Patents by Inventor Toshiya Okamoto

Toshiya Okamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20230208247
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller on one side in an axial direction of the motor, and a motor cover between the motor and the controller in the axial direction. The controller includes a screw. The screw includes a head portion located on one side in the axial direction of the motor cover and a screw portion extending from the head portion to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover opposes the head portion in the axial direction. A length of the screw in the axial direction is longer than a distance between the controller and the motor cover in the axial direction. The motor includes a pin extending to the one side in the axial direction. The motor cover includes a hole portion into which the pin is inserted. The screw is at a position shifted from the hole portion as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi HATTORI, Toshiya OKAMOTO, Daiki KATO
  • Publication number: 20230208248
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller, a housing, and a seal. The housing includes a cover that covers the controller from one side in the axial direction. The cover includes a through-hole penetrating in the axial direction. The controller includes a connector portion extending through the through-hole and protruding to one side in the axial direction of the cover. The seal seals an area between an inner edge of the through-hole and the connector portion. An obverse surface on one side in the axial direction of the cover includes a groove portion recessed to the other side in the axial direction. One end of the groove portion communicates with the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi HATTORI, Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshinobu ARAO, Daiki KATO, Kenta SEKI
  • Patent number: 11634168
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including an axially extending shaft, a stator, a housing, a heat sink disposed axially above the stator, a board fixed axially above the heat sink, a connector disposed radially outside the housing, and a connector pin accommodated in the connector. The heat sink includes a main body, and a protrusion which is continuous with the main body, the protrusion extending radially outward of the housing. The connector, the protrusion, and the board overlap in this order when viewed from axially below. The connector pin is positioned radially outside the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Takanobu Oyama
  • Publication number: 20230098144
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, a bus bar assembly, and a circuit board. The bearing holder includes a holder protrusion and a bus bar cover. The bus bar cover is located on a lower surface of the holder protrusion and covers a terminal through hole penetrating the holder protrusion in an axial direction. The bus bar cover includes a cover portion. The cover portion covers lower end portions of a bus bar terminal and a circuit terminal, is tubular, and includes an open upper surface. The cover portion is closer to the motor housing than a tangent line that connects a protruding direction outer end of a lower end of the holder protrusion and a lower end of the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Takashi HATTORI, Shuji IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230102080
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, a bus bar assembly, and a circuit board. The bearing holder includes a holder protrusion protruding radially outward of the motor housing. A bus bar cover is attached to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover covers the terminal through hole axially penetrating the holder protrusion. The bus bar cover includes a cover portion and a flange portion. The cover portion covers the lower end portions of the bus bar terminal and the circuit terminal, and is tubular with an open upper surface. The flange portion extends outward from the upper end peripheral edge portion of the cover portion and is fixed to the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The flange portion includes an annular flange projection protruding upward from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shuji IWASAKI, Toshiya OKAMOTO, Takashi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20230101842
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a bearing, a motor housing, a bearing holder, a bus bar assembly, and a circuit board. The bearing holder holds the bearing to cover the opening of the motor housing, and includes a holder protrusion. The holder protrusion is located radially outside the motor housing and includes an axially penetrating terminal through hole. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar terminal and a bus bar holder. The bus bar terminal is connected to the bus bar, extends axially downward, passes through the terminal through hole, and protrudes axially downward from the lower surface of the holder protrusion. The circuit board includes a circuit terminal extending axially downward, passing through the terminal through hole, protruding axially downward from the lower surface of the holder protrusion, and connected to the bus bar terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Takashi HATTORI, Shuji IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11611260
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator including coils defined by windings of coil wires, a coil support into which the coil wires are inserted, a bearing supporting the shaft, a holder with a through-hole that holds both the bearing and the coil support. The coil support includes a base on the top surface of the stator, and a coil support portion extending axially upward from the base, at least a portion of which is located in the through-hole. The base is fitted to the stator through a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Takashi Hattori, Yusaku Yoshida, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takahiro Kizu, Yuichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220393556
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing and a plate-shaped first substrate. The housing houses a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the axial direction. Electronic components are mounted on the first substrate. The housing includes a tubular portion and a side wall portion. The tubular portion extends in the axial direction and accommodates the motor. The side wall portion protrudes from a radial outer surface of the tubular portion in a direction including at least the radially outward direction and the circumferential direction, and extends in the axial direction. An accommodation space to accommodate the electronic components is provided between the tubular portion and the side wall portion as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11522408
