Patents by Inventor Yoichi Shukuri

Yoichi Shukuri 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: 6856054
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor includes a substrate fixed to the center of a stator core. The substrate includes a central substrate portion and an arm substrate portion extending from the central substrate to a salient pole. The arm substrate is accommodated between coils. A driver IC is mounted on the central substrate portion, and a magnetic pole position sensor is mounted on the arm substrate portion. This structure provides a thin brushless DC motor which assures good motor performance and stable noise and vibration levels, improves motor efficiency, and reduces the number of components and assembling steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoichi Shukuri, Kyo Niwatsukino, Yoshimitsu Aizono
  • Patent number: 6808371
    Abstract: An ultra-thin pump of the present invention includes a ring-shaped impeller including many vanes arranged along its outer region and a rotor magnet at its inner region, a motor stator provided in a space encircled by an inner peripheral surface of the rotor magnet of the impeller, and a pump casing that includes a suction port, a discharge port and a cylinder disposed between the motor stator and the rotor magnet and houses the impeller. The impeller is rotatably supported by the cylinder. A cooling system of the present invention includes a cooling device for cooling a heat-producing device by heat exchange using coolant, a radiator for removing heat from the coolant, and the ultra-thin pump for circulating the coolant. The ultra-thin pump is simple in structure, operates efficiently and can be manufactured at low cost, and the cooling system is thin in structure and performs efficient cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo Niwatsukino, Yoichi Shukuri, Yoshimitsu Aizono, Shigeru Narakino
  • Publication number: 20030072656
    Abstract: An ultra-thin pump of the present invention includes a ring-shaped impeller including many vanes arranged along its outer region and a rotor magnet at its inner region, a motor stator provided in a space encircled by an inner peripheral surface of the rotor magnet of the impeller, and a pump casing that includes an suction port, a discharge port and a cylinder disposed between the motor stator and the rotor magnet and houses the impeller. The impeller is rotatably supported by the cylinder. A cooling system of the present invention includes a cooling device for cooling a heat-producing device by heat exchange using coolant, a radiator for removing heat from the coolant, and the ultra-thin pump for circulating the coolant. The ultra-thin pump is simple in structure, operates efficiently and can be manufactured at low cost, and the cooling system is thin in structure and performs efficient cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Kyo Niwatsukino, Yoichi Shukuri, Yoshimitsu Aizono, Shigeru Narakino
  • Publication number: 20030057781
    Abstract: A brushless DC motor includes a substrate fixed to the center of a stator core. The substrate includes a central substrate and an arm substrate extending from the central substrate to a salient pole. The arm substrate is accommodated between coils. A driver IC is mounted on the central substrate, and a magnetic pole position sensor is mounted on the arm substrate. This structure provides a thin brushless DC motor which assures good motor performance and stable noise and vibration levels, improves motor efficiency, and reduces the number of components and assembling steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yoichi Shukuri, Kyo Niwatsukino, Yoshimitsu Aizono