Patents by Inventor Teppei Tokizaki

Teppei Tokizaki 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: 12095342
    Abstract: A deceleration mechanism is provided with first and second gears, a first tooth part arranged in the first gear and extending spirally in an axial direction of the first gear, an engagement projected part arranged on the first tooth part, second tooth parts arranged on the second gear, and an engagement recessed part arranged between the adjacent second tooth parts. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and has a curvature center eccentric from a rotation center of the first gear. The second tooth parts are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the first gear and arranged in a circumferential direction of the second gear. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc-shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and engaged with the engagement projected part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kojima, Motoaki Kobayashi, Teppei Tokizaki, Yoshichika Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12044290
    Abstract: When viewed in the axial direction of a pinion gear (31), the center (C1) of a pinion main body (31b) and the center (C2) of a helical tooth (31c) are offset from each other, the helical tooth (31c) has a larger diameter than the pinion main body (31b), and the pinion main body (31b) partially protrudes outside an imaginary circle (VC) that forms the outer shape of the helical tooth (31c). A cross-sectional shape of the pinion gear (31) can be made non-circular with the pinion main body (31b) partially protruding outside the imaginary circle (VC) that forms the outer shape of the helical tooth (31c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki Kobayashi, Teppei Tokizaki
  • Publication number: 20240072605
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a motor part and a gear part. The motor part includes: a rotating shaft, having a first gear; a rotor, having a bottom wall and a side wall, the bottom wall being fixed to the rotating shaft; magnets, fixed to the side wall and arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the rotor; a stator, provided between the rotating shaft and the magnets in a radial direction of the rotor and wound with a coil; and a motor housing, rotatably supporting the rotating shaft, and accommodating the rotor and the stator. The gear part includes: a second gear, meshed with the first gear; an output shaft, having an output part, having a base end side thereof fixed to the second gear, and parallel to the rotating shaft; and a gear housing, rotatably supporting the output shaft, and accommodating the second gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: TEPPEI TOKIZAKI, Motoaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Tamura, Masaki Hayata, Masakazu Saito, Yoshichika Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240063689
    Abstract: A deceleration mechanism is provided with first and second gears, a first tooth part arranged in the first gear and extending spirally in an axial direction of the first gear, an engagement projected part arranged on the first tooth part, second tooth parts arranged on the second gear, and an engagement recessed part arranged between the adjacent second tooth parts. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and has a curvature center eccentric from a rotation center of the first gear. The second tooth parts are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the first gear and arranged in a circumferential direction of the second gear. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc-shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and engaged with the engagement projected part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: NAOKI KOJIMA, MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI, TEPPEI TOKIZAKI, Yoshichika KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11894753
    Abstract: A deceleration mechanism is provided with first and second gears, a first tooth part arranged in the first gear and extending spirally in an axial direction of the first gear, an engagement projected part arranged on the first tooth part, second tooth parts arranged on the second gear, and an engagement recessed part arranged between the adjacent second tooth parts. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and has a curvature center eccentric from a rotation center of the first gear. The second tooth parts are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the first gear and arranged in a circumferential direction of the second gear. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc-shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and engaged with the engagement projected part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kojima, Motoaki Kobayashi, Teppei Tokizaki, Yoshichika Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240003408
    Abstract: When viewed in the axial direction of a pinion gear (31), the center (C1) of a pinion main body (31b) and the center (C2) of a helical tooth (31c) are offset from each other, the helical tooth (31c) has a larger diameter than the pinion main body (31b), and the pinion main body (31b) partially protrudes outside an imaginary circle (VC) that forms the outer shape of the helical tooth (31c). A cross-sectional shape of the pinion gear (31) can be made non-circular with the pinion main body (31b) partially protruding outside the imaginary circle (VC) that forms the outer shape of the helical tooth (31c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI, TEPPEI TOKIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230258248
