Patents by Inventor Tomoyoshi SASAJIMA

Tomoyoshi SASAJIMA 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: 10634162
    Abstract: An axial fan comprises an impeller. The impeller comprises a hub and a plurality of blades disposed on an outer circumference of the hub. A pressure surface of each of the blades is at least partially a convex surface bulging from a suction surface side to a pressure surface side. The convex surface is provided within a predetermined region of the pressure surface of the blade on a hub side. The predetermined region is arranged as part of a radial width of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Sasajima, Yukihiro Higuchi, Naoya Murakami, Koichi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10378547
    Abstract: An axial flow fan includes an impeller having a hub and vanes disposed at equal intervals on an outer peripheral portion of the hub; a rotor shaft located at the center of the impeller; a motor portion rotating the impeller around the rotor shaft as an axis; a casing surrounding an outer periphery of the impeller; a base portion supporting the motor portion; and a stationary blade located in a blowout opening side of air flow, the stationary blade connecting the base portion and the casing, wherein the stationary blade has on its surface a guide portion allowing air flow flowing along the surface to be rectified and guided from a direction of the blowout opening to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Taroda, Yukihiro Higuchi, Tomoyoshi Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20180223862
    Abstract: An axial fan comprises an impeller. The impeller comprises a hub and a plurality of blades disposed on an outer circumference of the hub. A pressure surface of each of the blades is at least partially a convex surface bulging from a suction surface side to a pressure surface side. The convex surface is provided within a predetermined region of the pressure surface of the blade on a hub side. The predetermined region is arranged as part of a radial width of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi SASAJIMA, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Naoya MURAKAMI, Koichi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20150030474
    Abstract: An axial flow fan of the present invention includes: an impeller having a hub and vanes disposed at equal intervals on an outer peripheral portion of the hub; a rotor shaft located at the center of the impeller; a motor portion rotating the impeller around the rotor shaft as an axis; a casing surrounding an outer periphery of the impeller; a base portion supporting the motor portion; and a stationary blade located in a blowout opening side of air flow, the stationary blade connecting the base portion and the casing, wherein the stationary blade has on its surface a guide portion allowing air flow flowing along the surface to be rectified and guided from a direction of the blowout opening to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi TARODA, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Tomoyoshi SASAJIMA