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator that surrounds the radial outer side of the rotor, a housing that contains the rotor and the stator, a holder axially above the stator, a substrate fixed to the axial upper side of the holder, and a connector radially outward of the housing and electrically connected to the substrate. The holder includes a holder body, and a holder protrusion that connects to the holder body and extends radially outward from the housing. The connector contacts the underside of the holder protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220385145
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a plate-shaped second substrate, and a connector portion. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation that extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate. The connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate. The connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11515747
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a shaft extending in an axial direction, a stator surrounding a radially outer portion of the rotor, a support into which the conductor is inserted, the support being made of an insulating material, and a holder including through holes to hold the support, in which the support includes the first and second protuberances at least a portion of which is located in the through hole, the first and second protuberances being provided at intervals, and a base portion connecting the first and second, protuberances, and in which at least a portion of each of facing regions of a side surface of the first protuberance is close to the holder, and the second protuberance has a clearance with respect to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Takashi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20220376582
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11165311
    Abstract: A motor includes a heat sink including a first portion and a second portion located on a circumference identical to the first portion and extending along a circumferential direction. An axial thickness of the first portion is larger than an axial thickness of the second portion. A lower surface of the second portion is located axially above a lower surface of the first portion. A busbar is located axially below the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11088594
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, a heat sink, a substrate, a connector, and a cover. The connector includes a connector shell with a shell projection or shell recess. The heat sink includes a heat sink body and a heat sink protrusion. The heat sink protrusion includes a heat sink recess or heat sink projection. The shell projection or shell recess, and the heat sink recess or heat sink projection are fitted through a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Yusaku Yoshida, Toshiya Okamoto, Takahiro Kizu, Yuichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210143708
    Abstract: A motor includes a heat sink including a first portion and a second portion located on a circumference identical to the first portion and extending along a circumferential direction. An axial thickness of the first portion is larger than an axial thickness of the second portion. A lower surface of the second portion is located axially above a lower surface of the first portion. A busbar is located axially below the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi HATTORI, Takahiro KIZU, Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yuichi NISHIKAWA, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10958130
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, and a flange. The housing includes a first cylindrical portion, a contact portion extending radially inward from an axial lower end of the first cylindrical portion, a second cylindrical portion that extends axially downward from a radial inner edge of the contact portion and has a smaller outer diameter than the first cylindrical portion, and a bottom portion extending radially inward from an axial lower end of the second cylindrical portion. The flange includes a flange cylindrical portion, and a flange flat portion extending radially outward from an axial lower end of the flange cylindrical portion. The flange cylindrical portion is fixed to an outer surface of the second cylindrical portion and an upper end of the flange cylindrical portion contacts with an outside lower surface of the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kizu, Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10958131
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, a substrate, a connector, and a cover. The cover includes a covering wall that extends axially downward from a radial outer rim and covers at least a portion of the radial outer rim of the connector, and a cover recess that is radially inward from the covering wall and is depressed axially. The connector includes a connector projection that is provided in a radial outer edge area and extends axially, and the connector projection and the cover recess are fitted together through a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Yusaku Yoshida, Toshiya Okamoto, Takahiro Kizu, Yuichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10958132
    Abstract: A motor includes a heat sink including an inner region, and an outer region located radially outward from the inner region. An axial thickness of the inner region is larger than an axial thickness of the outer region, the bottom surface of the outer region is located axially above the bottom surface of the inner region, and the inner region and the electronic component at least partially overlap in an axial direction. A bus bar holder is located axially below the outer region and overlaps the inner region in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10958129
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor with a shaft that extends axially, a stator that surrounds a radial outer side of the rotor, a heat sink that is axially above the stator and provided with cavities that pass conductors therethrough and extend axially, and a substrate that is axially above the heat sink and includes an electronic component mounted thereon, wherein the heat sink includes a contact surface that contacts the substrate or electronic component directly or via a heat dissipating member and an exposed surface that does not come into contact with other members, wherein the exposed surface is located closer to an outer edge than the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kizu, Takashi Hattori, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10938262
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a shaft extending axially, a stator surrounding a radial outside of the rotor and including a coil defined by a wound coil wire, a holder disposed on an axially upper side of the stator, the coil wire being inserted into the holder, the holder including through-holes extending axially, and a circuit board disposed on the axially upper side of the holder, an electronic component being mounted on the circuit board. When the holder is viewed from the axially upper side, the through-holes are located in a region where a center angle (?) centered on the shaft is less than or equal to 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Mitsuo Kodama, Yuya Saito, Shingo Fukumoto, Chiharu Kobayashi