Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Takakusagi

Ryuichi Takakusagi 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: 8941283
    Abstract: A windshield wiper motor includes a reduction mechanism unit and an electric motor. The electric motor includes a yoke formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; four magnets arranged in a cylindrical shape on an inner surface of the yoke, an armature including a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the yoke, an armature core fixed to the rotary shaft and including any teeth of fourteen teeth, eighteen teeth, and twenty two teeth, a commutator being fixed to the rotary shaft and including a plurality of segments insulated from each other with the same number as the number of the teeth of the armature core, an armature coil being wound, and a plurality of connecting wires respectively connected to the segments arranged to face each other around the rotary shaft, and a first brush, a second brush, and a third brush coming into sliding contact with the segments of the commutator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Saito, Ryuichi Takakusagi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yoshichika Kawashima, Kenji Sakata
  • Patent number: 8643247
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric motor including a yoke formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; permanent magnets arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; an armature including a rotary shaft journalled on the yoke, an armature core formed with a plurality of teeth and fixed onto the rotary shaft, an armature coil wound around the teeth of the armature core, a commutator having a plurality of segments and being fixed onto the rotary shaft, and a connecting wire connecting two segments arranged to face each other back to back around the rotary shaft, the armature being surrounded by the permanent magnets and accommodated within the yoke; and a first brush, a second brush, and a third brush coming into sliding contact with the segments of the commutator of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Saito, Ryuichi Takakusagi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yoshichika Kawashima, Kenji Sakata
  • Patent number: 8618712
    Abstract: Disclosed is a windshield wiper motor having a reduction mechanism unit and an electric motor. The electric motor of the windshield wiper motor includes a yoke formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; permanent magnets arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; an armature including a rotary shaft journalled to the yoke, an armature core where a plurality of teeth are formed and fixed onto the rotary shaft, an armature coil wound around teeth of the armature core, a commutator having a plurality of segments and being fixed onto the rotary shaft, and a plurality of connecting wires connecting two segments arranged to face each other back to back around the rotary shaft, being surrounded by the permanent magnets and arranged within the yoke; and a first brush, a second brush, and a third brush coming into sliding contact with the segments of the commutator of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Saito, Ryuichi Takakusagi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yoshichika Kawashima, Kenji Sakata
  • Publication number: 20130293054
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric motor including a yoke formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; permanent magnets arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; an armature including a rotary shaft journalled on the yoke, an armature core formed with a plurality of teeth and fixed onto the rotary shaft, an armature coil wound around the teeth of the armature core, a commutator having a plurality of segments and being fixed onto the rotary shaft, and a connecting wire connecting two segments arranged to face each other back to back around the rotary shaft, the armature being surrounded by the permanent magnets and accommodated within the yoke; and a first brush, a second brush, and a third brush coming into sliding contact with the segments of the commutator of the armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki SAITO, Ryuichi TAKAKUSAGI, Toshiyuki KIMURA, Yoshichika KAWASHIMA, Kenji SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20130278107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a windshield wiper motor having a reduction mechanism unit and an electric motor. The electric motor of the windshield wiper motor includes a yoke formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; permanent magnets arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the yoke; an armature including a rotary shaft journalled to the yoke, an armature core where a plurality of teeth are formed and fixed onto the rotary shaft, an armature coil wound around teeth of the armature core, a commutator having a plurality of segments and being fixed onto the rotary shaft, and a plurality of connecting wires connecting two segments arranged to face each other back to back around the rotary shaft, being surrounded by the permanent magnets and arranged within the yoke; and a first brush, a second brush, and a third brush coming into sliding contact with the segments of the commutator of the armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki SAITO, Ryuichi TAKAKUSAGI, Toshiyuki KIMURA, Yoshichika KAWASHIMA, Kenji SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20130221779
