Patents by Inventor Tokuyuki Akabane

Tokuyuki Akabane 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: 7735802
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame provided with an opening part, a baffle turnably supported on the frame, and a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle to open and close the opening part. The drive unit may include an output member whose tip end side is provided with an engagement part with the baffle and which is linearly advanced and retreated to and from the baffle to turnably drive the baffle. Further, the damper device includes a wall part provided between the driving part and the baffle and formed with an output hole part through which the output member is penetrated. The engagement part is located apart from a first moving extended axis which is formed by movement of the output member penetrating through the output hole part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Patent number: 7726626
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame, a baffle turnably supported on the frame, a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle, a first and a second turnable support parts for supporting the baffle on the frame, and a mechanical connecting part between the drive unit and the baffle which is structured at a position apart from a turning center axial line of the baffle. The first and second turnable support parts are structured by using a shaft part made of resin which is formed in one of the baffle and the frame, and a shaft hole which is formed in the other of the baffle and the frame. A passage through which cold air is passed is opened and closed by the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Patent number: 7726627
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame, a baffle turnably supported on the frame for opening and closing a passage through which fluid is passed, and a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle. The drive unit may include an output member whose tip end side structures a slide mechanism together with the baffle, and a driving part which causes the output member to linearly advance and retreat to and from the baffle. The slide mechanism includes a groove formed in one of a tip end side of the output member and the baffle so that the groove is extended to move the baffle, and a slider part provided in the other so that the slider part is fitted into the groove, and the groove is formed in which at least one of both end portions of the groove is formed in an open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Patent number: 7554231
    Abstract: A motor actuator may include a motor, a cam driven by the motor, switch contact pieces operated by the cam, a housing case which accommodates at least the cam, the switch contact pieces, and connection terminals attached to the housing case for connecting an external power supply to the motor. The cam is formed with a step part for operating the switch contact pieces and the switch contact pieces are structured as a position sensor. The connection terminals may include a first switch terminal, a second switch terminal, a first motor terminal, and a second motor terminal. The housing case is formed with at least three cut-out portions so that the first switch terminal, the first motor terminal and the second switch terminal are disposed in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Ito, Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Publication number: 20080078452
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame provided with an opening part, a baffle turnably supported on the frame, and a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle to open and close the opening part. The drive unit may include an output member whose tip end side is provided with an engagement part with the baffle and which is linearly advanced and retreated to and from the baffle to turnably drive the baffle. Further, the damper device includes a wall part provided between the driving part and the baffle and formed with an output hole part through which the output member is penetrated. The engagement part is located apart from a first moving extended axis which is formed by movement of the output member penetrating through the output hole part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Publication number: 20080072616
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame, a baffle turnably supported on the frame for opening and closing a passage through which fluid is passed, and a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle. The drive unit may include an output member whose tip end side structures a slide mechanism together with the baffle, and a driving part which causes the output member to linearly advance and retreat to and from the baffle. The slide mechanism includes a groove formed in one of a tip end side of the output member and the baffle so that the groove is extended to move the baffle, and a slider part provided in the other so that the slider part is fitted into the groove, and the groove is formed in which at least one of both end portions of the groove is formed in an open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Publication number: 20080072966
    Abstract: A damper device may include a frame, a baffle turnably supported on the frame, a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle, a first and a second turnable support parts for supporting the baffle on the frame, and a mechanical connecting part between the drive unit and the baffle which is structured at a position apart from a turning center axial line of the baffle. The first and second turnable support parts are structured by using a shaft part made of resin which is formed in one of the baffle and the frame, and a shaft hole which is formed in the other of the baffle and the frame. A passage through which cold air is passed is opened and closed by the baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tokuyuki Akabane
  • Publication number: 20080048512
    Abstract: A motor actuator may include a motor, a cam driven by the motor, switch contact pieces operated by the cam, a housing case which accommodates at least the cam, the switch contact pieces, and connection terminals attached to the housing case for connecting an external power supply to the motor. The cam is formed with a step part for operating the switch contact pieces and the switch contact pieces are structured as a position sensor. The connection terminals may include a first switch terminal, a second switch terminal, a first motor terminal, and a second motor terminal. The housing case is formed with at least three cut-out portions so that the first switch terminal, the first motor terminal and the second switch terminal are disposed in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Ito, Tokuyuki Akabane