Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Takaoka

Tsukasa Takaoka 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: 10833548
    Abstract: A stator of a polyphase motor in which in-phase coils are connected in parallel includes an annular core back, teeth extending radially from the core back and arranged circumferentially, a slot between two adjacent teeth, conducting wires respectively wound around the teeth to define the coils, and first and second connectors to which ends of each of the in-phase coils are connected, respectively. The conducting wire includes one or two jumper wires between each coil and the first connector or the second connector, and at least one jumper wire extends in an identical circumferential direction from the first connector toward the second connector with respect to all the in-phase coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takaoka, Atsushi Nishikawa, Shogo Hakozaki, Makoto Katsunaga, Daisuke Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10711790
    Abstract: A serial axial flow fan includes a first axial flow fan, a second axial flow fan, and a current plate. Hollow cells of the current plate are partitioned by a lattice-shaped partition, penetrate in an axial direction, and are uniformly two-dimensionally arranged at an outer edge. An axially lower end portion of a first housing of the first axial flow fan and an axially upper end portion of a second housing are directly coupled to each other, and the current plate is provided in a coupling unit of the first housing and the second housing. An axially lower end portion of the first tubular unit of the first housing is axially opposed to an axially upper end portion of the second tubular unit of the second housing with the current plate interposed therebetween. A recess recessed on an opposite side to the coupling unit in the axial direction is provided on an axially end surface of at least one of an axially lower end surface of the first tubular unit and an axially upper end surface of the second tubular unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Hakozaki, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ryota Yamagata, Shoki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10523078
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor that rotates relatively to the stator, a circuit board, and a holding member that holds the stator and the circuit board. The stator includes a stator core including a core back and teeth, an insulator covering a portion of the stator core, a coil with a coil wire wound around the teeth with the insulator in between, and a coil end portion being an end portion of the coil wire. The circuit board has a second through hole. The holding member has a first through hole disposed on a lower side of the second through hole. The coil end portion passes through the first and second through holes and is electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the holding member is connected to an upper portion of the insulator, and an upper portion thereof is connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Tsukasa Takaoka, Shoki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190199155
    Abstract: A stator of a polyphase motor in which in-phase coils are connected in parallel includes an annular core back, teeth extending radially from the core back and arranged circumferentially, a slot between two adjacent teeth, conducting wires respectively wound around the teeth to define the coils, and first and second connectors to which ends of each of the in-phase coils are connected, respectively. The conducting wire includes one or two jumper wires between each coil and the first connector or the second connector, and at least one jumper wire extends in an identical circumferential direction from the first connector toward the second connector with respect to all the in-phase coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Atsushi NISHIKAWA, Shogo HAKOZAKI, Makoto KATSUNAGA, Daisuke OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10260526
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet of the axial fan to the outlet of the axial fan. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion. A tangent to a radially outer surface of the first cone portion crosses the second balance correction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hayashida, Tsukasa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190085851
    Abstract: A serial axial flow fan includes a first axial flow fan, a second axial flow fan, and a current plate. Hollow cells of the current plate are partitioned by a lattice-shaped partition, penetrate in an axial direction, and are uniformly two-dimensionally arranged at an outer edge. An axially lower end portion of a first housing of the first axial flow fan and an axially upper end portion of a second housing are directly coupled to each other, and the current plate is provided in a coupling unit of the first housing and the second housing. An axially lower end portion of the first tubular unit of the first housing is axially opposed to an axially upper end portion of the second tubular unit of the second housing with the current plate interposed therebetween. A recess recessed on an opposite side to the coupling unit in the axial direction is provided on an axially end surface of at least one of an axially lower end surface of the first tubular unit and an axially upper end surface of the second tubular unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shogo HAKOZAKI, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Ryota YAMAGATA, Shoki YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10184492
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor, an impeller fixed to the motor, and a housing including a cylindrical inner circumferential surface. The impeller includes a plurality of blades extending radially outward. The housing is arranged to surround outer peripheries of the motor and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an upper edge which surrounds the intake port, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a lower edge which surrounds the exhaust port. An axial distance from an upper end of each of the blades to an upper edge is ½ times or more of an axial distance from the upper end of each of the blades to a lower end thereof. This makes it possible to restrain an air flow having a swirling component from passing through the intake port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Yamagata, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ryota Hayashida
  • Patent number: 10180146
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet to the outlet. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion, and decreases in diameter with decreasing height. The impeller includes a cylindrical portion including a cylindrical outer circumferential surface and located between the first cone portion and the second balance correction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hayashida, Tsukasa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20180202463
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet to the outlet. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion, and decreases in diameter with decreasing height. The impeller includes a cylindrical portion including a cylindrical outer circumferential surface and located between the first cone portion and the second balance correction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ryota HAYASHIDA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180202462
