Patents by Inventor Munenori Takakuwa

Munenori Takakuwa 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: 11522410
    Abstract: In this molded structure of the brushless fan motor, at least a part of a circuit board is supported by a notch portion in a distal end portion of a projecting end formed on a board storage portion side and a rotary shaft side of an insulator, the board storage portion and the insulator are placed in such a manner as to surround a periphery of a bearing support tube portion, a part of a molded portion is disposed between the bearing support tube portion and the insulator and between the board storage portion and the insulator, and the entire circuit board located inside a storage chamber, excluding the portion supported by the projecting end formed on the board storage portion side of the insulator, is covered with the part of the molded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenori Takakuwa, Kakuhiko Hata, Yukihiro Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20220368188
    Abstract: A waterproof fan includes: a rotor including a rotating blade capable of rotating about a rotation axis; a stator including a plurality of stator cores extending in a radial direction relative to the rotation axis, and a winding wound around each of the stator cores; a frame including a housing space opening toward one side of the rotation axis; a circuit board electrically connected to the winding and housed in the housing space; a waterproofing resin portion covering the stator and the circuit board to block the opening of the housing space; and a positioning member provided in the housing space and configured to position the circuit board at a position away from an inner wall of the housing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Munenori TAKAKUWA, Hyukjun KWON
  • Publication number: 20200303990
    Abstract: In this molded structure of the brushless fan motor, at least a part of a circuit board is supported by a notch portion in a distal end portion of a projecting end formed on a board storage portion side and a rotary shaft side of an insulator, the board storage portion and the insulator are placed in such a manner as to surround a periphery of a bearing support tube portion, a part of a molded portion is disposed between the bearing support tube portion and the insulator and between the board storage portion and the insulator, and the entire circuit board located inside a storage chamber, excluding the portion supported by the projecting end formed on the board storage portion side of the insulator, is covered with the part of the molded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Munenori TAKAKUWA, Kakuhiko HATA, Yukihiro NAGATSUKA
  • Patent number: 10465692
    Abstract: A fan motor is provided that prevents restraint on a rotor in an environment where oil and dust are floating in the air. The fan motor includes a stator constituted of an armature having a winding thereon, a rotor constituted of an excitation unit including a permanent magnet, and a vane wheel fixed to the rotor and including a plurality of vanes. The vanes or the vane wheel are formed so as to generate airflow from the side of a frame boss toward a hub unit of the vane wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kudo, Munenori Takakuwa, Tatsuya Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20140314596
    Abstract: A fan motor is provided that prevents restraint on a rotor in an environment where oil and dust are floating in the air. The fan motor includes a stator constituted of an armature having a winding thereon, a rotor constituted of an excitation unit including a permanent magnet, and a vane wheel fixed to the rotor and including a plurality of vanes. The vanes or the vane wheel are formed so as to generate airflow from the side of a frame boss toward a hub unit of the vane wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kudo, Munenori Takakuwa, Tatsuya Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20140169969
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial flow fan having conductive pins, each of which is configured to electrically connect a coil of a stator and a circuit board, and to hold a film conductor of the coil. In the conductive pin, one end is fixed to an electrical insulator covering a core stack of the stator, and the other end is electrically connected to the circuit board. The conductive pin is a quadrangular prism pin as a basic configuration and has, in at least a part of a portion exposed from the electrical insulator, a reduced diameter portion having no corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munenori Takakuwa, MITSUTAKA KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20050254799
    Abstract: A brushless DC fan motor capable of communicating with an external apparatus while simplifying the circuitry. A speed control command generator, which generates a command for controlling the rotational speed of the rotor, include a microcomputer (9a) capable of bi-directional communication with an external apparatus (1) by serial communication based on a predetermined communication protocol. The microcomputer (9a) operates the speed control command based on control conditions transmitted from the external apparatus (1) and a signal indicative of the rotational speed and/or the exciting current detected by a speed detector (13) and/or a current detector (15) incorporated in the brushless DC fan motor (1). A drive circuit (7) controls the exciting current by PWM control according to an optimal speed control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Murara, Naruhiko Kudou, Munenori Takakuwa
  • Patent number: 6700262
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine such as a fan motor or the like capable of coupling a bearing holder and an insulator to each other without deteriorating accuracy of a diameter of an inner peripheral surface of the bearing holder on which bearings are held. The bearing holder and insulator are coupled to each other by a coupling structure, which is constituted by at least one recess formed on a forward end of the bearing holder and at least one projection provided on the insulator and tightly fitted in the recess. The projection and recess thus fitted together are concurrently heated at a peripheral portion thereof for deformation, resulting in being coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honami Osawa, Munenori Takakuwa, Ryuji Kobayashi, Yukio Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20020047397
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine such as a fan motor or the like capable of coupling a bearing holder and an insulator to each other without deteriorating accuracy of a diameter of an inner peripheral surface of the bearing holder on which bearings are held. The bearing holder and insulator are coupled to each other by a coupling structure, which is constituted by at least one recess formed on a forward end of the bearing holder and at least one projection provided on the insulator and tightly fitted in the recess. The projection and recess thus fitted together are concurrently heated at a peripheral portion thereof for deformation, resulting in being coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Honami Osawa, Munenori Takakuwa, Ryuji Kobayashi, Yukio Ouchi