Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Tanimura

Yoshiki Tanimura 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: 8241017
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor for rotating multiple blades. This motor includes a hollow shaft that is disposed upright on the center of a disc-like stator, and a rotor around an outer periphery of the stator. The rotor integrally rotates with the blades. This motor further includes a cylindrical bearing housing, and a pair of ball bearings including an upper ball bearing and a lower ball bearing housed in this bearing housing. This bearing housing has a base in its center. The upper ball bearing is disposed over the base, and the lower ball bearing is disposed under the base in this bearing housing. Both bearings are fixed onto the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiminobu Yamamoto, Tetsuji Kawazu, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Kiyohiko Iwamoto, Yoshiki Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20100040494
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor for rotating multiple blades. This motor includes a hollow shaft that is disposed upright on the center of a disc-like stator, and a rotor around an outer periphery of the stator. The rotor integrally rotates with the blades. This motor further includes a cylindrical bearing housing, and a pair of upper ball bearing and a lower ball bearing housed in this bearing housing. This bearing housing has a base in its center. The upper ball bearing is disposed over the base, and the lower ball bearing is disposed under the base in this bearing housing. Both bearings are fixed onto the hollow shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kiminobu Yamamoto, Tetsuji Kawazu, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Kiyohiko Iwamoto, Yoshiki Tanimura