Patents by Inventor Tomonori TERASAKI

Tomonori TERASAKI 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).

  • Disk drive base unit with electrodeposition coating film covering wall except upper wall surface and adjacent inner side surface
    Patent number: 10910018
    Abstract: A base unit includes a support to support a motor, a bottom plate, and a wall. The bottom plate extends radially outward from the support. The wall extends upward from an outer periphery of the bottom plate, and includes a rectangular opening in planar view. Surfaces of the bottom plate and the wall include a cover surface covered with an electrodeposition coating film and an exposed surface in which a material of the base unit is exposed from the electrodeposition coating film. At least an upper end surface of the wall and a partial region of an inside wall surface of the wall continuous with the upper end surface are each the exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Terasaki, Tomohiro Yoneda, Junzo Fujinawa, Hirokazu Watanabe, Tadahiro Kuramoto
  • BASE UNIT, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE UNIT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISK DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190287573
    Abstract: A base unit includes a support to support a motor, a bottom plate, and a wall. The bottom plate extends radially outward from the support. The wall extends upward from an outer periphery of the bottom plate, and includes a rectangular opening in planar view. Surfaces of the bottom plate and the wall include a cover surface covered with an electrodeposition coating film and an exposed surface in which a material of the base unit is exposed from the electrodeposition coating film. At least an upper end surface of the wall and a partial region of an inside wall surface of the wall continuous with the upper end surface are each the exposed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tomonori TERASAKI, Tomohiro YONEDA, Junzo FUJINAWA, Hirokazu WATANABE, Tadahiro KURAMOTO