Patents by Inventor Naohiro NAGASAWA

Naohiro NAGASAWA 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: 11146130
    Abstract: This motor includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, and including a shaft arranged to extend along the central axis. The stationary portion includes a bearing arranged to rotatably support the shaft, and a base portion arranged to hold the stator. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft; a magnet directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub portion, and arranged opposite to the stator; a flywheel arranged axially above the rotor hub portion; and a seal portion arranged to have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the magnet. At least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion is a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Mizukami, Yoichi Sekii, Takeyuki Shuto, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20200014263
    Abstract: This motor includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, and including a shaft arranged to extend along the central axis. The stationary portion includes a bearing arranged to rotatably support the shaft, and a base portion arranged to hold the stator. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft; a magnet directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub portion, and arranged opposite to the stator; a flywheel arranged axially above the rotor hub portion; and a seal portion arranged to have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the magnet. At least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion is a metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Junya Mizukami, Yoichi Sekii, Takeyuki Shuto, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10476329
    Abstract: This motor includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, and including a shaft arranged to extend along the central axis. The stationary portion includes a bearing arranged to rotatably support the shaft, and a base portion arranged to hold the stator. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft; a magnet directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub portion, and arranged opposite to the stator; a flywheel arranged axially above the rotor hub portion; and a seal portion arranged to have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the magnet. At least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion is a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: VALVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Mizukami, Yoichi Sekii, Takeyuki Shuto, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10418871
    Abstract: This motor includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, and including a shaft arranged to extend along the central axis. The stationary portion includes a bearing arranged to rotatably support the shaft, and a base portion arranged to hold the stator. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft; a magnet directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub portion, and arranged opposite to the stator; a flywheel arranged axially above the rotor hub portion; and a seal portion arranged to have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the magnet. At least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion is a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Mizukami, Yoichi Sekii, Takeyuki Shuto, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20190131857
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary portion including a stator, and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion extending in an annular shape around the central axis, a magnet including a pole surface radially opposite to the stator, a yoke fixed to a radial outside of the magnet and connected to the rotor hub portion, a first seal portion extending in an annular shape around the yoke, and a flywheel located on one side of the rotor hub portion in an axial direction. At least a portion of a lower surface of the yoke defines a first metal surface that has a reflectivity higher than a reflectivity of an outer circumferential surface of the flywheel and a reflectivity of the first seal portion. At least a portion of the first metal surface is covered with the first seal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Naohiro NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 10177625
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a shaft, a rotor hub, and a flywheel. The rotor hub is arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft. The flywheel is arranged axially above the rotor hub. The rotor hub includes a joining portion fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the shaft. A center of gravity of the rotating portion and the joining portion of the rotor hub are arranged to radially overlap with each other. The center of gravity of the rotating portion is arranged axially above a radial bearing portion and at a level equivalent to the level of the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sekii, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20180054102
    Abstract: This motor includes a stationary portion including a stator; and a rotating portion supported to be rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion, and including a shaft arranged to extend along the central axis. The stationary portion includes a bearing arranged to rotatably support the shaft, and a base portion arranged to hold the stator. The rotating portion includes a rotor hub portion arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft; a magnet directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub portion, and arranged opposite to the stator; a flywheel arranged axially above the rotor hub portion; and a seal portion arranged to have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the magnet. At least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion is a metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Junya MIZUKAMI, Yoichi SEKII, Takeyuki SHUTO, Naohiro NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 9879691
    Abstract: A pump a shaft portion arranged to extend in a vertical direction; a rotor portion arranged to surround an outer circumference of the shaft portion, and including a magnet; and a housing joined to the shaft portion, and arranged to contain the rotor portion. The housing includes a stator arranged opposite to the magnet; a rotor accommodating portion arranged to accommodate the rotor portion; and an inlet and an outlet each of which is arranged to pass through a portion of the rotor accommodating portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion, the shaft portion, and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one first dynamic pressure groove arranged to support rotation of the rotor portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one second dynamic pressure groove arranged to transfer a fluid from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Mizukami, Hideki Nishimura, Yoshito Nishitani, Michihiro Ito, Naohiro Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20160359391
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a shaft, a rotor hub, and a flywheel. The rotor hub is arranged to extend in an annular shape around the shaft. The flywheel is arranged axially above the rotor hub. The rotor hub includes a joining portion fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the shaft. A center of gravity of the rotating portion and the joining portion of the rotor hub are arranged to radially overlap with each other. The center of gravity of the rotating portion is arranged axially above a radial bearing portion and at a level equivalent to the level of the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichi SEKII, Naohiro NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160053769
    Abstract: A pump a shaft portion arranged to extend in a vertical direction; a rotor portion arranged to surround an outer circumference of the shaft portion, and including a magnet; and a housing joined to the shaft portion, and arranged to contain the rotor portion. The housing includes a stator arranged opposite to the magnet; a rotor accommodating portion arranged to accommodate the rotor portion; and an inlet and an outlet each of which is arranged to pass through a portion of the rotor accommodating portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion, the shaft portion, and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one first dynamic pressure groove arranged to support rotation of the rotor portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one second dynamic pressure groove arranged to transfer a fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The rotor portion includes a through hole arranged to pass therethrough in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Junya MIZUKAMI, Hideki NISHIMURA, Yoshito NISHITANI, Michihiro ITO, Naohiro NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160053770
    Abstract: A pump a shaft portion arranged to extend in a vertical direction; a rotor portion arranged to surround an outer circumference of the shaft portion, and including a magnet; and a housing joined to the shaft portion, and arranged to contain the rotor portion. The housing includes a stator arranged opposite to the magnet; a rotor accommodating portion arranged to accommodate the rotor portion; and an inlet and an outlet each of which is arranged to pass through a portion of the rotor accommodating portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion, the shaft portion, and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one first dynamic pressure groove arranged to support rotation of the rotor portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one second dynamic pressure groove arranged to transfer a fluid from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Junya MIZUKAMI, Hideki NISHIMURA, Yoshito NISHITANI, Michihiro ITO, Naohiro NAGASAWA