Patents by Inventor Noriaki Urayama

Noriaki Urayama 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: 7051346
    Abstract: A disk drive includes a turntable and a clamper. The turntable and/or the clamper have four or more projections, each of which has predetermined height. The projections are arranged at positions for supporting/holding a mounted disk by using the four or more projections, wherein the projections are located at substantially equal intervals around a circumference of the turntable/clamper and the tips of the projections are substantially in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Teruyuki Naka, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa, Makoto Maruoka, Shinichiro Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20040111737
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a disk drive apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of undesirable vibration due to the imbalance of a disk and capable of carrying out high-rate transfer, wherein a balancer is formed so as to accommodate a predetermined number of spherical bodies in a ring-shaped track portion having a predetermined shape, and this balancer is provided so as to be rotatable integrally and coaxially with the disk. In addition, in the disk drive apparatus of the present invention, the ring-shaped track of the balancer is divided into plural tracks by partition walls or the like, and a ball used as a balance member is disposed so as to be movable on each divided track. Furthermore, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention is configured so that the disk is held on both sides or one side thereof by using four or more projections or rubber sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Teruyuki Naka, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa, Makoto Maruoka, Shinichiro Obayashi
  • Patent number: 6741544
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a disk drive apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of undesirable vibration due to the imbalance of a disk and capable of carrying out high-rate transfer, wherein a balancer is formed so as to accommodate a predetermined number of spherical bodies in a ring-shaped track portion having a predetermined shape, and this balancer is provided so as to be rotatable integrally and coaxially with the disk. In addition, in the disk drive apparatus of the present invention, the ring-shaped track of the balancer is divided into plural tracks by partition walls or the like, and a ball used as a balance member is disposed so as to be movable on each divided track. Furthermore, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention is configured so that the disk is held on both sides or one side thereof by using four or more projections or rubber sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Teruyuki Naka, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa, Makoto Maruoka, Shinichiro Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20040093611
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive apparatus that suppresses undesirable vibrations due to the unbalance of a loaded disk and achieves high-speed data transfer, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention comprises a hollow ring member (23) that contains therein a plurality of spherical bodies (24) or a liquid (26) to form a balancer or a balancer, wherein the balancer is formed so as to be rotatable in integral fashion with a disk, thereby suppressing the vibrations generated when an unbalanced disk is rotated at high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa
  • Patent number: 6711116
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive apparatus that suppresses undesirable vibrations due to the unbalance of a loaded disk and achieves high-speed data transfer, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention comprises a hollow ring member (23) that contains therein a plurality of spherical bodies (24) or a liquid (26) to form a balancer, wherein the balancer is formed so as to be rotatable in integral fashion with a disk, thereby suppressing the vibrations generated when an unbalanced disk is rotated at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa
  • Patent number: 6704271
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive apparatus that suppresses undesirable vibrations due to the unbalance of a loaded disk and achieves high-speed data transfer, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention comprises a hollow ring member (23) that contains therein a plurality of spherical bodies (24) or a liquid (26) to form a balancer or a balancer, wherein the balancer is formed so as to be rotatable in integral fashion with a disk, thereby suppressing the vibrations generated when an unbalanced disk is rotated at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa
  • Patent number: 6507555
    Abstract: A balanced disk drive apparatus for suppressing undesirable vibrations caused by the unbalance of a detachable disk during high speed data transfer comprises a balanced disk drive apparatus having a hollow ring member containing a balancing member therein to form a balancer wherein the balancer is rotatable with the detachable disk for suppressing vibrations created by the unbalanced detachable disk during high speed rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa
  • Publication number: 20020191530
    Abstract: To provide a disk drive apparatus that suppresses undesirable vibrations due to the unbalance of a loaded disk and achieves high-speed data transfer, the disk drive apparatus of the present invention comprises a hollow ring member (23) that contains therein a plurality of spherical bodies (24) or a liquid (26) to form a balancer or a balancer, wherein the balancer is formed so as to be rotatable in integral fashion with a disk, thereby suppressing the vibrations generated when an unbalanced disk is rotated at high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Masaki, Kazuhiro Mihara, Shuichi Yoshida, Sachio Fukuyama, Noriaki Urayama, Masaaki Kikugawa