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor in which a commutator (10) is provided with connecting wires which short-circuit equipotential segments; brushes (21) are constituted by a low-speed brush (21a), a high-speed brush (21b), and a common brush (21c) used in common by the low-speed and high-speed brushes, and are juxtaposed along the circumferential direction. The circumferential brush width (W2) of the high-speed brush is set to be smaller than the circumferential brush width (W1) of the low-speed brush. The high-speed brush and the low-speed brush are formed so that simultaneous sliding contact with equipotential segments (15) can be avoided. Additionally, armature cores (8) are provided such that a plurality of teeth (12) is point-symmetrical about a rotary shaft (3) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the teeth and slots (13) are formed so as to exist alternately at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki SAITO, Ryuichi TAKAKUSAGI, Toshiyuki KIMURA, Yoshichika KAWASHIMA, Kenji SAKATA
  • Patent number: 8436505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor in which a commutator (10) is provided with connecting wires which short-circuit equipotential segments; brushes (21) are constituted by a low-speed brush (21a), a high-speed brush (21b), and a common brush (21c) used in common by the low-speed and high-speed brushes, and are juxtaposed along the circumferential direction. The circumferential brush width (W2) of the high-speed brush is set to be smaller than the circumferential brush width (W1) of the low-speed brush. The high-speed brush and the low-speed brush are formed so that simultaneous sliding contact with equipotential segments (15) can be avoided. Additionally, armature cores (8) are provided such that a plurality of teeth (12) is point-symmetrical about a rotary shaft (3) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the teeth and slots (13) are formed so as to exist alternately at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Saito, Ryuichi Takakusagi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yoshichika Kawashima, Kenji Sakata
  • Publication number: 20110198954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor in which a commutator (10) is provided with connecting wires which short-circuit equipotential segments; brushes (21) are constituted by a low-speed brush (21a), a high-speed brush (21b), and a common brush (21c) used in common by the low-speed and high-speed brushes, and are juxtaposed along the circumferential direction. The circumferential brush width (W2) of the high-speed brush is set to be smaller than the circumferential brush width (W1) of the low-speed brush. The high-speed brush and the low-speed brush are formed so that simultaneous sliding contact with equipotential segments (15) can be avoided. Additionally, armature cores (8) are provided such that a plurality of teeth (12) is point-symmetrical about a rotary shaft (3) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the teeth and slots (13) are formed so as to exist alternately at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Saito, Ryuichi Takakusagi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yoshichika Kawashima, Kenji Sakata
  • Publication number: 20070108968
    Abstract: Yoke plates (3a, 3b) of magnetic material adapted for rotation in synchronism with a rotary shaft (2) are installed. An axially magnetized magnet (5) is disposed through the yoke plates (3a, 3b) and an air gap (G1). The outer diameter (R1) of the yoke plates (3a, 3b) is larger than the outer diameter (R2) of the magnet (5). The magnet (5) is fixed to a fixing plate (6) of magnetic material. Hall ICs (9a, 9b) are attached to the front ends of the pole pieces (8a, 8b) of the fixing plate (6). The Hall ICs (9a, 9b) are disposed in a magnetic circuit (M) formed by the magnet (5). When the rotary shaft (2) rotates, the opposed areas (S1, S2) between the magnet (5) and the yoke plates (3a, 3b) vary, so that the density of magnetic flux passing through the Hall ICs (9a, 9b) in the magnetic circuit (M) linearly varies in proportion to the rotation angle. The Hall ICs (9a, 9b) catch this variation and detect the rotation angle of the rotary shaft (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ootawara, Mikio Kawamura, Satoru Negishi, Ryuichi Takakusagi
  • Publication number: 20060202575
    Abstract: A hub dynamo is compacted into a small diameter size while ensuring the generation of a high voltage of electric power. A coil chamber formed between a pair of main iron 10 cores, is partitioned in the axial direction by at least one sub iron 11 core to form a plurality of coil chambers. On the coil chambers a coil wire is wound such that the winding direction changes alternately between adjacent coil chambers. Magnetic flux collectors are connected to the outer circumference of the main/sub iron cores and include a plurality of first magnetic flux 15 collectors connected with the odd numbered iron cores and a (counting from either end) and a plurality of second magnetic flux collectors connected with the even numbered iron cores cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Itoi, Hideyuki Minami, Takeshi Yoda, Ryuichi Takakusagi