Patents by Inventor Yohji Maki

Yohji Maki 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: 4748865
    Abstract: A motor coupled with a worm gear for output power transmission has a motor shaft with a worm held in mesh with the worm gear. The worm gear has a plurality of circumferentially spaced holes. An annular damper of rubber has a plurality of first circumferentially spaced projections on one axial surface thereof and fitted respectively in the holes in the worm gear, and a plurality of second circumferentially spaced projections on the opposite axial surface thereof and fitted respectively in a plurality of circumferentially spaced holes defined in a torque transmission disc coupled to a power output shaft for corotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Umezawa, Yohji Maki, Katsuhiro Murano
  • Patent number: 4638203
    Abstract: An attachment structure for brush holder springs in a motor includes a motor bracket mounted on a motor frame. The bracket has a pair of diametrically opposite projections on inner peripheral wall surfaces thereof. A pair of brush holder springs each supporting on one end portion thereof a brush for sliding contact with a motor commutator have on an opposite end portion thereof a dovetail-shaped gripping members fitting complementarily over each projection, respectively, under resilient force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohji Maki, Norio Umezawa