that are substantially perpendicular to a radial direction of the stator on the radially outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yuto URABE, Hiroki ASO, Kazunori SAKANOBE, Mineo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ISHII, Junichiro OYA