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a motor with a deceleration mechanism capable of suppressing disengagement of gears even when a large external force is applied to an output shaft. A backup member 70 maintaining engagement between a pinion gear 61 and a helical gear 62 is provided on a side of the pinion gear 61 opposite to the side of the helical gear 62 in a gear case 20. Thus, even when a large external force is applied to the output shaft, disengagement of the gears (disengagement of the pinion gear 61 and the helical gear 62) can be suppressed. Therefore, damage to the pinion gear 61 and the helical gear 62 (deceleration mechanism 60) can be prevented for a long period of time, and consequently the life of the motor 10 with the deceleration mechanism can be extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: TEPPEI TOKIZAKI, MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI, KUMIKO MASUBUCHI, TSUBASA ISHIZEKI, Yoshichika Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11719310
    Abstract: A speed reduction mechanism and a motor equipped with the speed reduction mechanism are provided. A pinion gear is provided with one spiral engagement projected part, and a helical gear is provided with a plurality of engagement recessed parts with which the engagement projected part is engaged. The engagement projected part and the engagement recessed part are formed so that their cross-sectional shapes along a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pinion gear are in arc shapes. A shape of helical teeth and a shape of the engagement recessed part are determined based on a shape of the engagement projected part provided on a spiral tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Tokizaki, Naoki Kojima, Motoaki Kobayashi, Shunji Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20220316558
    Abstract: A speed reduction mechanism and a motor equipped with the speed reduction mechanism are provided. A pinion gear is provided with one spiral engagement projected part, and a helical gear is provided with a plurality of engagement recessed parts with which the engagement projected part is engaged. The engagement projected part and the engagement recessed part are formed so that their cross-sectional shapes along a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pinion gear are in arc shapes. A shape of helical teeth and a shape of the engagement recessed part are determined based on a shape of the engagement projected part provided on a spiral tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: TEPPEI TOKIZAKI, NAOKI KOJIMA, MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI, SHUNJI KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20210159758
    Abstract: A motor with a speed reducer includes a motor (4) received in a motor housing (2), a speed reducer (5) received in the motor housing (2) and that is driven by receiving power from a motor shaft of the motor (4) and that reduces rotation of a rotor boss (43) and outputs the reduced rotation, and a drive shaft (7) received in the motor housing (2), connected to an output shaft (58) of the speed reducer (5) via a transmission belt (6) and that drives a driven body, wherein the rotor boss (43) and the output shaft (58) are disposed coaxially, and the output shaft (58) and the drive shaft (7) are disposed parallel in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Teppei Tokizaki, Satoshi Tamura, Natsumi Tamura, Hiroto Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210021174
    Abstract: A deceleration mechanism is provided with first and second gears, a first tooth part arranged in the first gear and extending spirally in an axial direction of the first gear, an engagement projected part arranged on the first tooth part, second tooth parts arranged on the second gear, and an engagement recessed part arranged between the adjacent second tooth parts. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and has a curvature center eccentric from a rotation center of the first gear. The second tooth parts are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the first gear and arranged in a circumferential direction of the second gear. The engagement projected part is formed in an arc-shape in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the first gear and engaged with the engagement projected part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KOJIMA, Motoaki KOBAYASHI, Teppei TOKIZAKI, Yoshichika KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10756584
    Abstract: In an electric motor (2) which includes four permanent magnets (12) and in which the number of teeth (20) and the number of slots (23) are set to 6, when a polar arc angle of the permanent magnet (12) is ?1, and a skew angle of the teeth (20) and the slots (23) is ?2, the polar arc angle ?1 and the skew angle ?2 are set so as to satisfy 50°??1<70° and 0°<?2?20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Tokizaki, Yoshichika Kawashima, Natsumi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10734858
    Abstract: When teeth (12) are allocated in a circumferential direction in sequence of a U phase, a V phase and a W phase, a forward wound coil wound on each of the phases is provided as a coil of the U phase, the V phase and the W phase, and a reverse wound coil wound on each of the phases is provided as the coil of a ?U phase, a ?V phase and a ?W phase, the coils are electrically connected between the neighboring segments in an order of the U phase, the ?W phase, the ?W phase, the V phase, the ?U phase, the ?U phase, the W phase, the ?V phase and the ?V phase, and the wire (14) drawn between the armature core (8) and the commutator (10) is drawn around the rotation shaft in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshichika Kawashima, Teppei Tokizaki, Natsumi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10615650
