Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Kitamura
Yoshihisa Kitamura 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).
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Publication number: 20240328549Abstract: A cylinder includes a cylindrical portion, an insertion portion, and a first sealing portion. The cylindrical portion has a central axis, extends in an axial direction along the central axis, and allows liquid to flow. The insertion portion extends along the central axis and is inserted into the inside of the cylindrical portion. The first sealing portion seals a space between the cylindrical portion and the insertion portion. The insertion portion includes a recessed portion and a second sealing portion. The recessed portion is annular. The recessed portion is located along an outer peripheral surface of the insertion portion and accommodates the first sealing portion. A second sealing portion seals a space between a step on a bottom surface of the recessed portion and the first sealing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Naoyuki TAKASHIMA, Takehito TAMAOKA, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20240218952Abstract: A connector includes a flow path extending in an axial direction along a central axis, a body including a through hole extending in the axial direction, a pipe including a through hole extending in the axial direction, and a seal including a sealing material between the body and the pipe. The body includes a body-side opposing surface opposing the pipe. The pipe includes a pipe-side opposing surface opposing the body. The seal is between the body-side opposing surface and the pipe-side opposing surface. The seal includes a reservoir in which the sealing material collects between the body-side opposing surface and the pipe-side opposing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Takehito TAMAOKA, Yoshihisa KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20240200891Abstract: A cooling device includes a pump assembly to circulate a refrigerant, a tank to accommodate the refrigerant, and a heat exchanger to cool the refrigerant circulating in the tank and the pump assembly. The pump assembly and the tank are connected via a first flow path having a tubular shape. An end portion positioned on a vertically upper side of the tank is above an end portion on a vertically upper side of the pump assembly. One end portion of the first flow path is connected to a surface facing a vertically lower portion of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA
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Patent number: 12006948Abstract: A pump device includes a first pump, a second pump, and a casing. The first pump and the second pump are centrifugal pumps. The casing includes a first pump chamber in which the first pump is located and a second pump chamber in which the second pump is located. The first pump chamber includes a first bottom surface, a first side surface, a first inlet, and a first outlet. The first bottom surface is located on one side in the first direction with respect to a first motor of the first pump. The first side surface is connected to the first bottom surface and extends in the first direction. The first outlet is open with respect to the first side surface. The second pump chamber includes a second bottom surface, a second side surface, a second inlet, and a second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka, Takaya Okuno
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Patent number: 11946491Abstract: A liquid feeder includes a pump which is prevented from idling, and a replenisher including a cylinder that is a bottomed tube including an opening on a side adjacent to a communication flow path, the opening being connected to the communication flow path, and that is capable of accommodating a liquid in at least a portion of the cylinder, a seal that is housed in the cylinder in a movable manner along the cylinder, and seals the liquid in the cylinder, and a pressurizer to pressurize the seal toward a pump chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takahiro Imanishi, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Takehito Tamaoka
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Patent number: 11725650Abstract: A liquid feeder switches a flow path of a liquid having flowed in from an inflow port to one of a flow path communicating with a first base communication port and a bypass outflow path. When a pump is attached to a base, the bypass outflow path is closed to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow to the pump. When the pump is removed from the base, the bypass outflow path is opened to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow from the bypass outflow path to the outflow port. The liquid feeder is able to prevent liquid leakage when a pump of a liquid feeder is replaced or repaired.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa Kitamura, Takaya Okuno, Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka, Akihiko Makita
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Publication number: 20220243735Abstract: A pump device includes a first pump, a second pump, and a casing. The first pump and the second pump are centrifugal pumps. The casing includes a first pump chamber in which the first pump is located and a second pump chamber in which the second pump is located. The first pump chamber includes a first bottom surface, a first side surface, a first inlet, and a first outlet. The first bottom surface is located on one side in the first direction with respect to a first motor of the first pump. The first side surface is connected to the first bottom surface and extends in the first direction. The first outlet is open with respect to the first side surface. The second pump chamber includes a second bottom surface, a second side surface, a second inlet, and a second outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA, Takaya OKUNO
