Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Iwashita

Nobuyuki Iwashita 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: 9692270
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, an annular rotor magnet, an armature arranged to cover the rotor magnet, an upper bracket fixed to an axial upper portion of the armature, and a lower bracket fixed to an axial lower portion of the armature. The armature includes an annular core-back, a plurality of magnetic pole teeth protruding radially inward from the core-back, an insulator arranged to cover the magnetic pole teeth, and a coil wound around the magnetic pole teeth through the insulator. The insulator includes an annular core-back insulating portion arranged radially outward of the coil and extended axially upward. The upper bracket is fixed by a plurality of fixing members positioned radially inward of an outer circumferential surface of the core-back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keizo Furukawa, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Jun Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20140132122
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, an annular rotor magnet, an armature arranged to cover the rotor magnet, an upper bracket fixed to an axial upper portion of the armature, and a lower bracket fixed to an axial lower portion of the armature. The armature includes an annular core-back, a plurality of magnetic pole teeth protruding radially inward from the core-back, an insulator arranged to cover the magnetic pole teeth, and a coil wound around the magnetic pole teeth through the insulator. The insulator includes an annular core-back insulating portion arranged radially outward of the coil and extended axially upward. The upper bracket is fixed by a plurality of fixing members positioned radially inward of an outer circumferential surface of the core-back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keizo FURUKAWA, Nobuyuki IWASHITA, Jun NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 8653707
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a bearing arranged to support the shaft such that the shaft is rotatable about a central axis, a rotating body fixed to the shaft and including a rotor magnet arranged in an outer circumference thereof, a stator arranged radially outward of the rotor magnet, a circuit board arranged to be perpendicular to the central axis on one axial side of the rotating body, and an encoder arranged to detect rotation of the rotating body. The encoder includes a reflection pattern arranged on a surface of the rotating body which is opposed to the circuit board, and a reflective rotation detection sensor arranged on the circuit board to detect the rotation of the rotating body by irradiating the reflection pattern with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Keizo Furukawa, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Koichi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8378540
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a bearing, a cover, a shaft, a rotor holder and a rotor magnet. The cover member includes an outer cylinder portion arranged to support the stator on the inner surface thereof, an inner cylinder portion arranged to support the bearing on the inner surface thereof and a bottom portion arranged to interconnect the lower end of the outer cylinder portion and the lower end of the inner cylinder portion. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator arranged to cover the stator core and coils. The cover member is preferably formed by press-forming a single metal plate member. The insulator includes a protrusion portion positioned radially outwards of the coils to protrude upwards higher than the upper end of the outer cylinder portion. The upper ends of the coils are positioned higher than the upper end of the outer cylinder portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Keizo Furukawa, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Masato Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120043862
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a bearing arranged to support the shaft such that the shaft is rotatable about a central axis, a rotating body fixed to the shaft and including a rotor magnet arranged in an outer circumference thereof, a stator arranged radially outward of the rotor magnet, a circuit board arranged to be perpendicular to the central axis on one axial side of the rotating body, and an encoder arranged to detect rotation of the rotating body. The encoder includes a reflection pattern arranged on a surface of the rotating body which is opposed to the circuit board, and a reflective rotation detection sensor arranged on the circuit board to detect the rotation of the rotating body by irradiating the reflection pattern with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keizo Furukawa, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Koichi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20110169358
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a bearing, a cover, a shaft, a rotor holder and a rotor magnet. The cover member includes an outer cylinder portion arranged to support the stator on the inner surface thereof, an inner cylinder portion arranged to support the bearing on the inner surface thereof and a bottom portion arranged to interconnect the lower end of the outer cylinder portion and the lower end of the inner cylinder portion. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator arranged to cover the stator core and coils. The cover member is preferably formed by press-forming a single metal plate member. The insulator includes a protrusion portion positioned radially outwards of the coils to protrude upwards higher than the upper end of the outer cylinder portion. The upper ends of the coils are positioned higher than the upper end of the outer cylinder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keizo FURUKAWA, Nobuyuki IWASHITA, Masato YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6685777
    Abstract: A paste applicator and paste application method for die bonding apply paste to adhere a semiconductor chip on a substrate. Data on paste application volume and application pattern which can be identified from paste thickness and chip size are stored. A dispensing flow rate calculator calculates dispensing flow rate of a dispenser based on the paste application volume data and application pattern data when the paste is dispensed from the dispenser and pressure fed to an application nozzle for applying paste. Based on this calculated dispensing flow rate and application pattern data, a dispenser controller controls the dispenser and a transfer table controller controls the transfer table for moving the application nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Sato, Hitoshi Mukojima, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Nobuyuki Suefuji, Mitsuru Ozono
  • Patent number: 6605315
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a bonding paste applicator and a method of applying a bonding paste which allow satisfactory paste applying quality and excellent operability to be realized. A bonding paste application method for applying a bonding paste by making a drawing with a paste applying nozzle made to move to a position, where a chip is mounted on a substrate, comprises the steps of storing in advance in a storing unit 46 a drawing pattern for controlling each of X, Y and Z axes to move a paste applying nozzle and a drawing pattern setting table 53 to show a category corresponding to the size of a chip to be bonded, selecting a drawing pattern corresponding to the size of the chip, which has been designated, by means of a drawing pattern selecting unit 54 and obtaining a speed pattern for each of the X, Y and Z axes based on the selected drawing pattern by means of a speed pattern computing unit 55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ozono, Seiichi Sato, Nobuyuki Suefuji, Nobuyuki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20020037372
    Abstract: A paste applicator and paste application method for die bonding apply paste to adhere a semiconductor chip on a substrate. Data on paste application volume and application pattern which can be identified from paste thickness and chip size are stored. A dispensing flow rate calculator calculates dispensing flow rate of a dispenser based on the paste application volume data and application pattern data when the paste is dispensed from the dispenser and pressure fed to an application nozzle for applying paste. Based on this calculated dispensing flow rate and application pattern data, a dispenser controller controls the dispenser and a transfer table controller controls the transfer table for moving the application nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Seiichi Sato, Hitoshi Mukojima, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Nobuyuki Suefuji, Mitsuru Ozono
  • Patent number: 6361831
    Abstract: A paste applicator and paste application method for die bonding apply paste to adhere a semiconductor chip on a substrate. Data on paste application volume and application pattern which can be identified from paste thickness and chip size are stored. A dispensing flow rate calculator calculates dispensing flow rate of a dispenser based on the paste application volume data and application pattern data when the paste is dispensed from the dispenser and pressure fed to an application nozzle for applying paste. Based on this calculated dispensing flow rate and application pattern data, a dispenser controller controls the dispenser and a transfer table controller controls the transfer table for moving the application nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Sato, Hitoshi Mukojima, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Nobuyuki Suefuji, Mitsuru Ozono
  • Patent number: 6348234
    Abstract: In a paste applying method for applying paste in an application area set on the surface of the object to be applied, the application efficiency is enhanced and the application quality is improved by applying the paste in an undulation pattern of convex and concave shape that defines the interior of the surface of the object on which no paste is deposited, where the interior area is substantially enclosed by the undulation pattern of the paste. A discharge port of an application nozzle is moved with one continuous line from an application start point to an application end point along the moving route by a plurality of passing points. The plurality of passing points are set at each comer of the application area and include a plurality of first passing points and a plurality of second passing points, where the first passing points are set at each corner of the application area and the second passing points are set at the central side of the application area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ozono, Hitoshi Mukojima, Seiichi Sato, Nobuyuki Iwashita, Nobuyuki Suefuji