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a yoke having a cylindrical section, two pairs of permanent magnets disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical section to oppose each other, and an armature rotatably supported further inside in a radial direction than the permanent magnets, wherein at least a pair of first flat sections opposing each other in the radial direction are formed at the cylindrical section, and the permanent magnets are disposed at positions distant from the first flat sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshichika Kawashima, Teppei Tokizaki, Naoki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10404112
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a yoke having six magnetic poles; a rotary shaft which is provided inside the yoke in a freely rotatable manner; an armature core (6) which has teeth (36) attached to the rotary shaft, radially extending in a radial direction and set in an arrangement of an even number, and an even number of slots (37) formed between the teeth; an armature coil (7) which is wound around the teeth in a single wave winding; and a commutator (13) which is provided in the rotary shaft to be adjacent to the armature core (6) and has a plurality of circumferentially disposed segments (41) to which the armature coil (7) is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshichika Kawashima, Teppei Tokizaki, Natsumi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10374492
    Abstract: A motor apparatus provided with a connector unit (40) to which an external connector is connected, wherein the connector unit (40) has a plurality of conductive members (64, 65, 66) arranged over a base portion (50) and a connector connecting portion (70) provided with a plug-in hole in which the external connector is plugged, wherein the conductive members (64, 65, 66) respectively include connector-side connecting portions (64a, 65a, 66a) connected to the external connector so as to face the connector connecting portion (70) from a first direction reversed to a plug-in direction of the external connector to the plug-in hole and base-side connecting portions (64b, 65b, 66b) connected to terminals or wirings provided in the base portion (50), wherein the connector-side connecting portions (64a, 65a, 66a) are respectively inserted into a plurality of insertion holes (74, 75, 76) provided at positions different from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and wherein the base-side con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yasumoto, Teppei Tokizaki, Shigeki Ota
  • Patent number: 10367401
    Abstract: In a 4-pole, 6-slot, 18-segment electric motor, one forward winding coil (91) and two reverse winding coils (92, 93) are wound on each tooth (12). When the forward winding coils are formed of coils corresponding to a U phase, a V phase, and a W phase and the reverse winding coils are formed of coils corresponding to a “?U” phase, a “?V” phase, and a “?W” phase, the coils, which correspond to a U phase, a “?W” phase, a “?W” phase, a V phase, a “?U” phase, a “?U” phase, a W phase, a “?V” phase, and a “?V” phase, are electrically connected in this order between the adjacent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi Tamura, Hiroto Tanaka, Teppei Tokizaki, Satoshi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10270321
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: brushes (31) that are brought into sliding contact with a commutator of an armature that is fixed to a rotation shaft and feeds electric power; a brush holder stay (33) that supports the brushes (31) via brush holders (41); noise prevention elements (110) that are electrically connected to the brushes (31); and terminals (130) and jump wires (141) that electrically connect between the brush holders (41) and the noise prevention elements (110), wherein first connection portions, which connect between the noise prevention elements (110) and the terminals (130), and second connection portions, which connect between the terminals (130) and the jump wires (141), are both disposed only on a first surface (S1) of the brush holder stay (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Natsumi Tamura, Tomoo Iijima, Teppei Tokizaki, Satoshi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180351423
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a yoke having six magnetic poles; a rotary shaft which is provided inside the yoke in a freely rotatable manner; an armature core (6) which has teeth (36) attached to the rotary shaft, radially extending in a radial direction and set in an arrangement of an even number, and an even number of slots (37) formed between the teeth; an armature coil (7) which is wound around the teeth in a single wave winding; and a commutator (13) which is provided in the rotary shaft to be adjacent to the armature core (6) and has a plurality of circumferentially disposed segments (41) to which the armature coil (7) is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshichika Kawashima, Teppei Tokizaki, Natsumi Tamura
  • Patent number: 10075031
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a yoke having six magnetic poles; a rotary shaft which is provided inside the yoke in a freely rotatable manner; an armature core (6) which has teeth (36) attached to the rotary shaft, radially extending in a radial direction and set in an arrangement of an even number, and an even number of slots (37) formed between the teeth; an armature coil (7) which is wound around the teeth in a single wave winding; and a commutator (13) which is provided in the rotary shaft to be adjacent to the armature core (6) and has a plurality of circumferentially disposed segments (41) to which the armature coil (7) is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshichika Kawashima, Teppei Tokizaki, Natsumi Tamura