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Publication number: 20220057123Abstract: A liquid feeder includes a pump which is prevented from idling, and a replenisher including a cylinder that is a bottomed tube including an opening on a side adjacent to a communication flow path, the opening being connected to the communication flow path, and that is capable of accommodating a liquid in at least a portion of the cylinder, a seal that is housed in the cylinder in a movable manner along the cylinder, and seals the liquid in the cylinder, and a pressurizer to pressurize the seal toward a pump chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takahiro IMANISHI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Takehito TAMAOKA
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Publication number: 20220057124Abstract: A liquid feeder switches a flow path of a liquid having flowed in from an inflow port to one of a flow path communicating with a first base communication port and a bypass outflow path. When a pump is attached to a base, the bypass outflow path is closed to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow to the pump. When the pump is removed from the base, the bypass outflow path is opened to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow from the bypass outflow path to the outflow port. The liquid feeder is able to prevent liquid leakage when a pump of a liquid feeder is replaced or repaired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Takaya OKUNO, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA, Akihiko MAKITA
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Publication number: 20220025890Abstract: A pump device includes a flow path through which liquid flows, a first pump in the flow path, a second pump in the flow path, a first pump downstream flow path located downstream of the first pump in the flow path, a second pump downstream flow path located downstream of the second pump in the flow path, a connection flow path connected to the first pump downstream flow path and the second pump downstream flow path in the flow path, a first check valve provided in the first pump downstream flow path, and a second check valve provided in the second pump downstream flow path or the connection flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA
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Patent number: 11025123Abstract: A motor includes a stator unit and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator unit. The stator unit includes a stator, a resin portion, a support portion, and an annular recess. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a conducting wire wound around the stator core with the insulator interposed therebetween. The resin portion covers at least part of the stator. The support portion supports the stator. At an end portion of the stator unit on one side in an axial direction, the recess is recessed toward another side in the axial direction. The resin portion is positioned further in a radially outer direction than the recess. The rotor includes an annular projection extending toward the other side in the axial direction. At least part of the projection is accommodated in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Takaya Okuno, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Tadayuki Kanatani, Hideki Aoi, Shoki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10965179Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a cover that accommodates the stator, a filling portion that fills a space between the cover and the stator. The cover includes a tubular portion that extends in an axial direction and covers a radially side portion of the stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction, a lid portion that covers an axially upper end portion of the stator, and a cover stepped portion that is provided on a first radial side with respect to the tubular portion. The cover stepped portion comes in contact with the axially upper end portion of the stator and is positioned on an axially lower side with respect to an axially upper end portion of the tubular portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Hideki Aoi, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Junya Kawata, Rui Izutsu
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Patent number: 10897175Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor that is rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator support that supports the stator, and a filling portion that covers the stator. A first radial end portion of the stator is fixed to a second radial side surface of the stator support. An insulator of the stator includes an upper insulator covering an upper surface of a stator core. A first radial end portion of the upper insulator contacts the second radial side surface of the tubular stator support extending in an axial direction. An annular insulator concave portion that is recessed to the axial upper side is provided in the first radial end portion of the upper insulator. A first space, surrounded by the insulator concave portion, the stator core, and the stator support, is filled with a filling material.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Hideki Aoi, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Junya Kawata, Rui Izutsu
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Patent number: 10680487Abstract: In a fan motor, a stator unit of a motor that rotates an impeller includes a cylindrical bearing holder that extends in an axial direction, a cover that covers an end of the bearing holder on one side in the axial direction, and a seal provided between the bearing holder and the cover. The cover has a disc portion that is provided on the end on the one side in the axial direction and extends in the radial direction, and a cylindrical portion that extends from the disc portion to the other side in the axial direction, and is located inside of the end. The seal has a first seal portion located between an inner side face of the end and an outer side face of the cylindrical portion in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaya Okuno, Tadayuki Kanatani, Shoki Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Hideki Aoi
