Patents by Inventor Tomonari Shiraishi

Tomonari Shiraishi 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: 10840762
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a stator including teeth each including a constricted portion on which a coil is to be wound, and a tip end portion including a confronting surface that faces a rotor and having a width greater than that of the constricted portion. A spacer includes closure members disposed between adjacent ones of the tip end portions, and fitted to the teeth so that the confronting surfaces of the teeth are exposed toward the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Nagata, Yasufumi Takagi, Tomonari Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20180034338
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a stator including teeth each including a constricted portion on which a coil is to be wound, and a tip end portion including a confronting surface that faces a rotor and having a width greater than that of the constricted portion. A spacer includes closure members disposed between adjacent ones of the tip end portions, and fitted to the teeth so that the confronting surfaces of the teeth are exposed toward the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Toshihiko NAGATA, Yasufumi TAKAGI, Tomonari SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 9496763
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a stator, a housing including a tubular section to accommodate the stator, a cover coupled to the housing to block an upper opening of the tubular section, and a bent wire rod defined by a wire to press the stator against the tubular section, the bent wire rod being arranged between a top surface of the stator and a rear surface of the cover while being compressingly deformed along an axis of the stator. The bent wire rod has an annular or substantially annular shape with an opened portion when seen along the axis, and includes projections projecting upward along the axis and depressions projecting downward along the axis being arranged alternately and successively. An elastic force from the bent wire rod causes the stator to receive a downward force along the axis. The stator is pressed against the tubular section to hold the stator in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Shiraishi, Toshihiko Nagata, Toshihide Ootani, Hideyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160087504
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a stator, a housing including a tubular section to accommodate the stator, a cover coupled to the housing to block an upper opening of the tubular section, and a bent wire rod defined by a wire to press the stator against the tubular section, the bent wire rod being arranged between a top surface of the stator and a rear surface of the cover while being i deformed along an axis of the stator. The bent wire rod has an annular or substantially annular shape with an opened portion when seen along the axis, and includes projections projecting upward along the axis and depressions projecting downward along the axis being arranged alternately and successively. An elastic force from the bent wire rod causes the stator to receive a downward force along the axis. The stator is pressed against the tubular section to hold the stator in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonari SHIRAISHI, Toshihiko NAGATA, Toshihide OOTANI, Hideyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9236774
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a stator, a housing including a tubular section to accommodate the stator, a cover coupled to the housing to block an upper opening of the tubular section, and a bent wire rod defined by a wire to press the stator against the tubular section, the bent wire rod being arranged between a top surface of the stator and a rear surface of the cover while being compressingly deformed along an axis of the stator. The bent wire rod has substantially annular shape with an opened portion when seen along the axis, and includes projections projecting upward along the axis and depressions projecting downward along the axis being arranged alternately and successively. An elastic force from the bent wire rod causes the stator to receive a downward force along the axis. The stator is pressed against the tubular section to hold the stator in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Shiraishi, Toshihiko Nagata, Toshihide Ootani, Hideyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130341112
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a stator, a housing including a tubular section to accommodate the stator, a cover coupled to the housing to block an upper opening of the tubular section, and a bent wire rod defined by a wire to press the stator against the tubular section, the bent wire rod being arranged between a top surface of the stator and a rear surface of the cover while being compressingly deformed along an axis of the stator. The bent wire rod has an annular or substantially annular shape with an opened portion when seen along the axis, and includes projections projecting upward along the axis and depressions projecting downward along the axis being arranged alternately and successively. An elastic force from the bent wire rod causes the stator to receive a downward force along the axis. The stator is pressed against the tubular section to hold the stator in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA MOTOR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Shiraishi, Toshihiko Nagata, Toshihide Ootani, Hideyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130342074
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a stator, a housing, and a spring pin. The housing includes a tubular section and a plate section. The tubular section accommodates the stator and includes a first groove on an inner wall thereof. The plate section has a flat plate shape orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a central axis of the tubular section, and projects from an outer surface of the tubular section. The first groove is disposed in a peripheral direction of the tubular section within an area facing a joining portion across the central axis, wherein the joining portion is a portion connecting the tubular section to the plate section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA MOTOR ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Shiraishi, Toshihiko Nagata, Toshihide Ootani