Patents by Inventor Minoru Ota

Minoru Ota 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: 12225830
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element includes a magnetic recording layer which includes a ferromagnetic material, a non-magnetic layer laminated on the magnetic recording layer, and a magnetization reference layer which is laminated on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic recording layer includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a spacer layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer in order from the non-magnetic layer. The first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer are antiferromagnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Yamada, Minoru Ota, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240420785
    Abstract: A magnetic domain wall motion element includes a wiring layer including a first ferromagnetic layer and configured to extend in a first direction, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the wiring layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. In any cross section of the wiring layer taken along a plane perpendicular to the first direction, a first thickness of the wiring layer at a center in a width direction is thinner than a second thickness of the wiring layer at a first outer. peripheral portion outside the center in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YONEMURA, Tatsuo SHIBATA, Minoru OTA
  • Publication number: 20240352634
    Abstract: A double raschel warp knitting machine including: a pair of frontside jacquard bars JB2, 3 and a pair of backside jacquard bars JB4, 5 as jacquard bars, in which each of the frontside jacquard bars JB2, 3 and the backside jacquard bars JB4, 5 is a half-gauge jacquard bar; and at least one frontside ground guide bar GB1 provided on the front side of the frontside jacquard bars JB2, 3 and at least one backside ground guide bar GB6, 7, 8 provided on the back side of the backside jacquard bars JB4, 5, as ground guide bars. The double raschel warp knitting machine is characterized in that the four half-gauge jacquard bars have jacquard guides at the same positions in the width direction of the knitting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: KARL MAYER STOLL R&D GmbH
    Inventors: Minoru Ota, Kazuhiro Ozawa, Tomokazu Igarashi, Rieko Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20240268237
    Abstract: A magnetic domain wall motion element includes a magnetic domain wall motion layer in which a magnetic domain wall is formed, a ferromagnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer interposed between the magnetic domain wall motion layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein at least a portion of a first surface of the magnetic domain wall motion layer on a side closer to the ferromagnetic layer, at a position overlapping with the ferromagnetic layer in a plan view in a laminating direction, is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru OTA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240204601
    Abstract: The motor includes a circuit board that controls the generation of a magnetic field for rotating a rotor by supplying currents to coils, and a slit terminal (60U) that electrically connects a winding wire to the circuit board. The slit terminal (60U) includes a pair of legs (63A, 63B) arranged to face each other across the winding wire (244U) at an interval that is narrower than a diameter of a core wire. A motor bracket includes a terminal holder (43U) that has peeled piece accommodation spaces (52A, 52B) for accommodating the peeled pieces (245U) peeled off from the winding wire (244U) press-fitted between the pair of legs (63A, 63B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: SATOSHI NAGAMOTO, KEIICHI HOSOI, MINORU OTA, HIROSHI UEHARA, TOMOHIKO MITA
  • Patent number: 11991931
    Abstract: A magnetic recording layer according to this embodiment has a magnetic domain wall inside and contains a rare gas element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ota, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11696512
    Abstract: A magnetic domain wall moving element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic recording layer, a ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer arranged between the magnetic recording layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the ferromagnetic layer contains an additive element dispersed therein, and the additive element is one or more of H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, N, C, Ag, Cu, Hg, Au, Pb, Zn, and Bi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ota, Tatsuo Shibata, Minoru Sanuki
  • Patent number: 11489109
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive effect element includes a magnetization fixed layer, a magnetization free layer, and a non-magnetic spacer layer that is stacked between the magnetization fixed layer and the magnetization free layer. The magnetization free layer includes a first free layer and a second free layer that are formed of a ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic coupling layer that is stacked between the first free layer and the second free layer. The first free layer and the second free layer are magnetically coupled to each other by exchange coupling via the magnetic coupling layer such that magnetization directions of the first free layer and the second free layer are antiparallel to each other. The magnetic coupling layer is a non-magnetic layer that includes Ir and at least one of the following elements: Fe, Co and Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shiokawa, Minoru Ota, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Yoshitomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220216394
    Abstract: A magnetic domain wall moving element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic recording layer, a ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer arranged between the magnetic recording layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the ferromagnetic layer contains an additive element dispersed therein, and the additive element is one or more of H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, N, C, Ag, Cu, Hg, Au, Pb, Zn, and Bi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru OTA, Tatsuo SHIBATA, Minoru SANUKI
  • Publication number: 20220165934
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element includes a magnetic recording layer which includes a ferromagnetic material, a non-magnetic layer laminated on the magnetic recording layer, and a magnetization reference layer laminated on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic recording layer includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a spacer layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer in order from the non-magnetic layer. The first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer are antiferromagnetically coupled to each other. The magnetic recording layer has a central region in which a product of film thickness and saturation magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer is greater than a product of a film thickness and saturation magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer, and an outer region in which the product of the film thickness and the saturation magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer is smaller than the product of the film thickness and the saturation magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YAMADA, Minoru OTA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11245314