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Patent number: 10530213Abstract: In a fan motor, a stator unit of a motor that rotates an impeller includes an annular stator, the center of which is positioned on a central axis, and a housing including an accommodating portion that accommodates a part of a resin portion covering at least a part of the stator. At least one of a bottom face of the accommodating portion oriented to the stator in the axial direction and an inner side face of the accommodating portion oriented to an inner side in the radial direction is provided with a plurality of stepped portions. The stepped portions are different from each other in length in the axial direction when provided in the bottom face, and/or in length in the radial direction when provided in the inner side face. The bottom face, the inner side face, and the stepped portion are covered with the resin portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa Kitamura, Takaya Okuno, Hideki Aoi, Shoki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20190334406Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor that is rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a stator support that supports the stator, and a filling portion that covers the stator. A first radial end portion of the stator is fixed to a second radial side surface of the stator support. An insulator of the stator includes an upper insulator covering an upper surface of a stator core. A first radial end portion of the upper insulator contacts the second radial side surface of the tubular stator support extending in an axial direction. An annular insulator concave portion that is recessed to the axial upper side is provided in the first radial end portion of the upper insulator. A first space, surrounded by the insulator concave portion, the stator core, and the stator support, is filled with a filling material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Hideki AOI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Junya KAWATA, Rui IZUTSU
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Publication number: 20190334405Abstract: A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a cover that accommodates the stator, a filling portion that fills a space between the cover and the stator. The cover includes a tubular portion that extends in an axial direction and covers a radially side portion of the stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction, a lid portion that covers an axially upper end portion of the stator, and a cover stepped portion that is provided on a first radial side with respect to the tubular portion. The cover stepped portion comes in contact with the axially upper end portion of the stator and is positioned on an axially lower side with respect to an axially upper end portion of the tubular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Hideki AOI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Junya KAWATA, Rui IZUTSU
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Publication number: 20190036388Abstract: An air blower includes an impeller that rotates a vane about an axial direction, and a motor that drives the impeller. The motor includes a rotor that rotates about a central axis, and a stator that drives the rotor. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator covering the stator core, and a resin portion covering the stator core and the insulator. The stator core includes an annular core back provided about the central axis, and teeth each radially extending in one direction from the core back. The insulator includes a protruding portion provided at least on one side of the stator core in the axial direction, and radially protruding to one side with respect to the stator core. At least a portion of a side surface of the protruding portion on the one side in the radial direction defines a portion of a surface of the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Shoki YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180337573Abstract: A motor includes a stator unit and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator unit. The stator unit includes a stator, a resin portion, a support portion, and an annular recess. The stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a conducting wire wound around the stator core with the insulator interposed therebetween. The resin portion covers at least part of the stator. The support portion supports the stator. At an end portion of the stator unit on one side in an axial direction, the recess is recessed toward another side in the axial direction. The resin portion is positioned further in a radially outer direction than the recess. The rotor includes an annular projection extending toward the other side in the axial direction. At least part of the projection is accommodated in the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Takaya OKUNO, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Tadayuki KANATANI, Hideki AOI, Shoki YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180337567Abstract: A fan motor includes an impeller that includes a plurality of vane portions rotatable about a central axis and a motor that rotates the impeller. The motor includes a rotor rotatable about the central axis and a stator unit that supports the rotor rotatable about the central axis. The stator unit includes a stator, a resin portion, and a fixing portion. The stator in which a conducting wire is wound around a stator core with an insulator interposed therebetween drives the rotor. The resin portion covers at least part of the stator. The fixing portion fixes the stator. The stator unit further includes a coating portion that covers at least one of an end portion of an interface between the stator and the resin portion and an end portion of an interface between the resin portion and the fixing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Yuta YAMASAKI, Hideki AOI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Shoki YAMAZAKI, Yuki TSUKAMOTO