Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kodama

Takafumi Kodama 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: 12078188
    Abstract: A fan motor according to an embodiment includes a bearing holder, a stator, a circuit board, and a synthetic resin. The stator is mounted at an outer circumference of the bearing holder. The circuit board is electrically connected to a coil of the stator, is mounted at a surface of the base part at an opposite side to the bearing holder, and extends from a base part to a connector housing. The synthetic resin seals the bearing holder, the stator, and the circuit board, except for both end faces of the bearing holder. The connector housing has a gate opening that is injected with the synthetic resin at the time of sealing and ribs that are at an opposite side to the gate opening with the circuit board between the ribs, and tops of the ribs making contact with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Katsuki, Naohiro Yamada, Takafumi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20230039041
    Abstract: A fan motor according to an embodiment includes a bearing holder, a stator, a circuit board, and a synthetic resin. The stator is mounted at an outer circumference of the bearing holder. The circuit board is electrically connected to a coil of the stator, is mounted at a surface of the base part at an opposite side to the bearing holder, and extends from a base part to a connector housing. The synthetic resin seals the bearing holder, the stator, and the circuit board, except for both end faces of the bearing holder. The connector housing has a gate opening that is injected with the synthetic resin at the time of sealing and ribs that are at an opposite side to the gate opening with the circuit board between the ribs, and tops of the ribs making contact with the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi KATSUKI, Naohiro YAMADA, Takafumi KODAMA
  • Patent number: 5982359
    Abstract: A memory device for recording input 9-bit data comprised of 8-bit video data including a predetermined invalid period and 1-bit color frame information data. A serial-to-parallel converter converts a valid data part of the 1-bit color frame information data to 8-bit data. The video data of the input data is selected when the video data is valid and the 8-bit color frame information is selected when the video data is invalid and 8-bit color frame information data is present. A memory stores the selected 8-bit data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Kodama