Patents by Inventor Taizo Ikegawa

Taizo Ikegawa 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: 8339733
    Abstract: A base member on which a plurality of components are mounted includes a base main body, a coating formed on a surface of the base main body, and a display portion formed by a contrast between the coating and the surface of the base main body. The display portion displays a state by which it is determined whether or not the base main body has been machined in accordance with a corresponding machining program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taizo Ikegawa, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Toshiyuki Ninomiya, Hiroshi Nasu
  • Publication number: 20120185076
    Abstract: A base member on which a plurality of components are mounted includes a base main body, a coating formed on a surface of the base main body, and a display portion formed by a contrast between the coating and the surface of the base main body. The display portion displays a state by which it is determined whether or not the base main body has been machined in accordance with a corresponding machining program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Taizo IKEGAWA, Shoichi YOSHIKAWA, Toshiyuki NINOMIYA, Hiroshi NASU
  • Patent number: 7645073
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing device which realizes power saving, reduction of a time period necessary for stabilizing rotation, and enhancement in durability to startup and halting of the motor at the same time by accelerating circulation of a lubricant in the vicinity of a flange with torque loss being kept low is provided. A flange (3) is fixed to one end of a shaft (2). On an inner surface of one of openings of a sleeve (1), a step portion (1C) is provided. When the shaft (2) is inserted into the sleeve (1), the flange (3) is in close vicinity to the step portion (1C). An inner diameter of the step portion (1C) is smaller in end portions in an axial direction than in a central portion. Thus, a gap between an outer surface (3C) of the flange (3) and a surface of the step portion (1C) which opposes the outer surface (3C) is narrow in the vicinity of boundaries of the outer surface (3C) of the flange (3) than in the vicinity the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Tokuno, Toshinori Takasuka, Taizo Ikegawa
  • Publication number: 20090222125
    Abstract: If a blank is mistakenly supplied to a precision machining apparatus corresponding to the wrong model, the missupply can be detected early on by a simple method. A method for manufacturing a base member, which is a method for manufacturing a base member on which a plurality of members are mounted, in which a plurality of kinds of material are machined according to a machining program that differs for each material, said method including the following steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Taizo Ikegawa, Shoichi Yoshikawa, Toshiyuki Ninomiya, Hiroshi Nasu
  • Patent number: 7582996
    Abstract: A magnet (13) for trapping abraded powder is disposed in a connecting passage between an opening of a sleeve and an opening of a hydrodynamic bearing motor, and a shaft (3), a sleeve (4), a thrust flange (7), and a thrust main plate (5) are made of an austenitic stainless. With this configuration, since the austenitic stainless acting as a nonmagnetic substance is used, it is possible to increase a degree of cleaning. Further, abraded powder of the austenitic stainless is transformed into a magnetic substance, and thus a flow of the abraded powder to the outside can be prevented by providing the magnet for trapping abraded powder in the connecting passage between an opening of a bearing and the outside of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Yasunori Tokuno, Masahiro Jyono, Taizo Ikegawa
  • Patent number: 7294946
    Abstract: A dynamic pressure gas bearing motor in which a radial dynamic pressure gas bearing and a thrust dynamic pressure gas bearing are ensured to have sufficient length and diameter even though the clamping screw holes for introducing screws to reliably hold a disk are formed in the top wall of the motor rotation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Jyono, Yasunori Tokuno, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Taizo Ikegawa, Satoko Miki
  • Publication number: 20060170297
    Abstract: A dynamic pressure gas bearing motor in which a radial dynamic pressure gas bearing and a thrust dynamic pressure gas bearing are ensured to have sufficient length and diameter even though the clamping screw holes for introducing screws to reliably hold a disk are formed in the top wall of the motor rotation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiro Jyono, Yasunori Tokuno, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Taizo Ikegawa, Satoko Miki
  • Publication number: 20060138887
    Abstract: A magnet (13) for trapping abraded powder is disposed in a connecting passage between an opening of a sleeve and an opening of a hydrodynamic bearing motor, and a shaft (3), a sleeve (4), a thrust flange (7), and a thrust main plate (5) are made of an austenitic stainless. With this configuration, since the austenitic stainless acting as a nonmagnetic substance is used, it is possible to increase a degree of cleaning. Further, abraded powder of the austenitic stainless is transformed into a magnetic substance, and thus a flow of the abraded powder to the outside can be prevented by providing the magnet for trapping abraded powder in the connecting passage between an opening of a bearing and the outside of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Yasunori Tokuno, Masahiro Jyono, Taizo Ikegawa
  • Publication number: 20060067595
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing device which realizes power saving, reduction of a time period necessary for stabilizing rotation, and enhancement in durability to startup and halting of the motor at the same time by accelerating circulation of a lubricant in the vicinity of a flange with loss torque being kept low is provided. A flange (3) is fixed to one end of a shaft (2). On an inner surface of one of openings of a sleeve (1), a step portion (1C) is provided. When the shaft (2) is inserted into the sleeve (1), the flange (3) is in close vicinity to the step portion (1C). An inner diameter of the step portion (1C) is smaller in end portions in an axial direction than in a central portion. Thus, a gap between an outer surface (3C) of the flange (3) and a surface of the step portion (1C) which opposes the outer surface (3C) is narrow in the vicinity of boundaries of the outer surface (3C) of the flange (3) than in the vicinity the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Yasunori Tokuno, Toshinori Takasuka, Taizo Ikegawa
  • Patent number: 6911753
    Abstract: A gas dynamic bearing motor is provided that is capable of setting a bearing radius to a large value to obtain a sufficient radial stiffness, and preventing lock of the bearing and scattering of wear powder outside the bearing. An annular groove 11 is provided on a lower end surface 87 of a hub 3 to thereby enable a deformation of an inner circumferential surface 82 of the hub 3 when recording disks 9 are loaded on the hub 3 to be suppressed to a small value, thereby enabling partial contact in the radial bearing to be suppressed and lock of the bearing to be prevented. Further, a protrusion 12 is provided on a base 7 in a circumferential direction and fitted in the annular groove 11 to construct a labyrinth seal, thereby enabling scattering of wear powder generated on bearing surfaces outside the bearing to be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Ikegawa, Masahiro Jyono, Yasunori Tokuno, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Satoko Miki
  • Publication number: 20040178688
    Abstract: A gasdynamic bearing motor is provided that is capable of setting a bearing radius to a large value to obtain a sufficient radial stiffness, and preventing lock of the bearing and scattering of wear powder outside the bearing. An annular groove 11 is provided on a lower end surface 87 of a hub 3 to thereby enable a deformation of an inner circumferential surface 82 of the hub 3 when recording disks 9 are loaded on the hub 3 to be suppressed to a small value, thereby enabling partial contact in the radial bearing to be suppressed and lock of the bearing to be prevented. Further, a protrusion 12 is provided on a base 7 in a circumferential direction and fitted in the annular groove 11 to construct a labyrinth seal, thereby enabling scattering of wear powder generated on bearing surfaces outside the bearing to be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Elec. Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Ikegawa, Masahiro Jyono, Yasunori Tokuno, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Satoko Miki