Patents by Inventor Shinsaku Nishimura

Shinsaku Nishimura 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: 9266311
    Abstract: There is provided the manufacturing method of a laminated magnet film end product, including the steps of: a first step of preparing magnet films, each of the magnet films having a thickness of 40 ?m to 300 ?m, and having a nanocrystalline structure which is magnetically isotropic; a second step of applying a self-bonding resin composition with film formability on each of the magnet films so as to prepare a plurality of self-bonding magnet films, each being composed of a magnet film and a self-bonding layer; a third step of mechanically processing each of the plurality of the self-bonding magnet films so as to be solid or hollow disc; a fourth step of preparing a laminated magnet film by laminating the plurality of self-bonding magnetic films; a fifth step of melting each self-bonding layer of the laminated magnet film and then cooling and solidifying each self-bonding layer so as to integrally rigidify the laminated magnet film; and a sixth step of magnetizing the rigidified laminated magnet film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Yamashita, Shinsaku Nishimura, Noboru Menjo
  • Publication number: 20140010955
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing an ?-Fe/R2TM14B-type nanocomposite magnet where R is 9 at. % or more but less than 11.76 at. % of Nd or Pr, TM is Fe or a substance in which a portion of Fe is substituted with Co of 20 at. % or less, and B is 6 to 8 at. %. A relatively long length nanocrystalline ribbon having a coercivity of 600 kA/m or more in which a content of flakes of less than 10 mm in length is 20% or less is coated with a polymeric film and then cut into an intended length, or punched into a specific shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi YAMASHITA, Shiho OHYA, Shinsaku NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8269391
    Abstract: A micro rotor is disclosed and includes a plurality of circular or annular plate-shaped thick film magnets which each include an isotropic magnet with a thickness t1 having an in-plane remanence Mr of 0.95 T or more and a coercivity HcJ of 400 kA/m or more and a non-magnetic material with a thickness t2 adapted to isolate two adjacent isotropic magnets where the ratio of t1/t2 is eight or more and which are stacked on one another in multiple layers in the rotation axis direction, wherein at least two pole pairs are provided and a mean magnetic path of in-plane direction having a permeance (B/?oH) of five or more achieved by the magnet alone is provided, whereby eddy current is reduced. Also disclosed are a radial gap type brushless DC motor, a PM stepping motor and an electric generator which incorporate the above described micro rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Yamashita, Shinsaku Nishimura, Noboru Menjo
  • Publication number: 20110266894
    Abstract: There is provided the manufacturing method of a laminated magnet film, including the steps of: a first step of preparing a magnet film, 40 ?m to 300 ?m in thickness, provided with a nanocrystalline structure magnetically isotropic; a second step of applying a self-bonding resin composition with film formability on the magnet film preparing a self-bonding magnet film composed of the magnet film and a self-bonding layer; a third step of mechanically processing the self-bonding magnet film being solid or hollow; a fourth step of preparing the laminated magnet film by laminating the self-bonding magnet films; a fifth step of melting the self-bonding layer of the laminated magnet film and then cooling and solidifying the self-bonding layer to integrally rigidify the laminated magnet film; and a sixth step of magnetizing the rigidified laminated magnet film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi YAMASHITA, Shinsaku NISHIMURA, Noboru MENJO
  • Publication number: 20100308679
    Abstract: A micro rotor is disclosed and includes a plurality of circular or annular plate-shaped thick film magnets which each include an isotropic magnet with a thickness t1 having an in-plane remanence Mr of 0.95 T or more and a coercivity HcJ of 400 kA/m and a non-magnetic material with a thickness t2 adapted to isolate two adjacent isotropic magnets where the ratio of t1/t2 is eight or more and which are stacked on one another in multiple layers in the rotation axis direction, wherein at least two pole pairs are provided and a mean magnetic path of in-plane direction having a permeance (B/?oH) of five or more achieved by the magnet alone is provided, whereby eddy current is reduced. Also disclosed are a radial gap type brushless DC motor, a PM stepping motor and an electric generator which incorporate the above described micro rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi YAMASHITA, Shinsaku NISHIMURA, Noboru MENJO
  • Patent number: 7300600
    Abstract: In a rare earth bonded magnet comprising a mixture of rare earth magnetic powder, thermosetting resin, and lubricant, the lubricant is constituted by amino-acid compound, specifically either N-lauroyl-L-lysine or N-lauroyl-asparaginic acid. The content of the amino-acid compound as lubricant in the mixture is set to range between 0.01 wt % and 1.0 wt % of the magnetic powder. Since the amino-acid compound has a high decomposition point, the resultant magnet after heat-curing treatment has a sufficient mechanical strength. Also, the amino-acid compound is nonhygroscopic, and therefore oxidation resistance and humidity resistance are good enough. Further, since the amino-acid compound produces a small amount of outgas, the resultant magnet can be suitably and reliably used in a hard disk drive which has stringent requirements, especially on outgas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shinsaku Nishimura, Noboru Menjo, Toshihiko Miura
  • Publication number: 20050211947
    Abstract: In a rare earth bonded magnet comprising a mixture of rare earth magnetic powder, thermosetting resin, and lubricant, the lubricant is constituted by amino-acid compound, specifically either N-lauroyl-L-lysine or N-lauroyl-asparaginic acid. The content of the amino-acid compound as lubricant in the mixture is set to range between 0.01 wt % and 1.0 wt % of the magnetic powder. Since the amino-acid compound has a high decomposition point, the resultant magnet after heat-curing treatment has a sufficient mechanical strength. Also, the amino-acid compound is nonhygroscopic, and therefore oxidation resistance and humidity resistance are good enough. Further, since the amino-acid compound produces a small amount of outgas, the resultant magnet can be suitably and reliably used in a hard disk drive which has stringent requirements, especially on outgas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Nishimura, Noboru Menjo, Toshihiko Miura