Patents by Inventor Takatoshi KUWANO

Takatoshi KUWANO 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: 9172292
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid stepping motor including a rotor including a plurality of rotor small teeth arranged on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a stator including a plurality of salient poles, each including a plurality of stator small teeth. The stator small teeth have a predetermined stator tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined stator tooth pitch, the rotor small teeth have a predetermined rotor tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined rotor tooth pitch, and a facing area which is a difference between an area of attraction poles of the stator small teeth and the rotor small teeth and an area of repulsion poles thereof ranges between a maximum value in a parameter space of a dimensional ratio of the stator and/or the rotor and a threshold value of the maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Yoshida, Takeshi Sato, Takatoshi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 9172293
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid stepping motor including a rotor including a plurality of rotor small teeth arranged at an equal pitch on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a stator including a plurality of salient poles, each including a plurality of stator small teeth arranged to face the outer circumferential surface of the rotor via a gap. The stator small teeth have a predetermined stator tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined stator tooth pitch. The rotor small teeth have a predetermined rotor tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined rotor tooth pitch. A repulsion area ratio which is a ratio of an area of repulsion poles to a total area of all stator small teeth facing the rotor ranges from 0% to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Yoshida, Takeshi Sato, Takatoshi Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20130249331
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid stepping motor including a rotor including a plurality of rotor small teeth arranged on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a stator including a plurality of salient poles, each including a plurality of stator small teeth. The stator small teeth have a predetermined stator tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined stator tooth pitch, the rotor small teeth have a predetermined rotor tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined rotor tooth pitch, and a facing area which is a difference between an area of attraction poles of the stator small teeth and the rotor small teeth and an area of repulsion poles thereof ranges between a maximum value in a parameter space of a dimensional ratio of the stator and/or the rotor and a threshold value of the maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro YOSHIDA, Takeshi SATO, Takatoshi KUWANO
  • Publication number: 20130249332
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid stepping motor including a rotor including a plurality of rotor small teeth arranged at an equal pitch on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a stator including a plurality of salient poles, each including a plurality of stator small teeth arranged to face the outer circumferential surface of the rotor via a gap. The stator small teeth have a predetermined stator tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined stator tooth pitch. The rotor small teeth have a predetermined rotor tooth thickness and are arranged at a predetermined rotor tooth pitch. A repulsion area ratio which is a ratio of an area of repulsion poles to a total area of all stator small teeth facing the rotor ranges from 0% to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro YOSHIDA, Takeshi SATO, Takatoshi KUWANO