Patents by Inventor Tadaaki Fujinaga

Tadaaki Fujinaga 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: 10054126
    Abstract: A casing includes a first plate made of a metal, a support made of a resin, and a second plate fixed to the support. The first plate includes a flat plate portion, a through hole passing through the flat plate portion, and a claw portion extending upward from an edge of the through hole. A portion of the support is located in the through hole. The support covers a portion of the claw portion such that the support is prevented from turning and from coming off in an upward direction. The claw portion is defined by a portion of the first plate extending along a longest line segment inside the through hole in a plan view being bent upward from the flat plate portion. This enables the claw portion to have a great length even in a small area of the first plate to securely fix the support to the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Tadaaki Fujinaga, Haruo Michishita
  • Patent number: 9856880
    Abstract: A motor includes a metal base plate and a resin holder extending upward from the base plate. The base plate includes a flat plate portion, a through hole passing through the flat plate portion, and a plurality of claw portions extending upward from an edge of the flat plate portion which includes the through hole. A portion of the holder is in the through hole. The holder covers a portion of each claw portion. The holder is thus engaged with each claw portion to prevent the holder from turning around a rotation axis and from coming off in an upward direction. The holder includes a gate mark near a lower surface of the flat plate portion and at a circumferential position between adjacent ones of the claw portions to make it easier for the resin to fill a cavity inside molds during a molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Tadaaki Fujinaga, Haruki Yoshimatsu
  • Publication number: 20150322963
    Abstract: A casing includes a first plate made of a metal, a support made of a resin, and a second plate fixed to the support. The first plate includes a flat plate portion, a through hole passing through the flat plate portion, and a claw portion extending upward from an edge of the through hole. A portion of the support is located in the through hole. The support covers a portion of the claw portion such that the support is prevented from turning and from coming off in an upward direction. The claw portion is defined by a portion of the first plate extending along a longest line segment inside the through hole in a plan view being bent upward from the flat plate portion. This enables the claw portion to have a great length even in a small area of the first plate to securely fix the support to the first plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi HONDA, Tadaaki FUJINAGA, Haruo MICHISHITA
  • Publication number: 20150326092
    Abstract: A motor includes a metal base plate and a resin holder extending upward from the base plate. The base plate includes a flat plate portion, a through hole passing through the flat plate portion, and a plurality of claw portions extending upward from an edge of the flat plate portion which includes the through hole. A portion of the holder is in the through hole. The holder covers a portion of each claw portion. The holder is thus engaged with each claw portion to prevent the holder from turning around a rotation axis and from coming off in an upward direction. The holder includes a gate mark near a lower surface of the flat plate portion and at a circumferential position between adjacent ones of the claw portions to make it easier for the resin to fill a cavity inside molds during a molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi HONDA, Tadaaki FUJINAGA, Haruki YOSHIMATSU
  • Patent number: 8109742
    Abstract: A rotor yoke includes a substantially flat or annular flat cover portion coaxial or substantially coaxial with a rotational axis and a substantially cylindrical side wall portion extending from an outer circumference of the cover portion in a parallel or substantially parallel relationship with the rotational axis. The rotor yoke further includes a substantially annular flange portion extending radially outwards from an open end of the side wall portion. The cover portion and the side wall portion define a cup portion whose center of gravity deviates from the rotational axis in a plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, and the flange portion has an outer circumferential circle whose center deviates from the rotational axis in a direction opposite to the deviation direction of the center of gravity of the cup portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tabata, Tadaaki Fujinaga, Yoshitaka Hiraishi, Hideaki Uchise, Takashi Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20090290998
    Abstract: A rotor yoke includes a substantially flat or annular flat cover portion coaxial or substantially coaxial with a rotational axis and a substantially cylindrical side wall portion extending from an outer circumference of the cover portion in a parallel or substantially parallel relationship with the rotational axis. The rotor yoke further includes a substantially annular flange portion extending radially outwards from an open end of the side wall portion. The cover portion and the side wall portion define a cup portion whose center of gravity deviates from the rotational axis in a plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, and the flange portion has an outer circumferential circle whose center deviates from the rotational axis in a direction opposite to the deviation direction of the center of gravity of the cup portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tabata, Tadaaki Fujinaga, Yoshitaka Hiraishi, Hideaki Uchise, Takashi Tsukada