Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kasao

Nobuo Kasao 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: 7877857
    Abstract: Coils are electrically connected to a commutator, which includes commutator segments that are arranged one after another in a circumferential direction of a dielectric body along an outer peripheral surface of the dielectric body. Each commutator segment includes a slidably contacting portion, a claw portion and a bending fulcrum portion. The slidably contacting portion is provided in one axial side of the commutator segment and is slidably contactable with each brush. The claw portion is provided in the other axial side of the commutator segment and is engageable with the corresponding coil. The bending fulcrum portion is formed on a claw portion side of the slidably contacting portion and is bent upon radially inwardly pressing the claw portion by a fusing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Osawa, Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Kengo Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7856703
    Abstract: A short-circuit member includes a short-circuit conductor and a short-circuit insulator. The short-circuit conductor includes superimposed first and second short-circuit member formation groups. Each of the short-circuit member formation groups has outer terminals, inner terminals, and linking portions. The outer terminals contact one another and the inner terminals contact one another between each of the short-circuit member formation groups. The linking portions are maintained in non-contact between each of the short-circuit member formation groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Osawa, Yuichi Terada
  • Patent number: 7414344
    Abstract: A commutator main body 11 includes a plurality of commutator pieces 13 arranged along a circumference, the center of which is a rotation axis L of a motor, and a main body insulator 14 holding the commutator pieces. A short-circuit member 12 is arranged on an end portion of the commutator main body 11 and includes a short-circuit conductor 21, which short-circuits predetermined ones of the commutator pieces, and a short-circuit insulator 22, in which the short-circuit member is embedded. A boss is formed integrally with the short-circuit insulator so as to project from the end portion of the commutator main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Osawa, Yuichi Terada, Toshihiro Tanino, Yoshiki Nakano
  • Patent number: 7414345
    Abstract: A commutator including a commutator main body having a plurality of commutator pieces and a short-circuit member having a short-circuit conductor for short-circuiting commutator pieces. The short-circuit conductor includes superimposed first and second short-circuit member formation groups. The first short-circuit member formation group is thinner than the second short-circuit member formation group. The first and second short-circuit member formation groups are fixed to each other by crimping projections, which are formed on the second short-circuit member formation group through punching, in a state inserted through holes, which are formed in the second short-circuit member formation group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Osawa
  • Publication number: 20080066293
    Abstract: Coils are electrically connected to a commutator, which includes commutator segments that are arranged one after another in a circumferential direction of a dielectric body along an outer peripheral surface of the dielectric body. Each commutator segment includes a slidably contacting portion, a claw portion and a bending fulcrum portion. The slidably contacting portion is provided in one axial side of the commutator segment and is slidably contactable with each brush. The claw portion is provided in the other axial side of the commutator segment and is engageable with the corresponding coil. The bending fulcrum portion is formed on a claw portion side of the slidably contacting portion and is bent upon radially inwardly pressing the claw portion by a fusing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Osawa, Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Kengo Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20070096582
    Abstract: A commutator including a commutator main body having a plurality of commutator pieces and a short-circuit member having a short-circuit conductor for short-circuiting commutator pieces. The short-circuit conductor includes superimposed first and second short-circuit member formation groups. The first short-circuit member formation group is thinner than the second short-circuit member formation group. The first and second short-circuit member formation groups are fixed to each other by crimping projections, which are formed on the second short-circuit member formation group through punching, in a state inserted through holes, which are formed in the second short-circuit member formation group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Osawa
  • Publication number: 20070046128
    Abstract: A commutator main body 11 includes a plurality of commutator pieces 13 arranged along a circumference, the center of which is a rotation axis L of a motor, and a main body insulator 14 holding the commutator pieces. A short-circuit member 12 is arranged on an end portion of the commutator main body 11 and includes a short-circuit conductor 21, which short-circuits predetermined ones of the commutator pieces, and a short-circuit insulator 22, in which the short-circuit member is embedded. A boss is formed integrally with the short-circuit insulator so as to project from the end portion of the commutator main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Osawa, Yuichi Terada, Toshihiro Tanino, Yoshiki Nakano
  • Patent number: 7084546
    Abstract: A commutator includes a generally cylindrical dielectric body and a plurality of commutator segments arranged along an outer peripheral surface of the dielectric body. Each commutator segment includes a ridge, which extends in a direction generally parallel to an axial direction of the commutator and radially inwardly projects into the dielectric body to secure the commutator segment relative to the dielectric body. Each ridge includes alternately arranged high projecting portions and low projecting portions. Each high projecting portion includes grooves, which are obliquely angled relative to the longitudinal direction of the ridge, and protrusions, each of which is bound with one of the grooves and protrudes in an imaginary plane generally perpendicular to the projecting direction of the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20040066110
    Abstract: A commutator includes a generally cylindrical dielectric body and a plurality of commutator segments arranged along an outer peripheral surface of the dielectric body. Each commutator segment includes a ridge, which extends in a direction generally parallel to an axial direction of the commutator and radially inwardly projects into the dielectric body to secure the commutator segment relative to the dielectric body. Each ridge includes alternately arranged high projecting portions and low projecting portions. Each high projecting portion includes grooves, which are obliquely angled relative to the longitudinal direction of the ridge, and protrusions, each of which is bound with one of the grooves and protrudes in an imaginary plane generally perpendicular to the projecting direction of the ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Ryohei Kageyama, Nobuo Kasao, Toshiyuki Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 6489703
    Abstract: In a commutator forming plate to be rounded into a cylinder which is to be cut at constant angular intervals to form a plurality of commutator segments after being filled with insulating material, a plurality of lands rising at given intervals on one surface of a plate is provided and a plurality of projecting portions protruding nearly perpendicular to a rising direction of each of the lands are formed simultaneously by forming a plurality of grooves crossing with each other on the respective lands and extending so as to intersect obliquely with respective outer peripheries of the lands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Terada, Nobuo Kasao, Kazunobu Kanno
  • Publication number: 20010004177
    Abstract: In a commutator forming plate to be rounded into a cylinder which is to be cut at constant angular intervals to form a plurality of commutator segments after being filled with insulating material, a plurality of lands rising at given intervals on one surface of a plate is provided and a plurality of projecting portions protruding nearly perpendicular to a rising direction of each of the lands are formed simultaneously by forming a plurality of grooves crossing with each other on the respective lands and extending so as to intersect obliquely with respective outer peripheries of the lands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Yuuichi Terada, Nobuo Kasao, Kazunobu Kanno