    Abstract: A positioning and fixing apparatus that fixes a position of a stator core includes a plurality of positioners that are displaced so as to approach or separate from the stator core, by a positioner displacing unit. One of the positioners is an engager that engages with a first tab section being an engaging section. First, the engager engages with the first tab section, and then, pressers being the remainder of the positioners position a certain region of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Takao Inoue, Osamu Shino, Minoru Ota
  • Publication number: 20210151667
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive effect element includes a magnetization fixed layer, a magnetization free layer, and a non-magnetic spacer layer that is stacked between the magnetization fixed layer and the magnetization free layer. The magnetization free layer includes a first free layer and a second free layer that are formed of a ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic coupling layer that is stacked between the first free layer and the second free layer. The first free layer and the second free layer are magnetically coupled to each other by exchange coupling via the magnetic coupling layer such that magnetization directions of the first free layer and the second free layer are antiparallel to each other. The magnetic coupling layer is a non-magnetic layer that includes Ir and at least one of the following elements: Fe, Co and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHIOKAWA, Minoru OTA, Tomoyuki SASAKI, Yoshitomo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210104662
    Abstract: A magnetic recording layer according to this embodiment has a magnetic domain wall inside and contains a rare gas element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru OTA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10871528
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive effect element includes a magnetization fixed layer, a magnetization free layer, and a non-magnetic spacer layer that is stacked between the magnetization fixed layer and the magnetization free layer. The magnetization fixed layer includes a first fixed layer and a second fixed layer that are formed of a ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic coupling layer that is stacked between the first fixed layer and the second fixed layer. The first fixed layer and the second fixed layer are magnetically coupled to each other by exchange coupling via the magnetic coupling layer such that magnetization directions of the first fixed layer and the second fixed layer are antiparallel to each other. The magnetic coupling layer is a non-magnetic layer that includes Ir and at least one of the following elements: Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shiokawa, Minoru Ota, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Yoshitomo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10829877
    Abstract: Provided is a warp knitting machine capable of irregularities conforming to a pattern in a warp knitted fabric. The warp knitting machine according to an embodiment is a double raschel machine, and includes at least one guide bar GB5 between a pair of jacquard bars at a front side (JB3, JB4), and a pair of jacquard bars at a back side (JB6, JB7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON MAYER LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Takayama, Minoru Ota, Kazuhiro Osawa, Sachiko Koide, Isao Takaoka
  • Patent number: 10720811
    Abstract: An electric motor for vehicle including a stator; a stator support member; a rotation shaft; a rotor including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, in which the peripheral wall is provided with a magnet and the bottom wall is configured to be combined with the rotation shaft; and a bearing holder including a tube part, and a water drip hole is formed on a vertically lower side of the tube part, the stator support member being provided with a bearing holder insertion part including a boss part into which the tube part is configured to be inserted, wherein a water drain structure configured to drain a water drop from the water drip hole is provided along a circumferential direction of an inner circumferential surface of the boss part in a vertically lower area of the inner circumferential surface of the boss part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Hosoi, Shuichi Tsujiyama, Mikio Kawamura, Shingo Watanabe, Hiroki Masuyama, Takeshi Tonegawa, Minoru Ota
  • Patent number: 10665375
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a spin current magnetization rotational element, a spin-orbit-torque magnetoresistance effect element, a magnetic memory, and a high-frequency magnetic element which can efficiently generate a pure spin current and reduce a reversal current density. The spin current magnetization rotational element includes: a spin-orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction; and a first ferromagnetic layer laminated in a second direction which intersects the first direction, wherein the spin-orbit torque wiring includes at least one rare gas element of Ar, Kr, and Xe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ota, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Hirokazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200076280
    Abstract: A positioning and fixing apparatus that fixes a position of a stator core includes a plurality of positioners that are displaced so as to approach or separate from the stator core, by a positioner displacing unit. One of the positioners is an engager that engages with a first tab section being an engaging section. First, the engager engages with the first tab section, and then, pressers being the remainder of the positioners position a certain region of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Takao Inoue, Osamu Shino, Minoru Ota
  • Publication number: 20200063301
    Abstract: Provided is a warp knitting machine capable of irregularities conforming to a pattern in a warp knitted fabric. The warp knitting machine according to an embodiment is a double raschel machine, and includes at least one guide bar GB5 between a pair of jacquard bars at a front side (JB3, JB4), and a pair of jacquard bars at a back side (JB6, JB7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu TAKAYAMA, Minoru OTA, Kazuhiro OSAWA, Sachiko KOIDE, Isao TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190103552
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive effect element includes a magnetization fixed layer, a magnetization free layer, and a non-magnetic spacer layer that is stacked between the magnetization fixed layer and the magnetization free layer. The magnetization fixed layer includes a first fixed layer and a second fixed layer that are formed of a ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic coupling layer that is stacked between the first fixed layer and the second fixed layer. The first fixed layer and the second fixed layer are magnetically coupled to each other by exchange coupling via the magnetic coupling layer such that magnetization directions of the first fixed layer and the second fixed layer are antiparallel to each other. The magnetic coupling layer is a non-magnetic layer that includes Ir and at least one of the following elements: Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHIOKAWA, Minoru OTA, Tomoyuki SASAKI, Yoshitomo TANAKA