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet of the axial fan to the outlet of the axial fan. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion. A tangent to a radially outer surface of the first cone portion crosses the second balance correction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ryota HAYASHIDA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 10012242
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, and a housing including a cylindrical inner circumferential surface. The impeller includes a plurality of blades extending radially outward. The housing is arranged to surround outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an upper edge which surrounds the intake port, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a lower edge which surrounds the exhaust port. An axial distance from an upper end of each of the blades to an upper edge is ½ times or more of an axial distance from the upper end of each of the blades to a lower end thereof. This makes it possible to restrain an air flow having a swirling component from passing through the intake port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Yamagata, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ryota Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20180180063
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor, an impeller fixed to the motor, and a housing including a cylindrical inner circumferential surface. The impeller includes a plurality of blades extending radially outward. The housing is arranged to surround outer peripheries of the motor and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an upper edge which surrounds the intake port, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a lower edge which surrounds the exhaust port. An axial distance from an upper end of each of the blades to an upper edge is ½ times or more of an axial distance from the upper end of each of the blades to a lower end thereof. This makes it possible to restrain an air flow having a swirling component from passing through the intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Ryota YAMAGATA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Ryota HAYASHIDA
  • Patent number: 9964123
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades arranged in a circumferential direction radially outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion, and decreases in diameter with decreasing height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hayashida, Tsukasa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20180123416
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor that rotates relatively to the stator, a circuit board, and a holding member that holds the stator and the circuit board. The stator includes a stator core including a core back and teeth, an insulator covering a portion of the stator core, a coil with a coil wire wound around the teeth with the insulator in between, and a coil end portion being an end portion of the coil wire. The circuit board has a second through hole. The holding member has a first through hole disposed on a lower side of the second through hole. The coil end portion passes through the first and second through holes and is electrically connected to the circuit board. A lower portion of the holding member is connected to an upper portion of the insulator, and an upper portion thereof is connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Shoki YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9957965
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, a housing, and a first circuit board mounted with electronic components. The motor part includes an armature having coils, and a second circuit board connected to the coils and the first circuit board. The housing surrounds outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a flange portion enlarged radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and a circuit board fixing portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and making contact with the first circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface, positioned radially inward of a radial outer edge of the flange portion, and arranged to extend in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Yamagata, Tsukasa Takaoka, Ryota Hayashida, Atsushi Higashidani, Shoki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20160097402
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, and a housing including a cylindrical inner circumferential surface. The impeller includes a plurality of blades extending radially outward. The housing is arranged to surround outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an upper edge which surrounds the intake port, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a lower edge which surrounds the exhaust port. An axial distance from an upper end of each of the blades to an upper edge is ½ times or more of an axial distance from the upper end of each of the blades to a lower end thereof. This makes it possible to restrain an air flow having a swirling component from passing through the intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota YAMAGATA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Ryota HAYASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160097396
    Abstract: A fan includes a motor part, an impeller fixed to the motor part, a housing, and a first circuit board mounted with electronic components. The motor part includes an armature having coils, and a second circuit board connected to the coils and the first circuit board. The housing surrounds outer peripheries of the motor part and the impeller. The housing includes an intake port which is an upper opening of the housing, an exhaust port which is a lower opening of the housing, a flange portion enlarged radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and a circuit board fixing portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and making contact with the first circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface, positioned radially inward of a radial outer edge of the flange portion, and arranged to extend in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota YAMAGATA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA, Ryota HAYASHIDA, Atsushi HIGASHIDANI, Shoki YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160040684
    Abstract: An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades arranged in a circumferential direction radially outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion, and decreases in diameter with decreasing height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota HAYASHIDA, Tsukasa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 9231454
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary unit, a rotary unit, and a bearing unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a PCB and a base member. The stator includes a stator core and coils. The stator is arranged radially outward of the bearing unit. The PCB includes through-hole portions, land portions and PCB fixing portions. The base member includes a stator holding portion arranged to hold the stator and a bearing holding portion arranged to hold the bearing unit. The rotary unit includes a shaft positioned radially inward of the bearing unit and a magnet opposed to a circumferential surface of the stator core. The through-hole portions are arranged along a circumferential direction of the PCB. At least a portion of the PCB axially overlaps with the bearing unit. The PCB fixing portions are arranged radially outward of the through-hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Sugiyama, Hidenobu Takeshita, Tsukasa Takaoka, Norihisa Hino, Libin Zhu, Xianglin Li, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: D938568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Hakozaki, Shoki Yamazaki, Tsukasa Takaoka