Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kawai

Yoichi Kawai 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: 10113551
    Abstract: A axial flow fan includes an impeller having a plurality of blades, a motor arranged to rotate the impeller, and a casing accommodating the impeller and the motor. The casing includes a cylindrical housing, a motor base configured to hold the motor, and a plurality of spokes connecting the housing with the motor base. The plurality of spokes include a spoke having a straight shape and a spoke having a curved shape that is convex toward a rotational direction of the impeller. The axial flow fan further includes a lead wire for supplying electric power to the motor. When a radial length of the spoke having the straight shape is defined as L and an amount of the curvature of the spoke having the curved shape is defined as X, a displacement of the curved shape (X/L) is less than 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Taroda, Takako Otsuka, Masaki Ogushi, Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 10088828
    Abstract: A numerical control device with a function to prevent a problem caused by a rapid stop of a processing operation due to a motor overheating during processing. A temperature comparator obtains a load ratio T/Tmax or Tw/Tmax which is a ratio of the motor temperature T or predicted temperature Tw to a maximum allowable temperature Tmax stored in a storage device. When the load ratio T/Tmax or Tw/Tmax is over a threshold Tp stored in a storage, the device is placed in an alarm mode to shutdown the power supply to the motor after the processing program is executed to the end of a sequence block or the end of the processing program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20160116900
    Abstract: A numerical control device with a function to prevent a problem caused by a rapid stop of a processing operation due to a motor overheating during processing. A temperature comparator obtains a load ratio T/Tmax or Tw/Tmax which is a ratio of the motor temperature T or predicted temperature Tw to a maximum allowable temperature Tmax stored in a storage device. When the load ratio T/Tmax or Tw/Tmax is over a threshold Tp stored in a storage, the device is placed in an alarm mode to shutdown the power supply to the motor after the processing program is executed to the end of a sequence block or the end of the processing program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Yoichi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 9284961
    Abstract: A fan device includes a rotor 20 and recesses 40 to be filled with claylike weights 70. The rotor 20 includes an impeller 23 and a shaft 10. The impeller 23 has a hub 21 and vanes 22. The recesses 40 are provided on a surface 212 that crosses an axial direction of the hub 21. Each recess 40 has a first area 41 and a second area 42. The first area 41 is circumferentially arranged and extends in a substantially circumferential direction. The second area 42 is connected to an outer circumferential side of the first area 41 and has a shorter length in the circumferential direction than the first area 41. The weight 70 is closely adhered to wall surfaces 421 and 422 formed along a radial direction in the second area 42 so as to prevent separation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MINEABEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Mashima, Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 9024548
    Abstract: In a linear motor used for a driving axis of a large-size machine tool having a very long driving stroke, pole position correction values at a plurality of stroke positions are stored in a memory. A pole position correction value corresponding to an actual stroke position of a slider is calculated based on the stored pole position correction value. A corrected electrical angle offset value derived based on the calculated pole position correction value is used to control the linear motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiki Yamaoka, Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 8961124
    Abstract: An axial fan is provided. The axial fan includes a hub, an impeller having a plurality of blades mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, and a housing surrounding the impeller. Each of the blades has a front edge angle (?) within a range of ?8° to ?20°, a mounting angle (?) within a range of 36° to 50°, and a twisted angle (?) within a range of 10°±2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Masaki Ogushi, Yoichi Kawai, Naoya Ohki
  • Publication number: 20130280090
    Abstract: A structure that rigidly connects a shaft and a hub in a fan device with a motor, ensuring the squareness of the shaft in relation to the hub, and not worsening the flowability of the resin that constitutes the hub during injection molding, is provided. The fan device includes an approximately cylindrical hub 117 with a bottom and made of resin, vanes 118 positioned at an outer circumference of the hub 117, a shaft 113 attached to the bottom of the hub 117, and a reinforcing plate 115 for reinforcing the bottom of the hub 117. The shaft 113 is connected to the reinforcing plate 115, and a through hole 115b filled with the resin for making the hub 117 is provided on the reinforcing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio SATO, Yoichi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20130251559
    Abstract: The present invention provide an axial flow fan which comprises an impeller having a plurality of blades, a motor arranged to rotate the impeller, a casing accommodating the impeller and the motor, and a lead wire for supplying electric power to the motor, wherein the casing comprises a cylindrical housing, a motor base installing the motor, and a plurality of spokes connecting the housing with the motor base, and wherein the plurality of spokes include a spoke having a straight shape and a spoke having a curved shape convexly toward a rotational direction of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi TARODA, Takako OTSUKA, Masaki OGUSHI, Yoichi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 8476851
    Abstract: A motor magnetic pole position correction method includes preventing a movement of a movable element of a direct drive motor by mechanical brake (step S9), generating a command that designates a position spaced or separated from the present position (step S10), detecting a torque command value of the direct drive motor (step S12), determining a magnetic pole position correction value based on a comparison between the detected torque command value and a predetermined threshold value (steps S14 and S16), storing the determined magnetic pole position correction value in a memory (step S18), and performing motor control using an electrical angle offset value obtained based on the magnetic pole position correction value stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20120133311
