Patents by Inventor Takako Fukuda

Takako Fukuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20160053773
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes: a casing having an upper casing with an air suction opening, a lower casing, and a plurality of support members disposed between the lower casing and the upper casing with air discharge openings provided between the support members; an impeller disposed between the upper and lower casings, and including an annular upper shroud provided on an upper casing side, a base plate integrally formed with the annular upper shroud, and a plurality of blades arranged along a circumferential direction between the annular upper shroud and the base plate; and a fan motor which rotates the impeller. A plurality of recesses are provided on the upper surface of the upper casing, and formed to surround the air suction opening, and a plurality of ribs are radially provided around the air suction opening and between the adjacent recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Seiya FUJIMOTO, Takako FUKUDA, Yuzuru SUZUKI, Masaki OGUSHI
  • Patent number: 9194398
    Abstract: There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction below the upper shroud, and is rotatable around a rotary shaft. The upper casing and the lower casing configure an open-type casing. A surface of the upper shroud facing the upper casing includes a first portion which becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft. A surface of the upper casing facing the upper shroud includes a second portion which faces the first portion of the upper shroud and becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiya Fujimoto, Takako Fukuda, Yuzuru Suzuki, Masaki Ogushi
  • Patent number: 9127687
    Abstract: In a centrifugal fan, a casing includes: a top plate; a motor base configured to serve as a bottom plate; and a plurality of support members provided between the top plate and the motor base, wherein an opening functioning as an air outlet opening is formed at each side of the casing so as to be surrounded by adjacent support members, the top plate and the motor base, and an impeller, which is housed between the top plate and the motor base of the casing, includes: an annular shroud; and a plurality of blades arranged in the circumferential direction and provided under the shroud, wherein at least one part of each blade opposes directly the motor base of the casing, and wherein the motor base opposes the lower parts of the blades in the direction of a rotary shaft of the impeller with a predetermined air gap provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiya Fujimoto, Takako Fukuda, Yuzuru Suzuki, Masaki Ogushi
  • Patent number: 9096153
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a function of absorbing volatile substances in an interior of a vehicle with the seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat comprises a seat frame structure, a cushioned padding member supported on the seat frame structure, and a volatile substances-absorbing member provided on a surface of the cushioned padding member which faces the seat frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Takahashi, Takako Fukuda, Hideyuki Yanagita, Harutomi Nishide, Yoshiyuki Ito, Tetsushi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9039360
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having a plurality of blades along a circumferential direction and disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud is housed in a casing configured by an upper casing and a lower casing, and that an air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller by a centrifugal force due to a rotation of the impeller. The shroud has a curved surface formed from an outer edge portion toward a center thereof. The shroud has a plurality of protrusions which are formed on the surface of the shroud such that a gap is formed between each of the protrusion portions and the upper casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Seiya Fujimoto, Masaki Ogushi, Yuzuru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9039362
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a main plate; a shroud; and a plurality of blades provided between the main plate and the shroud and arranged circumferentially; wherein the impeller is configured to rotated about a rotation axis; wherein the plurality of blades include a pressure surface and a negative pressure surface; and the pressure surface has a shape, in which at least three types of circular arcs are connected, as viewed from a rotation axial direction. A centrifugal fan includes the above-described impeller; and three or more pillars, wherein an interval between one adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars is different from an interval between the other adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Seiya Fujimoto, Masaki Ogushi, Yuzuru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9039361
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having plural blades disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud along a circumferential direction is accommodated 5 in a casing, and that an air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller by a centrifugal force due to a rotation of the impeller, and thereby discharging the air from the casing. The casing includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and plural supporting struts interposed between the upper plate and the lower plate, and 10 lateral sides of the casing have only the supporting struts to form a discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Masaki Ogushi, Seiya Fujimoto, Yuzuru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8961124
    Abstract: An axial fan is provided. The axial fan includes a hub, an impeller having a plurality of blades mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, and a housing surrounding the impeller. Each of the blades has a front edge angle (?) within a range of ?8° to ?20°, a mounting angle (?) within a range of 36° to 50°, and a twisted angle (?) within a range of 10°±2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Masaki Ogushi, Yoichi Kawai, Naoya Ohki
  • Patent number: 8834112
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having a plurality of blades along a circumferential direction and disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud is accommodated in a casing, and that air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller. One end of each of the blades is supported by the main plate, and the other end of each of the blades is supported by the annular shroud. The annular shroud includes a curved surface formed from an outer circumferential edge toward a center thereof, and a cylindrical part connected to the curved surface at a center side. An upper end of the cylindrical part of the annular shroud passes through an opening of the casing and protrudes from the casing, and the upper end of the cylindrical part has a bell mouth shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takako Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8710829
