Patents by Inventor Shigeru Endou

Shigeru Endou 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: 9759295
    Abstract: A single axis actuator includes a driving-side timing pulley located at one end in a longitudinal direction of a device frame in such a manner that a rotational center thereof is vertically oriented, a rotation transmission shaft coaxially connected to the driving-side timing pulley and extending upwardly, a driven-side timing pulley located at another end in the longitudinal direction of the device frame in such a manner that a rotation shaft thereof is vertically oriented, a timing belt bridged between the driving-side and driven-side timing pulleys, a slider connected to a part of the timing belt to be made movable in the longitudinal direction of the device frame, and a motor having a motor shaft that is connected to an upper end of the rotation transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Taguchi, Shigeru Endou
  • Publication number: 20160301270
    Abstract: To provide a motor core and a motor capable of reducing cogging torque and torque ripple by the shape of a pole tooth of a stator. An end surface of a pole tooth of a stator is formed such that a cross-section of the end surface along a circumferential direction is a curved surface having an arc shape that protrudes in a direction opposite to a direction in which an end surface of a magnet of a rotor (equivalent to an outer periphery of a rotor yoke part), which is opposed to the end surface, protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke OTA, Hayao WATANABE, Shigeru ENDOU
  • Publication number: 20160245378
    Abstract: A single axis actuator includes a driving-side timing pulley located at one end in a longitudinal direction of a device frame in such a manner that a rotational center thereof is vertically oriented, a rotation transmission shaft coaxially connected to the driving-side timing pulley and extending upwardly, a driven-side timing pulley located at another end in the longitudinal direction of the device frame in such a manner that a rotation shaft thereof is vertically oriented, a timing belt bridged between the driving-side and driven-side timing pulleys, a slider connected to a part of the timing belt to be made movable in the longitudinal direction of the device frame, and a motor having a motor shaft that is connected to an upper end of the rotation transmission shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Toshifumi TAGUCHI, Shigeru ENDOU
  • Publication number: 20090266640
    Abstract: Since a housing 101 is integrally formed with a frame main body 123A of a frame 223 so as to surround a rotor yoke 258 and a stator yoke 242, heat generated from a motor 109 is conducted to the housing 101 to be thereby emitted to the outside. Accordingly, a heat transfer property and a cooling effect of the motor 109 are remarkably improved compared with a case that the housing 101 is formed into a member separated from a frame 123. As a result, it is possible to realize an increase in output of the motor 109 as well as a decrease in size and weight, thereby realizing a decrease in size of an electric power steering apparatus as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Oshima, Shigeru Endou