    Abstract: A motor magnetic pole position correction method includes preventing a movement of a movable element of a direct drive motor by mechanical brake (step S9), generating a command that designates a position spaced or separated from the present position (step S10), detecting a torque command value of the direct drive motor (step S12), determining a magnetic pole position correction value based on a comparison between the detected torque command value and a predetermined threshold value (steps S14 and S16), storing the determined magnetic pole position correction value in a memory (step S18), and performing motor control using an electrical angle offset value obtained based on the magnetic pole position correction value stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 8164223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic attractive force-offsetting linear motor which prevents motor thrust from varying due to changes in the position on a stator, thus enabling improvement of the motor thrust and of the accuracy of the machine tool and the quality of a processed surface. A magnetic attractive force offsetting linear motor has a base 72 that fix stators 52a and 52b by contacting stator bottom surfaces 74, two stator mounting members each provided on a side of a corresponding one of the stators 52a and 52b and each extending from the base 72 to a height substantially equal to that of a stator top surface 73, and two plate-like support members 81 fixedly connected to the stator top surfaces of the respective two stators 52a and 52b and to a base top surface 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: OKUMA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20110262271
    Abstract: An axial fan is provided. The axial fan includes a hub, an impeller having a plurality of blades mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, and a housing surrounding the impeller. Each of the blades has a front edge angle (?) within a range of ?8° to ?20°, a mounting angle (?) within a range of 36° to 50°, and a twisted angle (?) within a range of 10°±2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako FUKUDA, Masaki OGUSHI, Yoichi KAWAI, Naoya OHKI
  • Patent number: 7944095
    Abstract: A linear motor assembly includes two stators extending in parallel and having salient poles arranged at a predetermined interval on opposing surfaces and a mover having three types of mover blocks. The mover blocks are made up of three-phase alternating current coils configuring magnetic poles of three phases and permanent magnets arranged in alternating polarities on two surfaces of the mover blocks opposing each of the two stators. The mover blocks are movable between the two stators along a direction in which the stators extend. A plurality of linear motors are arranged in parallel with respect to a travel direction of the movers, and the stators provided between adjacent movers are integrally formed such that they have said salient poles on the two surfaces opposing these movers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 7839029
    Abstract: In a linear motor, the stators and sliders are arranged to fill a predetermined relationship. In one configuration, two stators each include a plurality of stator blocks arranged in a moving direction of sliders so that projecting poles are maintained at predetermined intervals. Boundary surfaces are formed in adjacent stator blocks so as to be displaced relative to one another between the two opposite blocks by a distance Ld in the moving direction of the sliders. When a distance between end surface of the slider blocks is defined as L and the overall length of one stator block is defined as L0, the components are arranged such that Ld>L/3 and (L0?Ld)>L/3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Mayaji, Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20100225180
    Abstract: There had been a problem that the installation area of a linear motor becomes large when a plurality of linear motors are arranged in parallel in the travel direction of a mover. In the present linear motor, stators provided between adjacent movers 51a, 51b are integrally formed. The integrally formed stator 52c has salient poles 50 on each of the two surfaces opposing the movers 51a, 51b. As a result, installation area may be reduced compared to a case where a plurality of linear motors are simply arranged in parallel with respect to the travel direction of the mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20090218893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic attractive force-offsetting linear motor which prevents motor thrust from varying due to changes in the position on a stator, thus enabling improvement of the motor thrust and of the accuracy of the machine tool and the quality of a processed surface. A magnetic attractive force offsetting linear motor has a base 72 that fix stators 52a and 52b by contacting stator bottom surfaces 74, two stator mounting members each provided on a side of a corresponding one of the stators 52a and 52b and each extending from the base 72 to a height substantially equal to that of a stator top surface 73, and two plate-like support members 81 fixedly connected to the stator top surfaces of the respective two stators 52a and 52b and to a base top surface 84.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 7573162
    Abstract: A linear motor having a more preferable braking function is realized with a low cost. A linear motor has a slider and a stator. A driving winding is wound around the slider. A plurality of permanent magnets forming magnetic poles which invert at a predetermined period are provided on a surface of the slider opposing the stator. Teeth are formed on the stator with a predetermined spacing therebetween. The stator extends to a region outside of an effective movable range, and a braking winding is wound around the teeth in the extended portion. When the slider moves into a region outside of the effective movable range, an induced voltage is generated in the braking winding and a current flows. A thrust in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the slider is generated by the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventors: Motozumi Yura, Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20080001481
    Abstract: In a linear motor, the stators and sliders are arranged to fill a predetermined relationship. In one configuration, two stators each include a plurality of stator blocks arranged in a moving direction of sliders so that projecting poles are maintained at predetermined intervals. Boundary surfaces are formed in adjacent stator blocks so as to be displaced relative to one another between the two opposite blocks by a distance Ld in the moving direction of the sliders. When a distance between end surface of the slider blocks is defined as L and the overall length of one stator block is defined as L0, the components are arranged such that Ld>L/3 and (L0?Ld)>L/3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Miyaji, Yoichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20070194632
    Abstract: A linear motor having a more preferable braking function is realized with a low cost. A linear motor has a slider and a stator. A driving winding is wound around the slider. A plurality of permanent magnets forming magnetic poles which invert at a predetermined period are provided on a surface of the slider opposing the stator. Teeth are formed on the stator with a predetermined spacing therebetween. The stator extends to a region outside of an effective movable range, and a braking winding is wound around the teeth in the extended portion. When the slider moves into a region outside of the effective movable range, an induced voltage is generated in the braking winding and a current flows. A thrust in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the slider is generated by the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Motozumi Yura, Yoichi Kawai
  • Patent number: D637706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd., Minebea Motor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawai, Naoya Ohki, Takako Fukuda, Masaki Ogushi