Patents by Inventor Tatsumi Mitsuta

Tatsumi Mitsuta 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: 5554905
    Abstract: A piezoelectric rotating motor includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a disk-shaped stator having a center portion in which the piezoelectric elements are accommodated, a circular friction zone which is formed on an outer peripheral portion of its one surface and a connecting portion which connects the center portion with the friction zone so as to form a lever transmitting and amplifying the axial strain of the piezoelectric elements to the portion of the friction zone located in the same angular sector as the piezoelectric elements and which has a cone shape at rear side of the friction zone so as to thin its thickness from the center portion to the outer peripheral portion and producing a progressive wave forming an elliptical vibration on the friction zone by the composition of its three dimensional strain due to the piezoelective effect of the piezoelectric elements and a rotor being contracted with the friction zone under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignees: IMRA Europe SA, Techsonic
    Inventors: Michel Gschwind, Tatsumi Mitsuta, Daniel Guyomar, Jean-Denis Sauzade, Thierry Mazoyer