    Abstract: A sheet coil type is provided in which a detection coil of two phases is disposed at a stator section and structured such that a coil of sine phase a coil of cosine phase are circumferentially arranged alternately on the same plane, wherein the distance between an excitation coil at a rotor section and the coil of sine phase at the stator section is identical to the distance between the excitation coil at the rotor section and the coil of cosine phase at the stator section, whereby the difference in amplitude between at a sine phase output and at a cosine phase output is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Takaaki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20140015292
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a function of absorbing volatile substances in an interior of a vehicle with the seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat comprises a seat frame structure, a cushioned padding member supported on the seat frame structure, and a volatile substances-absorbing member provided on a surface of the cushioned padding member which faces the seat frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR Co., Ltd., TS TECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Takahashi, Takako Fukuda, Hideyuki Yanagita, Harutomi Nishide, Yoshiyuki Ito, Tetsushi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8554181
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Kitahara, Noriaki Inoue, Takako Fukuda, Masashi Tsuyunashi, Kentaro Koga, Satoru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20130084173
    Abstract: There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction below the upper shroud, and is rotatable around a rotary shaft. A pressure surface of each of the plurality of blades has a convex shape in a rotation direction and is formed with a plurality of protrusions which extend in parallel with the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako FUKUDA, Seiya FUJIMOTO, Masaki OGUSHI, Yuzuru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20130058783
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a main plate; a shroud; and a plurality of blades provided between the main plate and the shroud and arranged circumferentially; wherein the impeller is configured to rotated about a rotation axis; wherein the plurality of blades include a pressure surface and a negative pressure surface; and the pressure surface has a shape, in which at least three types of circular arcs are connected, as viewed from a rotation axial direction. A centrifugal fan includes the above-described impeller; and three or more pillars, wherein an interval between one adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars is different from an interval between the other adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako FUKUDA, Seiya FUJIMOTO, Masaki OGUSHI, Yuzuru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20130052049
    Abstract: In a centrifugal fan, a casing includes: a top plate; a motor base configured to serve as a bottom plate; and a plurality of support members provided between the top plate and the motor base, wherein an opening functioning as an air outlet opening is formed at each side of the casing so as to be surrounded by adjacent support members, the top plate and the motor base, and an impeller, which is housed between the top plate and the motor base of the casing, includes: an annular shroud; and a plurality of blades arranged in the circumferential direction and provided under the shroud, wherein at least one part of each blade opposes directly the motor base of the casing, and wherein the motor base opposes the lower parts of the blades in the direction of a rotary shaft of the impeller with a predetermined air gap provided therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya FUJIMOTO, Takako FUKUDA, Yuzuru SUZUKI, Masaki OGUSHI
  • Patent number: 8380431
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device 10 includes reception means 60 for receiving a telephone number and positional information about a first point location from a portable device 30, storage means 70 for storing telephone numbers and positional information about multiple second point locations, first comparison means 62a for comparing the telephone number of the first point location with the telephone numbers of the multiple second point locations, second comparison means 62b for comparing the positional information about the first point location with the positional information about the multiple second point locations, display means 63 for displaying a point of interest on a map on the basis of comparison results of the first and second comparison means by using either the positional information about the first point location or the positional information about one of the multiple second point locations corresponding to the first point location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Keisuke Okamoto, Hiroaki Sekiyama, Yoshihiro Oe, Tokuhiko Nishiba
  • Publication number: 20130028720
    Abstract: There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction below the upper shroud, and is rotatable around a rotary shaft. The upper casing and the lower casing configure an open-type casing. A surface of the upper shroud facing the upper casing includes a first portion which becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft. A surface of the upper casing facing the upper shroud includes a second portion which faces the first portion of the upper shroud and becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya FUJIMOTO, Takako FUKUDA, Yuzuru SUZUKI, Masaki OGUSHI
  • Publication number: 20130004307
    Abstract: An impeller and a centrifugal fan having the same are provided. The impeller includes a lower shroud, an upper shroud, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction between the lower shroud and the upper shroud. The impeller is rotatable around a rotary shaft. An outside diameter of the lower shroud is equal to or smaller than an inside diameter of the upper shroud. An inside portion of each of the blades has an inclined portion which connects an inside circle portion of the upper shroud and an inside circle portion of the lower shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako FUKUDA, Seiya FUJIMOTO, Masaki OGUSHI, Yuzuru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20120228918
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a function of absorbing volatile substances in an interior of a vehicle with the seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat comprises a seat frame structure, a cushioned padding member supported on the seat frame structure, and a volatile substances-absorbing member provided on a surface of the cushioned padding member which faces the seat frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Junichi Takahashi, Takako Fukuda, Hideyuki Yanagita, Harutomi Nishide, Yoshiyuki Ito, Tetsushi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120195747
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having a plurality of blades along a circumferential direction and disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud is housed in a casing configured by an upper casing and a lower casing, and that an air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller by a centrifugal force due to a rotation of the impeller. The shroud has a curved surface formed from an outer edge portion toward a center thereof. The shroud has a plurality of protrusions which are formed on the surface of the shroud such that a gap is formed between each of the protrusion portions and the upper casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako FUKUDA, Seiya FUJIMOTO, Masaki OGUSHI, Yuzuru SUZUKI